Rank The Pearl Jam Catalog

[epilogue]

The ultimate ranking thread!

Here I will attempt to rank every song in the Pearl Jam catalog. I'm sure I'll leave some out initially, but with your help, perhaps I can accumulate a complete ranking. In trying to find the best way to do this, I've decided that I'll do it by album first. I'll rank Ten. Then I'll rank Vs. Then I'll rank them together. I'll rank each album, one by one, and integrate them into the complete career ranking. This will be difficult, a fool's errand, perhaps. And it'll bore a lot of people. And it'll piss off a lot of people. And I'll probably just rank the complaints.

So without further ado...

Ten

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1. Black
2. Release
3. Even Flow
4. Jeremy
5. Porch
6. Alive
7. Oceans
8. Garden
9. Once
10. Deep
11. Why Go

VS

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1. Small Town
2. Daughter
3. Animal
4. RVM
5. Indifference
6. Go
7. Dissident
8. WMA
9. Rats
10. Leash
11. Blood
12. Glorified G

Vitalogy

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1. Immortality
2. Tremor Christ
3. Last Exit
4. Corduroy
5. Not For You
6. Better Man
7. Nothingman
8. Satan's Bed
9. Aye Davanita
10. Spin the Black Circle
11. Whipping
12. Bugs
13. Pry, To
14. Stupid Mop

No Code

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1. In My Tree
2. Hail, Hail
3. Off He Goes
4. Red Mosquito
5. Smile
6. Present Tense
7. Sometimes
8. Who You Are
9. Lukin
10. Around the Bend
11. Mankind
12. I'm Open
13. Habit

Yield

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1. Do The Evolution
2. No Way
3. Faithfull
4. In Hiding
5. Lowlight
6. Given to Fly
7. Push Me, Pull Me
8. MFC
9. Brain of J.
10. Wishlist
11. All Those Yesterdays
12. Pilate
13. Red Dot

Binaural

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1. Sleight of Hand
2. Insignificance
3. Nothing As It Seems
4. Rival
5. Thin Air
6. Of The Girl
7. Grievance
8. Parting Ways
9. Breakerfall
10. Light Years
11. Evacuation
12. Gods' Dice
13. Soon Forget

Riot Act

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1. I Am Mine
2. Cropduster
3. Help Help
4. Can't Keep
5. Thumbing My Way
6. Green Disease
7. All Or None
8. 1/2 Full
9. Love Boat Captain
10. You Are
11. Save You
12. Ghost
13. Bushleaguer
14. Get Right
15. Arc

Pearl Jam (S/T)

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1. Severed Hand
2. Marker In The Sand
3. Come Back
4. Unemployable
5. Parachutes
6. Army Reserve
7. Gone
8. World Wide Suicide
9. Life Wasted
10. Big Wave
11. Wasted Reprise
12. Inside Job
13. Comatose

Backspacer

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1. Just Breathe
2. Amongst the Waves
3. Got Some
4. The End
5. Speed of Sound
6. Johnny Guitar
7. The Fixer
8. Unthought Known
9. Gonna See My Friend
10. Supersonic
11. Force of Nature

Lost Dogs (Disc One)

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1. In The Moonlight
2. Yellow Ledbetter
3. Sad
4. Undone
5. All Night
6. Alone
7. Black Red Yellow
8. Down
9. Hold On
10. Education
11. Hitchhiker
12. U
13. Don't Gimme No Lip
14. Leaving Here
15. Whale Song
16. Gremmie Out of Control

Lost Dogs (Disc Two)

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1. Hard To Imagine
2. Wash
3. Otherside
4. Fatal
5. Strangest Tribe
6. Footsteps
7. Dirty Frank
8. Drifting
9. Dead Man
10. Let Me Sleep
11. Last Kiss
12. Sweet Lew
13. Brother *
14. Bee Girl

*The version of Brother that has lyrics, that leaked a while back on that rarities disc would rank much higher. And that's the version I'll be using in my Big Board Ranking.

