Rank The Pearl Jam Catalog

[E.H. Ruddock]

So, after a few failed attempts, I kept a tab open in my browser and redid this over the span of a few days.

Top 25!

Hail Hail (No Code, 1996)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
Animal (Vs., 1993)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Last Exit (Vitalogy, 1994)
Go (Vs., 1993)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Rearviewmirror (Vs., 1993)
Daughter (Vs., 1993)
Once (Ten, 1991)
Corduroy (Vitalogy, 1994)
Red Mosquito (No Code, 1996)
In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Smile (No Code, 1996)
Alone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Not For You (Vitalogy, 1994)
In The Moonlight (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Jeremy (Ten, 1991)
Evacuation (Binaural, 2000)
Even Flow (Ten, 1991)
All Night (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Spin The Black Circle (Vitalogy, 1994)
Insignificance (Binaural, 2000)
Present Tense (No Code, 1996)

The whole thing:

Spoiler: show

Hail Hail (No Code, 1996)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
Animal (Vs., 1993)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Last Exit (Vitalogy, 1994)
Go (Vs., 1993)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Rearviewmirror (Vs., 1993)
Daughter (Vs., 1993)
Once (Ten, 1991)
Corduroy (Vitalogy, 1994)
Red Mosquito (No Code, 1996)
In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Smile (No Code, 1996)
Alone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Not For You (Vitalogy, 1994)
In The Moonlight (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Jeremy (Ten, 1991)
Evacuation (Binaural, 2000)
Even Flow (Ten, 1991)
All Night (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Spin The Black Circle (Vitalogy, 1994)
Insignificance (Binaural, 2000)
Present Tense (No Code, 1996)
Oceans (Ten, 1991)
Rats (Vs., 1993)
State Of Love And Trust (Singles (Soundtrack), 1992)
Indifference (Vs., 1993)
Deep (Ten, 1991)
Sometimes (No Code, 1996)
Blood (Vs., 1993)
Man Of The Hour (Big Fish (Soundtrack), 2003)
Sleight Of Hand (Binaural, 2000)
Lukin (No Code, 1996)
Porch (Ten, 1991)
Long Road (Merkin Ball, 1996)
Alive (Ten, 1991)
Black (Ten, 1991)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Immortality (Vitalogy, 1994)
Glorified G (Vs., 1993)
I Got Id (Merkin Ball, 1996)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Off He Goes (No Code, 1996)
Habit (No Code, 1996)
Garden (Ten, 1991)
Cropduster (Riot Act, 2003)
W.M.A (Vs., 1993)
Satans Bed (Vitalogy, 1994)
Nothingman (Vitalogy, 1994)
All Or None (Riot Act, 2003)
Fatal (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Nothing As It Seems (Binaural, 2000)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
Hard To Imagine (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Cant Keep (Riot Act, 2003)
Dissident (Vs., 1993)
Whipping (Vitalogy, 1994)
Release (Ten, 1991)
Breath (Singles (Soundtrack), 1992)
Education (Lost Dogs, 2003)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Sad (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Around The Bend (No Code, 1996)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
Grievance (Binaural, 2000)
Ghost (Riot Act, 2003)
Comatose (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
Dont Gimme No Lip (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
My Fathers Son (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Gods Dice (Binaural, 2000)
Mankind (No Code, 1996)
Thin Air (Binaural, 2000)
U (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Wash (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Better Man (Vitalogy, 1994)
Strangest Tribe (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (Vs., 1993)
Of The Girl (Binaural, 2000)
Leash (Vs., 1993)
Parachutes (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Dead Man (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Who You Are (No Code, 1996)
Get Right (Riot Act, 2003)
Big Wave (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Help Help (Riot Act, 2003)
Why Go (Ten, 1991)
Hitchhiker (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Leavin Here (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Aya Davaita (Vitalogy, 1994)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
Thumbing My Way (Riot Act, 2003)
Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)
Gonna See My Friend (Backspacer, 2009)
Life Wasted (Pearl Jam, 2006)
I Am Mine (Riot Act, 2003)
Speed Of Sound (Backspacer, 2009)
Black, Red, Yellow (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Gone (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Last Kiss (No Boundaries, 1999)
Hold On (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Unemployable (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Yellow Ledbetter (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Parting Ways (Binaural, 2000)
Love Boat Captain (Riot Act, 2003)
You Are (Riot Act, 2003)
Rival (Binaural, 2000)
Breakerfall (Binaural, 2000)
Whale Song (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Down (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Arc (Riot Act, 2003)
Army Reserve (Pearl Jam, 2006)
1/2 Full (Riot Act, 2003)
Footsteps (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Ole (Ole, 2011)
Soon Forget (Binaural, 2000)
Marker In The Sand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Crown Of Thorns (Pearl Jam Twenty, 2011)
Drifting (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Bugs (Vitalogy, 1994)
Im Open (No Code, 1996)
Save You (Riot Act, 2003)
Light Years (Binaural, 2000)
Let The Records Play (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Dirty Frank (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Pry To (Vitalogy, 1994)
The Fixer (Backspacer, 2009)
Force Of Nature (Backspacer, 2009)
Bee Girl (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Undone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Just Breathe (Backspacer, 2009)
Come Back (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Let Me Sleep (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Gremmie Out Of Control (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Bu$hLeaguer (Riot Act, 2003)
Other Side (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Wasted Reprise (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Sweet Lew (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)
Supersonic (Backspacer, 2009)
Inside Job (Pearl Jam, 2006)
The End (Backspacer, 2009)
Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Amongst The Waves (Backspacer, 2009)
Infallible (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
World Wide Suicide (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Got Some (Backspacer, 2009)
Getaway (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Hey Foxymophandlemama Thats Me (Vitalogy, 1994)
Pendulum (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Unthought Known (Backspacer, 2009)
Sirens (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Green Disease (Riot Act, 2003)
Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Love, Reign Oer Me (Reign Over Me, 2007)
Brother (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Future Days (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Sleeping By Myself (Lightning Bolt, 2013)

