CC 2004: U2
Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 07/30/2004 - 05:14
Tags:
- Boy (1980) - *** 1/2
- October (1981) - ***
- War (1983) - *****
- Under a Blood Red Sky (1983) - ***
- The Unforgettable Fire (1984) - ****
- Wide Awake in America (1985) - ** 1/2
- The Joshua Tree (1987) - *****
- Rattle and Hum (1988) - *** 1/2
- Achtung Baby (1991) - *****
- Zooropa (1993) - *** 1/2
- Pop (1997) - ***
- Best of 1980-1990 (1998) - ****
- All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) - ****
- Best of 1990-2000 (2002) - ***
This is a new entry in an old series I am slowly bringing up to date. I'm calling it Critical Consensus 2004. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. I've ditched placing the albums in a recommended purchasing order, instead using a more traditional chronological order.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever