U2 Album League - The Final League Positions

These are the final positions in our U2 album league after 13 matches played. 

Thank you to all who participated on this project, something I don't think has ever been done before on a U2 forum.

1. Achtung Baby (39) 13/0/0 (+243)
2. The Joshua Tree (36) 12/1/0 (+179)
3. Zooropa (33) 11/2/0 (+129)
4. The Unforgettable Fire (30) 10/3/0 (+131)
5. Pop (27) 9/4/0 (+97)
6. Boy (22) 7/5/1 (-20)
7. Rattle and Hum (18) 5/5/3 (-37)
8. War (17) 5/6/2 (-26)
9. Songs of Innocence (15) 5/8/0 (-71)
10. No Line on the Horizon (14) 4/7/2 (-53)
11. All That You Can't Leave Behind (9) 3/10/0 (-134)
12. Songs of Experience (6) 2/11/0 (-128)
13. October (3) 1/12/0 (-134)
14. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (0) 0/13/0 (-171)

Boy 16:7 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Boy 4:21 The Unforgettable Fire
Boy 4:19 The Joshua Tree
Boy 7:18 Pop
Boy 16:10 Songs of Innocence
Boy 12:12 Rattle and Hum
Boy 17:7 October
Boy 12:9 No Line on the Horizon
Boy 15:10 War
Boy 3:19 AB
Boy 19:5 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Boy 14:9 Songs of Experience
Boy 5:18 Zooropa

October  8:14 War
October 3:18 The Joshua Tree
October 13 :11 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
October 11:15 Rattle & Hum
October 11:16 No Line on the Horizon
October 9:13 Songs of Experience
October 7:17 Boy
October 7:15 Songs of Innocence
October 2:22 The Unforgettable Fire
October 2:19 Pop
October 1:23 Achtung Baby
October 1:22 Zooropa
October 9:13 All That You Can’t Leave Behind

War 14:8 October
War 2:21 Achtung Baby
War 19:5 Songs of Innocence
War 12:12 No Line on the Horizon
War 2:24 The Joshua Tree
War 16:6 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
War 7:15 Zooropa
War 12:12 Rattle and Hum
War10:15 Boy
War 5:18 The Unforgettable Fire
War 14:7 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
War 8:16 Pop
War 17:5 Songs of Experience

TUF 16:9 Pop
TUF 21:4 Boy
TUF 19:4 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
TUF 5:20 Achtung Baby
TUF 23:3 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
TUF 10:14 The Joshua Tree
TUF 18:3 Songs of Experience
TUF 13:14 Zooropa
TUF 22:2 October
TUF 18:5 War
TUF 18:3 No Line on the Horizon
TUF 20:4 Songs of Innocence
TUF 19:4 Rattle and Hum

Joshua Tree 14:9 Zooropa
Joshua Tree 18:3 October
Joshua Tree  19:4 Boy
Joshua Tree 26:0 Songs of Innocence
Joshua Tree 24:2 War
Joshua Tree 14:10 The Unforgettable Fire
Joshua Tree 22:0 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Joshua Tree 21:1 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Joshua Tree 22:3 Rattle and Hum
Joshua Tree 19:0 Songs of Experience
Joshua Tree 16:10 Pop
Joshua Tree 20:1 No Line on the Horizon
Joshua Tree 6:20 Achtung Baby

R&H 13:9 Songs of Innocence
R&H 6:20 Pop
R&H 0:24 Achtung Baby
R&H 15:11 October
R&H 7:18 Zooropa
R&H 12:12 Boy
R&H 16:6 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
R&H 12:12 War
R&H 3:22 Joshua Tree
R&H 11:11 No Line on the Horizon
R&H 16:5 Songs of Experience
R&H 21:4 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
R&H 4:19 The Unforgettable Fire

AB 21:2 NLOTH
AB 21:2 War
AB 24:0 Rattle and Hum
AB 20:5 The Unforgettable Fire
AB 26:1 Songs of Experience
AB 22:5 Pop
AB 21:1 Songs of Innocence
AB 22:1 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
AB 20:5 Zooropa
AB 19:3 Boy
AB 23:1 October
AB 22:2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
AB 20:6 The Joshua Tree

Zooropa 9:14 Joshua Tree
Zooropa 24:3 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Zooropa 16:12 Pop
Zooropa 22:2 Songs of Experience
Zooropa 18:7 Rattle and Hum
Zooropa 19:2 No Line on the Horizon
Zooropa 15:7 War
Zooropa 14:13 The Unforgettable Fire
Zooropa 5:20 Achtung Baby
Zooropa 19:2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Zooropa 16:5 Songs of Innocence
Zooropa 22:1 October
Zooropa 18:5 Boy

