Rank The Pearl Jam Catalog

[stip]

Okay, vitalogy


Corduory
Last Exit
Betterman
Immortality
Tremor Christ
Nothingman
Not For You
Satan's Bed
Whipping
Spin the Black Circle
Bugs
Aye Davanita
Pry, To
Stupid Mop

[stip]

I have a master list somewhere of all pearl jam b-sides that we put together when we did that huge tournament a year or two ago

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Big Board

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1. All Those Yesterdays
2. Release
3. Immortality
4. Smile
5. Undone
6. Faithful
7. Parachutes
8. Parting Ways
9. Present Tense
10. All Or None
11. State Of Love And Trust
12. RVM
13. No Way
14. Tremor Christ
15. I Got Shit
16. Rival
17. Sad
18. Sometimes
19. Breath
20. Do The Evolution

21. Black
22. Alive
23. In My Tree
24. Down
25. Of The Girl
26. Given To Fly
27. Last Exit
28. Corduroy
29. Brain Of J
30. Hard To Imagine
31. Man Of The Hour
32. All Night
33. Force Of Nature
34. Army Reserve
35. Grievance
36. I Am Mine
37. Daughter
38. Betterman
39. The End
40. Fatal

41. Long Road
42. Alone( the version from the go single)
43. Go
44. Hail Hail
45. Animal
46. Last Soldier
47. Evenflow
48. Marker In The Sand
49. In Hiding
50. Rats
51. Black, Red, Yellow
52. Johnny Guitar
53. Crazy Mary (if we were ranking the live version then it would be near the bottom)
54. Light Years
55. Not for You
56. The Fixer
57. World Wide Suicide
58. Gonna See My Friend
59. Indifference
60. In The Moonlight

61. Help Help
62. Strangest Tribe
63. Save You
64. Spin The Black Circle
65. Cant Keep
66. Off He Goes
67. Small town
68. Insignificance
69. Education
70. Push Me Pull Me
71. Who You Are
72. Low Light
73. Yellow Ledbetter
74. Jeremy
75. Otherside
76. Red Mosquito
77. Ole
78. Unemployable
79. Gods Dice
80. Satan's Bed

81. Porch
82. Blood
83. Got Some
84. Whipping
85. Severed Hand
86. Nothing As It Seems
87. Just Breathe
88. Thumbing My Way
89. Sleight of Hand
90. Garden
91. Around The Bend
92. Unthought Known
93. Life Wasted
94. Footsteps
95. Cropduster
96. Nothingman
97. You Are
98. Glorified
99. Lukin
100. Im Still Here

101. Why go
102. Once
103. Leatherman
104. Breakerfal
105. 1/2 Full
106. Love Boat Captain
107. Dont Gimme No Lip
108. Whale Song
109. Come Back
110. Outta my mind
111. Wishlist
112. Dissident
113. Im Open
114. Wash
115. WMA
116. Comatose
117. Evacuation
118. Let Me Sleep
119. Pilate
120. Leaving Here

121. Dead Man
122. Ghost
123. Habit
124. Inside Job
125. MFC
126. Leash
127. Dirty Frank
128. Oceans
129. Thin Air
130. Amongst The Waves
131. Deep
132. Big Wave
133. Speed Of Sound
134. U
135. Mankind
136. Bushleaguer
137. Drifting
138. Soon Forget
139. Get Right
140. Brother

141. Hold On
142. Angel
143. Gone
144. Hitchhiker
145. Aye Davanita
146. Supersonic
147. Green Disease
148. Bee Girl
149. Gremmie Outta Control
150. Just A Girl
151. Pry To
152. 4/20/02
153. Red Dot
154. Sweet Lew
155. Bugs
156. Arc
157. 2000 mile blues
158. Wasted Reprise
159. Stupid Mop
160. Last Kiss

Ten

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2. Release
21. Black
22. Alive
47. Evenflow
74. Jeremy
81. Porch
90. Garden
101. Why go
102. Once
128. Oceans
131. Deep

VS

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12. RVM
37. Daughter
43. Go
45. Animal
50. Rats
59. Indifference
67. Small town
82. Blood
98. Glorified
112. Dissident
115. WMA
126. Leash

Vitalogy

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3. Immortality
14. Tremor Christ
27. Last exit
28. Corduroy
38. Betterman
55. Not for you
64. Spin the black circle
80. Satan's bed
84. Whipping
96. Nothingman
145. Aye davanita
151. Pry to
155. Bugs
159. Stupid mop

