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

[Anders]

This thread now also includes Gigaton.

Just in case anybody wants to do some RANKING, I've uploaded my old ranker here:

https://return-to-form.surge.sh/

Here's the link if you want to go straight past the filtering to the rankers

I did a test run, and the ranker is just beautiful. Even easier with that link.

[Anders]

I'll bite:

1.Life Wasted (Avocado)
2.Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
3.World Wide Suicide (Avocado)
4.Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt)
5.Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt)
6.Force of Nature (Backspacer)
7.Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
8.Comatose (Avocado)
9.Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
10.The Fixer (Backspacer)
11.Gonna See My Friend (Backspacer)
12.Parachutes (Avocado)
13.Sleeping By Myself (Lightning Bolt)
14.Quick Escape (Gigaton)
15.Buckle Up (Gigaton)
16.Alright (Gigaton)
17.Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt)
18.Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
19.Got Some (Backspacer)
20.Johnny Guitar (Backspacer)
21.Amongst The Waves (Backspacer)
22.River Cross (Gigaton)
23.Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
24.Pendulum (Lightning Bolt)
25.Sirens (Lightning Bolt)
26.Come Back (Avocado)
27.Just Breathe (Backspacer)
28.Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt)
29.Severed Hand (Avocado)
30.Unthought Known (Backspacer)
31.Speed of Sound (Backspacer)
32.Never Destination (Gigaton)
33.Retrograde (Gigaton)
34.Future Days (Lightning Bolt)
35.The End (Backspacer)
36.Marker In The Sand (Avocado)
37.Infallible (Lightning Bolt)
38.Wasted Reprise (Avocado)
39.Gone (Avocado)
40.Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
41.Let The Records Play (Lightning Bolt)
42.Army Reserve (Avocado)
43.Getaway (Lightning Bolt)
44.My Father's Son (Lightning Bolt)
45.Inside Job (Avocado)
46.Big Wave (Avocado)
47.Supersonic (Backspacer)
48.Unemployable (Avocado)

Album scores

1.Gigaton: 357 (Average: 29.8)
2.Backspacer: 282 (Average: 25.6)
3.Lightning Bolt: 273 (Average: 22.8)
4.Avocado: 264 (Average: 20.3)


that very well could be. I think 7 Oclock may be too high, but maybe not. I need the full lyrics to really start to settle in on that one, retrograde, and never destination. And new album glow may be elevating some songs. And lack of familiarity may be holding some back. I can replay every second of every song in my head from S/T, Backspacer, and L-bolt. The only two songs on Gigaton I can do that for right now are the two singles.


Alright and Buckle Up are the big surprises. The quirkier songs are usually underrepresented in my rankings (parachutes and rival are the major exceptions), and the songs where Ed doesn't write lyrics usually get slammed. But those songs just work.

I was delighted to see you rank Comes Then Goes and Buckle Up so high on your list.

[Tsuga]

My 12-song best of, representing my song-ranked faves (though not in order) of the last four albums is smokin'. Here's how I'd sequence:

Pendulum
Getaway
Unemployable
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Got Some
Alright
Johnny Guitar
Life Wasted
Army Reserve
Quick Escape
Infallible
Take the Long Way
River Cross

[Anders]

My first full vote ended with:

Album scores
Gigaton: 361 (Average: 30.1)
Avocado: 384 (Average: 29.5)
Backspacer: 209 (Average: 19.0)
Lightning Bolt: 222 (Average: 18.5)

But I will do it again, and post my list of songs after the official release of Gigaton.

[stip]

My 12-song best of, representing my song-ranked faves (though not in order) of the last four albums is smokin'. Here's how I'd sequence:

Pendulum
Getaway
Unemployable
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Got Some
Alright
Johnny Guitar
Life Wasted
Army Reserve
Quick Escape
Infallible
Take the Long Way
River Cross

I'm not there yet. I like too many songs on gigaton to narrow down to a top 4-5 (though Comes then Goes and DOTC are defintiely two of them). Of your list I'd definitely have Life Wasted and Dance

[Anders]

