S/T, Backspacer, Lightning Bolt & Gigaton - rank the songs

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Anders wrote:It’s not a dumb thread. It’s about the previous two Pearl Jam albums
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Although I have an idea about the last three albums. How will the top 13 songs from Backspacer and Lightning Bolt do against the 13 S/T songs.

Pendulum
Yellow Moon
Infallible
The Fixer
Lightning Bolt
Force of Nature
Johnny Guitar
Mind Your Manners
Got Some
Sirens
Sleeping by Myself
Just Breathe
Amongst the Waves
Life Wasted
World Wide Suicide
Comatose
Severed Hand
Marker In The Sand
Parachutes
Unemployable
Big Wave
Gone
Wasted Reprise
Army Reserve
Come Back
Inside Job
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You want us to rank all of those songs?
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pearl jam sucks now
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pearl jam sucks now
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pearl jam sucks now
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Infallible
Marker in the Sand
Yellow Moon
Just Breathe
Severed Hand
Unemployable
Amongst the Waves
Big Wave
Army Reserve
Parachute
Pendulum
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Future Days
Speed of Sound
Got Some
Come Back
The Fixer
Gone
The End
My Father's Son
World Wide Suicide
Let the Record's Play
Johnny Guitar
Sleeping by Myself
Life Wasted
Gonna See My Friend
Getaway
Supersonic
Inside Job
Lightning Bolt
Unthought Known
Swallowed Whole
Wasted Reprise
Comatose
Force of Nature
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durdencommatyler wrote:You want us to rank all of those songs?
Yes :thumbsup:
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Anders wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:You want us to rank all of those songs?
Yes :thumbsup:
Well good because that's what I did. :lol:

Just try and stop me from ranking shit!
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durdencommatyler wrote: 1. Infallible
2. Marker in the Sand
3. Yellow Moon
4. Just Breathe
5. Severed Hand
6. Unemployable
7. Amongst the Waves
8. Big Wave
9. Army Reserve
10. Parachutes
11. Pendulum
12. Mind Your Manners
13. Sirens
14. Future Days
15. Speed of Sound
16. Got Some
17. Come Back
18. The Fixer
19. Gone
20. The End
21. My Father's Son
22. World Wide Suicide
23. Let the Record's Play
24. Johnny Guitar
25. Sleeping by Myself
26. Life Wasted
27. Gonna See My Friend
28. Getaway
29. Supersonic
30. Inside Job
31. Lightning Bolt
32. Unthought Known
33. Swallowed Whole
34. Wasted Reprise
35. Comatose
36. Force of Nature
Nice :thumbsup:
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Future Days in the middle of the pack? Oh durds.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:Future Days in the middle of the pack? Oh durds.
I love that song and you can't shame me into feeling other wise. Good day!
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Yellow Moon
Life Wasted
Amongst the Waves
The End
Olé
Johnny Guitar
Supersonic
Gonna See My Friend

Got Some and Pendulum I guess
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Parachutes
The Fixer
Marker in the Sand
Army Reserve
Severed Hand
Unemployable
Big Wave
Life Wasted
World Wide Suicide
Comatose
Johnny Guitar
Got Some
Gonna See My Friend
Force of Nature
Speed of Sound
The End
Just Breathe
Infallible
My Father's Son
Come Back
Swallowed Whole
Sirens
Sleeping By Myself
Pendulum
Amongst the Waves
Supersonic
Unthought Known
Gone
Lightning Bolt
Yellow Moon
Wasted Reprise
Inside Job
Let the Records Play
Getaway
Future Days
Mind Your Manners

For me this is more or less an exercise of ranking of S/T, then Backspacer, then LB, and deciding where the top of one list briefly overlaps the bottom of the previous list.
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Anders is going to make us rank BS and LB against every single album before this is done
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people haven’t included B-sides from these sessions!!!!!
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Time to re-rank the whole thing!!!!!!!!
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96583UP wrote:really dont understand the hatred for Let The Records Play
This about sums it up for me:
it is one searing outtro guitar solo away from being PJ's swamp music boogie woogie lynryrd skynyrd american blues anthem
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Kevin Davis wrote: 1. Parachutes
2. The Fixer
3. Marker in the Sand
4. Army Reserve
5. Severed Hand
6. Unemployable
7. Big Wave
8. Life Wasted
9. World Wide Suicide
10. Comatose
11. Johnny Guitar
12. Got Some
13. Gonna See My Friend
14. Force of Nature
15. Speed of Sound
16. The End
17. Just Breathe
18. Infallible
19. My Father's Son
20. Come Back
21. Swallowed Whole
22. Sirens
23. Sleeping By Myself
24. Pendulum
25. Amongst the Waves
26. Supersonic
27. Unthought Known
28. Gone
29. Lightning Bolt
30. Yellow Moon
31. Wasted Reprise
32. Inside Job
33. Let the Records Play
34. Getaway
35. Future Days
36. Mind Your Manners
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Fucking blown away at the disrespect to side B of Avocado ITT.
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