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Big smile on my face when I saw today’s album. Always loved this one and somehow perfect for a cold Saturday afternoon
Felt meh after first 3 songs. Almost gave another star for With or Without You's use in The Americans finale 👌
And on the first day Bono said, Eno, make me sound like God. I wrote that on Friday, and on Sunday night I can’t remember where I was going for that. This is a very good record, front-loaded but never less than bold.
A foundational favorite, even far into the depths of hipsterdom the following decade and beyond. It does take itself a bit seriously (e.g., "Bullet The Blue Sky", the coda of "One Tree Hill") but fair enough, the tunes are more than sufficient to carry the weight of the ego (I even made a pilgrimage up the latter while in Auckland and, of course, have visited Zabriskie Point). Caused a spirited debate amongst my kids whether "Where The Streets Have No Name" is grammatically correct, and if "Running To Stand Still" is a stupid expression, so thanks for that Bongo. If you like this, and you like "War", check out "The Unforgettable Fire"; it's basically the average of the two, a bit more new wave with limited Americana and Enofication, epic soundscapes that are a bit rougher around the edges. I can't hide from my unfashionable tastes on this website - yes, I really do like U2 and The Doors, let's see who crawls out of the woodwork next..
Reviews here seem to be a binary choice: sycophantic love or vitriolic hate. Full disclosure I'm an ardent fan, and find the dynamic remarkable with both sides of the argument equally annoying. Oh but the album? I can’t be objective, and it was released when I was at the impressionable age of 15, so it was voluntarily played to death. That said, the songs endure for me, and Exit is still the underrated rager on this, but it’s not their best nor my favorite.
Best of the u2 albums, encompassing their raw sound, skilled melodic licks, and lyrical cleverness.
By the end of With or Without you, I was ready to stop listening and try again later. However, the use of overtones in the intro to Bullet The Blue Sky convinced me to stick it out. Unfortunately, the rest of this album is a by the numbers pop-rock slog, complete with crooning vocals, lyrics that make you wanna groan and repetitive song structures throughout. This music is fucking corny.
Very good. Not a huge U2 fan, but it’s hard to go lower than this.
I mean, it was kind of inevitable, wasn't it? Knowing the albums I've gotten on the list so far, it was kind of obvious that U2 had to be on here somewhere. But you know what? I'm not gonna argue against them. They're a very popular band, and The Joshua Tree is their best-selling album. This thing that sold over 25 million copies, so I agree that this album should be on the list. You wanna know another reason why I think this album deserves the inclusion? The album's really good. I think Bono's singing is pretty solid. The sound of the album is pleasant. It is a bit repetitive in the instrumental department, but as long as the sound is good, that's not a huge issue. The writing is varied though. There are overarching themes, but it doesn't feel bland to me. What I really like is that this album takes inspiration for the writing from various different countries. Obviously, there's an Irish influence given the origin of the band, but there's also influence from countries like the US, UK, and even some Latin American countries with the album's closer, "Mothers of the Disappeared." Overall, this is an absolute classic that definitely deserves its inclusion on the list. Light 5/5.
STANDOUTS: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For With or Without You OVERALL: 3/5
2024-05-27...
Its an okay album. Classic U2 songs. Better than that random album that was loaded onto every iPod in the early 2010s.
Very good
Right out the gate, the first three songs. Bam. Classic.
Another band that fell victim to my music snobbery. The first three albums were great, but they were dead to me after that. I did the same to Blondie after Parallel Lines. Anyway, this follows the Rolling Stones template, front loaded with a couple of hit singles followed by a miasma of averageness.
Never understood the appeal of U2. Dull but not quite as bad as i expected
Great
The break out initial Classic U2 Album hits my sentimental side as do many albums from several decades ago. One begins to recount all the memories and people i that time period....This album had so many Big hits and so many of the songs on this album got incredible airplay here in the US from this band from Ireland and the UK...I even believe at one point they were labeled as the "new Beatles" in terms of popularity "across the pond"...I Have Always loved U2 and this particular album brings back the Most of what I long for from them......I would give it 20 stars if I could.....
Own this. It is actually a pretty decent album. Unfortunately the problem with U2 is that due to the extend they have and continue to be over-hyped it is very dificult to seperate the music from all the BS surrounding U2. Trying to ignore the BS as much as possible this is a pretty good album, not a masterpiece but OK.
Amazing album, the first half is absolutely flawless.
Soft rock 4 pussies
Okay, now we're talking. This is some fantastic music. Every song on this album is great.
This is obviously a good album. The first 3 songs are radio classics at this point and just looking at Spotify's count, they have ~200 million, ~700 million, and ~1 billion streams, respectively. That being said, I've always just felt meh about U2. They're a divisive band and I sit on the side of the division that doesn't get it. I think my problem with the band is that their music sounds like it's been created to be pretentious. It just never feels genuine. From Bono's moaning, drawn out style of singing to The Edge's (I mean, c'mon with the name already) use of effects to seem artsy. It just doesn't sit well with me.
Hall of Fame. Really high highs.
It was a great album for the time.
One of the best Side 1 Track 1s of all time.
I was in a pub once and I heard these two Irish voices behind me saying ‘I’ll have a pint of Guinness’, I turned round and it was Bono and his mate The Edge. Bono looked at me and said ‘Alright mate?’ and I said ‘Oh no, not YOU TWO again!’. Anyway we all laughed and I told that while I’m no U2 super fan, this is a perfect album. I asked him why he was wearing sunglasses indoors but I don’t think he heard me because he started talking about something else.
Strong open but then just kinda goes downhill after the first few tracks
In the interest of honesty let me say I’ve never “got it” when it comes to U2. Never understood the hysteria and the hype. This album is arguably the best they ever put out and really after the first 3 tracks- which are gold and justify the raves for U2 - the rest of this album is somewhat underwhelming and pedestrian and at times borders on being little more than Bono’s navel gazing bullshit. I’d give it a 3+ but the system only allows while stars.
This tree was an absolute pleasure from its roots to its very tippy top.
