Let's Actually Listen to the Album: Pearl Jam

[chewm]

I've always liked Life Wasted, but lately it's been growing a lot on me.
It's one of my favorite openers.

[darth_vedder]

I've always liked Life Wasted, but lately it's been growing a lot on me.
It's one of my favorite openers.

Well, you know what that means, don't ya? Rank the openers!

[ridleybradout]

Life Wasted is by far my least favourite album opener.

[littlecomment]

The album should have ended on comeback. And ccomeback should have been extended.

I've always agreed on both of these points. I'm pretty sure they extended the ending of Come Back at D.C. in 2008. Also, the bridge of this remaster revealed some fine details I missed the first time around.

[littlecomment]

The album should have ended on comeback. And ccomeback should have been extended.

I've always agreed on both of these points. I'm pretty sure they extended the ending of Come Back at D.C. in 2008. Also, the bridge of this remaster revealed some fine details I missed the first time around.

Upon further review that is indeed the case, though not by that much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyD2Ekv ... A018&t=253

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Life Wasted is by far my least favourite album opener.

Mine too. Horrible, horrible song.

[Birds in Hell]

I've always liked Life Wasted, but lately it's been growing a lot on me.
It's one of my favorite openers.

Well, you know what that means, don't ya? Rank the openers!

Sure, why not (don't answer, please):

Go
Last Exit
Once
Brain of J.
Sometimes
Can't Keep
Breakerfall
Life Wasted
Gonna See My Friend
Getaway

[stip]

Last exit
Life wasted
Go (though go is a better song than life wasted I just enjoy the other more these days)

-
Gonna see my friend
Brain of j
Once.
Can't keep

(All very good songs. Interchangeable)

-
Getaway
Breakerfall
Sometimes
(None of these are bad songs. They're just all missing something)

[Kevin Davis]

Brain of J.
Last Exit
Sometimes
Go
Can't Keep
Breakerfall
Gonna See My Friend
Life Wasted
Once
Getaway

[LoathedVermin72]

Go
Brain of J.
Once
Cant Keep
Last Exit
Sometimes
Breakerfall
Getaway
Life Wasted
Gonna See My Friend

[Daniel Bryan]

Go
Can't Keep
Getaway
Brain Of J
Breakerfall
Last Exit
Once
Sometimes
Life Wasted
Gonna See My Friend

[epilogue]

Last Exit
Go
Can't Keep
Brain of J
Sometimes
Once
Breakerfall
Getaway
Gonna See My Friend
Life Wasted

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Go
Brain of J.
Last Exit
Once
Breakerfall
Sometimes
Cant Keep
Getaway
Gonna See My Friend
Life Wasted

[bada]

Last Exit
Go
Brain of J.
Once
Sometimes

Breakerfall
Getaway
Gonna See My Friend
Life Wasted
Cant Keep

[Yeddie Yedder]

Sometimes
Last Exit
Go
Brain of J
Breakerfall
Once
Can't Keep
Life Wasted
Getaway
Gonna See My Friend

[ridleybradout]

Go
Brain of J
Last Exit

Can't Keep
Sometimes

Breakerfall
Once
Gonna See My Friend

Getaway
Life Wasted

[Birds in Hell]

I've always liked Life Wasted, but lately it's been growing a lot on me.
It's one of my favorite openers.

Well, you know what that means, don't ya? Rank the openers!

Sure, why not (don't answer, please):

Go
Last Exit
Once
Brain of J.
Sometimes
Can't Keep
Breakerfall
Life Wasted
Gonna See My Friend
Getaway

Actually, move GSMF up a spot - I really am pretty fond of that one.

[stip]

It's high time more people on RM moved onto a more sophisticated ranking system where you not only rank, but include tiers. Otherwise how does anyone know how much distance is between 1 and 10? We might as well not even bother ranking at all!

[VinylGuy]

These days:

Go
Last Exit
Brain of J
Cant Keep.
Breakerfall
Life Wasted
Gonna See My Friend
Getaway
Sometimes
Once

[epilogue]

It's high time more people on RM moved onto a more sophisticated ranking system where you not only rank, but include tiers. Otherwise how does anyone know how much distance is between 1 and 10? We might as well not even bother ranking at all!

How do you suggest representing the tiers? And how do we know how much distance there is between each tier? How should those gaps be represented?