For me, it's Zooropa!

my favorite: Pop

best: Achtung Baby

JT/Achtung Baby/ATYCLB

A three-way tie between Achtung Baby,The Joshua Tree & Rattle & Hum.
[Edited 10/1/06 12:12pm]

fuck Rattle & Hum

CinisterCee said:

I don't wanna fuckin hear it!
[Edited 10/1/06 12:15pm]

gypsyfire said:

I don't wanna fucken hear Rattle & Hum either! I put October before that shit

nah fuck that, this is the month of October, we're gonna pump October

CinisterCee said:

My Favorite

And my favorite U2 songs of all time is Acrobat.

love it.

achtung, baby.

Cloudbuster said:

The Joshua Tree gets my vote.

I also love Unforgetable Fire!

creatively i don't even think its questionable. achtung baby is incomparably their best work. it may not be your favorite but its their most creative, moody, artistic, experimental, and successful record.

sure, joshua tree gave them the freedom to make an achtung baby and zooropa was even more experimental. the whole process surrounding achtung baby...the tour, the image, the sound...what other band/artist went from the organic sound of something like joshua tree to the electronic, industrial feel of achtung baby. that's a helluva jump. and it went over perfectly. longtime fans loved it and moved forward with the band, new fans "discovered" u2 could really rock!

I came to the conclusion that Pop was the last U2 album that mattered...ATYCLB and the last one where so lame and unoriginal...


I remember putting the lyrics for Staring at the sun and Gon on my english and history notebooks! The Highschool days...Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins...
[Edited 10/1/06 13:45pm]

MikeMatronik said:

moi aussi. I think I'm the only person I know that actually prefers it to Joshua Tree.

I have to go w/ achtung baby

MikeMatronik said:

i'm not a U2 fan, but i've heard all their albums at least once, and zooropa is my favorite album by far, which may be why i'm not a u2 fan, i dunno. it's just FUN. light and giddy and weirdo and dancey. i like.

incognito said:

I would also put The Joshua Tree first, with Achtung Baby in a very strong second place.

Anx said:

Funny. For some reason I thought you were.

GangstaFam said:

i don't dislike them, but i don't really have a huge interest in them, either. i was a kinda-fan around the time of achtung and zooropa, but i haven't much liked 'pop' or anything they've done since.

Anx said:

Ah. For some reason I thought I remembered seeing you on threads about them when their last few albums were released.

GangstaFam said:

for some reason i always get their new albums when they come out. then i listen a few times, don't like, then sell 'em back to the wrecka stow. i guess i keep waiting for the next big brilliant rocked-out thing by them.

If you're just a so-so fan like me, this is easily the best album:

Anx said:

THANK you

CinisterCee said:

It has some great songs. "All I Want Is You" is one of my favorites.

I like Rattle and Hum. Sure, it's fearfully earnest, BUT it does have some good songs.... "Heartland" especially. I've always thought it was an underrated song.

NorthernLad said:

"All I Want Is You", "Desire" and "Angel of Harlem" are all killer too.

at the Rattle and Hum negativity.

My pick for "Best" album would probably also be "Achtung Baby", pretty much for the reasons that Sassy gave. It was just a very ballsy, deliberate piece. You may not have loved it, but you had to respect it. Plus, it was probably Bono's lyrical zenith. Amazing.

My favorite record seems to change by the day, but lately it has been Zooropa. I really appreciate the crazy underground dance vibe flowing through most of the disc. I also think it was one of their most experimental and varied albums. You have a 'Station to Station'-esque jam (Zooropa), an almost rap cut (Numb), disco (Lemon), a beautiful acoustic song (The First Time), a classicist U2 song (Stay), industrial (well, for U2... 'Dirty Day') and a space-age country cut (The Wanderer).

Anyway... I've said it before, and I'll say it again; I don't think that there is a bad album amongst the bunch. There are obviously stronger (Achtung, Joshua, War) and weaker albums (October), but they're all good, if not great.

Viva U2! Can't wait to hear the album they're working on now with Rick Rubin...