No Code

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4. Smile
9. Present Tense
18. Sometimes
23. In my tree
44. Hail hail
66. Off he goes
71. Who you are
76. Red mosquito
91. Around the bend
99. Lukin
113. Im open
123. Habit
135. Mankind

Yield

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1. All those yesterday
6. Faithful
13. No way
20. DTE
26. GTF
29. Brain of j
49. In hiding
70. Push me pull me
72. Low light
111. Wishlist
119. Pilate
125. MFC
153. Red dot

Binaural

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8. Parting ways
16. Rival
25. Of the girl
35. Grievance
54. Light years
68. Insignificance
79. Gods dice
86. Nothing as is seems
89. Sleight of hand
104. Breakerfal
117. Evacuation
129. Thin air
138. Soon forget

Riot Act

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10. All or none
36. I am mine
61. Help help
63. Save you
65. Can't keep
88. Thumbing my way
95. Cropduster
97. You are
105. 1/2 full
106. LBC
122. Ghost
136. Bushleaguer
139. Get right
147. Green disease
156. Arc

S/T

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7. Parachutes
34. Army Reserve
48. Marker in the sand
57. World wide suicide
78. Unemployable
85. Severed hand
93. Life wasted
109. Comeback
116. Comatose
124. Inside job
132. Big wave
143. Gone
158. Wasted reprise

Backspacer

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33. Force of nature
39. The end
52. Johnny guitar
56. The fixer
58. Gonna see my friend
83. Got some
87. Just breathe
92. Unthought known
130. Amongst the waves
133. Speed of sound
146. Supersonic

Lost Dogs 1

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5. Undone
17. Sad
24. Down
32. All night
42. Alone (the version from the go single)
51. Black red yellow
60. In the moonlight
69. Education
73. Yellow ledbetter
107. Don't gimme no lip
108. Whale song
120. Leaving here
134. U
142. Hold on
144. Hitchhiker
149. Gremmie outta control

Lost Dogs 2

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30. Hard to imagine
40. Fatal
62. Strangest tribe
75. Otherside
94. Footsteps
114. Wash
118. Let me sleep
121. Dead man
127. Dirty frank
137. Drifting
140. Brother
148. Bee girl
154. Sweet lew
160. Last kiss

Extras/B sides/Etc

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11. State of love and trust
15. I got shit
19. Breath
31. Man of the hour
41. Long road
46. Last soldier
53. Crazy Mary
77. Ole
100. Im still here
103. Leatherman
110. Out of my mind
142. Angel
150. Just a girl
152. 4/20/02
157. 2000 mile blues

Ill use this as my header post

[stip]

Alive
Corduroy
Last Exit
Porch
Betterman
Immortality
Black
Rearview Mirror
Small Town
Animal
Tremor Christ
Go
Indifference
Even Flow
Release
Why Go
Nothingman
Not For You
Daughter
Jeremy
Satan's Bed
Once
Whipping
Oceans
Spin the Black Circle
Blood
Rats
WMA
Dissident
Leash
Bugs
Deep
Glorifed G
Garden
Aye Davanita
Pry, To
Stupid Mop

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Ten
Release
Black
Alive
Evenflow
Jeremy
Porch
Garden
Why go
Once
Oceans
Deep

[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.

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

That's what I was thinking as well. I'm also trying to decide how deep we should go. What's included in the "official cannon?" Do outtake snippets like Evil Little Goat count? What about covers? Last Kiss seems like it should just because it was such a big hit, and their version is so well known. Crazy Mary, as well, even though they didn't write it. It's a Pearl Jam song, yeah?

But then what about other covers, like the ones on the Xmas singles? Should Love Reign O'er Me count?

[epilogue]

Okay, vitalogy


Corduory
Last Exit
Betterman
Immortality
Tremor Christ
Nothingman
Not For You
Satan's Bed
Whipping
Spin the Black Circle
Bugs
Aye Davanita
Pry, To
Stupid Mop

I have no idea why, but Corduroy at #1 on your list surprises me. I figured top 4 or 5, but didn't expect #1. I think I thought Last Exit would be your #1.

[epilogue]

Wow, Stip, VS took a hit on your big board.

