WOW...I can't believe This I Love is going to stay while Catcher or If The World will go!!!!  Really a huge difference of opinions on this album.

You nailed it right there BLS.

Tesla's music sets them outside the "hair metal" crap as well.

What I always find funny is people who never even grew up with this music (let alone heard anything outside of the hits) are the "experts" on what this music was.  Fact is NOT everyone with "big hair" was a "hair band". 

All in all this list is better than most, it was good someone picked Pyromania over Hysteria still yet this is a case of "going with the popular album" instead of the best one.  Pyromania and Hysteria were monsters in sales but High N Dry is, was and will always be the bands best album.  It's a hint of what they could have been if success hadn't altered their path.

It's also a joke to see Van Halen's 1984.  Yes this was a decent album but compared to the likes of their debut, VHII, Women and Children First and Fair Warning it's a joke.  Another case of "pick the popular album".  Makes me wonder if these people even heard anything outside of the hits. 

Motley Crue's Dr. Feelgood is another shining example. Sure it's an ok album but compared to Shout at the Devil (which was left off) this is a joke.  Good to see their debut album made it at least.

Anytime I see White Lion, Poison and Extreme on these lists I cringe.  Not because they aren't hair bands (yes THESE are) but to see the likes of Tesla, Van Halen, Skid Row, The Cult and Guns N Roses on the SAME list makes me nauseated.

These guys write about shit they don't know, how else can you explain such blashphemy!

Good question.  Very underrated and forgotten by many.  That album was solid and had a similar "sleaze" to GNR, while not on the same level of greatness this was still a good album.

It's interesting to hear these statements. I remember when Achtung Baby was getting ready to drop that I felt it had little chance to live up to The Joshua Tree.  However as SOON as I heard The Fly and the rest of the album I immediately liked it. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses and One really sealed the deal for me.  I guess this is one time I agree with the masses, Achtung Baby is, was and forever will be their crowning achievement.

The next album (Zooropa) I wasn't as pleased with. Lemon was crap (imo), Numb was catchy but forgettable and a few other songs were just awful.  Stay (Faraway, so close) was the gem on this one and saved the album.  Bono, if anybody knows this you will, but wasn't this album some sort of "after thought" or something??  Seems like I recall it not originally being intended for release or something to the like.   The next album nearly made me call it quits for good, pure crap.  I vaguely remember a couple songs that were ok (Staring at the Sun? If You Wear that Velvet Dress?) Since then they have redeemed themselves and I am looking forward to giving this new album a shot.

That's not new, I've had him saying the word "all" since 06.  In fact it goes on to say "all in good" and then stops.  Nothing new.

What happened was a member here "cleaned up" the checkmate leak and looped it where the line "all in good" was removed.  Thus, the more common shared "leak" became the one without these three words.

I can't remember the whole thing but I believe it goes something like this:
All cautions made, every chance was given
No efforts spared, to save what we had
All in good (it stops here but "faith" would be the next
logical word imo)