Track by Track: The Best of U2

[Dalton]

Ok so I am bored here at work and I am messing with my ipod. I wanted to set up a Best of U2 album judging by track number. For example, first I listed every first track on proper U2 studio albums (for Rattle and Hum I only used “original, first time” U2 (i.e. no Helter Skelter or Pride)songs – of course this changes the track order) and chose which was the best track.

i.e.
I Will Follow
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
A Sort of Homecoming
Where the Streets Have No Name
Van Diemen’s Land (No Helter Skelter)
Zoo Station
Zooropa
Discotheque
Beautiful Day
Vertigo

Now choose the best out of those. It is important to know that I included The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fast Cars in my list.

So, I would like to see what you guys would pick as your Track for Track Best of U2 album. Try to make it flow, if you can.

My album looks like this:

1. Beautiful Day
2. Miracle Drug
3. One
4. Love and Peace or Else
5. Out of Control
6. All Because of You
7. Bad
8. Mysterious Ways
9. Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World
10. Original of the Species
11. Please
12. Love is Blindness

This one is probably too HTDAAB heavy and it doesn’t flow that well, but it is my first attempt. I will be listening to your suggestions tomorrow to decide a winner.

Thanks All!!!!!

 

[Dalton]

Maybe this list of songs will help?

Ones
1 a I Will Follow
1 b Gloria
1 c Sunday Bloody Sunday
1 d A Sort of Homecoming
1 e Where the Streets Have No Name
1 f Van Diemens Land
1 g ZooStation
1 h Zooropa
1 i Discotheque
1 j Beautiful Day
1 k Vertigo

Twos
2 a Twilight
2 b I Fall Down
2 c Seconds
2 d Pride
2 e I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
2 f Desire
2 g Even Better than the Real Thing
2 h Babyface
2 i Do You Feel Loved
2 j Stuck in a Moment
2 k Miracle Drug

Threes
3 a An Cat Dubh
3 b I Threw a Brick Through a Window
3 c New Years Day
3 d Wire
3 e With or Without You
3 f Hawkmoon
3 g One
3 h Numb
3 i Mofo
3 j Elevation
3 k Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own

Fours
4 a Into the Heart
4 b Rejoice
4 c Like a Song
4 d The Unforgetable Fire
4 e Bullet the Blue Sky
4 f Silver and Gold
4 g Until the End of the World
4 h Lemon
4 i If God Will Send His Angels
4 j Walk On
4 k Love and Peace or Else

Fives
5 a Out of Control
5 b Fire
5 c Drowning Man
5 d Promenade
5 e Running to Stand Still
5 f Angel of Harlem
5 g Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
5 h Stay
5 i Staring at the Sun
5 j Kite
5 k City of Blinding Lights

Sixes
6 a Stories for Boys
6 b Tomorrow
6 c Refugee
6 d 4th of July
6 e Red Hill Mining Town
6 f Love Rescue Me
6 g So Cruel
6 h Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
6 i Last Night on Earth
6 j In A Little While
6 k All Because of You

Sevens
7 a The Ocean
7 b October
7 c Two Hearts Beat as One
7 d Bad
7 e In God's Country
7 f When Love Comes to Town
7 g The Fly
7 h Some Days are Better than Others
7 i Gone
7 j Wild Honey
7 k A Man and a Woman

Eights
8 a A Day Without Me
8 b With a Shout
8 c Red Light
8 d Indian Summer Sky
8 e Trip Through Your Wires
8 f Heartland
8 g Mysterious Ways
8 h The First Time
8 i Miami
8 j Peace on Earth
8 k Crumbs from Your Table

Nines
9 a Another Time Another Place
9 b Stranger in a Strange Land
9 c Surrender
9 d Elvis Presely and America
9 e One Tree Hill
9 f God Part 2
9 g Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
9 h Dirty Day
9 i The Playboy Mansion
9 j When I Look at the World
9 k One Step Closer

Tens
10 a The Electric Co.
10 b Scarlett
10 c 40
10 d MLK
10 e Exit
10 f All I Want is You
10 g Ultraviolet
10 h The Wanderer
10 i If You Wear that Velvet Dress
10 j New York
10 k Original of the Species

Elevens
11 a Shadows and Tall Trees
11 b Is That All
11 e Mothers of the Disappeared
11 g Acrobat
11 i Please
11 j Grace
11 k Yahweh

Twelves
12 g Love is Blindness
12 i Wake Up Deadman
12 j The Ground Beneath Her Feet
12 k Fast Cars

Thirteen (add if needed)
13 i Holy Joe

 

[Pero]

1.WTSHNN
2.EBTTRT
3.With or without you(this os hardest choice)
4.Lemon
5.Staring at the sun
6.Red hill mining town
7.The Fly(i'm sorry, bad is exceptional song, but...)
8.Mysterious Ways
9.One tree hill
10.All i want is you
11.Acrobat

No more this would be the greatest album ever, including
Pride, UF, Bad, One, New year's day, SBS and UTEOTW

 

[MrBrau1]

Go out drinking.