Your top 25 makes me happy.

[Kaius]

It's a solid list of songs for sure.

[Birds in Hell]

Your top 25 makes me happy.

I'm glad, Ruddo.

These guys have done some good stuff!

(Up until a point anyway: no post-Binaural songs made it to my top 25, the earliest is Man of the Hour at 33 and the next isn't until Cropduster at 49. I think Comatose is the first post-Riot Act song at what I count to be 70.)

[LetMeSleep]

Did any of it surprise you, Spenno?

[LoathedVermin72]

So ranking the whole catalog is a lot more work than I'm willing to do, but I did figure out my top 25:

1. Go
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Brain of J.
4. Animal
5. Tremor Christ
6. Once
7. Hail, Hail
8. Not for You
9. State of Love and Trust
10. Oceans
11. I Got Shit
12. Sleight of Hand
13. Even Flow
14. Daughter
15. You Are
16. Release
17. Of the Girl
18. Indifference
19. Do the Evolution
20. Black
21. Why Go
22. Cant Keep
23. Habit
24. Alive
25. Immortality

[Birds in Hell]

Did any of it surprise you, Spenno?

Yes and no. I think the top 25 is pretty accurate, though I doubt I would've placed them in that exact order if I were picking them unassisted.

Things get a little screwy as the list goes on, however: I really like My Father's Son but there's no way I like it more than I do Of the Girl or Leash, for example.

Ranking one random song against another is a fun exercise, and I think it gives a good broad representation, but it's not terribly accurate.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[LoathedVermin72]

Fucked around and ranked every track on the studio albums (no EPs, compilations, B-sides, etc.)

EDIT: I already don't agree with my own list anymore so I'm just leaving the top 10.

1. Go
2. Brain of J.
3. Hail, Hail
4. Once
5. Oceans
6. Sleight of Hand
7. Rearviewmirror
8. Habit
9. Animal
10. Sometimes

[Birds in Hell]

That top ten is good as hell, LV.

[Tj]

1. Unthought Known
2.Black
3. GTF
4.Corduroy
5. Animal
6. NAIS
7. Insignificance
8. Rim
9.Off He Goes
10. Evolution

[Monkey_Driven]

That top ten is good as hell, LV.

He really likes openers.

[liebzz]

I’m with LV on that. I love Oceans, Release, Of the Girl, Pendulum, Wash, etc. - those songs are always among my favorites. I mean none of those except Release are in my top 10 but they are all amazing songs.

[Anders]

None of those open an album.

[liebzz]

Whoops. I meant show openers. Too many glasses of wine this evening. I saw Oceans and Sometimes and ran with it.