1. Parachutes (Avocado)
2. Buckle Up (Gigaton)
3. Johnny Guitar (Backspacer)
4. Army Reserve (Avocado)
5. Quick Escape (Gigaton)
6. Marker In The Sand (Avocado)
7. Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
8. Force of Nature (Backspacer)
9. Severed Hand (Avocado)
10. Life Wasted (Avocado)
11. Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
12. Come Back (Avocado)
13. Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
14. Pendulum (Lightning Bolt)
15. Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
16. Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt)
17. Alright (Gigaton)
18. Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt)
19. Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt)
20. Gone (Avocado)
21. Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
22. Big Wave (Avocado)
23. Amongst The Waves (Backspacer)
24. Infallible (Lightning Bolt)
25. Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
26. Got Some (Backspacer)
27. My Father's Son (Lightning Bolt)
28. Inside Job (Avocado)
29. Sirens (Lightning Bolt)
30. World Wide Suicide (Avocado)
31. Unemployable (Avocado)
32. Never Destination (Gigaton)
33. River Cross (Gigaton)
34. Just Breathe (Backspacer)
35. Unthought Known (Backspacer)
36. Comatose (Avocado)
37. The Fixer (Backspacer)
38. Let The Records Play (Lightning Bolt)
39. The End (Backspacer)
40. Retrograde (Gigaton)
41. Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt)
42. Getaway (Lightning Bolt)
43. Supersonic (Backspacer)
44. Sleeping By Myself (Lightning Bolt)
45. Wasted Reprise (Avocado)
46. Future Days (Lightning Bolt)
47. Speed of Sound (Backspacer)
48. Gonna See My Friend (Backspacer)

Album scores
Gigaton: 367 (Average: 30.6)
Avocado: 383 (Average: 29.5)
Lightning Bolt: 230 (Average: 19.2)
Backspacer: 196 (Average: 17.8)

[Anders]

I felt I was a little bit strict with Gigaton, so it wouldn’t end up with full new-album-itis, and it still won.

Done this three times this week, and Backspacer beat Lightning Bolt the first time, they tied the second, and now LB is ahead. All in all, I feel they are fairly tight.

I was thinking Gigaton would be ranked close to S/T, but it’s won with a bit of a margin all three times.

[KurtLeon]

• Come Back (Avocado)
• Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
• Inside Job (Avocado)
• Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
• Sirens (Lightning Bolt)
• Unemployable (Avocado)
• Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt)
• Never Destination (Gigaton)
• Force of Nature (Backspacer)
• Life Wasted (Avocado)
• Let The Records Play (Lightning Bolt)
• Alright (Gigaton)
• Pendulum (Lightning Bolt)
• Comatose (Avocado)
• Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt)
• Unthought Known (Backspacer)
• Severed Hand (Avocado)
• Big Wave (Avocado)
• World Wide Suicide (Avocado)
• Quick Escape (Gigaton)
• Marker In The Sand (Avocado)
• Just Breathe (Backspacer)
• Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt)
• Got Some (Backspacer)
• Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
• Infallible (Lightning Bolt)
• Parachutes (Avocado)
• The End (Backspacer)
• Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
• Amongst The Waves (Backspacer)
• Army Reserve (Avocado)
• Retrograde (Gigaton)
• Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
• Buckle Up (Gigaton)
• Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
• Sleeping By Myself (Lightning Bolt)
• Johnny Guitar (Backspacer)
• Speed of Sound (Backspacer)
• Getaway (Lightning Bolt)
• River Cross (Gigaton)
• The Fixer (Backspacer)
• Gonna See My Friend (Backspacer)
• Gone (Avocado)
• Wasted Reprise (Avocado)
• Future Days (Lightning Bolt)
• My Father's Son (Lightning Bolt)
• Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt)
• Supersonic (Backspacer)

• Avocado: 383 (Average: 29.5)
• Gigaton: 314 (Average: 26.2)
• Lightning Bolt: 275 (Average: 22.9)
• Backspacer: 204 (Average: 18.5)


I Have a HUGE soft spot in an avocado form

[LikeLukin]

Unemployable last stip? Really?

[PHATJ]

All the songs on Gigaton
All the songs on Avocado
Mishmash of songs from Backspacer and Lightning Bolt

[Anders]

Post a list.

[stip]

Unemployable last stip? Really?

that song has always rubbed me the wrong way

[Anders]

Unemployable last stip? Really?

that song has always rubbed me the wrong way

Shania Twain?

[Anders]

My 12-song best of, representing my song-ranked faves (though not in order) of the last four albums is smokin'. Here's how I'd sequence:

Pendulum
Getaway
Unemployable
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Got Some
Alright
Johnny Guitar
Life Wasted
Army Reserve
Quick Escape
Infallible
Take the Long Way
River Cross

What would your fully ranked list look like?

[PHATJ]

Post a list.

All the songs on Gigaton
All the songs on Avocado
Mishmash of songs from Backspacer and Lightning Bolt

[Anders]

Post a list.

All the songs on Gigaton
All the songs on Avocado
Mishmash of songs from Backspacer and Lightning Bolt

That’s not even ranked.

[taffer]

Spoiler: show

Infallible (Lightning Bolt)
Life Wasted (Avocado)
My Father's Son (Lightning Bolt)
Severed Hand (Avocado)
Pendulum (Lightning Bolt)
Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
Buckle Up (Gigaton)
Parachutes (Avocado)
Force of Nature (Backspacer)
Johnny Guitar (Backspacer)
Big Wave (Avocado)
Got Some (Backspacer)
Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt)
Sirens (Lightning Bolt)
Speed of Sound (Backspacer)
Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
Wasted Reprise (Avocado)
Marker In The Sand (Avocado)
Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
Comatose (Avocado)
Getaway (Lightning Bolt)
Inside Job (Avocado)
Quick Escape (Gigaton)
Supersonic (Backspacer)
Alright (Gigaton)
Unemployable (Avocado)
Sleeping By Myself (Lightning Bolt)
Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt)
The Fixer (Backspacer)
Unthought Known (Backspacer)
World Wide Suicide (Avocado)
Army Reserve (Avocado)
Gone (Avocado)
Gonna See My Friend (Backspacer)
Come Back (Avocado)
Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt)
Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt)
Let The Records Play (Lightning Bolt)
Never Destination (Gigaton)
Amongst The Waves (Backspacer)
Just Breathe (Backspacer)
Retrograde (Gigaton)
Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
The End (Backspacer)
Future Days (Lightning Bolt)
River Cross (Gigaton)
Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)

Album scores
Avocado: 50 (Average: 3.8)
Lightning Bolt: 40 (Average: 3.3)
Backspacer: 35 (Average: 3.2)
Gigaton: 35 (Average: 2.9)

Writer scores
Stone Gossard: 54 (Average: 3.9)
Jeff Ament: 41 (Average: 3.7)
Matt Cameron: 17 (Average: 3.4)
Mike McCready: 40 (Average: 3.3)
Eddie Vedder: 59 (Average: 2.7)


Album scores
Avocado: 49 (Average: 3.8)
Lightning Bolt: 40 (Average: 3.3)
Backspacer: 35 (Average: 3.2)
Gigaton: 37 (Average: 3.1)

Writer scores
Stone Gossard: 55 (Average: 3.9)
Jeff Ament: 42 (Average: 3.8)
Matt Cameron: 18 (Average: 3.6)
Mike McCready: 40 (Average: 3.3)
Eddie Vedder: 60 (Average: 2.7)

[Anders]

Very surprised to see DOTC so low. Things like that are why I love these lists. Hope we get more, so we can make an official RM list.

[PHATJ]

Very surprised to see DOTC so low. Things like that are why I love these lists. Hope we get more, so we can make an official RM list.

You should be thrilled with what I did in the Automated PJ Song Ranker thread.

[OmegaprimeVKM]

Juicy Shwarma meat

• Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt)
• Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
• Army Reserve (Avocado)
• Retrograde (Gigaton)
• Life Wasted (Avocado)
• Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
• Unemployable (Avocado)
• Force of Nature (Backspacer)
• Alright (Gigaton)
• Pendulum (Lightning Bolt)
• Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt)
• Unthought Known (Backspacer)
• Severed Hand (Avocado)
• Quick Escape (Gigaton)
• Marker In The Sand (Avocado)
• Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt)
• The End (Backspacer)

Fatty cuts worthy of a chew

• Comatose (Avocado)
• Superblood Wolfmoon (Gigaton)
• Just Breathe (Backspacer)
• Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt)
• Got Some (Backspacer)
• Take the Long Way (Gigaton)
• Infallible (Lightning Bolt)
• Amongst The Waves (Backspacer)
• Inside Job (Avocado)
• Comes Then Goes (Gigaton)
• Sirens (Lightning Bolt)

The salad your wife guilts you into ordering

• Who Ever Said (Gigaton)
• Buckle Up (Gigaton)
• Sleeping By Myself (Lightning Bolt)
• Johnny Guitar (Backspacer)
• Speed of Sound (Backspacer)
• Getaway (Lightning Bolt)
• River Cross (Gigaton)
• The Fixer (Backspacer)
• Gonna See My Friend (Backspacer)
• Gone (Avocado)
• Wasted Reprise (Avocado)
• Future Days (Lightning Bolt)
• My Father's Son (Lightning Bolt)
• Come Back (Avocado)
• Supersonic (Backspacer)
• Parachutes (Avocado)
• Big Wave (Avocado)
• World Wide Suicide (Avocado)
• Never Destination (Gigaton)
• Let The Records Play (Lightning Bolt)