***Survivor: Gone on the Rising Tide (Albums Rd 5)

[bathiu]

Then again, I find it interesting that the horserace is between the album put out in 1980 and the one put out exactly 20 years later. Supposedly, All That You Can't Leave Behind was a 'back to the basics' album - the 'basics' here being Boy. Curious, isn't it?

goat

Comparing 1)'Boy' to 2)ATYCLB is like comparing a 1)volcano full of magma to a 2)pool behind your hous, half-way filled with water.

Afer 4 years, and having HTDDAB... I still don't see how ATYCLB is "back to basics"

 

[Yahweh]

Waves goodbye to the little Boy even though I listened to it today and loved it.

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

ATYCLB is in bad position..... shit.... it was a good album! At least the tour was GREAT!!!

 

[ylimeU2]

All That You Can't Leave Behind.

 

[ylimeU2]

Comparing 1)'Boy' to 2)ATYCLB is like comparing a 1)volcano full of magma to a 2)pool behind your hous, half-way filled with water.

Afer 4 years, and having HTDDAB... I still don't see how ATYCLB is "back to basics"

I never understood that, either. Unless going back to the basics means unoriginal drivel.

 

[Axver]

ATYCLB is in bad position..... shit.... it was a good album! At least the tour was GREAT!!!

But we're not voting on the tour. We're solely voting on the comparative album quality.

 

[Balfron]

only 1 vote in it!

 

[the tourist]

I would rather be able to say I'd gone to a show on the Boy tour, much more than to be able to say I'd been to a show on the Elevation tour. Silly voters. Come on. Get All That You Can't Leave Behind off. Of the albums remaining, it's All That You CAN Leave Behind.

 

[XHendrix24]

Why such contempt for the Unforgettable Fire?

YOU FOOLS! IT'S ONE OF THEIR BEST ALBUMS!!!!!!11111

But seriously. UF rules.

 

[anitram]

We're solely voting on the comparative album quality.

Yarite. Have you read the threads?

 

[Axver]

Yarite. Have you read the threads?

OK, and on strategy. But we're not considering live performances of the songs at all (excluding UABRS and RAH before they got booted).

 

[VertigoGal]

Unforgettable Fire...sorry.

Why all the votes for Boy? It has 8 great songs compared to UF's like 3...

 

[Yahweh]

Just listened to ATYCLB yesterday and I must say its about 4 times as good as Boy is even though Boy is a good album, ATYCLB is certainly in U2s top 5 and people that say it is unoriginal should go listen to Pearl Jam or AC/DC who have been doing the same thing for 15 and 30 years respectively....ATYCLB has very solid songs not as good as Bomb but actually pretty close.

 

[Lancemc]

I'll put 50 bucks down says that The Joshua Tree is gonna win this whole competition.


that said, I vote for War!

 

[Catman]

meh, I never did think "The Unforgettable Fire" is as good as everyone here thinks it is

 

[LyricalDrug]

I have no idea how anyone can think Pop is better than ATYCLB, which won like a billion Grammys, earned rave reviews, and gave way to one of the best U2 tours ever.

 

[theedge111]

Please! Those with a vote left, vote Boy and save ATYCLB!!!

 

[beli]

2 and a half hours to go.

And its going to be a photo finish

 

[theedge111]

This one is exciting!!

 

[theedge111]

What happens if there's a tie Beli?

 

[beli]

What happens if there's a tie Beli?

Ill worry about that later. Umm,
I guess we could run a short poll for 24 hours with just the two tied albums?

any other suggestions?

 

[theedge111]

How crazy would that be.

 

[beli]

How crazy would that be.

Would be interesting. And a first. I dont think we have had a tie before

 

[ylimeU2]

Ill worry about that later. Umm,
I guess we could run a short poll for 24 hours with just the two tied albums?

any other suggestions?

A short poll sounds like a good idea to me.

 

[beli]

A short poll sounds like a good idea to me.

Thanks. I think thats what I will do. I hadn't actually thought about it. lol.

 

[beli]

What happens if there's a tie Beli?

theedge111, thanks for making me think about that posibility. I hadnt thought about until you suggested it. Thanks

 

[theedge111]

theedge111, thanks for making me think about that posibility. I hadnt thought about until you suggested it. Thanks

No prob, now i dont know if i want boy to just lose, or tie ATYCLB so we can have the crazy tie breaker. Man would that be cool!

 

[beli]

No prob, now i dont know if i want boy to just lose, or tie ATYCLB so we can have the crazy tie breaker. Man would that be cool!

lol. It would be interesting actually. It would mean the others who voted for the other albums would choose which one they prefer out of the two very different albums.

We shall see. Mind you, no one has voted in the last half an hour so maybe there won't be many more votes in this last stretch.

 

[Axver]

In the song survivor series run ages ago by DaveC, we had a short poll to determine the loser. I see no reason not to employ that again here.

 

[beli]

In the song survivor series run ages ago by DaveC, we had a short poll to determine the loser. I see no reason not to employ that again here.

Did he? Cool. I didnt recall.

We have about an hour and ten minutes ish to go.