I wasn't a fan of U2 in the 80s, my dad was, I became a fan of U2 in the 90s through Achtung Baby and the retina searing intensity of the Zoo TV tour. "Where The Streets Have No Name" is an experience played live with the dark build up and soft red lights all cascading towards the crescendo when the house/stadiums lights are turned up and everyone goes fucking bananas, so that was my vision when I started listening to The Joshua Tree in the 90s. And the album version of Streets doesn't live up to that memory, core memory, its flatter, the bass is dead in comparison, its just so overproduced. Same goes for the other songs I knew so well like "Bullet The Blue Sky" and "With Or Without You" but instead of being down that these versions just didn't live up to the later interpretation, I realised that age and wisdom had made them that much better. (Tangentially they d a different composition of "Even Better Than The Real Thing" when they play it live nowadays and its fucking sick and I would have killed a man for spouting such heresy back in the day) So, myself being advanced in age and wisdom, a relisten to this was like meeting an old friend, things have changed, but its comforting all the same. It has an absolutely killer side A.... "Where the Streets Have No Name", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "With or Without You", "Bullet the Blue Sky", and "Running to Stand Still" is a HALL OF FAME WORTHY run of hot shit after hot shit AND THEN you get "Red Hill Mining Town and "In God's Country" You people don't deserve to be this close to perfection.
One of the most Iconic albums of the Decade. The guitar of the Edge in With or Without You still gives me the shivers today.
5.0
Very eh - just okay. Wouldn't revisit.
Their star was already ascendant, but this is the instant classic that would assure U2 a place in the Rock pantheon. It plays like a start-to-finish concept album but the concept is elusive. The Joshua Tree of the title is a symbolic stand-in for America, but also for soul-searching, for freedom and justice, for a better world. The opening track points the way, but to a place beyond words—it’s a showstopper (or more accurately show starter) and it’s one of the truly great signature album openers of the ‘80s. What follows is one of the greatest no-skips sides of music any band has ever offered, back when album sides mattered. Listen again, and you’ll hear an amazing feat: a 5-song cycle that takes you from the desert to the city, from darkness to light, from hopelessness to some kind of redemption. It’s an amazing listen, each song fitting with the others while exploring a different tone and sub-genre of Rock—anthem, gospel, haunted love, political commentary, and drug-sick ballad. The same can’t be said of side 2, and it’s not a perfect album, but it’s as close as anyone could ask for—career-defining work that met the moment the way few bands have. Only “Achtung Baby” rivals it in their catalog, and that’s saying something. A must-listen for fans of the 1980s, for anthemic Rock music, and for listeners who long for the days when the biggest band in the world exceeded our expectations.
Brilliant
What a treat! It’s been awhile since I listened to Joshua Tree. Ah the memories!!! I’ll be honest, I never got past the first three tracks because they were just soooo good. But today, I listened to the entire album. I understand why it launched U2 into stardom.
Now we’re talking! First, this album isn’t perfect. It slows just a bit in the second half. But damn if that first half isn’t a near masterpiece. Bono & Edge are the stars, but Larry & Adam in the rhythm section are often under appreciated. Songwriting is killer; Bono’s ability to write longing, universally searching lyrics like “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and follow it with the sexual/emotional yearning of “With or Without You”? Classic. And Edge’s shimmering guitars throughout are still as intense as ever. “Bullet the Blue Sky” and its post-Regan era commentary on US’s war policies represented in guitar riffs that mirror jets carpet bombing enemies? Unreal! The Edge literally made delay pedals a thing. Are U2 pretentious at times? Maybe? But they’re also anthemic and earnest in a way that touches folks and they nailed it on this album.
Weird this was being posted on Reddit yesterday and now it's my AotD.
meh
The Joshua Tree is one of those albums from the 1980s that was so massive, and remains so ingrained in popular culture, that it's difficult to think about in the context of its time. But it's hard to deny the power of the record. Side One is one of the most potent album sides ever committed to vinyl. Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, With Or Without You, Bullet the Blue Sky, and Running to Stand Still make up a near perfect mini-album to kick off the record. And the fact that most of those songs are still overexposed by daily airplay on mainstream rock and pop radio stations makes it hard to want to crack open the album itself. But it's a worthy listen. Despite the overexposure of the singles, the album still sounds vital as a cohesive work. U2 (with Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois) did a great deal to create new sonic textures for rock music. And alternative and sensitive-leaning rock bands have been mining these textures throughout the ensuing 35 years. The album remains as influential as it is successful.
U2 fan from way back so have enjoyed a re-listen
I can't always listen to U2's dark and melancholy attitude. Today I went back to listening to different albums and tracks. Lemon, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Sweetest Thing or The Wanderer with the incomparable Jonny Cash.
-Airy classic 80s rock feel. -Similar vibe to Bon Jovi -Beautiful, melodic, easy listen
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I really found this quite irritating.
started off really strong with some iconic songs, but faded into pretty bland stuff in the second half
U2 has their best 3 songs/ biggest hits in a row at the begging of this album. Those songs are great and the rest of the album is good too. Tripped through a wire is a cool change of vibe. Least favorite was exit. Love the guitar style with the delay and the swells.
Wasn’t really expecting to like this, not a huge u2 fan, but the first 3-4 songs are certified bangers. Kinda fell off for me after that but considering the rest of the stuff on the list I think this gets a 4
No matter what the music, Bono turns everything into a ballad
saw a review talking abt how this Gen D easy listening and wow never had they been so right
This was fantastic, almost no skips, great melodies.
The first half are all bangers, classic U2 stuff. They really know how to play simple but effective stadium rock. Everyone gives each other space. By the second half I sick of Bono’s voice though.
I still can't believe that even after all these years, this album still gives me goosebumps. Definitely an immortal album that breathes fresh air to this day
TRASH
The sound of a band becoming great. Where there had been hints before, confirmation duly arrived with this collection.
Wow, I was a big U2 fan saw their first show in NYC at the Ritz, with Lisa Baker who broke my heart and ghosted me and before that had a name. Saw them a few times, the last time with Tommy Ryan at the Meadowlands. I have a picture of me, Tommy, Bill Clinton and Kofi A. Annon. This album arrived in time for another broken heart all those years ago. So with a lack of objectivity, 5*. It is painful to listen to some of these songs.
