Building the "Ultimate" PJ Album: TRACK FIVE

[PHATJ]

That the remaining slots guarantee one of Alive, Black, Jeremy, Oceans, or Porch will be on this means Ten will be well represented. So, theoretically, one doesn't have to vote for Black here.

But up against that set of songs, Black is the easy vote.

If we don’t vote for Black, Jeremy or Porch will be the choice.

Dance will likely be 3, and DTE 7. So it comes down to Wanting Black/Parachutes or Marker/Jeremy.

I like both Jeremy and Porch more than Black.

I definitely don’t like Porch nearly as much as Black or Jeremy. It’s probably dead last on Ten for me.

And the 8 spot absolutely should go to You Are. Best song on Riot Act, and a very cool song to add to the collection.

[PHATJ]

After looking through the remaining options, these look like the best choices. The picking gets slim based on the progression.

1. Go*
2. Hail, Hail*
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants
4. Tremor Christ*
5. Black/Marker In the Sand
6. Parachutes/Jeremy
7. Do The Evolution
8. You Are
9. Grievance*
10. Force of Nature*
11. Yellow Moon*
12. Immortality

[Mike]

Ghost because it's great and because I don't want You Are on this thing

[PHATJ]

Ghost because it's great and because I don't want You Are on this thing

How do you fill in the rest?

[Mike]

01. Go
02. Hail Hail
03. DOTC
04. Tremor Christ
05. Ghost
06. Parachutes
07. DTE
08. Porch
09. Grievance
10. Force of Nature
11. Yellow Moon
12. Not Sure, Immortality, Parting Ways, Around The Bend

[PHATJ]

01. Go
02. Hail Hail
03. DOTC
04. Tremor Christ
05. Ghost
06. Parachutes
07. DTE
08. Porch
09. Grievance
10. Force of Nature
11. Yellow Moon
12. Not Sure, Immortality, Parting Ways, Around The Bend

I think we have a pretty different view of what are PJ’s best songs

If we could start at scratch, this was probably the coolest record we could’ve made. The flow on this works really well from track to track. Every album is well represented with one of its signature songs. It has a good mix of rockers, and more delicate songs. It has an interesting running narrative. I’d gladly listen to this mix, and I’d feel pretty confident handing it to a PJ virgin.

1. Brain of J. - Yield
2. Got Some - Backspacer
3. Daughter - Vs.
4. Quick Escape - Gigaton
5. Nothing As It Seems - Binaural
6. Jeremy - Ten
7. Pendulum - Lighting Bolt
8. Corduroy - Vitalogy
9. Get Right - Riot Act
10. Present Tense - No Code
11. Army Reserve - Avocado
12. Immortality - Vitalogy

[thesound]

And the 8 spot absolutely should go to You Are. Best song on Riot Act, and a very cool song to add to the collection.

You Are

[PHATJ]

And the 8 spot absolutely should go to You Are. Best song on Riot Act, and a very cool song to add to the collection.

You Are

[chewm]

G H O S T

[Anders]

I’ll go with Black.

[ABNorman]

I swear to god, if marker wins...

[Anders]

It’s a good song, but Parachutes is better.

[warehouse]

Ugh please not Black

do you have another ten song you want on here?

track #8 is special for me, and i like marker enough. black might be pearl jam's best song, but porch is my favorite.

[stip]

ghost

[stip]

dance
ghost
parachutes
porch

to
fill this out

[Mike]

dance
ghost
parachutes
porch

to
fill this out

yes

[Anders]

Black/You Are over Ghost/Porch

[stip]

randomization really added a wrinkle to this. probably no way black lost this unless porch or jeremy eliminated ten

[96583UP]

a lot of anti-Black sentiment on this board

[liebzz]

Yeah. Black to me is the most worn out Pearl Jam song. If I were new to the band and not nearly 30 years in I would be all about this song, but I feel like more than even Even Flow that this song has just played itself out. I did feel like that with Even Flow for a while but I feel like the Home Shows and focus on homelessness somehow added new depth and a renaissance for the song. Rooting for Black is like rooting for Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky.