Rank the Albums Again. This Time Weighted! #1: Vitalogy

[darth_vedder]

There are actually more songs on Avocado that I like than on BS or LB, but there are also way more songs that I hate. BS and LB are both pretty consistently mediocre (LB more than BS) but Avocado is all over the place.

That makes sense. The lows on S/T are pretty low indeed. Backspacer may be the most consistent mediocre album of the bottom 3, but the highs on S/T prompted me to give it a better ranking than BS / LB.

[4/5]

Our top three albums are a lot closer than I expected. There is only about 1.3 points separating first and third place.

[4/5]

3.


Yield is our #3 ranked album with a mean score of 14.9 points.

Mean: 14.9
Median: 14
Mode: 15

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents, receiving the third highest amount of 1st place votes.

Similarly, it was ranked in the top 3 by 58% of users.

Only 6% of participants ranked it less than 5th. That is the second lowest amount of below-average rankings of any album.

On the other hand, the most common rank was 5th (27%).

The highest score it received was 30 points, with 4 other scores above 20 points.

Only 6% of participants gave it less than 10 points.

The majority of scores are between 12 and 16 points.

[Kevin Davis]

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents

Me
Chud
?

[E.H. Ruddock]

1. ??? (20)
2. Binaural (19)
3. Ten (13)
3. ??? (13)
5. Yield (12)
6. Vs. (11)
7. Pearl Jam (10)
8. Riot Act (7)
9. Lightning Bolt (5)
10. Backspacer (0)

[E.H. Ruddock]

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents

Me
Chud
?

No. Chud would have Vitalogy number 1, right?

[4/5]

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents

Me
Chud
?

Me

[Kevin Davis]

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents

Me
Chud
?

No. Chud would have Vitalogy number 1, right?

Chud and I have been Yield Bros for as long as I can remember. It would make me sad to lose him.

[darth_vedder]

1. ???
2. Yield - 15
3. ???
4. Binaural - 13
5. Ten - 10
6. Vs - 9
7. Riot Act - 8
8. Pearl Jam - 7
9. Backspacer - 4
10. Lightning Bolt - 3

[Jorge]

Yield was also my #2.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents

Me
Chud
?

No. Chud would have Vitalogy number 1, right?

Chud and I have been Yield Bros for as long as I can remember. It would make me sad to lose him.

the waiting drove me mad

[stip]

1.
2. Ten - 18
3. Vs -14
4. Backspacer -12
5. Lightning Bolt -11
6. S/T - 8
7. Yield - 7
8.
9. Binaural - 3
9. Riot Act - 3

[stip]

I'm kind of surprised to see that Yield's most common position was 5.

Yield has always been a tale of two albums for me (just like S/T actually). A handful of songs that are among my all time favorites, and a lot of stuff that is decent, and I don't mind hearing, but never really seek out.

It was also the pearl jam record where you really started to see the massive migration of the Ten-Vitalogy fans. The ones who didn't like No Code but were ready to give them one more chance. Definitely a record that, at the time, I felt like I had to defend. By the time Binaural comes out pearl jam was definitely in that space where they didn't really matter much, but hadn't put in enough time to make the transition to old guard standard bearers.

[Kevin Davis]

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents

Me
Chud
?

No. Chud would have Vitalogy number 1, right?

Chud and I have been Yield Bros for as long as I can remember. It would make me sad to lose him.

the waiting drove me mad

While we're waiting, I wanted to let you know I listened to "Garage Days Re-Revisited" last night.

[bada]

1.
2. Ten 20
3. Vs. 15
4.
5. Yield 12
6. Binaural 10
7. Riot Act 6
8. S/T 3
9. Backspacer 1
10. Lightning Bolt 1

[CopperTom]

2. Ten 15
T3. Vs. 12
T3. Yield 12
5. Riot Act 11
6. Binaural 9
T8. Avacado 6
T8. Lightning Bolt 6
10. Backspacer 4

[Kaius]

? 19
? 18
Yield 14
Binaural 11
Riot Act 11
Vs 11
Ten 9
Pearl Jam 4
Backspacer 2
Lightning Bolt 1

[E.H. Ruddock]

Yield was ranked #1 by 15% of respondents

Me
Chud
?

No. Chud would have Vitalogy number 1, right?

Chud and I have been Yield Bros for as long as I can remember. It would make me sad to lose him.

the waiting drove me mad

While we're waiting, I wanted to let you know I listened to "Garage Days Re-Revisited" last night.

Excellent. So did I. I wonder if we hit play at the same time?

[PHATJ]

This is the highest I've ever ranked Binaural, and its happened for a number of reasons. It is currently the album I'm playing most and finding most interesting. I was one that had a really hard time warming up to this album in totality. I also used to bemoan the absence of gems like Sad, In The Moonlight, and Education. I still think these songs could have fit into the album, but as I've come to appreciate Binaural for what it is (instead of disliking it for what it isn't) I've found a great admiration for what is there.

Sleight of Hand is the single best song PJ has ever written. Nothing As It Seems is wonderful. I love Breakerfall, Of The Girl, and Rival. Evacuation and God's Dice used to be two of my most hated PJ songs. I have come full circle on Evacuation and I truly enjoy it now. God's Dice is pretty rad too. Then there is Insignificance, Grievance, and Parting Ways. All very strong songs. Thin Air is forgettable, but when I do listen to it I don't hate it at all. Light Years has never been a favorite of mine. I find it pretty boring, but it isn't terrible, and I occasionally almost think I could like it. (I really wish Sad was in its place.) Soon Forget is a stupid song and should never have been on any album, but I can't complain too much about one pure piece of shit making the track list. (Education should've been in this spot.)

There's a lot of apologies there for your number 2 seed

One song that I seriously don't like (Soon Forget) and one I find pretty boring (Light Years) is a lot of apologies?

[PHATJ]

1.
2. Binaural 15
3. Yield 14
4. Ten 13
5. Vs. 11
6.
7. Lightning Bolt 6
8. Pearl Jam 6
9. Riot Act 5
10. Backspacer 0