Building the "Ultimate" PJ Album: TRACK SIX

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

This thing is begging for a disc 2, especially if it is going to be the Ultimate. After the last round, put all eliminated songs back on the table and repeat. Perhaps, as some have suggested, even allow a lost dog to find a home on it.

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

Voted I Am Mine. One of my favorites.

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

The only thing more surprising than seeing some of these track selections was reading this today:

[Mickey]

What would be your track list?

I sketched one out this morning, just leaving out Backspacer and LB entirely.

1. Can't Keep - Riot Act
2. Sad - Lost Dogs
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants - Gigaton
4. Given to Fly - Yield
5. Nothingman - Vitalogy
6. Off He Goes - No Code
7. Insignificance - Binaural
8. Rearviewmirror - Vs.
9. Gone - ST
10.
11. Release - Ten
12. ???

The form really restricts it because this band has been extremely hit or miss since 1998 but I'd take this over the current mix. For my money it has more standout tracks, whereas the current project is a lot of middle tier stuff.

[Mickey]

I don't love the sequencing, fwiw, especially Release as penultimate track and the Nothingman/Off He Goes drag in the middle, but put this on shuffle and it's a better experience.

[Jorge]

"Gone" is one of their worst songs

[Mickey]

"Gone" is one of their worst songs

Everything on that album is one of their worst songs friend.

[Mickey]

But to incorporate your critique:

1. Can't Keep - Riot Act
2. Spin The Black Circle - Vitalogy
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants - Gigaton
4. Given to Fly - Yield
5. Smile - No Code
6. Jeremy - Ten
7. Insignificance - Binaural
8. Rearviewmirror - Vs.
9.
10. Last Kiss - Lost Dogs
11. Army Reserve - ST
12. ???

Still better!

[Jorge]

This is my third time running this exercise on a music forum (first with Pearl Jam) and it's fun but it never ever yields a satisfying album. Democracy doesn't work

[Mickey]

This is my third time running this exercise on a music forum (first with Pearl Jam) and it's fun but it never ever yields a satisfying album. Democracy doesn't work

Been saying it.

[Farmer John]

I'm trying to do my own and that 9 spot really is a black hole. Throws a wrench into all of my sequences once I get to it.

[Farmer John]

This is the best I could do:

1. Last Exit (Vitalogy)
2. Animal (Vs.)
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
4. Cropduster (Riot Act)
5. Black (Ten)
6. Parachutes (Avocado)
7. Do the Evolution (Yield)
8. Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt)
9. Grievance (Binaural)
10. Present Tense (No Code)
11. The End (Backspacer)
12. Parting Ways

[Leatherhead]

Since everybody else is doing this....

1. Go
2. Hai, Hail
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants
4. Johnny Guitar
5. Lightning Bolt
6. Jeremy
7. Do the Evolution
8. Of the Girl
9. Get Right
10. Satan's Bed
11. Army Reserve
12. Immortality

[Birds in Hell]

I've tried doing this but I can't pick a Lightning Bolt song I'd be happy with.

Every other record I can manage something at least.

[epilogue]

1. Go (Vs)
2. Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt)
3. Dance of The Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
4. In My Tree (No Code)
5. Nothingman (Vitalogy)
6. Jeremy (Ten)
7. Do The Evolution (Yield)
8. Big Wave (S/T)
9. Speed of Sound (Backspacer)
10. Rival (Binaural)
11. Help Help (Riot Act)
12. Release

[Jorge]

12. Release

Invalid

[Jorge]

Track 12 will only comprise songs that haven't been voted on, so all post-11 tracks

[chewm]

We should try to do the worst possible pearl jam album with this format

[Mickey]

We should try to do the worst possible pearl jam album with this format

I think we already are

[Mickey]

1. Go (Vs)
2. Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt)
3. Dance of The Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
4. In My Tree (No Code)
5. Nothingman (Vitalogy)
6. Jeremy (Ten)
7. Do The Evolution (Yield)
8. Big Wave (S/T)
9. Speed of Sound (Backspacer)
10. Rival (Binaural)
11. Help Help (Riot Act)
12. Release

Joey.... What?