How would you rearrange BOMB's track listing?

[theu2fly]

Miracle Drug after Vertigo sounds so odd... like Miracle Drug cut off somewhere...

Vertigo
All Because Of You
Love And Peace Or Else
A Man And A Woman
City Of Blinding Lights
Miracle Drug
One Step Closer
Original Of The Species
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Yahweh

 

[Total U2 Nut]

I like it the way it is.

 

[nightninja56]

interesting...

i do like Sometimes-->Yahweh though, sounds cool

 

[Harry Vest]

Mercy should of been on the album...as the last track.
While were at it so should Fast Cars...maybe right after A Man And A Woman.

 

[theu2fly]

I forgot Crumbs..

Vertigo
All Because Of You
Crumbs From Your Table
Love And Peace Or Else
A Man And A Woman
City Of Blinding Lights
Miracle Drug
One Step Closer
Original Of The Species
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Yahweh

 

[ImOuttaControl]

HTDAAB is an amazing collection of songs, but I think it track listing is it's one downfall from being an amazing album. ATYCLB is the same way. The original tracklisting for ATYCLB is far superior IMO. Why they changed it at the last second is beyond me.

What I'd do for ATYCLB and HTDAAB:

Original Track Listing from U2.com

1. Beautiful Day
2. Elevation
3. Walk On
4. Stuck in a Moment
5. Peace on Earth
6. Kite
7. New York
8. In a Little While
9. Wild Honey
10. When I Look at the World
11. Grace


HTDAAB:

1. Vertigo
2. All Because Of You
3. Crumbs From Your Table
4. Miracle Drug
5. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
6. One Step Closer
7. City of Blinding Lights
8. Original of the Species
9. A Man and a Woman
10. Fast Cars (this is the only place where it has some flow IMO--flows nicely from AMAAW)
11. Love and Peace or Else
12. Yahweh

This tracklisting adds more flow to the album IMO. I especially like the Sometimes/OSC/COBL/OOTS flow.

 

[WalkOn21]

A while ago, someone said: how cool would HTDAAB be if its tracklisting were ordered like POP?

Here's the result:

1. All Because of You
2. COBL
3. Vertigo
4. Yahweh
5. A Man and a Woman
6. Fast Cars
7. Crumbs
8. Love And Peace or Else
9. Original of the Species
10. One Step Closer
11. Miracle Drug
12. Sometimes

 

[Aygo]

Why should we put the rockers and uptempo first and the ballads and mid-tempo/downtempo in the end of the album?

I like the definitive tracklist, but I wouldn't mind if it was something like:

COBL // Vertigo // Miracle drug // Sometimes // LAPOE // ABOY // Fast cars // AMAAW // Crumbs // OSC // OOTS // Yahweh

 

[ponkine]

I'd re-arrange HTDAAB with City Of Blinding Lights and 11 new tracks

 

[Axver]

This is my HTDAAB from a huge revisionist history I've written and may post:

1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. Smile
3. Original Of The Species
4. Electrical Storm
5. Love And Peace Or Else
6. All Because Of You
7. Fast Cars
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. Miracle Drug
11. Yahweh

 

[Nisse]

1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. Electrical Storm
3. Vertigo
4. All Because Of You
5. Love And Peace Or Else
6. Crumbs From Your Table
7. Sometimes You Cant Make It
8. One Step Closer
9. Miracle Drug
10. Smile
11. Xanax And Wine
12. Original Of The Species
13. Mercy
14. Yahweh (Alt)

 

[ozeeko]

All That You Can't Leave Behind, my version

1) Beautiful Day
2) Stuck In A Moment
3) Elevation
4) Walk On
I think those four songs, conceptually speaking, go together real well. Losing everything in the first song, then trying to take that feeling and relay it to someone in the 2nd song, then the 3rd song could be from the point of view of the character in Stuck, desperately seeking to rise above the darkness, then Walk On would be the definitive closing chapter of that, just surviving and all and appreciating life.

I would discard Kite (yea I know everyone loves it, but for me it doesn't do anything) So from Kite I would go into

5) In A Little While - Kind of like the intermission track, but it could also make sense in context

6) Are You Gonna Wait Forever - this song would bust thru and give the 2nd half of the album a rocking start
7) Big Girls Are Best - continues the rocking flow.

Totally trashcan Wild Honey, as it's a mediocre Van Morrison song at best.

8) New York - another rocking song that would chronicle the many lives of people inhabiting the Big Apple. We were referring to other people in the previous song, and this song would continue that theme.

9) Peace On Earth - after the turmoil of New York, this song would mourn humanity's loss everywhere, from New York to Dublin

10) When I Look At The World - The main character is now losing his faith somewhat, or maybe it's the character from Stuck being envious of the optimistic voice from Beautiful Day

11) Grace - would just sum up the album. It's some unseen force that can still make this fucked up world seem beautiful at times.

 

[MrBrau1]

I would discard Kite (yea I know everyone loves it, but for me it doesn't do anything) So from Kite I would go into
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This is where I stopped paying attention to your post.