 

[phanan]

Man, you are bored.

 

[Dalton]

Man, you are bored.

LOL

I am as slow as piss right now. Here are a few more.

Most Popular (Songs that non-U2 fans recognize)
1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. Pride
3. With or Without You
4. Walk On
5. City of Blinding Lights (I Believe!)
6. In A Little While (ABOY more than likely, but this sounds good here)
7. In God’s Country
8. Mysterious Ways
9. One Tree Hill
10. All I Want is You
11. Yahweh
12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Most Rockin’ (Turn it Up Axel!)
1. I Will Follow
2. Even Better Than the Real Thing
3. Mofo
4. Love and Peace or Else
5. Out of Control
6. Last Night on Earth
7. The Fly
8. A Day Without Me
9. Dirty Day
10. The Electric Co.
11. Yahweh
12. Xanax and Wine (I am cheating … )
13. Holy Joe

Most Mellow (Honestly Baby … we can’t leave … the car is out of gas …..)
1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Babyface
3. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
4. Unforgettable Fire
5. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. So Cruel
7. A Man and A Woman
8. The First Time
9. One Step Closer
10. MLK
11. Mothers of the Disappeared
12. Wake Up Deadman

 

[beLIEve]

Buy the complete U2

Cave into the marketing hype and just buy the i-pod with the "Complete U2". That gives you 440 songs, but to simplify things, just put it on "random play", and you're bound to hear your best of eventually.

 

[Dalton]

I have the complete U2.....


Here is another one - kids go to your room .....

Best of U2: (Gonna Get Lucky Remix)
1. Where the Streets Have No Name (Start out slow – make it last….)
2. Desire (1 – 2 – 3 – 4 …)
3. With or Without You (and breathe ….)
4. Love and Peace or Else (I don’t know what Bono is singing about, but this song is all about the HIPS…)
5. Fire (for the opening Uhhhhhhh if nothing else ….)
6. In a Little While (because there in NO sex AT ALL in ANY #6 song … )
7. A Man and A Woman (And Adam explains why he gets more than any other U2 member…)
8. Mysterious Ways (50% of everyone reading this post seriously considered naming one (two … three…) of their children “Mysterious Ways…)
9. Dirty Day (about time someone got dirty ….)
10. If You Wear That Velvet Dress (there is an 80% chance my first kid will be called “the moon is playing tricks again ….)
11. Please (indeed …. hopefully it isn’t “Is That All” ….)
12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (because Love is Blindness would be mean …..)

 

[Yahweh]

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Do You Feel Loved
3. One
4. Until The End Of The World
5. Stay
6. So Cruel
7. The Fly
8. Mysterious Ways
9. One Step Closer
10. All I Want Is You
11. Yahweh
12. Love Is Blindness

 

[MatejU2]

1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. Miracle Drug
3. With or Without You
4. Until the End of the World
5. Stay
6. In A Little While
7. Bad
8. Heartland
9. Elvis Presley and America
10. Original of the Species
11. Acrobat
12. Love is Blindness

 

[beLIEve]

This could lead to a lot of "Best Of" selections

lol

kids, stay in bed...

...and if she's left unhappy for some reason, or perhaps this "best of" is a "one and done" for you, then you could play part II for her (keep it to an EP):

1. Walk On
2. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
3. So Cruel
4. Another time, another place

Of course, if this "best of" is an overwhelming success, you'd have to have a different EP:

1. Stuck in a moment, and I can't get out of it
2. All because of you (...I'm at the place I started out from, and I want back inside...)
3. Stay
4. All I want is you

If you have trouble deciding if the "best of" was "all that", play "Do you feel Loved" and watch for a reaction. Based on that, or hopefully your own opinion, you should know what EP to put on.

 

[Oregoropa]

1. Beautiful Day
2. Pride
3. One
4. Until the End of the World
5. City of Blinding Lights
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In God's Country
8. Mysterious Ways
9. God Part II
10. All I Want is You
11. Please
12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

 

[shart1780]

1- Elevation
2- Until the End of the World
3- Stuck in a Moment
4- Gone
5- Kite
6- Bad
7- Please
8- Where the Streets Have No Name
9- The First Time
10- Playboy Mansion
11- Original of the Species
12- Your Blue Room

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

I hate these threads, because I'm too lazy to think that hard right now.

 

[Dalton]

Re: This could lead to a lot of "Best Of" selections

lol

kids, stay in bed...

...and if she's left unhappy for some reason, or perhaps this "best of" is a "one and done" for you, then you could play part II for her (keep it to an EP):

1. Walk On
2. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
3. So Cruel
4. Another time, another place

Of course, if this "best of" is an overwhelming success, you'd have to have a different EP:

1. Stuck in a moment, and I can't get out of it
2. All because of you (...I'm at the place I started out from, and I want back inside...)
3. Stay
4. All I want is you

If you have trouble deciding if the "best of" was "all that", play "Do you feel Loved" and watch for a reaction. Based on that, or hopefully your own opinion, you should know what EP to put on.

