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Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:

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Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« on: February 06, 2021, 08:47:13 PM »
What do you think are the finest tracks across their recently gone 'Songs of' era?

I included 2013.. as 'Ordinary Love' & the Mandela version of 'Breathe' were released in November that year, a few months later 'Invisible' was unveiled in a Super-Bowl advertisement.

Here's what I think:

Every Breaking Wave
Iris (Hold Me Close)
Raised By Wolves
Cedarwood Road
Sleep Like A Baby
Crystal Ballroom
The Troubles

Lights Of Home
Summer Love
Red Flag Day
Landlady
Little Things
Book Of Your Heart
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2021, 08:56:15 PM »
Ordinary Love
Every Breaking Wave
Iris (Hold Me Close)
Cedarwood Road
The Troubles
Lights of Home
Red Flag Day
Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way
Book Of Your Heart
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2021, 10:30:47 PM »
Eery Breaking Wave
California
Iris
Raised by Wolves
Sleep Like a Baby
The Troubles
The Crystal Ballroom
Love is All We Have Left
Red Flag Day
The Little Things
Landlady
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2021, 10:54:46 PM »
In order of awesomeness

The Crystal Ballroom
Little Things
The Troubles
SLABT
Red Flag Day
Iris
Cedarwood
Book of your Heart
Every Breaking Wave
Reach me now
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2021, 11:32:21 PM »
SLABT
There Is a Light
The Troubles
Red Flag Day
Iris
The Little Things
Book of Your Heart
Raised by Wolves
Cedarwood Road
Love Is All We Have Left
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2021, 11:55:12 PM »
Invisible
Every Breaking Wave
Cedarwood Road
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
The Troubles
The Crystal Ballroom

Love Is All We Have Left
Summer of Love
Red Flag Day
The Little Things That Give You Away
13
Book of Your Heart

(Also California live without the stupid intro)
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2021, 12:07:47 AM »
(No specific order)

Cedarwood Road
Raised By Wolves
The Miracle
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
The Troubles
Every Breaking Wave
The Crystal Ballroom
The Little Things That Give You Away
Red Flag Day
Book Of Your Heart
Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way
Landlady
Lights Of Home
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2021, 11:08:42 AM »
JOEY'S MIRACLE
AMERICAN SOUL

Just kidding  :D :o

Invisible
Every Breaking Wave (album version only)
Iris
Red Flag Day
The Little Things
13
Landlady (like the music, at least the 1st part of the lyrics is mediocre)



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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2021, 12:39:32 PM »
Quote from: Cheese and Onions on February 07, 2021, 11:08:42 AM
JOEY'S MIRACLE
AMERICAN SOUL

Just kidding  :D :o

Invisible
Every Breaking Wave (album version only)
Iris
Red Flag Day
The Little Things
13
Landlady (like the music, at least the 1st part of the lyrics is mediocre)

Haha  :D
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2021, 12:42:17 PM »
Crystal Ballroom
Red Flag Day
California
Iris
Sleep like a baby Tonight
Cedarwood Road
Raised by Wolves
Love is all we have left
Book of your heart
The Showman
Landlady
The little things that give you Away
the Troubles
13
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2021, 12:48:23 PM »
I do think that if you take the best half of each of the "songs of" records, you'd get a damn fine album.
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2021, 12:53:51 PM »
Quote from: SwimmingSorrows on February 07, 2021, 12:48:23 PM
I do think that if you take the best half of each of the "songs of" records, you'd get a damn fine album.

Oh yes, absolutely

i tried to place my list in order of how they might flow on an album, not necessarily in order of favorites
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2021, 05:17:29 PM »
Going in album order:

Raised by Wolves
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
The Troubles
The Book of Your Heart

I can leave the rest. Love Is All We Have Left is a decent and somewhat adventurous work, but contextualized, the lyric is a bit cloying. I remember 13 being ok, but that lyric was bad before when it appeared on Songs of Innocence and it was bad when it had to reappear.
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2021, 07:30:50 PM »
Quote from: WookieeWarrior on February 07, 2021, 05:17:29 PM
Going in album order:

Raised by Wolves
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
The Troubles
The Book of Your Heart

I can leave the rest. Love Is All We Have Left is a decent and somewhat adventurous work, but contextualized, the lyric is a bit cloying. I remember 13 being ok, but that lyric was bad before when it appeared on Songs of Innocence and it was bad when it had to reappear.

No love for TCB, Wookie? Darn....
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Re: Best tracks across U2's 'Songs of' era 2013-2017:
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2021, 09:46:41 PM »
My "Innocence-Experience" album would run like this:

1. Lucifer's Hands
2. Cedarwood Road
3. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
4. Volcano
5. Red Flag Day
6. The Troubles
7. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
8. Love Is All We Have Left
9. Book of Your Heart
10. Landlady
11. The Little Things
12. There Is a LIght

And I'd include these as b-sides or bonus tracks of some sort:
The Showman
The Miracle
Summer of Love
Lights of Home (platitude-free edit)
Crystal Ballroom
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