 

[elevation2u]

okay I admit it...I've never been a fan of shoving all the singles towards the beginning of an album, it really irritates me

 

[ozeeko]

This is where I stopped paying attention to your post.

That's ure perogative, I guess

 

[ozeeko]

okay I admit it...I've never been a fan of shoving all the singles towards the beginning of an album, it really irritates me

I totally agree with you. Then again, that's only because they were chosen as hits! You could make any U2 song a hit probably on that record, except for maybe Peace On Earth and Grace. What if instead of Stuck In A Moment they chose In A Little While. I actually think it would have done better, and would've appealed to a broader audience, as it has got rock, blues and R&B vibes in the song. Also, maybe Walk On could've been sidestepped in favor of New York or When I Look At The World. To me, the ATYCLB album is a meditation on grieving and coping. Those first 4 songs go into eachother well, not only flow-wise but also lyrically. You could probably find more obvious theme-followers than Elevation, but I think it's necessary to put the song in between the other two otherwise you'd just get bombarded with ballads. But in closing, people would appreciate Stuck In A Moment more if it wasn't a single and played every hour on every mainstream rock station.

 

[cobl04]

okay I admit it...I've never been a fan of shoving all the singles towards the beginning of an album, it really irritates me

I can't stand that either! That really drives me up the wall. I've heard Beautiful Day and Elevation and Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of nth times, and I don't want to listen to them in a row at the start of the album. I don't mind Beautiful Day as the opener, but the other two could be shuffled.

BTW, this idea has been done to death.

 

[phillyfan26]

HTDAAB
1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Miracle Drug
3. Original of the Species
4. Love and Peace or Else
5. Vertigo
6. A Man and a Woman
7. All Because of You
8. One Step Closer
9. All Because of You
10. Fast Cars
11. Crumbs from Your Table
12. Yahweh

ATYCLB
1. Elevation
2. In a Little While
3. When I Look at the World
4. New York
5. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
6. Wild Honey
7. Beautiful Day
8. Kite
9. Grace
10. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
11. Peace on Earth
12. Walk On

 

[LMP]

1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Crumbs from Your Table
4. Miracle Drug
5. Sometimes...
6. Love and Peace or Else
7. Fast Cars
8. All Because of You
9. A Man and a Woman
10. Smile
11. Mercy

One Step Closer's chorus is added at the end of 'Sometimes'
Yahweh would be a b-side.

I'll jump onto the ATYCLB bandwagon:

1. Beautiful Day
2. Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
3. Sweetest Thing (Single)
4. Flower Child
5. Summer Rain
6. Stuck in a Moment (Acoustic)
7. Kite
8. Walk On
9. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
10. New York (Nice Mix)
11. When I Look at the World
12. Levitate

Sweetest Thing was never released as a b-side.
In a Little While, Wild Honey, Peace on Earth, and Grace are b-sides.

Both are from my revisionist history from a while back.

 

[bono_man2002]

BTW, this idea has been done to death.

And we still go nowhere time afte time.

 

[JMScoopy]

i wouldnt

 

[coach]

1. Vertigo
2. Love and peace or Else
3. City of Blinding Lights
4. Miracle Drug
5. Sometimes
6. All Because of you
7. Crumbs from your table
8. One Step Closer
9. Yahweh
10. Original of the Species
11. Vertigo ( ...no he didnt!!!! no he didnt!!!!! ...)

 

[U2Soar]

It can be a nice change of pace to alter track orders and to add b-sides. LemonMacPhisto, I like your tracklists.

ATOMIC BOMB

Electrical Storm
Smile
Vertigo
Fast Cars (Live – audience edited from beginning & end)
One Step Closer
Sometimes (Single Version)
Miracle Drug
Mercy
Blinding Lights (Live – Chicago DVD)
Original Of Species (Single Version)
All Because Of You (Single Version)
Yahweh (Alternate Version)

ATYCLB

New York (Nice Version)
Stateless
Stuck In A Moment (Acoustic Version)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Never Let Me Go (Edit)
Falling At Your Feet
Levitate
Are You Gonna Wait Forever
Always
Walk On (Single Hallelujah Version)
Elevation (Tomb Raider Version)
Beautiful Day

 

[socceroo]

Atomic Bomb def. needs the addition of Electrical Storm if anything. City of Blinding Lights is an obvious 1st track. One Step Closer should be the last song because it's a sleepy one....& yes add some of those B-sides.

 

[socceroo]

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Electrical Storm
A Man and a Woman
Miracle Drug
Love and Peace or Else
All Because of You
Crumbs from Your Table
Original of the Species
Fast Cars
Yahweh
One Step Closer

 

[nathan1977]

Vertigo
All Because of You
Miracle Drug
Sometimes
Love and Peace
Crumbs
Man and Woman
Fast Cars
Original
One Step
City of Blinding
Yahweh

 

[U2girl]

Vertigo
ABOY
COBL
Miracle Drug
Sometimes
OSC
OOTS
AMAAW
LAPOE
Crumbs
Yahweh

 

[Danny Boy]

My God, we need a new album...