Radio has ruined this one a bit because I have heard these tracks thousands of times but the less known tracks were worth it and overall it is a great album
Absolutely brilliant. Iconic album from an iconic band. Simply love the sounds that The Edge produces, alongside the voice of Bono. Pure class 👍
3 stars
Pretty solid. Not sure I’d listen to again
One of my favorites
7.5/10
It's hard to listen to this album and not think back to when it was released. I was 20 years old and the record was absolutely huge when this came out. U2 was inescapable. I saw them on this tour and they played two nights at the Oakland Coliseum. That place probably hold 70,000 people. Half these songs are burned into my head thanks to much MTV and radio airplay. It's hard to listen to this album objectively. It's...U2. It's just understood, but listen to it I have. It's pretty good.
I'd never heard this album before, which is quite astonishing given the number of people who hailed it as one of the greatest albums of all time back when it came out. It's pretty much as I expected, polished and cinematic, but not my cup of tea at all. I feel mean giving this only 2 stars, but it holds no interest for me at all, even though I can see it's not objectively bad.
Probably 3 of the best songs to open an album with 👍🏻
First Christian Rock album????
Outstanding
It’s a Classic
I've always loved this album because of what I was doing in my life at the time that it came out and I saw them perform this album twice the year it was released. But it's always felt like sleepy Rock and roll to me and it's hard to not cross classify it as a folk rock album and I don't know if that was their intention to be so softly defined like that or not. Easy 4 Star album though.
I can't get past my mental block with U2. I believe if I was older, or first exposed to their older music, I might feel differently. But I grew up with the U2 of the late 80s/90s/00s when they were making incredibly uninspired and boring ass music for boring ass folks. I delayed listening to this album for a weekend (saw it was my Friday album, immediately said "absofuckinglutely not" and spent the weekend trying to hype myself up for it). I made it halfway through (skipping the singles I already knew) before I gave up completely. Ain't my cup of tea and never will be.
I don’t really like U2 either but this wasn’t bad. I also know a few of these songs but I’d say ‘With or Without You’ (like a basic bitch) stood out most
“Harris, what’s your favorite U2 record?” “Pinkerton by Weezer” I’m not U2 fan, but I guess this is alright. Turns out I’ve heard a good chunk of these songs before, which shouldn’t be too surprising given how big this album was. After the first listen, “In God’s Country” is probably the standout.
Ok, I know that Bono is a pompous arse and that the band have turned avoiding tax into an art form, not to mention that I had an ex that played this all the time, but the opening to this album still makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. I suspect that is mainly due to the production work of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois who conjure huge soundscapes evoking a mythic America. The wiki is a fun read especially Eno threatening to burn the master tapes!
This is arguably hell of a record. Whatever U2 became, they were able, in the '80s, to release albums that were commercial success with really interesting music, ambiant sounds, a bit of experimentation, far from the easy and obvious stadium pop-rock other produced at the same time. After a few seconds I was already far, far away, taken back to old memories with this unforgettable riff. The album is a bit too long though and the second part of the album has less obvious hits than the first part.
I haven't listened to this album for ages, but it was one of my favorite releases back in the 1980s. It contains some of U2's best songs ever, no fillers. The production is superb.
The first few songs on the album are doing a lot of heavy lifting for these 4 stars but I also liked “trip through your wires” and the last couple of tracks.
Until "All That You Can't Leave Behind" I didn't like U2. But that album clicked with me, and then I suddenly liked their back catalog too. Strange, but yeah, this is great!
It was OK. The live album that comes w/ the deluxe version of The Joshua Tree was incredible though.
Worth the first three songs
Best U2 album
It has its moments, but a little of most of these songs go a long way and they unfortunately haven’t heard of the essence of wit.
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possibily the last great album from them
The best album by U2! I like it! Every track is a masterpiece! It is one of my favorite albums amongst all band, groups and singers!
I know this is a classic but it’s not a 5 for me. The first three tracks are fantastic but the rest sound too similar and not as good. It’s still a great listen. I feel like U2 and Coldplay are the same vibe. High 4.
There’s not a lot of middle ground with U2. People seem to either love them or hate them. It’s hard to see how anyone could not like this album. One great song after another with minimal bombast. Excellent all the way through.
Easy 5. While U2 (particularly Bono) have become parodies of themselves in recent years, this is simply masterful. One of the strongest opening runs in any rock album with these first 4 tracks. I knew the first three tracks well but “Bullet the Blue Sky” was new to me and I was blown away. What the Edge is doing with his guitar is also really impressive. Not exactly solos, but elevating each song with his playing.
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For Where The Streets Have No Name is very boring from the vocals to the looping sound track. Very underwhelming and boring
7 op 10
The god I believe in isn't short of cash, mister...
I'm not really a fan of U2 in general, but goddamn this is one amazing album. Every single song can stand on it's own merit
A great album. I like Achtung Baby better than this but this is still good. The first 3 songs were amazing. A bit of a drop off after that.
Like the best bands, the best albums are of a piece. The last of the great rock-era U2 albums, before they "reinvented" themselves - as what, many of us fans STILL do not know. I guess just "not this anymore." Yet this album (and the little portion of their career it represents) was a career plateau that they never really got back to. They hold up a mirror to America, more as their own introspection than as a preachy diatribe. There is a respect and disappointment in the romanticism. And it's not all about America, either. Running to Stand Still, Streets Have No Name, most of these are about everywhere. Like a daydream, images fade in and out, some more lucid than others. The themes and lyrical content give the whole thing its emotional underpinning. U2 as musicians have hit their stride, confident in the style that they invented for themselves and unapologetically galloping from one rendering of it to the next. Instrumentally, U2 have a tension between the piercing staccato of guitar and the down-to-earth smoothness of the bass. This tension is not so much antagonistic as it is a framework or scaffolding. The drums/bass/guitar push against each other and work together to support whatever chaos is happening on top of and around them. Kind of a cool trick that works really well for them in that the singer isn't doing pop tropes all the time. He requires an instrumental pulpit that the band are happy to provide. Neither can exist without the other. This structure sounds great on an album with outsized and ambitious anthemic thrust. It does fail for some listeners who aren't up for that level of commitment, maybe. U2 have attempted to take on difficult and far-reaching themes, inside and outside of themselves. It can be a lot. I always really loved that about them, though. They are committed to each other, the fans, the music, and what they are trying to say. When it works, like it does here, it can be a religious experience.
