Rank The Pearl Jam Catalog

[LoathedVermin72]

Top 10 PJ Songs:

1. Habit
2. Comatose
3. Red Dot
4. Sweet Lew
5. Force of Nature
6. Gremmie out of Control
7. I'm Open
8. Stupid Mop
9. Soon Forget
10. Inside Job

Wow.

[Birds in Hell]

Do they sound anything like Bruce Springsteen? If so I am not interested.

This is a pretty dependable rule of thumb.

[Alex]

there should be a caveat when you're joking about pop culture/art, LV, because sometimes people might not be able to tell. for example, a lot of people still think you were serious when you said you liked the phantom menace.

[LoathedVermin72]

[epilogue]

I don't like anything about it except Ed's delivery. It's grating and unrewarding. It's boring and shopworn. It's aggressive yet meandering. Nothing engaging about the arrangement or lyrics. There's an attempt at some kind of teeth grinding, manic energy, but it all comes off whiny and underwater sounding.

Removing it makes No Code a better record. It doesn't add anything to album, but instead halts a pretty fantastic momentum.

I feel like you see the positive aspects, but don't fully appreciate them for what they are. Habit is perfectly placed on No Code, whether it breaks any perceived momentum or not.

There's nowhere else on the album I'd put the song, true. But by taking it off entirely, it makes for a better listen. Even better, would be putting All Night on in its place.

[Kaius]

All Night is a fantastic song, but I'm not replacing Habit.

It would be a challenge to find spots for the several great No Code era songs that didn't make the cut. I'd like to see some attempts at it though.

[epilogue]

i've always thought vitalogy sounded like it was mired in steam, like the songs can only see about two or three feet ahead of them

Excellent description. I like that. Another album I'd describe that way is Tom Waits' Bone Machine. Bone Machine and Vitalogy are my two favorite album evah.

[Alex]

i've always thought vitalogy sounded like it was mired in steam, like the songs can only see about two or three feet ahead of them

Excellent description. I like that. Another album I'd describe that way is Tom Waits' Bone Machine. Bone Machine and Vitalogy are my two favorite album evah.

would you care to explain what it means? i just thought it sounded like i knew what i was talking about.

[tommymtcom]

Alex'd

[epilogue]

i've always thought vitalogy sounded like it was mired in steam, like the songs can only see about two or three feet ahead of them

Excellent description. I like that. Another album I'd describe that way is Tom Waits' Bone Machine. Bone Machine and Vitalogy are my two favorite album evah.

would you care to explain what it means? i just thought it sounded like i knew what i was talking about.

Poetry, boo. It's descriptive and evocative in a way that I relate to and feels accurate. That's all that matters.

[Alex]

i've always thought vitalogy sounded like it was mired in steam, like the songs can only see about two or three feet ahead of them

Excellent description. I like that. Another album I'd describe that way is Tom Waits' Bone Machine. Bone Machine and Vitalogy are my two favorite album evah.

would you care to explain what it means? i just thought it sounded like i knew what i was talking about.

Poetry, boo. It's descriptive and evocative in a way that I relate to and feels accurate. That's all that matters.

that's all that matters to me, too, joey

[Kaius]

Top 10 PJ Songs:

1. Habit
2. Comatose
3. Red Dot
4. Sweet Lew
5. Force of Nature
6. Gremmie out of Control
7. I'm Open
8. Stupid Mop
9. Soon Forget
10. Inside Job

Wow.

[LoathedVermin72]

This thread made me realize that "Habit" is the best song on No Code.

[epilogue]

I'm glad I could help.

[Alex]

let's not play favorites, guys

[Biff Pocoroba]

Speaking underwater & steam, why does No Code sound so much better, clarity wise, than the others?

[godeatgod]

i wanna see if i can remember 10 pj songs off the top of my head

jeremy
black
alive
lukin (thats the jam)
crop duster
rearview window?
yellow ledbetter
do the evolution
mint car

[tommymtcom]

I mint car.

[Birds in Hell]

Mint Car is wonderful.

[Birds in Hell]

So, after a few failed attempts, I kept a tab open in my browser and redid this over the span of a few days.

Top 25!

Hail Hail (No Code, 1996)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
Animal (Vs., 1993)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Last Exit (Vitalogy, 1994)
Go (Vs., 1993)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Rearviewmirror (Vs., 1993)
Daughter (Vs., 1993)
Once (Ten, 1991)
Corduroy (Vitalogy, 1994)
Red Mosquito (No Code, 1996)
In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Smile (No Code, 1996)
Alone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Not For You (Vitalogy, 1994)
In The Moonlight (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Jeremy (Ten, 1991)
Evacuation (Binaural, 2000)
Even Flow (Ten, 1991)
All Night (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Spin The Black Circle (Vitalogy, 1994)
Insignificance (Binaural, 2000)
Present Tense (No Code, 1996)

The whole thing:

Spoiler: show

Hail Hail (No Code, 1996)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
Animal (Vs., 1993)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Last Exit (Vitalogy, 1994)
Go (Vs., 1993)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Rearviewmirror (Vs., 1993)
Daughter (Vs., 1993)
Once (Ten, 1991)
Corduroy (Vitalogy, 1994)
Red Mosquito (No Code, 1996)
In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Smile (No Code, 1996)
Alone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Not For You (Vitalogy, 1994)
In The Moonlight (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Jeremy (Ten, 1991)
Evacuation (Binaural, 2000)
Even Flow (Ten, 1991)
All Night (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Spin The Black Circle (Vitalogy, 1994)
Insignificance (Binaural, 2000)
Present Tense (No Code, 1996)
Oceans (Ten, 1991)
Rats (Vs., 1993)
State Of Love And Trust (Singles (Soundtrack), 1992)
Indifference (Vs., 1993)
Deep (Ten, 1991)
Sometimes (No Code, 1996)
Blood (Vs., 1993)
Man Of The Hour (Big Fish (Soundtrack), 2003)
Sleight Of Hand (Binaural, 2000)
Lukin (No Code, 1996)
Porch (Ten, 1991)
Long Road (Merkin Ball, 1996)
Alive (Ten, 1991)
Black (Ten, 1991)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Immortality (Vitalogy, 1994)
Glorified G (Vs., 1993)
I Got Id (Merkin Ball, 1996)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Off He Goes (No Code, 1996)
Habit (No Code, 1996)
Garden (Ten, 1991)
Cropduster (Riot Act, 2003)
W.M.A (Vs., 1993)
Satans Bed (Vitalogy, 1994)
Nothingman (Vitalogy, 1994)
All Or None (Riot Act, 2003)
Fatal (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Nothing As It Seems (Binaural, 2000)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
Hard To Imagine (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Cant Keep (Riot Act, 2003)
Dissident (Vs., 1993)
Whipping (Vitalogy, 1994)
Release (Ten, 1991)
Breath (Singles (Soundtrack), 1992)
Education (Lost Dogs, 2003)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Sad (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Around The Bend (No Code, 1996)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
Grievance (Binaural, 2000)
Ghost (Riot Act, 2003)
Comatose (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
Dont Gimme No Lip (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
My Fathers Son (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Gods Dice (Binaural, 2000)
Mankind (No Code, 1996)
Thin Air (Binaural, 2000)
U (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Wash (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Better Man (Vitalogy, 1994)
Strangest Tribe (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (Vs., 1993)
Of The Girl (Binaural, 2000)
Leash (Vs., 1993)
Parachutes (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Dead Man (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Who You Are (No Code, 1996)
Get Right (Riot Act, 2003)
Big Wave (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Help Help (Riot Act, 2003)
Why Go (Ten, 1991)
Hitchhiker (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Leavin Here (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Aya Davaita (Vitalogy, 1994)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
Thumbing My Way (Riot Act, 2003)
Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)
Gonna See My Friend (Backspacer, 2009)
Life Wasted (Pearl Jam, 2006)
I Am Mine (Riot Act, 2003)
Speed Of Sound (Backspacer, 2009)
Black, Red, Yellow (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Gone (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Last Kiss (No Boundaries, 1999)
Hold On (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Unemployable (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Yellow Ledbetter (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Parting Ways (Binaural, 2000)
Love Boat Captain (Riot Act, 2003)
You Are (Riot Act, 2003)
Rival (Binaural, 2000)
Breakerfall (Binaural, 2000)
Whale Song (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Down (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Arc (Riot Act, 2003)
Army Reserve (Pearl Jam, 2006)
1/2 Full (Riot Act, 2003)
Footsteps (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Ole (Ole, 2011)
Soon Forget (Binaural, 2000)
Marker In The Sand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Crown Of Thorns (Pearl Jam Twenty, 2011)
Drifting (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Bugs (Vitalogy, 1994)
Im Open (No Code, 1996)
Save You (Riot Act, 2003)
Light Years (Binaural, 2000)
Let The Records Play (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Dirty Frank (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Pry To (Vitalogy, 1994)
The Fixer (Backspacer, 2009)
Force Of Nature (Backspacer, 2009)
Bee Girl (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Undone (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Mind Your Manners (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Just Breathe (Backspacer, 2009)
Come Back (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Let Me Sleep (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Gremmie Out Of Control (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Bu$hLeaguer (Riot Act, 2003)
Other Side (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Wasted Reprise (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Sweet Lew (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)
Supersonic (Backspacer, 2009)
Inside Job (Pearl Jam, 2006)
The End (Backspacer, 2009)
Swallowed Whole (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Amongst The Waves (Backspacer, 2009)
Infallible (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
World Wide Suicide (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Got Some (Backspacer, 2009)
Getaway (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Lightning Bolt (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Hey Foxymophandlemama Thats Me (Vitalogy, 1994)
Pendulum (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Unthought Known (Backspacer, 2009)
Sirens (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Green Disease (Riot Act, 2003)
Yellow Moon (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Love, Reign Oer Me (Reign Over Me, 2007)
Brother (Lost Dogs, 2003)
Future Days (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Sleeping By Myself (Lightning Bolt, 2013)