Leftovers

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1. Angel
2. State of Love and Trust
3. Breath
4.Man of the Hour
5. Long Road
6. I Got Shit
7. Happy When I’m Crying
8. Sunburn
9. Leatherman
10. Crazy Mary
11. Ole
12. Last Soldier
13. 4/20/02
14. Just A Girl
15. I’m Still Here
16. Out Of My Mind
17. Thunderclap
18. Foldback
19. Harmony
20. Santa God
21. Olympic Platinum
22. Santa Cruz
23. Evil Little Goat
24. 2,000 Mile Blues
25. Turning Mist

Average Song Score by Album

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Song Rankings by Album:

TEN
2. Black
7. Release
14 Even Flow
24 Jeremy
29. Porch
30. Alive
56. Oceans
75. Garden
77. Once
101. Deep
112. Why Go

Average song score: 47.91
Rank by average song score: 1st

VS
4. Small Town
9. Daughter
16. Animal
17. RVM
57. Indifference
58. Go
72. Dissident
73. WMA
99. Rats
126. Leash
127. Blood
144. Glorified G

Average song score: 66.84
Rank by average song score: 4th

Vitalogy
3. Immortality
8. Tremor Christ
25. Last Exit
28. Corduroy
32. Not For You
33. Better Man
49. Nothingman
98. Satan's Bed
103. Aye Davanita
115. Spin The Black Circle
120. Whipping
143. Bugs
149. Pry, To
162 Stupid Mop

Average song score: 64.71
Rank by average song score: 3rd

No Code
1. In My Tree
15. Insignificance
26. Hail Hail
37. Off He Goes
38. Red Mosquito
41. Smile
64. Present Tense
76. Sometimes
78. Who You Are
106. Lukin
114. Around the Bend
137. Mankind
156. I'm Open
167. Habit

Average song score: 81.23
Rank by average song score: 5th

Yield
6. Do the Evolution
13. No Way
26. Hail Hail
27. Faithfull
48. In Hiding
50. Lowlight
52. Given to Fly
79. Push Me, Pull Me
81. MFC
104. Brain of J.
105. Wishlist
107. All Those Yesterdays
121. Pilate

Average song score: 63.00
Rank by average song score: 2nd

Binaural
10. Sleight of Hand
15. Insignificance
42. Nothing As It Seems
51. Rival
65. Thin Air
66. Of The Girl
80. Grievance
108. Parting Ways
145. Breakerfall
146. Light Years
147. Evacuation
153. Gods' Dice
168. Soon Forget

Average song score: 92.00
Rank by average song score: 10th

Riot Act
12. I Am Mine
31. Cropduster
34. Help Help
36. Can't Keep
59. Thumbing My Way
82. Green Disease
83. All or None
84. 1/2 Full
85. Love Boat Captain
109. You Are
113. Save You
116. Ghost
124. Bushleaguer
130. Get Right
148. Arc

Average song score: 83.01
Rank by average song score: 6th

Pearl Jam
40. Severed Hand
47. Marker in the Sand
53. Come Back
87. Unemployable
88. Parachutes
117. Army Reserve
118. Gone
122. World Wide Suicide
128. Life Wasted
131. Big Wave
152. Wasted Reprise
157. Inside Job
165. Comatose

Average song score: 108.01
Rank by average song score: 11th

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23. Just Breathe
36. Can't Keep
39. Amongst The Waves
55. Got Some
63. The End
95. Speed of Sound
102. Johnny Guitar
123. Unthought Known
125. Gonna See My Friend
135. Supersonic
166. Force of Nature

Average song score: 87.45
Rank by average song score: 8th

Lost Dogs (Disc One)
18. In The Moonlight
21. Yellow Ledbetter
35. Sad
62. Undone
67. All Night
68. Alone
93. Black Red Yellow
94. Down
129. Hold On
132. Education
133. Hitchhiker
155. Whale Song
134. U
139. Don't Gimme No Lip

Didn't rank the two covers, so I'm not including them here

Average song score: 91.43
Album rank by average song score:9th

Lost Dogs (Disc Two)
5. Hard to Imagine
22. Wash
54. Otherside
60. Fatal
61. Strangest Tribe
71. Footsteps
86. Dirty Frank
91. Brother
92. Drifting
97. 04/20/02
111. Dead Man
150. Let Me Sleep
158. Sweet Lew
159. Bee Girl

Average song score: 86.93
Rank by average song score: 7th

Misc
11. Angel
19. State of Love and Trust
20. Breathe
43. Of The Earth
44. Man of the Hour
45. Long Road
46. I Got Shit
69. Happy When I'm Crying
70. Sunburn
74. Leatherman
89. Crazy Mary
90. Ole
96. Last Soldier
110. I'm Still Here
136. Out of my Mind
138. Untitled
140. Thunderclap
141. Foldback
142. Harmony
151. No More
160. Santa God
161. Olympic Platinum
163. Santa Cruz
164. Evil Little Goat
169. Rock Around Barack
170. Cready Stomp
171. 2,000 Mile Blues
172. Turning Mist