Pop 9:16 TUF
Pop 20:6 R&H
Pop 12:16 Zooropa
Pop 18:7 Boy
Pop 22:5 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Pop 5:22 Achtung Baby
Pop 19:5 No Line on the Horizon
Pop 21:3 Songs of Experience
Pop 22:3 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Pop 19:2 October
Pop 10:16 The Joshua Tree
Pop 16:8 War
Pop 18:7 Songs of Innocence

ATYCLB 7:16 Boy
ATYCLB 6: 19 No Line on the Horizon
ATYCLB 4:19 The Unforgettable Fire
ATYCLB 14:12 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
ATYCLB 5:22 Pop
ATYCLB 9:16 Songs of Innocence
ATYCLB 0:22 The Joshua Tree
ATYCLB 1:22 Achtung Baby
ATYCLB 15:10 Songs of Experience
ATYCLB 2:19 Zooropa
ATYCLB 7:14 War
ATYCLB 4:21 Rattle and Hum
ATYCLB 13:9 October

HTDAAB 7:14 Songs of Experience
HTDAAB 3:24 Zooropa
HTDAAB 11:13 October
HTDAAB 12:14 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
HTDAAB 3:23 The Unforgettable Fire
HTDAAB 6:16 War
HTDAAB 6:16 Rattle and Hum
HTDAAB 0:21 The Joshua Tree
HTDAAB 3:22 Pop
HTDAAB 6:19 Songs of Innocence
HTDAAB 5:19 Boy
HTDAAB 2:22 Achtung Baby
HTDAAB 6:18 No Line on the Horizon

NLOTH 2:21 Achtung Baby
NLOTH 19:6 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
NLOTH 15:9 Songs of Experience
NLOTH 12:12 War
NLOTH 16:11 October
NLOTH 2:19 Zooropa
NLOTH 5:19 Pop
NLOTH 9:12 Boy
NLOTH 13:15 Songs of Innocence
NLOTH 11:11 Rattle and Hum
NLOTH 3:19 The Unforgettable Fire
NLOTH 1:20 The Joshua Tree
NLOTH 18:6 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

SoI 9:13 Rattle and Hum
SoI 16:9 Songs of Experience
SoI 5:19 War
SoI 0:26 Joshua Tree
SoI 10:16 Boy
SoI 16:9 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
SoI 1:21 Achtung Baby
SoI 15:7 October
SoI 15:13 No Line on the Horizon
SoI 19:6 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
SoI 5:16 Zooropa
SoI 4:20 The Unforgettable Fire
SoI 7:18 Pop

SoE 14:7 HTDAAB
SoE 9:16 Songs of Innocence
SoE 9:15 No Line on the Horizon
SoE 2:22 Zooropa
SoE 1:26 Achtung Baby
SoE 13:9 October
SoE 3:18 The Unforgettable Fire
SoE 3:21 Pop
SoE 10:15 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
SoE 0:19 Joshua Tree
SoE 5:16 Rattle and Hum
SoE 9:14 Boy
SoE 5:17 War

Very, very  cool, strudel. Thanks for your hard work on this project. It was great fun!

Fantastic work mate.

This is an excellent way to rank the albums.  Our forum seems to differ from music critics in our affinity for pop and rh. 

I think the 2000s albums are properly ordered. 


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Sublte differences aside as you mention, zero - i think our list so to speak is not all that far off what you'd see from most critics.

I recently posted some sources in another thread that aggregated loads of critics lists and fans lists - which made for a decent read.

Bomb as it has here Bombed.

The 00's and 10's records also perform really badly generally.

I'll see if can find them.

I’m glad SOI came out as the best of the 00s.   It’s the most consistent record and has aged well.  I probably helped get it over nloth with my votes.   


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I’m glad SOI came out as the best of the 00s.   It’s the most consistent record and has aged well.  I probably helped get it over nloth with my votes.   


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Good to see SOI ahead of SOE as well. Always thought it was better & a late career classic.

SOE had a couple more songs. Suspect that was to negate the other songs not being as good. But good that SOE was only a 3 year wait.

Always liked Bomb.

However my bomb had the fun 'Fast Cars' & the epic 'Electrical Storm' and 'The Hands that built America'. Of course 'Yahwah' has been removed.

Always liked Bomb.

However my bomb had the fun 'Fast Cars' & the epic 'Electrical Storm' and 'The Hands that built America'. Of course 'Yahwah' has been removed.

It came within 2 votes of winning and 1 vote of drawing in two matches. 

I get nostalgic for bomb. 


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I get nostalgic for bomb. 


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I like 'a man and a woman',  something tells me u2 wouldn't have the balls to release a song like that now. 

Good.