Round of 64: (17) Bon Iver - Bon Iver vs. (48) U2 - The Joshua Tree Bracket

Round one is here. 62 years of albums with 2 convenient ties. What album will come out on top?

For this matchup, we start with:

(17) Bon Iver - Bon Iver

vs.

(48) U2 - The Joshua Tree

 

The Joshua Tree is great, and I wouldn't be surprised if it goes far, but it's absolutely BI, BI for me

 

Bon Iver. Never really been able to get into U2 although they are due another try.

 

On this site, I expect Bon Iver will win, and I do love that album, but The Joshua Tree is an all-time top 10 for me, so it's an easy choice.

 

they almost have an underrated element to them now, which is insane given where they were like 20 years ago, but the kids have turned on them in such a big way

 

The kids do hate U2, that's for sure. Fuckin' kids.

 

80s U2 rules harder than most bands can dream of.

 

Joshua Tree, the album that gave my favorite TV show its name....One Tree Hill.

 

Could never get into Bon Iver after trying for years.


U2 is pretty great. And this is possibly them at their best. Easy choice for me.

 

Young enough to have totally missed Joshua Tree so…yeah.

 

love JT but had to go with BI

 

The Joshua Tree is the easy winner here.

 

I really do love JT as it was a staple in my house growing up, but BI,BI is such a special record it gets the +1.

 

This was a brutal choice. Both albums mean a lot to me, but ended up going with Bon Iver.

 

Joshua Tree, and honestly, it's not even close.

 

never got huge into U2 despite giving them multiple shots. Still like the album, but not head over heels for it. Also not a mega-BI fan, but BI,BI is pretty cool. I give the edge to BI here

 

Pretty brutal matchup. BI, BI gets the edge for me. On a purely musical level it had a massive influence on me and opened my eyes to other roles drums and percussion can play in music

Two fun AP memories regarding BI, BI. I said at some point that Perth was one of the best album openers and got called an idiot who didn’t know anything because Thunder Road exists. Also always chuckle at the immediate reaction to Beth/Rest calling it “corny” just for there to be a huge wave of 80s inspired music soon after

 

A day 1 defender of "Beth/Rest" right here!

 

@cshadows2887 can back me up!

 

Hope this wasn't me, but there are some incriminating details there...

 

Joshua Tree 100%

 

Lol it was not! They’re still around though. Made me laugh when a few years later they said almost verbatim what I said. People really do change!

 

I used to say Beth/Rest was the only good song on the album, but I eventually came around to the others

 

JT is a classic but BI BI has my heart

 

i wasn’t on the boat when FEFA dropped but i’ve been a day 1 with BI, BI. perfect album, my favorite of last decade