Average song score: 200

Album ranking by song score

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1. Ten - 47.91
2. Yield - 63.00
3. Vitalogy - 64.71
4. Vs - 66.84
5. No Code - 81.23
6. Riot Act - 83.00
7. Lost Dogs (Disc Two) - 86.93
8. Backspacer - 87.45
9. Lost Dogs (Disc One) - 91.43
10. Binaural - 92.00
11. Pearl Jam - 108.81
12. Leftovers - 200

Final Song Ranking (Full Big Board)

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1. In My Tree
2. Black
3. Immortality
4. Small Town
5. Hard To Imagine
6. Do The Evolution
7. Release
8. Tremor Christ
9. Daughter
10. Sleight Of Hand
11. Angel
12. I Am Mine
13. No Way
14. Even Flow
15. Insignificance
16. Animal
17. RVM
18. In The Moonlight
19. State of Love and Trust
20. Breath

21. Yellow Ledbetter
22. Wash
23. Just Breathe
24. Jeremy
25. Last Exit
26. Hail, Hail
27. Faithfull
28. Corduroy
29. Porch
30. Alive
31. Cropduster
32. Not For You
33. Better Man
34. Help Help
35. Sad
36. Can’t Keep
37. Off He Goes
38. Red Mosquito
39. Amongst The Waves
40. Severed Hand

41. Smile
42. Nothing As It Seems
43. Of The Earth
44. Man of the Hour
45. Long Road
46. I Got Shit
47. Marker In The Sand
48. In Hiding
49. Nothingman
50. Lowlight
51. Rival
52. Given To Fly
53. Come Back
54. Otherside
55. Got Some
56. Oceans
57. Indifference
58. Go
59. Thumbing My Way
60. Fatal

61. Strangest Tribe
62. Undone
63. The End
64. Present Tense
65. Thin Air
66. Of The Girl
67. All Night
68. Alone
69. Happy When I’m Crying
70. Sunburn
71. Footsteps
72. Dissident
73. WMA
74. Leatherman
75. Garden
76. Sometimes
77. Once
78. Who You Are
79. Push Me, Pull Me
80. Grievance

81. MFC
82. Green Disease
83. All Or None
84. ½ Full
85. Love Boat Captain
86. Dirty Frank
87. Unemployable
88. Parachutes
89. Crazy Mary
90. Ole
91. Brother
92. Drifting
93. Black Red Yellow
94. Down
95. Speed Of Sound
96. Last Soldier
97. 04/20/02
98. Satan’s Bed
99. Rats
100. Just A Girl

101. Deep
102. Johnny Guitar
103. Aye Davanita
104. Brain of J.
105. Wishlist
106. Lukin
107. All Those Yesterdays
108. Parting Ways
109. You Are
110. I’m Still Here
111. Dead Man
112. Why Go
113. Save You
114. Around the Bend
115. Spin The Black Circle
116. Ghost
117. Army Reserve
118. Gone
119. The Fixer
120. Whipping

121. Pilate
122. World Wide Suicide
123. Unthought Known
124. Bushleaguer
125. Gonna See My Friend
126. Leash
127. Blood
128. Life Wasted
129. Hold On
130. Get Right
131. Big Wave
132. Education
133. Hitchhiker
134. U
135. Supersonic
136. Out of my Mind
137. Mankind
138. Untitled
139. Don’t Gimme No Lip
140. Thunderclap

141. Foldback
142. Harmony
143. Bugs
144. Glorified G
145. Breakerfall
146. Light Years
147. Evacuation
148. Arc
149. Pry, To
150. Let Me Sleep
151. No More
152. Wasted Reprise
153. Gods' Dice
154. Red Dot
155. Whale Song
156. I’m Open
157. Inside Job
158. Sweet Lew
159. Bee Girl
160. Santa God

161. Olympic Platinum
162. Stupid Mop
163. Santa Cruz
164. Evil Little Goat
165. Comatose
166. Force of Nature
167. Soon Forget
168. Habit
169. Rock Around Barack
170. Cready Stomp
171. 2,000 Mile Blues
172. Turning Mist

[stip]

godspeed. I did that once before. It's not easy.

