Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

You still love Swallowed Whole, and as this thread has proven, that is the important thing.

damn good tune

[Lament]

You still love Swallowed Whole, and as this thread has proven, that is the important thing.

damn good tune

I'm pretty sure at the moment it's my favorite Pearl Jam tune since Undone.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

You still love Swallowed Whole, and as this thread has proven, that is the important thing.

damn good tune

I'm pretty sure at the moment it's my favorite Pearl Jam tune since Undone.

i wont go that far since Undone is in my top 10, and nothing from LB is close to that, but i love Swallowed Whole right now, and hearing it live only made me love it more

[guitar_davey]

I haven't been here in a while. Nice to see the love for Swallowed Whole though! I think it might be the Lightning Bolt tune that gets closest to the heart of what Pearl Jam is all about (IMO).

[Lament]

i wont go that far since Undone is in my top 10, and nothing from LB is close to that, but i love Swallowed Whole right now, and hearing it live only made me love it more

Oh, don't get me wrong, it's not close to Undone (which is in my top ten too, and the most recent top tier/elite Pearl Jam song for me). But I do think it's my favorite post Riot Act-era song right now. I can't say there's anything on S/T or Backspacer that hits the spot for me the way Swallowed Whole does.

[stip]

Undone is really great. It might crack my top 10 Riot Act +

Wait, I can check that song ranking thing to find out for sure!

[Rangi Guy]

Undone is really great. It might crack my top 10 Riot Act +

Wait, I can check that song ranking thing to find out for sure!

Unless you still have your list handy - report back to us in three hours or so when you're done

[stip]

6. World Wide Suicide (Pearl Jam, 2006)
17. Life Wasted (Pearl Jam, 2006)
18. Force Of Nature (Backspacer, 2009)
25. The Fixer (Backspacer, 2009)
26. I Am Mine (Riot Act, 2003)
27. Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
28. Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
31. Undone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
34. Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
36. Comatose (Pearl Jam, 2006)


Yup, number 7.

This list is a bit off though. Comatose should be higher. Somewhere in the top 20, most likely. I must have misclicked somewhere

[Jorge]

I had no idea people liked "Undone" so much.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I had no idea people liked "Undone" so much.

do you like it much? its been a favorite of mine since i found a single for I Am Mine that had both Down and Undone on it not long after Riot Act came out

[harmless]

I think I like "Undone" but I can never remember what it sounds like.

[Norah]

Undone is fantastic.

[harmless]

Oh yeah, that one. Yeah I really like it too. I get a big rainy-day Seattle vibe from it, and I've never been to Seattle.

[Norah]

But you're from England so you should know what those days are like.

[harmless]

Yeah that's true. I also live by a beach. We don't have the sand dunes or the mirram grass but it might be pretty close.

[WaitingForBluey]

My post-Riot Act rankings, but Undone still feels too low on this list at 10. Great great song.

13. Strangest Tribe (Lost Dogs, 2003)
22. Parachutes (Pearl Jam, 2006)
33. Hard To Imagine (Lost Dogs, 2003)
34. My Fathers Son (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
38. Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
39. Life Wasted (Pearl Jam, 2006)
45. Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)
46. Army Reserve (Pearl Jam, 2006)
47. Education (Lost Dogs, 2003)
48. Undone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
50. Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
51. Pendulum (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
53. World Wide Suicide (Pearl Jam, 2006)
56. Alone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
57. Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
61. Sad (Lost Dogs, 2003)
63. In The Moonlight (Lost Dogs, 2003)
64. Infallible (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
68. Wash (Lost Dogs, 2003)
69. Dead Man (Lost Dogs, 2003)

[Norah]

Hard To Imagine should not count as a post-Riot Act song.

[WaitingForBluey]

Hard To Imagine should not count as a post-Riot Act song.

Yea true but neither should Undone since it's a Riot Act b-side

[Norah]

Hard To Imagine should not count as a post-Riot Act song.

Yea true but neither should Undone since it's a Riot Act b-side

True.

[EJ]

Hard To Imagine should not count as a post-Riot Act song.

Yea true but neither should Undone since it's a Riot Act b-side

True.

Nor is a quarter of that list:

13. Strangest Tribe (Lost Dogs, 2003)
47. Education (Lost Dogs, 2003
56. Alone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
61. Sad (Lost Dogs, 2003)
63. In The Moonlight (Lost Dogs, 2003)
68. Wash (Lost Dogs, 2003)
69. Dead Man (Lost Dogs, 2003