I almost like I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For and With or Without You
I’m not a huge U2 fan, though this is probably one of their best albums. Just a bit too sluggish, especially near the end of the album I had to double check it was still playing, couldn’t tell. 2.7
Think this was about as good as they got.
i kind of forgot i was lostening to music at some points. dont know what that means. but the music is pretty good.
where the streets have no name is an incredible way to start the album and really leans into that moody 80s post punk which is a genre i really love. I still haven't found what ive been looking for and with or without you continued the trend of awesome fucking songs. the rest of the album couldnt really compare to the first three tracks but honestly thats fine: it was all enjoyable
This one did not tickle my pickle 😒 😐 😤 😑 🙄 😕 😒 😐 18murray_fi@swchs.net
This was a great album, always love listening to U2 Top tracks: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, With Or Without You, Bullet The Blue Sky
listened before, makes me think of mom (surprise surprise), love that bono is a man with Feeling (tm)
This still stands up after all these years.
I went in biased not really liking U2, but this album wasn't bad.
Classic. Nostalgic.
Jewel!
This one is easy, all time favourite of mine, there is only one song I usually skip, if I am in the mood, everything else is basically perfect.
Great album, great band. This album touches all genres, rock, gospel, etc. Fantastic album. Alway a pleasure to listen to.
Yes so many good songs
This has to be the most overrated band in history. They were so immensely popular at a time (still are to a degree) and I don't really understand why. Yes, they do have some good singles but the deep cuts are just dull dull dull. It's not as bad as Achtung Baby, which had nothing redeemable about it but I don't get the hype.
Nice music. Not a song on the album that I didn't like the sound of. Easy listening. Pretty hard to believe that some songs on the albums have so much more plays than the others. There's a lot of people who are probably missing out on some good songs because they all just listen to that one track.
One of the great albums of all time!
Easy to see why this album is considered a classic. Starts out with 3 huge songs though it fades a bit on the second half. Largely compelling material in an album with no real weak spots.
I can understand why they're good but I can't feel why they're good.
W album overall, not my type of music but a good listen when in a car
What a two days! My favorite band of all time (U2), preceded by Tribe, my fav hip hop band. What can I say, this is the album and concert that started it. Joshua tree tour, Miami 1987. Love every track on this album.
A classic. Cinematic. Just never really got into U2 tho
An old favorite
I just don't like this group
Really good!
the album starts out quite strong but fizzles out at the end. without ever having intentionally listened to U2 I was still very familiar with the three singles – which coincidentally are also the first three songs – so that was pretty enjoyable. but three songs appears to be exactly how much of the same one can listen to before "enjoyable" turns to "boring" to "god, is this still going on?" all in all, a fairly overrated album. also, "mythical America" as a theme? come on.
Here's to Mr. Joshua and his marvelous tree! We hardly knew you! This record feels as if someone told Bono and company to go create a hit machine. But halfway through production, the machine ran into a few bugs and couldn't quite finish delivering, but that bug was just due to over exhaustion of the machine pumping out four ultra supersonic mega hits. What was I saying? Yeah, Joshua Tree. Good album. I don't need to tell you that. I WILL say give the back half another listen if you, like me, are more inclined to migrate toward the mega hits. The closer on this record is fantastic.
U2’s most top-heavy album—if only for the massive weight of its front-loaded mega-hits—is as timeless as it is topographical.
Great
Bono is an arse but he’s made some good music, this one really tails off second half of the album though
Some strong singles but it’s sonically repetitive and didn’t make me want to dig in more
I've listened to so much U2 and supporting media and I think this is the most they're ever going to get from me. Don't dislike. Appreciate. Just very rarely reach for.
It’s been a long time since I heard this album. It did not hold up.
Opening track might be one of the best album openers ever.
This one's really front-loaded, eh?
Masterpiece. 5
pretty good
A quintessential two star album for me. I get why it’s Important but dear lord what a slog.
A perfect album.
Classique
Not bad
...
I liked some more than others, thus the 3.
7/10. Pleasantly surprised, always thought U2 was a just a joke that people liked them but now I see why.
Great Jams
Definitely how legendary this album is. Will defintiely listen to the whole thing. This album just has so many good songs. Pretty much the first half of the album is a classic.
I will go down defending U2. I don’t care how douchy Bono is. This album is amazing and so, so special to me. As is Rattle and Hum - the documentary and album chronicling the tour for Joshua Tree. I could put this album on every day and not get tired of it. Spectacular. A genuine masterpiece.
Perfectly inoffensive. I was expecting to dislike this more, but the latter half of this record redeems it. The last three songs especially are quite good. I can see why this still sounds timeless, even though I'm not a U2 fan.
U2's last fine moment, right there. This cover should be in illustrated dictionaries, under 𝐉 like 𝘑𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬. It's the run-up, just before the jump. What came after (Rattle and Hum is them right over the shark), when U2 either laboriously or safely focused on only chasing the highs of commercial success, I didn't care about or despised, and I have some more snark in me, but I can't bring myself to not admit that this still hits. I know "War" is up for a review and rating at some point, but I try not to pitch albums against each other, so... Hello, first entry to "Controversial Artist"
Apologies for fussing in 2014, their shit slaps
Every time a child in Africa dies, Bono claps his hands
Idk if I will ever listen to this again but idk I like it mby I'm in good mood, I'll give a 4, shits not bad, like all the songs are enjoyable
Awesome album. I can see why it's their most well known
A masterpiece.
Low 4. Some great songs
Too heavy but still good songs
top, Klassiker der 1980er
Un pur classique.
So good I listened to it twice..
Gear: Dunu SA6 Mix: Stadien füllend, radio-tauglich und jedes Synonym für "belanglos" Musik: Bono No Es Bono Wertung: 🍀(🍀)/5
Probably not their most important album, but one of the most well-known.
Easy button review, all the stars. I wasn't sold on U2 as a kid, but liked some of their earlier albums before this came out. As I got older I realized how amazing it was. The 30th anniversary tour was one of the most memorable concerts I've ever been to.
Joshua Tree is often referred to as one of the greatest albums of all time because it is. Everyone mentions the opening three of this album, but I’d take it to opening five. Running to Stand Still is a profound beauty while Bullet in the Blue Sky is dark heavy driving rock. Every U2 album has its own vibe, this one is urgent and passionate. Not only does Bono make you feel every word, The Edge makes you pay attention. Some of the most profound moments are in the perfectly placed silence.
