October
by U2
U2 bestography
October is ranked 11th best out of 38 albums by U2 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by U2 is The Joshua Tree which is ranked number 51 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,119.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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October track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 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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| 03/22/2026 16:05 | NobodyThatIKnow | 317 | 48/100 | |
| 03/17/2026 00:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 11,165 | 70/100 | |
| 03/09/2026 10:39 | robertoveltri | 858 | 79/100 | |
| 02/24/2026 13:44 | dukeboxkool | 2,186 | 72/100 | |
| 12/05/2025 17:56 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Underrated album ??♂️ I like 2 1st their albums ??
When Rejoice comes in - I do.
Big U2 fan but this is their weakest offering that I've heard so far for me. Couldn't really get in to it. The guitar on Gloria is glori-ous, I also like Fire and the instrumentals on the closing track, but otherwise it's fairly forgettable.
Squonk007 01/10/2022 15:36 | #279007
I can't get along with vocals, Bono's voice grates and this lets the band down immensely because the music is otherwise excellent.
VictorVale 04/02/2021 20:45 | #268114
Menos consistente, mas ainda com alguns golpes fortes.
ChrisPBacon 04/03/2020 15:03 | #249467
I love Tomorrow. I Fall Down and Gloria, are very good. The rest is mostly average.
Graeme2 01/01/2020 18:03 | #246289
Early U2 always sounded good, played well, good production etc. On this album though they forgot to write some songs. Or more likely they were told to make a record but weren't ready after the debut. There are a couple of stand outs but mostly just pedestrian. Whatever the problems they had with October had defiantly been resolved when it came to making the next record.
Very average, doesn't really have any stand out tracks. The band sounds good but the songs aren't memorable besides Gloria, I Fall Down, and Rejoice.
Love it so much! Fall Down is my favorite song in this record
A decent album from the early works. Not a lot of classic hits and really the album as a whole is a little hit or miss to me. I do enjoy Gloria and I Fall Down
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