The Joshua Tree or Achtung Baby?

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

Go.

[Tater Totts]

Achtung Baby!

The songs outside of the singles are better.

Its a more upbeat album.

Production and musicianship are a much higher standard.

It was something different at the time.

[D-GenerationX]

Achtung Baby

Better top to bottom, I think.

[mandead]

A.B.

[ADPT]

Personally, AB.

[Snake Eyes]

The Joshua Tree. I'll probably have changed my mind in minutes though.

[Tater Totts]

I can listen to Achtung endlessly but need to be in the right mood for Tree

[Scaramouche]

AB!

[Pico]

I'm ready

I'm ready for the laughing gas

[Turn_It_Up]

Joshua Tree by far their best, IMO.

Fantastic record top to bottom...

[Black Sabbath]

At this moment I'm saying Achtung Baby, but that could easily change depending on my mood.

I will say this though, the riff on The Fly gets me so pumped. B)

[SunnyDRE]

My Take

Joshua Tree: In the running for best album of the 80's.

Achtung Baby: In the running for best album of all time.

[Tater Totts]

My god I actually agree with something Sunny said

[Black Sabbath]

Same here. I'll be honest, you get on my nerves Sunny, but when it comes down to U2, I can't help but usually agree with you.

[Guest Satanisk_Slakt]

They are both very boring.

[Black Sabbath]

Why come into the thread then if you don't like them?

[Guest Satanisk_Slakt]

Do you mean to say that you've never replied on a subject you don't like?

[Black Sabbath]

I have, but I've seen you do it plenty. Hardly ever do I do it myself.

Besides, you didn't answer my question on why you would come in and reply if you don't like either album. And the whole "He/you did it too" thing doesn't work.

[Snake Eyes]

They are both very boring.

No they are both very boring to you. Not full stop.

[Guest Satanisk_Slakt]

I have, but I've seen you do it plenty. Hardly ever do I do it myself.

Besides, you didn't answer my question on why you would come in and reply if you don't like either album. And the whole "He/you did it too" thing doesn't work.

If you say so. I voted "null vote". If I had to choose I'd probably take The Joshua Tree.

[Lithium]

Don't give up so easily, mang

[Tater Totts]

Joshua Tree has killer opening tracks but after that I think it fades alot before ending quite well. The production is alright at best on the album and as a result it suffers from at times sounding a little flat...

However Achtung Baby is consitently strong throughout the album and ends fantastically with Acrobat and Love Is Blindness which are two of my favorite songs. The production is top notch here and every song sounds alive and colourful and I like it a hell of alot as a summer album!

[Guest deleted_19765]

Achtung Baby is, to put it simply, more texturally interesting. I don't think the songs are necessarily better, but I'd rather spend time in it as a record. Eno/Lanois sound uncharacteristically dated on The Joshua Tree, something they escaped in both the '70s and '90s.

[John Bonham]

Tough choice.

At the time (1991-2) I would have said Joshua Tree, but in hindsight I vote for Achtung Baby.

Neither is in my Top 3 U2 albums.

1.Under A Blood Red Sky (1983)

2.War (1983)

3.The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

4.Wide Awake In America (1985)

[maXx]

AB.. and what Sunny said

... and very texturally interesting. great phrase AAO