I wore this album out back in the day. Haven’t listened to it in 20+ years. It’s great.
Surprising slay
I was going into this expecting to have a 5, I think I set myself up for disappointment. This is an amazing album, the first half being my favorites. After the half way point, however, I became less interested and impressed. A bit too similar in the later half. Standouts: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, With Or Without You, Bullet The Blue Sky, and Red Hill Mining Town.
One of the greatest albums of all time!
Beautiful vocals, shimmery guitars. Very nice!
I cannot count the number of times I listened to this on my walkman, full blast, in the middle of the night. Pretty sure it was a bootleg cassette, too. Bullet the Blue Sky, Running to Stand Still, In God’s Country, all still solid. The hits were hits for a reason, even if they were played to death. Anyone my age will struggle not to sing along. It’s reflexive. Yes, they became insufferable after this, but it was a big deal at the time. And there’s really lovely production work here. Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois really worked a bit of magic to give U2 their big sweeping sound. Not my favorite of U2 album, but it is tough to hate on. The Edge is at his best here.
Amazing
Classic. A window into late 80's music. 80% of the tracks are great songs!
Not a big fan of U2, but this is a fine album.
The album is front loaded with classics, but worth sticking around till the end.
I didn't realize so many of U2's heaters were from the same album. Highlights: Where The Streets Have No Name, With Or Without You, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, One Tree Hill, Exit
Oh fuck right off to fuckery and when you get there fuck off some more. Ok there are some good even excellent tracks but bono!!!! Fucking bono, no sorry 1 star for no other reason it would make that smug, hypocritical git unhappy, if he cared, which he doesn't because all he cares about is his own ego and hats. What a bellend.
The first 3 songs absolutely carry the rest of the album, would've even been a 5 star album had they kept that tempo, but unfortunately the album falls off.
Not for me. Liked the first 4/5 tracks then I just fell into a deep lull. Also really don't like Bonos voice
Bono. Everytime I see U2 I am reminded of Eddy Burback's video about the Vegas sphere and I chuckle a little. This is all unrelated. The album was decent. Favourites: where the streets have no name, I still haven't found what I'm looking for, with or without you, and running to stand still. Some of the other songs were not that good. Overall decent but nothing that memorable. 3/5
haha boner (grow up) anyway honestly i quite liked the album even though it's old as fuck. i liked the instrumentals and the singing was... fine. high 3/5 but if i liked his voice a little more i think it could've been bumped up to a 4.
Was convinced I would rate this pretty highly when I started listening because the opening tracks are some of their strongest. Unfortunately it was somewhat downhill from then on out. To be honest, I got kind of bored as the songs got less catchy and I can't tell whether that's because they were actually worse, or I just didn't know them from before. Either way, this didn't change much on the second listen. Favourite songs were the first 3 tracks (obviously), also Red Hill Mining Town had its moments. 3, unfortunately three tracks can't carry the whole thing, especially when they're not spread out
old U2 is pretty cool
Life is too short to listen to U2.
Masterpiece
Top 10 album of the 80s and amongst the best all time. Once I heard how to dismantle an atomic bomb I wished the bomb went off and ended their careers but then I go back to this album and understand how important and influential it is for music as well as for me personally. The first 3 songs are probably the best CD start front runner for best all time along with guns and roses appetite
Favorite Tracks: With Or Without You I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For Where The Streets Have No Name
The big problem with this album is it kicks off with the single greatest track in the entire U2 back catalogue and steadily goes down hill from there. It’s still a cracking album and although the second half pales next to the first half it’s a very worthy entry to the 1001
hard pass on U2, Bono's voice makes my skin crawl
Turns out that I know and like about 90% of the songs on this album, haha. And the songs I hadn't heard before we wonderful. Bono's voice and the band's sound are just perfect U2, definitely the sweet spot for me. Five stars.
0/5 one of the worst bands of all time. ireland's worst ever export.
Love the album. Great tour to see live.
Absolute dilge
Cool
I don’t really get too excited by U2. Iconic album though.
How good can an opening of an album be.
I'm not the biggest U2 fan but I respect their politics and innovation.
Gold standard of 80s pop rock
Так ну это будет интересно абсолютно не любитель этой группы...... Короче говоря я так и не понял U2 )))) Этот альбом просто бомбически сведен каждая деталь, каждой композиции здесь будет прекрасно звучать даже на самых отвратных наушниках ( хотя я слушал версию в ремастеринге по этому за оригинал ручаться не могу). Здесь есть интересные композиционные находки касающиеся инструментального звучания да и у Боно действительно выдающийся вокал местами это прям проявляется. Это из плюсов. Но если говорить начистоту то насколько же этот альбом скучно слушать, когда включаешь один из лучших альбомов, одной из величайших групп явно ожидаешь чего то более интересного чем прародителей Imagine Dragons в самом их скучном проявлении( Возможно все те хвалебные отзывы превозносящие данный альбом как раз за то что они создали жанр "скучного вегетарианского стади-рока" но такая себе заслуга если честно )песни здесь попросту не цепляют а необычные музыкальные заходы скорее раздражают. Вообщем : пластинка конечно не прям отвратительная и своего слушателя конечно найдет но, это не я, поэтому поставил бы 2,5 но доль тут нет а я склоняюсь больше к 2, как я и написал в начале "я так и не понял U2" .
Favourite song - Where the streets have no name. Great intro!
Very excited to listen to a band Ashley’s so into. Where the streets have no name - wasn’t expecting this epic intro! Art! I still haven’t found what I’m looking for - I had no idea this song was U2! With or without you - dang, I know this song too! Jump-scare. All these songs are super cohesive in energy and sound which I really appreciate. Bullet the blue sky - ok I’m hopping my head to this one for sure In gods country - fun little guitar riff One tree hill - ooo groovy, this caught my attention. Any relation to the show? I looked it up and apparently the show is named after this song, cool. The strained “baby”s at the end were not my favorite haha Exit - I’m finding it hard to believe this song came out in the 80s, it screams early 2000s Mothers of the disappointed - not my favorite. Could have done without, but it does slow the album to a close.
boringgg
Bland, boring and basic
An overall very plain album. Not really anything that would get into my playlist, but it's a decent album, I guess. Not my cup of tea, to summarize it. Vocals are plain and somewhat incoherent, and the lyrics are just straightforward, something that I personally don't really like. (I like a little poetry in the lyrics, something that lets the listener make their own interpretations.)
