Rattle And Hum (studio album) by U2
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Rattle And Hum is ranked 8th best out of 36 albums by U2 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by U2 is The Joshua Tree which is ranked number 52 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,628.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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85/100  | 07/20/2025 20:45 | rfowler | | 85/100 |
70/100 | 07/20/2025 18:26 | Araldo | | 88/100 |
55/100 | 06/20/2025 02:41 | replacementlevel | | 70/100 |
60/100 | 06/13/2025 11:28 | Invader666 | | 65/100 |
80/100 | 06/09/2025 09:03 | MemphisDelft | | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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Don't get me wrong, I love this album but whenever I listen to it, it feels rather overblown. If they had released it without the live and covers tracks it would rank as one of the greatest albums of all time. Having said that, still in my top 100 of all time so not too shabby.
I got into the habit of listening to it by keeping only the new compositions (10) to which I added "A Room at HeartBreak Hotel" and "Hallelujah Here she comes". It makes a real studio album (except Silver & Gold) more coherent.
Whatever followed Joshua Tree was unlikely to be as good, so instead U2 went with this weird blend of live music, originals, greatest hits, and covers. The result is good - but it's kind of "cheating", isn't it? Even if they only stuck with the original material, it would still be a decent album, but I would view it almost as a companion piece to Joshua Tree. Might as well just have them both together.
There are ten original songs on this album. They're great. If those had been released without the live tracks/covers it would have a different, and better reputation.
Brad1770 05/28/2021 02:44
Riddle me this ? What’s the most pretentious fat headed self indulgent my sh** don’t stink album ever released ? ‘Rattle And Hum’ quickly comes to mind
From the opening seconds of Bono’s cringeworthy declaration “Charles Manson stole it from the Beatles we’re stealing it back “ its pretty clear from the get go U2 already see themselves as one of the all time greats and it only gets worse from there - 2 Jimi Hendrix Covers, a Bob Dylan appearance, a BB King appearance and a Little Steven name drop only confirms the theory. Egotistical clap trap aside the entire DOUBLE album is an utter mess - is it a live album ? (nope), is it a covers album? (Nope), is it a reinterpretation album? (Nope), is it U2 with a self inflated opinion of themselves? (You bet). We are so big and important now we can release any piece of garbage we like
“OK Edge play the blues” !!!! If it wasn’t serious I’d swear it was a joke
Zero Stars Out 100 Ego’s
llibnanoon 06/22/2020 17:57
Average Track Rating = 93.53
llibnanoon 05/17/2020 21:56
Awesome!
llibnanoon 05/09/2020 00:44
One of the greatest compilation records ever!U2's Perfect Soundtrack.
Overall: 9.0
Top Tracks: "Angel of Harlem", "God Part II", "All I Want is You"
Pompous as all hell, but with U2 that's not a valid criticism, kinda just goes with the territory. It's as underrated as it is pretentious, but it's also one of their best collections of songs up to this point.
Dunno why this album gets so much hate (especially from the critics) I think this is a great collection of some of U2's best work.
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