[epilogue]

Full Catalog ranking, updated to include Vitalogy and No Code:

1. In My Tree
2. Black
3. Immortality
4. Small Town
5. Release
6. Tremor Christ
7. Daughter
8. Even Flow
9. Animal
10. RVM
11. Jeremy
12. Last Exit
13. Hail, Hail
14. Corduroy
15. Porch
16. Alive
17. Not For You
18. Better Man
19. Off He Goes
20. Red Mosquito
21. Smile
22. Nothingman
23. Oceans
24. Indifference
25. Go
26. Present Tense
27. Dissident
28. WMA
29. Garden
30. Sometimes
31. Once
32. Who You Are
33. Satan’s Bed
34. Rats
35. Deep
36. Aye Davanita
37. Lukin
38. Why Go
39. Around the Bend
40. Spin The Black Circle
41. Whipping
42. Leash
43. Blood
44. Mankind
45. Bugs
46. Glorified G
47. Pry, To
48. I’m Open
49. Stupid Mop
50. Habit

[stip]

corduroy used to be my favorite PJ song. In a lot of ways I probably still prefer it to Alive.

[stip]

Okay, No Code


Red Mosquito
In My Tree
Hail Hail
Present Tense
Why You Are
Smile
Habit
Sometimes
Lukin
Off He Goes
Around the Bend
Mankind
I'm Open

There's a pretty big drop off after smile.

[stip]

Wow, Stip, VS took a hit on your big board.

Ten and Vitalogy pretty much dominate my list of favorite songs

[epilogue]

Yield -

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

[stip]

Alive
Corduroy
Last Exit
Porch
Betterman
Immortality
Black
Rearview Mirror
Small Town
Animal
Tremor Christ
Go
Indifference
Even Flow
Release
Why Go
Nothingman
Not For You
Daughter
Jeremy
Red Mosquito
In My Tree
Hail Hail
Satan's Bed
Present Tense
Once
Who You Are
Whipping
Oceans
Spin the Black Circle
Blood
Rats
WMA
Smile
Habit
Sometimes
Dissident
Leash
Bugs
Deep
Glorifed G
Lukin
Garden
Off He Goes
Around the Bend
Aye Davanita
Mankind
I'm Open
Pry, To
Stupid Mop

[stip]

we're really gonna start to part ways on Yield.


Do the Evolution
Given To Fly
Wishlist
Brain of J
All Those Yesterdays
MFC
No Way
Faithful
In Hiding
Push/Pull
Pilate
Lowlight
Red Dot

[stip]

Alive
Corduroy
Last Exit
Porch
Do the Evolution
Betterman
Immortality
Given To Fly
Black
Rearview Mirror
Small Town
Animal
Wishlist
Tremor Christ
Go
Indifference
Even Flow
Release

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Why Go
Brain of J
Nothingman
Not For You
Daughter
Jeremy
Red Mosquito
In My Tree
Hail Hail
Satan's Bed
All Those Yesterdays
Present Tense
Once
Who You Are
Whipping
Oceans
Spin the Black Circle

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Blood
MFC
Rats
WMA
Smile
Habit
No Way
Sometimes
Dissident
Leash
Bugs
Deep
Glorified G
Faithful
In Hiding
Lukin
Push/Pull
Pilate
Garden
Lowlight
Off He Goes
Around the Bend
Aye Davanita
Mankind
I'm Open
Pry, To
Stupid Mop
Red Dot

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

My list might be getting done a bit different then Stip, i think the quality of the song probably effects my feelings on the song, but this is just my list of favorites, the ones id like to listen to the most.

Vs
RVM
Daughter
Go
Animal
Rats
Indifference
Small town
Blood
Glorified
Dissident
WMA
Leash

So far the hard part is the fact that i feel bad putting songs like WMA and leash at the bottom, i really li,e them both, but not as much as the rest

[stip]

My list might be getting done a bit different then Stip, i think the quality of the song probably effects my feelings on the song, but this is just my list of favorites, the ones id like to listen to the most.

Vs
RVM
Daughter
Go
Animal
Rats
Indifference
Small town
Blood
Glorified
Dissident
WMA
Leash

So far the hard part is the fact that i feel bad putting songs like WMA and leash at the bottom, i really li,e them both, but not as much as the rest

In the end I'll be somewhere in between I think

[epilogue]

Stip, what to the " -- " indicate on your big board? Drops in quality? Drop in grade? Are you separating out Great, Good, Average, etc.?

[epilogue]

Vs
RVM
Daughter
Go
Animal
Rats
Indifference
Small town
Blood
Glorified
Dissident
WMA
Leash

This might be the first ranking I've seen on RM that doesn't have Glorified in the bottom 2.