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FUCK YOU I HATE U2
I knew so many of the songs already without realising!
I never really got into U2 in highschool (mid-2000s) - I think by that time Bono's reputation as kind of a blowhard "activist" was farely cemented. And there was the infamous Vertigo line translating to "one, two, three, fourteen!" but I digress. I don't know if I ever listened to this album, although I was familiar with it as one of their major records. Reading through the Wikipedia, I noted 1) this shit wasn't actually recorded in Joshua Tree, or in America at all 2) this was a dissection of the "myth" of American, by an Irish band. Well, they did a great fucking job. What a fantastic first three track run - and although the rest of the album doesn't reach the same heights, they coast down smoothly and maintain a high quality bar. I get why this is considered one of the best rock albums of all time.
Face it, this is the album that propelled U2 from good not quite great to megastar status. Side one is chock full of big ringing anthems, their big swings connecting now rather than just missing like on past albums. Side two is a much quieter affair; at times sounds like they were trying to make a Stones album circa 1969. In summary, although I’ll take “Achtung Baby” over this one any day of the week, this album started them on the road to becoming the huge band they are now, and as such, must be given its due.
Had War previously, which is a decent album. This album is probably their best! 5 stars
A classic, and I believe the first album I encountered on this list that I had listened too many times before (and thus have some nostalgia for). I am fond of each song, although some are admittedly weaker than others. It's impossible to choose a favorite track.
B Where The Streets Have No Name 3 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 3 With Or Without You 4 Bullet The Blue Sky 4 Running To Stand Still 3 Red Hill Mining Town 4 In God's Country 3 Trip Through Your Wires 3 One Tree Hill 4 Exit 3 Mothers Of The Disappeared 3 Fun fact: the show One Tree Hill is named after the U2 song. Fun fact: I love the show One Tree Hill.
3.5 stars - woudl prefer score out of 10
Just banger after banger. Then some unfortunate harmonica. Then more bangers. Overall quite good.
Where The Streets Have No Name I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For With Or Without You In God's Country Trip Through Your Wires
Continuing my 1001 albums project after a LONG hiatus. I had only heard the first three tracks before today, but I've always loved those three, especially the opener 'Where The Streets Have No Name'. I was thoroughly impressed by the rest of the album. A very cool style of rock, and magnificent vocals. Really, that voice is killer!
bit whiny ngl can defo see where inhaler gets their inspo from i liked it !
I still havent found a way to remove U2 from my iphone. This is a solid LP, lots of great tracks.
pretty mid icl some good songs kinda sounds all the same but its the type of shit i would listen to anyway
Before listening: I absolutely love this album and I don't even really like U2. We all know the hits but Running to Stand Still, and One Tree Hill are some of my favourite U2 songs. After listening: It's still good. I've never enjoyed Edge, but his guitar playing just fits with the band. This album is great, and to me doesn't sound dated at all.
Great album. Could have used an upbeat song or two
It has a soft, dreamy feeling about it. It’s inoffensive and not actively irritating, but it’s also boring and homogenous.
Good one
Some good songs, but all songs are too similar
I've never paid much attention to U2 because, well obviously, they suck. This is the second time I've tried to get through this album and what I remember from the first time is this: The first three songs are their three most well known songs (right?) and they all sound the same. I never noticed this before as I'd only hear them individually on the radio or whatever. But if you have to hear them one after the other, then it's more obvious. I like The Edge's guitar playing. He brought a whole new sound and that's admirable. I think Bono is intrinsically annoying though, like Morrisey, and his over-emoting bugs me. So it's the perennial problem of not liking the singer's voice putting me off a band. Also it's all a bit corporate rock MOR bullshit isn't it? Boring. As I said for the Kings of Leon, if I heard it in a pub and I was a bit pissed, I probably wouldn't mind it. But I wouldn't choose to listen to it sober. And to be honest, it would still get tedious. Again, like KoL these songs outstay their welcome and I find any goodwill I can muster for them ebbing away with a minute or two of the song to go. You know who never did that? Elastica! All their songs were short and brilliant and, as Justine Frischmann said, "If you wanted to hear more you could just rewind the tape and play it again." Are Elastica on this list? They better bloody be. I've just looked it up on Wikipedia and apparently their first album (and the only one you need) is on the list. So that's something to look forward to. Whilst I'm having to sit through U2 I was distracting myself with more Elastica facts from Wikipedia: Art In 2005, Frischmann moved to Boulder, Colorado, to enroll in a masters program in visual arts at Naropa University, a small, Buddhist-inspired liberal arts college,[8] and "become a nobody". In 2012 her work was shortlisted for the UK's Marmite Prize for painting, and she has been included in The Amsterdam List of 1000 Living Painters.[9] In a 2016 interview regarding her art career, Frischmann stated, "I don't really have any desire to make music, to be honest."[10] Frischmann has said, "The themes and ideas I am working with are in direct relation to an ongoing personal narrative; the big questions are reflected in the choices I make in my art ... [including] my ever-evolving relationship with my spiritual faith. I think my approach and aesthetics reveal internal struggles and speak to my family origins and history."[11] .... So there you go. Have U2 won a Marmite prize? I bet they bloody haven't. I'm still only on track 4 of Joshua Tree. All this pandering to America is a bit sickening isn't it? I suppose that's where the dollars are. ... I'm on Track 7. I'm not sure I'm going to make it all the way through. ... I've had a little break and taken a painkiller and I'm back to try and listen to some more. Last time I only got to track 4 so this is now, as I start track 8, twice as far... This track sounds like a moderately good pub band... one who have left the pubs and can fill a corn exchange and you don't know why. I keep thinking of NO VACANCY from School of Rock, you know, the sell outs. Three tracks to go. Fuck. But they'll all going to drag. They add up to a quarter of an hour playing time. I was going to give this 2, I thought that would be fair, but given that I'm finding it so painful to listen to that doesn't make much sense. I've had to fast forward to the end.
