Most top-heavy album

[Zoots]

This is sort of a spin off on namkcur's thread about sides. Which U2 album in your opinion has the best songs at the beginning and the worst / mediocre ones towards the end?

I think for me it's Zooropa. Most of the time I only listen to tracks 1 - 5.

 

[miss becky]

October. I very rarely listen past the title track.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

how could you?? no dirty day? no some days are better than others? no the first time??

i do they they have a bottom-heavy album. sometimes i can only stand to come into joshua tree at track five, only because 1-4 get played so much everywhere else.

 

[namkcuR]

ATYCLB.

1-6 are good but 7-11(Wild Honey, Peace On Earth, When I Look At The World, New York, Grace) don't have much kick to them.

 

[Zoots]

how could you?? no dirty day? no some days are better than others? no the first time??

well... it depends on my mood. I do like Daddy's Gonna Pay, First Time and to a lesser extent Dirty Day and Wanderer. Don't really like Some Days except for that bass line.

 

[Zoots]

ATYCLB.

1-6 are good but 7-11(Wild Honey, Peace On Earth, When I Look At The World, New York, Grace) don't have much kick to them.

lol... I was thinking of saying ATYCLB but it's not really top heavy IMO with Stuck in a Moment and Elevation in there.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

well... it depends on my mood. I do like Daddy's Gonna Pay, First Time and to a lesser extent Dirty Day and Wanderer. Don't really like Some Days except for that bass line.

that album holds a special memory for me now. the first thing i heard when i got home from the hospital was daddy's gonna pay. certain people i know have very strange senses of humour. i rocked out though.

i love the first time. i like dirty day but i can't remember if i like the album version better or that remix that was a b-side for some pop single. i'm so helpful, i know.

 

[namkcuR]

that album holds a special memory for me now. the first thing i heard when i got home from the hospital was daddy's gonna pay. certain people i know have very strange senses of humour. i rocked out though.

i love the first time. i like dirty day but i can't remember if i like the album version better or that remix that was a b-side for some pop single. i'm so helpful, i know.

The 'Please' single had two Dirty Day remixes, the 'Junk Day' mix and the 'Bitter Kiss' mix.

 

[miss becky]

i love the first time. i like dirty day but i can't remember if i like the album version better or that remix that was a b-side for some pop single. i'm so helpful, i know.

The remix of Dirty Day is awful. Just awful. They should never have screwed around with the album version.

 

[namkcuR]

The remix of Dirty Day is awful. Just awful. They should never have screwed around with the album version.

Which one? There are two.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

The 'Please' single had two Dirty Day remixes, the 'Junk Day' mix and the 'Bitter Kiss' mix.

thanks! i just had a listen and i was thinking of the junk day mix.

The remix of Dirty Day is awful. Just awful. They should never have screwed around with the album version.

when i had a listen to the junk day, i remember it was the album version i preferred. but i do like the junk day mix, i just like the album version better. :slaps forehead:

 

[miss becky]

Which one? There are two.

The Junk remix. I admit I haven't heard the other, but I'm not too eager to.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

btw, what's this lemonade mix of lemon i've been hearing so much about? i don't seem to have that one.

 

[miss becky]

I can send that one to you, if you want.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

ooh, you would? please?

 

[miss becky]

ooh, you would? please?

You've got mail!

Edited to add: Looks like the e-mail bounced. I'll do a YSI.

 

[phanan]

October. I very rarely listen past the title track.

Gotta agree with this one.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

You've got mail!

Edited to add: Looks like the e-mail bounced. I'll do a YSI.

hmmm, well, i received one of the e-mails! thanks so much!

 

[miss becky]

You're welcome!

 

[VertigoGal]

Unforgettable Fire, for sure. can't believe no one's mentioned it. I know Bad is number 7, but that's it and even that one is so much better live. And yeah 40 works great for concerts but I wouldn't call it a great song.

 

[Zoots]

Unforgettable Fire, for sure. can't believe no one's mentioned it. I know Bad is number 7, but that's it and even that one is so much better live. And yeah 40 works great for concerts but I wouldn't call it a great song.

40 is on War though.

 

[XHendrix24]

Probably ATYCLB.

Edit: Oh, and is there any way that I could get a copy of that Lemonade Remix, too?

Pretty please? I'll love you forever.

XHendrix24@comcast.net

 

[VertigoGal]

40 is on War though.

shit you're right! ok, i think it's obvious that i don't listen to either of those albums much. they're both a little top-heavy, actually.

i was thinking of mlk i guess, they seem so similar to me!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Probably ATYCLB.

Edit: Oh, and is there any way that I could get a copy of that Lemonade Remix, too?

Pretty please? I'll love you forever.

XHendrix24@comcast.net

you've got mail!

 

[XHendrix24]

you've got mail!

Thanks a million.

 

[beau2ifulday]

All That You Can't Leave Behind - it's difficult to say, as I do love 'New York', which is obviously very near the end, but the quality does seems to very noticably and very steadily decrease throughout.

 

[Axver]

The remix of Dirty Day is awful. Just awful. They should never have screwed around with the album version.

You've got to be kidding! The Junk Day mix is good and Bitter Kiss makes the album version look mediocre. They're two of only five remixes I like. Though the live Dirty Day puts any studio version to shame.

 

[Axver]

To answer the question ... I've no idea.

Boy: consistent throughout, and come on, THE ELECTRIC CO.!
October: I guess this may have the weakest second half. Then again ... Scarlet and October are gorgeous and I really enjoy With A Shout. To those of you who don't listen past October: what's wrong with Scarlet?
War: Great throughout, but Red Light drags the second half down a little, and I've never been overly enthused about THBAO.
UF: Perfection from start to finish.
JT: See UF.
RAH: The end is better.
Achtung: Despite the fact the second half has TTTYAATW, it's also got The Fly, Acrobat, and Love Is Blindness, three of Achtung's four classics (the other being UTEOTW). Second half is better.
Zooropa: Hmm. This may just be the winner. Then again, the first half has Babyface ...
Pop: Second half has Gone and Wake Up Dead Man. Definitely better.
ATYCLB: When I Look At The World and Grace are two of my favourite tracks. I think this album falls down a bit in the middle with In A Little While and Wild Honey, but I don't think the album's top-heavy.
HTDAAB: Brilliant from start to finish.

 

[timothius]

For me...

UF vs ATYCLB...

Bad > When I Look At The World... thus ATYCLB wins.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

POP, I like everything through "Gone"......after that, it's all rubbish to my ears.