RANK THE ALBUMS

[Frightening Fault]

Vitalogy
No Code
Vs
Binaural
Ten
Yield
Lightening Bolt
Riot Act
Backspacer
Pearl jam

[HardTI]

1. Binaural
2. No Code
3. Yield
4. Vitalogy
5. Lightning Bolt
6. S/T
7. Riot Act
8. Vs
9. Ten
10. Backspacer

Rioct act over Vs and Ten. I'm intrigued.

Ten and Vs are classics, but personally, I'm way more inclined to listen to Riot Act in my old(er) age.

Ya Vs I adore a handful of songs, but there's quite a few that I really don't care for at all. Ten is just a little too dated for me now. Those weren't the albums that got me into PJ too. I got into PJ when Merkinball came out so really it was that sound that got me into PJ. Ten is pretty far from that although Oceans, Release, and Jeremy are some of the bands finest songs.

Riot Act I dislike a a few songs on too, but the production is almost perfect. It's such a treat to listen to even if I struggle to make it through the whole album due to length (and the overall depressing vibe). I guess I rate it above those below it for the production value alone.

[PryTo]

Vitalogy
No Code
Binaural
Riot Act

Vs.
Yield
S/T

Ten
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

[stip]

your bottom 3 are my 2nd, 4th, and 5th favorite PJ albums

[Jorge]

UPDATE:

No Code
Yield
Vitalogy
Binaural
Vs
Riot Act
Ten
Lightning Bolt
Avocado
Backspacer


Vitalogy drops a spot, Lightning Bolt enters the ranking at #8, and Backspacer finally overtakes Avocado as my least-favorite PJ record. This is bound to switch back once I listen to Avocado again.

[PryTo]

your bottom 3 are my 2nd, 4th, and 5th favorite PJ albums

Most people don't rank Ten as lowly as I do. I'd probably put it below even Backspacer, but I'd have to listen to both of them again. I haven't heard LB enough to really rank it. What I have heard did not entice me to listen to it again. I'll probably get around to it someday but not in a hurry. I have yet to hear a band/artist in the rock era that put out better music as they got older. Rock is a young person's genre, and it just seems the natural way of things that rock bands/artists begin to suck as they get older, richer, etc. I don't hold that against them at all; but I don't expect any different, either. People point to Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, who do continue to make good music. But as good as the music they wrote and released in their twenties? Not even close. Same with PJ.

[Birds in Hell]

But as good as the music they wrote and released in their twenties?

In the case of Pearl Jam, that'd only be Ten, Vs and Vitalogy.

Actually, now I check, Jeff was already 30 at the time Vs was released.

Ed, Mike and Stone had all turned 30 by the time No Code was released (in fact, Ed would've turned 32 a few months later).

So...hey, there you go.

[PryTo]

But as good as the music they wrote and released in their twenties?

In the case of Pearl Jam, that'd only be Ten, Vs and Vitalogy.

Actually, now I check, Jeff was already 30 at the time Vs was released.

Ed, Mike and Stone had all turned 30 by the time No Code was released (in fact, Ed would've turned 32 a few months later).

So...hey, there you go.

Yeah, you got me. I was speaking in general terms about being "young," meaning late teens, twenties, early thirties. My larger point doesn't change. It also depends on when the band gets started because I think getting successful/rich plays a part. And the line is fuzzy. I'm not saying the day someone hits thirty their musical ability/hunger/whatever disappears.

[Birds in Hell]

But as good as the music they wrote and released in their twenties?

In the case of Pearl Jam, that'd only be Ten, Vs and Vitalogy.

Actually, now I check, Jeff was already 30 at the time Vs was released.

Ed, Mike and Stone had all turned 30 by the time No Code was released (in fact, Ed would've turned 32 a few months later).

So...hey, there you go.

Yeah, you got me. I was speaking in general terms about being "young," meaning late teens, twenties, early thirties. My larger point doesn't change. It also depends on when the band gets started because I think getting successful/rich plays a part. And the line is fuzzy. I'm not saying the day someone hits thirty their musical ability/hunger/whatever disappears.

Oh no, I totally got what you meant, it just made me curious enough to check.

[blueviper]

Ten
No Code
Vs.
Yield
Lightning Bolt
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Binaural
Riot Act
Pearl Jam

[Norah]

UPDATE:

No Code
Yield
Vitalogy
Binaural
Vs
Riot Act
Ten
Lightning Bolt
Avocado
Backspacer


Vitalogy drops a spot, Lightning Bolt enters the ranking at #8, and Backspacer finally overtakes Avocado as my least-favorite PJ record. This is bound to switch back once I listen to Avocado again.

Not far from my current list:

Yield
No Code
Binaural
Vitalogy
VS
Riot Act
Ten
Self Titled
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

[bada]

Vitalogy
Ten
Vs.
No Code
Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Lightening Bolt
Pearl Jam
Backspacer

[EJ]

Vitalogy
Yield
No Code
Binaural
Vs
Riot Act
Ten
Lightning Bolt
S/T
Backspacer

[Lament]

I have no recollection of whether or not I've ever done this here...

Vitalogy
No Code
Vs.
Binaural
Yield
Riot Act
Ten
Lightning Bolt
S/T
Backspacer

[daft twat]

Vs. (Took 20 years to overtake vitalogy)
Vitalogy
Ten
Yield
No Code
Backspacer
Binaural
Avocado
Lightning Bolt
Riot Act

[hlniv]

Why not. Doing this every few months is good for the soul

1. No Code
2. Vitalogy
3. Ten
.
4. Binaural
5. Yield
.
6. Vs.
7. Riot Act
8. Lightning Bolt
.
.
.
.
9. S/T
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
10. Backspacer

[Strat]

Hmm

Binaural
Yield
Vitalogy
No Code
Riot Act
Vs
Ten
Bolt
S/t
Backfacer


As much as I really enjoy lightning bolt, i could never put it up with the top 5. The new stuff is great and all, but its in a different world really. Will never feel as important.

[Birds in Hell]

Vs
No Code
Vitalogy
Yield
Ten
Binaural
Riot Act
S/T
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

Still this.

[Kevin Davis]

My list is exactly what it was last time only with Lightning Bolt at the bottom.

[samiad]

hmmm...update.

No Code 10 / 10
Vs 10 / 10
Vitalogy 10 / 10
Ten 10 / 10

Yield 8 / 10

Riot Act 7 / 10
Binaural 7 / 10

Lightning Bolt 6 / 10
Backspacer 6 / 10

Pearl Jam 4 / 10