My gateway into U2 as a kid was Rattle & Hum which has live versions of some of these same songs, good to revisit and enjoyed the album.
Hate that I really like U2, not sure why I don't want to like U2 but still. Fuck em.
My favorite U2 album. Always puts me in a good mood. Have listened to it for years.
With, with
Seminal pop rock album. Theres no song I consider bad or terrible, the tracks are so catchy and fun. The instrumentation all around is very good, especially that rhythm guitar. I can get the appeal to this, I enjoyed it a lot.
Fine
That's nice!
Thoughtful, spiritual, blues-based rhythms and searching lyrics. Listening purposefully, it feels like a love letter to America.
Some of U2’s best work is on this album but it peters out at near the end. Close to a 5 but rounded down.
It was okay.
Well, I guess I still like classic era U2. The usual tracks that have been overplayed to death are still pretty great even if I never need to hear them ever again. But once you get past the usual radio stalwarts, you have some really great songs. "Running to a Standstill" in particular feels like a song that might need to go on my best of list. Same for "Red Hill Mining Town." I even caught myself humming along to "Trip Through Your Wire." This is a solid 4 star that might actually be a 5. Damnit, I thought I was too good for this band.
Decent, not my cup of tea but it was definitely good. Sees a bit formulaic.
I love their first 3 albums. This one is good also, really some great songs here
Brings back memories and I recall my husband saying this was his favorite band when we first started going out. It's okay but I don't have strong feels about it.
I tend to avoid overhyped stuff... so I've never listened to this although I've definitely been aware of it. First 3 songs are classics. In God's Country, One Tree Hill, Exit, and Mothers of the Disappeared are solid listens. Definitely a 5 star album.
Don’t hate it. Need to listen deeper maybe
Lot of U2 classics on this one
First album 20240224 -The Joshua Tree
One of my personal all time favourite albums! ❤️ Need to give ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Contains 3 out of the 5 U2 songs I know! I do love Bono’s songwriting. Just very epic sounding and just super solid tunes.
2 absolute bangers in with or without you and I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. My memory of U2 for the longest time was simply them being referenced in 1985, as well as switchfoot talking about bono in one of their songs. Then there was this animated graphically violent video of a bunny protagonist fighting against impossible odds. The video was set to Sunday Bloody Sunday. The bunny dies a gory, heartbreaking death. Very sad. Finally, Tim Cook force downloaded the one U2 album to everyone’s iPods without consent. It still auto plays every time Allie plugs her phone into her car. All of that to say, most of my memories of U2 have been the culture surrounding them. They do have some bangers though.
I’ve always thought of U2 as a band that was massively important for Gen X but just didn’t do much for Millennials. I know their hits, especially the ones on this album, but after that I couldn’t tell you much about them besides Bono’s humanitarian work. That and their infamous forced album download we talked about along with them being the poster band for the early iPod classics. Come to think of it, maybe they did have a big impact on Millennials. I can see why this gained so much acclaim around the world, it’s easy to get into and the lyrics are socially conscious. It didn’t blow me away and it wasn’t bad, so it’s in three territory.
I feel like U2 should be rated higher, but for as much as I've tried, I can't really get into them. I like "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" and "with or without you", but that might be because I've heard them so much. I really couldn't tell you anything else about the album.
Have on vinyl
Why does the singer sound so far away? The songs feel so passionate yet distant. This is a yearning album.
Opens with three megahits that still hold up, and the rest is an interesting mix of different songs. Particularly like Bullet the Blue Sky and Exit
Classic
Pretty solid ablum. Don't think I am going to all of a sudden become a U2 fan but was a worthy listen.
Liked Songs Where The Streets Have No Name I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For With or Without You
Decent
Ah sure there's no denying it really. This absolutely slaps
I was prepared to hate this, instead I merely didn't care much for it.
Okay album. Not a U2 fan, but Bullet the Blue Sky is a banger.
6, not sure what mood i would be in to listen to this again. one listen was enough. gives off white mid western passive aggressive dad rock.
Haunting and beautiful. Makes me feel nostalgic for a time I never knew.
U2 classic. "Where the Streets Have No Name" is a top 10 rock song of all time. Loved it when it came out, love it today.
Great production, great songs. Love when they lean into the long droning guitar picking of the first two tracks. U2 was making good rock in the era where rock was basically dead. My only gripe is that U2 is not good enough for ~two~ of their members to go by single-name monikers
I'm not exactly sure why U2 broke out to be as big as they were. Apparently, The Joshua Tree was their superstar album and yet, it's lackluster. There are decent songs here, but THIS is the album that propelled them to stardom? I can't get over it. If "With or Without You" and "One Tree Hill" weren't on the album, it would be an easy 1. Those highlights bump it up to a 2. Best Songs: With or Without You, One Tree Hill Worst Songs: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, In God's Country, Running to Stand Still
Starts off strong with three big hits off the bat. Will be interesting to hear the rest. Solid so far. "In God's Country" caught my attention. Like "One Tree Hill" as well.
Another group I heard of and knew 2 of the songs. Since I watched One Tree Hill, I had to read about the song. It was very interesting, especially since I was in Auckland NZ pre tree cut down but did not know about the tree there!
I remember when it came out, when I heard With or Without You the night before it was officially released... And I know just how amazing this album is. Most def one of my faves.
Mellow but atmospheric, hit after hit, will come again
Starts amazing but after that it's all filler except for one tree hill. Massively overrated.
a fabulous album. brings me back to high school
What an album. Probably one of the top 5 albums on this list so far. Because I'm so famous with it, it's hard to put it into words, but if you were going to rate each song individually and divide it, this would probably be the highest so far. The first half of the album is massive tune after massive tune. The second half is some of the best album tracks. What an opener. Where The Streets Have No Name, classic. Epic. Wonderful guitar sound. Fantastic lyrics, atmospheric. Amazing I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For is maybe my favourite track on the album. Love that riff, love the soaring vocal. With or Without You is such a beautiful soaring ballad. Its so restraint when it could be bombastic, which works better. The build is so beautiful and the ooooh oooohs are wonderful Bullet the Blue Sky has a wonderful groove. The bridge at the end is a but cringy, but the song still slaps. Then we get into the really beautiful album tracks. The 1,2 punch of Running to Standstill & Red Hill Minning Town. Two of my favourite u2 songs. Beautiful. The chorus of Red Hill is so good, epic. The end of the song is incredible "let's go down on Red hill" refrain. So good In God's Country and Trip Through Your Wires. Another great couplet. One Tree Hill to me, is the u2 sound. Epic, lovely build, wonderful delayed guitar, building to a passionate chorus towards the end. Amazing little fake out ending. One of my early favourite songs of theirs. It's aged wonderfully. If the last two songs where on any other album I would probably wax lyrical about them, because individually they are actually very good and sound very different to one another, but because of the level of the rest of the songs they get a little forgotten. I think both are actually great, but the run at the start of the album is so good that they seem a little lesser instead. But today they sound great. One of the easiest 5s I've ever given. I can't even imagine how it would feel hearing this album for the first time, hearing all these extremely famous songs back to back and then hearing that run at the end of the album. It's not really a surprise how massive they were at this time. I've already rated War 5 and I know there are 2 more to come after this Brilliant. Amazing. Incredible
Absolutely iconic.
Never been a big U2 fan and this album didn’t change my mind.
Ultimately a meh album. U2 is more of a greatest hit band than an album. Hits here are good to great, but the filler songs are not good.
Grand album
Incredible album. Some of my favorite songs of all time on this one.
Well that’s probably the 3 greatest opening tracks ever Never had much time for U2 before but this was uniformly excellent
•Owned •Supported by Daniel Lanois' and Brian Enos' masterful production, The Joshua Tree's environment elevates the band's discussion of America, often highly mythologized, sometimes criticized. All this underlines the human condition at the core of the album—all of us, looking for love, freedom, opportunities, justice. •4.5/5
The Best U2 album, to me at least. 3 or 4 of the song off the album have been rock radio staples for as long as I can remember. Top to bottom a great album.
Sounds like a soundtrack from every dramatic tv show for teenagers I ever liked. Nostalgic!
Powerful lyrics with wide sound. I can appreciate the quality of the album but not of my taste though
This has 3 really huge radio hits, which have kind of been played to death and in small part ruined. The rest of the record is pretty forgettable to my ears. With that said this one still makes it to a 4 for me - the 3 radio hits off the top are truly stellar and any band would be thankful to have three songs that great in their entire career.
One of their best album. Not ashamed to give it 5 stars.
I do not like this band
Hot take, but I really don't give a fuck about U2. The one song on this album is alright, but it's nothing special. I guess the guitar riffs kinda slap, but they're always the same, man. Like 3/5 I guess
I mean, come on. The first half of this album is absolute perfection, and the second half isn't far behind.
Peak U2 along with Achtung Baby. It has one of the best opening three songs imaginable, and while these three singles are my favorite on the album it’s an incredible listen start to finish. Where the Streets Have No Name is one of those songs I consider perfect. It’s by far my favorite U2 song and one of the greatest recordings ever in my view. U2 isn’t always my favorite band, but they found perfection with this song and this album.
Album 313 of 1001 U2 - The Joshua Tree Rating : 4.5 / 5 Have always had an odd relationship with this album. I want to like it but it evokes some times that I'd just as soon not recall. Still, I begrudgingly admit that it is a very good album that had a huge impact, at the time. Some great tunes, for sure.
Better than I expected! Was not expecting there to be so many recognizable songs. The intro is very Thom Yorke-inspired (to me) which I think is pretty neat. The outro and intro have similar vibes that I think give a nice symmetry to the album.
6,5 nije me navauko skroz
7/10
This was huge when it came out. I like their older music better. This record doesn't sound spontaneous at all. It's not dark enough to be dark, not sparkly enough to be sparkly. It's kind of meh in between stuff. Favorite song: with or without you.
Some quality songs, but the album was a bit too long imo
É bom, mas simplesmente não é memorável nem muito original Fav tracks: When The Streets Have No Name, Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Running To Stand Still, Red Hill Mining Town, One Tree Hill Least fav track: Bullet The Blue Sky
arena rock with a surprising amount of variety. Definitely not musically super challenging from a chord standpoint, but interesting vocal melodies add some complexity. I forgot how many hits came from U2.
This was the last U2 album I ever bought. If I recall, it never got much play.
While there were a few highlights in the first half, come the end the songs were rolling past unnoticed. Best song: Bullet The Blue Sky.
what can i say - its a total banger classic
Very solid. Couple bangers.
Yes, a classic, 4.5, five?
First 3 songs are pretty timeless. The rest blurs.
Great album - I was not aware about other very interesting songs besides the well known (and not my favorite song) „With or without you“. Songs like „Bullet the blue sky“ are much more what I like. So, 4 stars for the album!
The Joshua Tree Nation Monument has inspired so much great music, I love getting my Zen on there. Some real bangers, blew my mind at the time but sounds a bit dated now. 4/5
Ok, so I'm really not a fan of U2. The last album I had to review from them was Achtung Baby, and I could not get into that at all. This was a completely different experience sonically. Way more atmospheric and emotive at times. It doesn't really fall into those 80s cliches. The production is solid as well. Bono's voice can get to be a bit much at times, but overall not too bad. I enjoyed this album honestly.
Unfortunately the album has aged. Not as good as I remembered
I don’t get it. Whiny voice. Boring music. Bullet the Blue Sky is the only good song.
Ranking the 3 taco bell sauces I've tried that U2 can get at Wal-mart or any other grocery store of your choice. Just a little backstory before I get to the list. I like hot sauce on eggs. Especially fried eggs. Over the past few weeks I've gotten pretty darn (sorry for the language) good at flipping eggs without breaking the yolk. I'm also pretty good at timing each side of the egg so the white is fully cooked but the yolk isn't. A perfect gooey creamy yolk. I'll make some toast, butter those bad boys up, slap those eggs on the plate and then cover them with hot sauce. Here is my taco bell hot sauce ranking. 1. Fire Sauce- Perfect amount of spice, good flavor. I always get this one when it's in stock. 2. Mild Sauce- Good flavor but it's mild like the name says. 3. Diablo Sauce- It's just too spicy and too sweet at the same time. It also made me blow up the toilet which is not ideal. Thanks for reading my important ranking on this important bri'ish list.
U2? More like PU2. With or without you is the only saving grace here, so fucking boring.