Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM

tommymtcom · Post by **tommymtcom** » Fri September 27, 2013 1:44 pm

dimejinky99 wrote:Without even thinking about it, I know it's gonna rank higher than S/T, Riot Act and possibly Binaural, in this house at least.

Post by **stip** » Fri September 27, 2013 2:24 pm

liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.

Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.

Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.

SEMPER RANK

hlniv · Post by **hlniv** » Fri September 27, 2013 2:27 pm

stip wrote:
liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.

Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.
Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.

SEMPER RANK

No one seems to appreciate the serious data crunching and math skills that went in to my original post.

Oh well, the let freedom reign

Post by **stip** » Fri September 27, 2013 2:28 pm

hlniv wrote:
stip wrote:
liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.

Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.
Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.

SEMPER RANK

No one seems to appreciate the serious data crunching and math skills that went in to my original post.

Oh well, the let freedom reign

Oh I do. Bravo

. That is exactly the kind of stuff I like to read

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Fri September 27, 2013 2:29 pm

However we treat our rankings, we must remember there is an RM legacy to respect and protect.

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Fri September 27, 2013 2:39 pm

stip wrote:
liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.

Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.
Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.

SEMPER RANK

This might be among my favorites from you. Thank you.

For that, I'm gonna rank the Guided Tours one day with a Guided Tour of the Guided Tours , in no particular order...of course.

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Fri September 27, 2013 2:57 pm

harmless wrote:However we treat our rankings, we must remember there is an RM legacy to respect and protect.

RM. where wide eyed innocent Pearl jam fans go to have the love and optimism beaten the shit out of them:)

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Fri September 27, 2013 3:01 pm

You must stand firm amongst the slings and arrows. They can take your dignity but they cannot take your love and optimism. Pearl Jam can though, and have done a fairly good job it in recent years.

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Fri September 27, 2013 3:03 pm

Abusive codependency aside, we are all here for the music. Not the motives.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Fri September 27, 2013 3:04 pm

Right. I should've said "Pearl Jam's music can though..."

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Fri September 27, 2013 3:21 pm

A junkie can blame the smack all he wants. It's up to him to man up and walk away from the bag and the works. Mark.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Fri September 27, 2013 3:25 pm

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Fri September 27, 2013 4:01 pm

I'm not a chicken, you're a turkey!!

numbers · Post by **numbers** » Fri September 27, 2013 4:58 pm

It'll rank above s/t and backspacer but below everything else, then in 4 years it will fall below s/t

Thejambi · Post by **Thejambi** » Fri September 27, 2013 5:15 pm

Now that i'm thinking about it, if even one of these remaining songs is a 5/5 it could possibly knock Yield out of the top 4.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri September 27, 2013 10:05 pm

numbers wrote:It'll rank above s/t and backspacer but below everything else, then in 4 years it will fall below s/t

Yup

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Fri September 27, 2013 10:07 pm

It will probably rank slightly above Taylor Swift's last album but well below Justin Timberlake's latest.

Post by **stip** » Fri September 27, 2013 10:19 pm

that is some pretty august company

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Sat September 28, 2013 1:10 am

stip wrote:that is some pretty august company

Exactly the company you would expect the elder statesmen of rock to keep.

southp · Post by **southp** » Sat September 28, 2013 4:54 am

I'd like to think this band still has a "top 5" album in 'em... be that an RM rank or otherwise.

The interesting thing is to note the initial tone here, and then the 3-month or 6-month benchmark. From what I've seen people are pretty excited with the leaked songs here. Let's see how it holds up.

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