Automated PJ Song Ranker

[chewm]

I like these rankings for the biggest part. Low Light and MFC are some of the best songs in Yield. Glorified G is underrated too.

[stip]

could be. But they are, nevertheless, an unusual set of rankings.

[chewm]

Yeah they are

[PHATJ]

Vs.
3. Glorified G



No Code
2. Around the Bend
4. I'm Open

Yield
1. Low Light
2. MFC
3. Wishlist
4. Push Me, Pull Me
5. Pilate

This is the kind of stuff I am talking about. I love Glorified G, it's one of my favorites on Vs. The No Code and Yield rankings are highly unusual. MFC is another song that I usually rank higher than most, but even I don't think it is the 2nd best song on Yield.

[Brett]

My Yield rankings probably change more than any other album, J, so don't take it as definitive. For a while, I would place "MFC" as my favorite, and then I was really digging on "Wishlist" after that. While I was putting this thing together, I was also realizing that in a lot of cases, even the stuff I ranked near the bottom of a particular album were still quite good songs.

I even realized that as far as Backspacer is concerned, an album that I sometimes call the band's worst, there's only four songs that I really outright dislike. Don't take it as hard and fast, or as me condemning any particular songs. The most insightful thing it might tell you is that I have sort of idiosyncratic taste. You can confirm that by checking out pretty much anything I've ever posted in the "Other Bands" section .

[stip]

which 4 on Backspacer?

And wishlist is also my number three on Yield. It might even be two.

[epilogue]

And wishlist is also my number three on Yield. It might even be two.

This is only acceptable if... no, it's not acceptable.

[Birds in Hell]

So, after all this Yield yakkin', I thought I'd tackle some ranking.

Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)

[stip]

Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)


But Wishlist/Given to Fly are really pretty interchangeable. Depends on the mood. GTF was once definitely ahead but it's lost some of its luster and on a given day I may well prefer wishlist.

[chewm]

In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)

I'm not sure how accurate is this, most of these are almost intechangeable. This is probably my favorite album by anyone The first 10 songs are perfection and I still love Wishlist and Push Me, Pull Me.

[Brett]

which 4 on Backspacer?

And wishlist is also my number three on Yield. It might even be two.

I ranked them, so my bottom four. GSMF, Supersonic, The Fixer and The End.

[PHATJ]

01. Do The Evolution
02. Brain Of J.
03. Faithfull
04. No Way
05. Low Light
06. MFC
07. Given To Fly
08. Wishlist
09. All Those Yesterdays
10. Push Me Pull Me
11. In Hiding
12. Pilate
13. The Color Red

[LetMeSleep]

Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)

[ABNorman]

Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)

Yield has really leapt up my ranking recently. Currently jostling No Code for first place.

[epilogue]

No Way (Yield, 1998)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)

[knee tunes]

Ten
1. Oceans
2. Jeremy
3. Black
4. Release
5. Porch
6. Garden
7. Deep
8. Once
9. Even Flow
10. Alive
11. Why Go
(If we're including Master/Slave, then it would be somewhere in the top half.)

Vs.
1. Rearviewmirror
2. Daughter
3. Glorified G
4. W.M.A.
5. Rats
6. Indifference
7. Animal
8. Go
9. Dissident
10. Elderly Woman
11. Blood
12. Leash

Vitalogy
1. Not For You
2. Immortality
3. Tremor Christ
4. Corduroy
5. Last Exit
6. Satan's Bed
7. Nothingman
8. Spin the Black Circle
9. Aye Davanita
10. Whipping
11. Betterman
12. Pry, To
13. Bugs
14. Stupid Mop

No Code
1. In My Tree
2. Around the Bend
3. Sometimes
4. I'm Open
5. Hail, Hail
6. Habit
7. Smile
8. Red Mosquito
9. Present Tense
10. Who You Are
11. Mankind
12. Off He Goes
13. Lukin

Yield
1. Low Light
2. MFC
3. Wishlist
4. Push Me, Pull Me
5. Pilate
6. All Those Yesterdays
7. No Way
8. Faithfull
9. Do the Evolution
10. Given to Fly
11. Brain of J
12. In Hiding
13. Red Dot
(Hummus would probably be one spot above Red Dot)

Binaural
1. Sleight of Hand
2. Light Years
3. Of the Girl
4. Insignificance
5. Parting Ways
6. Nothing as it Seems
7. Evacuation
8. Grievance
9. Rival
10. Gods' Dice
11. Breakerfall
12. Thin Air
13. Soon Forget

Riot Act
1. Can't Keep
2. Cropduster
3. Love Boat Captain
4. Help Help
5. You Are
6. All or None
7. Save You
8. Ghost
9. Arc
10. 1/2 Full
11. Thumbing My Way
12. I Am Mine
13. Bu$hleaguer
14. Green Disease
15. Get Right

Avocado
1. Parachutes
2. Unemployable
3. Severed Hand
4. Marker in the Sand
5. Come Back
6. Army Reserve
7. Wasted Reprise
8. Inside Job
9. Comatose
10. Life Wasted
11. Gone
12. Big Wave
13. World Wide Suicide

Backspacer
1. Got Some
2. Johnny Guitar
3. Amongst the Waves
4. Speed of Sound
5. Unthought Known
6. Force of Nature
7. Just Breathe
8. Gonna See My Friend
9. The Fixer
10. Supersonic
11. The End

Lightning Bolt
1. Infallible
2. Pendulum
3. Swallowed Whole
4. Yellow Moon
5. Sleeping By Myself
6. Mind Your Manners
7. My Father's Song
8. Lightning Bolt
9. Sirens
10. Getaway
11. Let the Records Play
12. Future Days

This may be the most unusual set of rankings I've seen. I'm not saying I agree or disagree, it just seems to be quite unique. I'm not sure just what to make of it.

I think most songs are about right where they should be. most

[knee tunes]

How is that automated when you have to answer all the g-d questions?

automated is when you press a button and it ranks them for you !

press here

[Sgt. Crackpot]

How is that automated when you have to answer all the g-d questions?

automated is when you press a button and it ranks them for you !

press here

[hlniv]

Brain Of J. (Yield, 1998)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Faithfull (Yield, 1998)
All Those Yesterdays (Yield, 1998)
No Way (Yield, 1998)
Wishlist (Yield, 1998)
Do The Evolution (Yield, 1998)
Pilate (Yield, 1998)
Low Light (Yield, 1998)
MFC (Yield, 1998)
In Hiding (Yield, 1998)
Push Me Pull Me (Yield, 1998)
Untitled (Red Dot) (Yield, 1998)

[LoathedVermin72]

1. Brain of J.
2. Do the Evolution
3. No Way
4. Wishlist
5. Faithfull
6. In Hiding
7. Push Me, Pull Me
8. Given to Fly
9. All Those Yesterdays
10. MFC
11. Low Light
12. Pilate
13. Red Dot