Best albums by category.

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Originally posted by wtshnnfb01This seems like a good topic idea.

Best vocals: The Unforgettable Fire. Bono had his falsetto perfect at that point.
Best guitar: I'm partial to JT myself. Really the album that defines U2 as far as guitar goes.
Best drrums: Probally War. Some very nice snare usage.
Best bass: Hard choice really. Adam isin't that good of a bass player for technique but he is pretty inovative. I like Jt personally. Just preference really.

If this takes off I intend to add categories like hardest, best ballads, etc.

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01This seems like a good topic idea.

Best vocals: The Unforgettable Fire. Bono had his falsetto perfect at that point.
Best guitar: I'm partial to JT myself. Really the album that defines U2 as far as guitar goes.
Best drrums: Probally War. Some very nice snare usage.
Best bass: Hard choice really. Adam isin't that good of a bass player for technique but he is pretty inovative. I like Jt personally. Just preference really.

If this takes off I intend to add categories like hardest, best ballads, etc.

Originally posted by rmann83Best Drums: JT
(the beautiful wide open reverb in WTSHNN, the rainy-soft "strumming" of RTAST, Exit, the heartbeat pulse of WOW...I know pre JT, Larry was very much a crucial part of the identity of the band but for me, JT was the first album I noticed talent, heart & soul behind a drumkit)

Best Bass: A,B!
(Mysterious Ways, Zoo Station...yeah the Edge was all over this album but in my opinion, his work was adding colors to an album drawn out in thick, black bassy lines by our man Clayton. Easily my bass album of choice)

Best Guitar: R&H
(Rattle & Hum?! For Edge? As of right now, that's how I feel, yeah. I mean the first original U2 song you hear on it is Edge's beautiful lament, Van Diemen's Land. Its the last U2 album free of distortion and in your face experimentation. You don't hear a studio and mixer here, just acoustic strings, a voice and a lot of heart)

Best Vocals: ATYCLB
(Yeah, yeah, REAL U2 fans know that Bono 'doesn't have his voice' anymore but I never take self righteous fans serious anyway.* Kite is absolutely heartbreaking and powerfully uplifting and its all in Bono's voice. The hurt, the comfort, the teary-eyed smile turned to the future. Its all there. The way he sings 'Don't want to see you cry' always gets me. And of course the 'I'm a maaaan'. Wow.
But I'm not just biased by my favorite U2 song**. The scratchy, dried-out hang-over in In a Little While, the soft lullaby in Grace, the cock-sure lift off in Elevation, the pleading reach in Ground Beneath Her Feet, the underlying anger and frustration in Peace on Earth....
What can I say? Hook, line and singer, Bono reeled me in with this album all the way)


*myself not included
**yes, I am.