[stip]

I like your method here. And since i don't want to start grading I think I'll begin


Alive
Porch
Black
Even Flow
Release
Why Go
Jeremy
Once
Oceans
Deep
Garden

[stip]

well that wasn't so bad

[epilogue]

RANK THE SONGS ON TEN:

1. Black
2. Release
3. Even Flow
4. Jeremy
5. Porch
6. Alive
7. Oceans
8. Garden
9. Once
10. Deep
11. Why Go

[epilogue]

well that wasn't so bad

Yeah, that was actually pretty easy for me. Let's see if it gets harder as we progress.

[epilogue]

VS -

1. Small Town
2. Daughter
3. Animal
4. RVM
5. Indifference
6. Go
7. Dissident
8. WMA
9. Rats
10. Leash
11. Blood
12. Glorified G

[epilogue]

I'll keep updating the OP, but I'll put the lists in spoiler code to keep the clutter to a minimum.

[stip]

okay, one more

(I'm basing these on my overall sense of the value/quality of the songs--I barely listen to RVM these days, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I think it's the best song on Vs)

Rearview Mirror
Elderly Woman
Animal
Go
Indifference
Daughter
Blood
Rats
WMA
Dissident
Leash
Glorified G

The top half of Vs. is REALLY good

[stip]

Alive
Porch
Black
Rearview Mirror
Small Town
Animal
Go
Indifference
Even Flow
Release
Why Go
Daughter
Jeremy
Once
Oceans
Blood
Rats
WMA
Dissident
Leash
Deep
Glorifed G
Garden

[stip]

fun fact--although our orders are different we have the same top 6 songs for each album.

I hope reading that fact was as fun as it was for me to type

[epilogue]

fun fact--although our orders are different we have the same top 6 songs for each album.

I hope reading that fact was as fun as it was for me to type

that IS fun fact!

Another fun fact: I was actually going to point that fact out to you!

This is a blast, so far!

[epilogue]

Okay, now I'm ranking the songs from Ten & Vs together:

1. Black
2. Small Town
3. Release
4. Daughter
5. Even Flow
6. Animal
7. RVM
8. Jeremy
9. Porch
10. Alive
11. Oceans
12. Indifference
13. Go
14. Dissident
15. WMA
16. Garden
17. Once
18. Rats
19. Deep
20. Why Go
21. Leash
22. Blood
23. Glorified G

[epilogue]

Vitalogy -

1. Immortality
2. Tremor Christ
3. Last Exit
4. Corduroy
5. Not For You
6. Better Man
7. Nothingman
8. Satan's Bed
9. Aye Davanita
10. Spin the Black Circle
11. Whipping
12. Bugs
13. Pry, To
14. Stupid Mop

[epilogue]

Woof... that was harder than I expected it to be. Man.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

So is this mainly just for you to work on your list and us to help you? Or is it cool if we work on trying to make lists ourselves along with you?

[epilogue]

No Code

1. In My Tree
2. Hail, Hail
3. Off He Goes
4. Red Mosquito
5. Smile
6. Present Tense
7. Sometimes
8. Who You Are
9. Lukin
10. Around the Bend
11. Mankind
12. I'm Open
13. Habit

[epilogue]

So is this mainly just for you to work on your list and us to help you? Or is it cool if we work on trying to make lists ourselves along with you?

Oh please post your own lists! I'm hoping it's a place where everyone who wants to can try to come up with their own personal ranking for the Pearl Jam canon.

I just know I'm going to forget a b-side or something along the way, and I appreciate any help in that regard.

But, yes, I want others to participate and post their own rankings.

I actually think it's really interesting to see that Stip and I have a lot of the same songs in our top 5 or 6 on each album, even if they're in a different order. I want to see what others think as well.

[epilogue]

Yeah, I'm just an idiot jerking off to my own reflection if other people aren't participating and posting their own lists. And, frankly, I get enough of that at home. So...

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

So is this mainly just for you to work on your list and us to help you? Or is it cool if we work on trying to make lists ourselves along with you?

Oh please post your own lists! I'm hoping it's a place where everyone who wants to can try to come up with their own personal ranking for the Pearl Jam canon.

I just know I'm going to forget a b-side or something along the way, and I appreciate any help in that regard.

But, yes, I want others to participate and post their own rankings.

I actually think it's really interesting to see that Stip and I have a lot of the same songs in our top 5 or 6 on each album, even if they're in a different order. I want to see what others think as well.

I think going through all the albums first is the best way, include lost dogs then we can figure out if there is anything we are missing