To be perfectly honest, I could've voted for over half the options - the only albums I definitely won't touch yet are Boy, UF, and JT. I used to have such a stable ranking of U2's albums, but now beyond the aforementioned three (and Passengers), I just cherry-pick the songs I like and my ranking has faded a bit. But since this round is really a battle of War vs NLOTH, I went NLOTH.
Both are a bit patchy. Both have one huge dud - Red Light and Stand Up Comedy, though the former is worse. But nothing on NLOTH can even hope to compare to songs like New Year's Day or Like A Song; War's high points are much higher, and in terms of overall level of quality, I think it comes out just ahead. And NLOTH really has not stood the test of time with me ... according to last.fm, I haven't listened to it in full since 2009, and nothing at all from it in 2012.
Both are a bit patchy. Both have one huge dud - Red Light and Stand Up Comedy, though the former is worse. But nothing on NLOTH can even hope to compare to songs like New Year's Day or Like A Song; War's high points are much higher, and in terms of overall level of quality, I think it comes out just ahead. And NLOTH really has not stood the test of time with me ... according to last.fm, I haven't listened to it in full since 2009, and nothing at all from it in 2012.