See kids (go back to bed) that was funny.

 

[miss becky]

1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Pride
3. New Year's Day
4. Walk On
5. City of Blinding Lights
6. So Cruel
7. Gone
7a. Bad (how can I choose between these two??)
8. Crumbs
9. Dirty Day
10. All I Want Is You
11. Acrobat
12. Love is Blindness

 

[Windmilllane]

1. Pride
2. Streets
3. One
3. Beautiful Day
4. I Will Follow
5. With or Without You
6. Even Better than the Real Thing
7. Desire
8. Walk On
9. Mysterious Ways
10. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11. Gone
12. All I Want Is You

 

[SeattleVertigo]

1. Beautiful Day
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. With or Without You
4. If God Will Send His Angels
5. Running to Stand Still
6. So Cruel
7. Bad
8. Crumbs from Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. All I Want is You
11. Please
12. Love Is Blindness

Had to pass over some fantastic songs, but I could live with this list.

 

[OpperGoeroe]

1. Zooropa
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. Rejoice
5. Running To Stand Still
6. Tomorrow
7. Bad
8. Heartland
9. One Tree Hill
10. Original of the Species
11. Acrobat
12. Love is Blindness

 

[beau2ifulday]

1) Beautiful Day
2) Pride
3) With or Without You
4) Walk On
5) Angel Of Harlem
6) In A Little While
7) Bad (man, having Gone, The Fly and Bad in the same category...)
8) Mysterious Ways
9) God Part 2
10) Original Of The Species
11) Acrobat
12) The Ground Beneath Her Feet

 

[the tourist]

1 Where the Streets Have No Name
2 Desire
3 With or Without You
4 The Unforgetable Fire
5 Staring at the Sun
6 Last Night on Earth
7 Bad
8 Heartland
9 Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
10 New York
11 Acrobat
12 Love is Blindness

 

[phanan]

OK, here goes...

My faves:

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Pride
3. One
4. Walk On
5. Kite
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. Bad
8. Heartland
9. One Tree Hill
10. All I Want Is You
11. Mothers Of The Disappeared
12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Geez, could it be any more mellow?? I'll have to do a rockin' set as well:

1. Vertigo
2. Desire
3. Elevation
4. Bullet The Blue Sky
5. Out Of Control
6. All Because Of You
7. The Fly
8. Mysterious Ways
9. God Part II
10. The Electric Co.
11. Yahweh
12. Fast Cars
13. Holy Joe

OK, I feel better now.

 

[Dalton]

1. Pride
2. Streets
3. One
3. Beautiful Day
4. I Will Follow
5. With or Without You
6. Even Better than the Real Thing
7. Desire
8. Walk On
9. Mysterious Ways
10. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11. Gone
12. All I Want Is You

Wow, you didn't get this thread at ALL!

 

[namkcuR]

Abstract High-On-Something Other-Worldy Set

Zooropa
Do You Feel Loved
Mofo
Lemon
Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
So Cruel
The Fly
The First Time
One Step Closer
Scarlet
Acrobat
Wake Up Dead Man

 

[BigIdeas]

WTSHNN
Pride
WoWY
UTEOTW
Kite
ABOY
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
God Pt 2
All I Want Is You
Yahweh
Love is Blindness

 

[rymyx]

U2 BEST OF 1980 - 2005 2 discs

1. I will follow
2. all because of you
3. gloria
4. sunday bloody sunday
5. unforgettable fire
6. bad
7. with or without you
8. where the streets have no name
9. one
10. until the end of the world
11. if god will send his angels
12. stay
13. desire
14. lemon
15. miracle drug
16. Kite
17. City blinding lights

1. love and peace or else
2. dirty day
3. sometimes you cant make it on your own
4.beautiful day
5. hmtmkmkm
6. electrical storm
7. gone
8. the fly
9.vertigo
10. new years day
11. a sort of homecoming
12. please
13. original of the species
14. ultraviolet
15. mercy
16.still havent found what im looking for
17.yahweh


a possible best of but more likely just a couple good mixed cd"s although there are themes running through with regards to sequencing of tracks

 

[Hoodlem]

1. Zooropa
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. One
4. Until the End of the World
5. Running to Stand Still
6. Tomorrow
7. Gone
8. A Day Without Me
9. One Tree Hill
10. MLK
11. Acrobat
12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Not a bad little CD that would make...I'm gonna make it a playlist right now.

AB: 3
TJT: 3
October; 1
POP: 1
Zooropa: 1
Boy: 1
TUF: 1
ATYCLB: 1

WOW...that's a pretty good spread between all the albums. 8 albums represented.

Sometimes it amazes me how deep their back catalogue is.