RANK THE ALBUMS

[LoathedVermin72]

Haha, that thread was great

[chewm]

why the fuck not:

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Once - 3
Even Flow - 3.5
Alive - 4.5
Why Go - 2.5
Black - 4
Jeremy - 4
Oceans - 4
Porch - 4
Garden - 3
Deep - 3
Release - 5

Go - 3
Animal - 5
Daughter - 5
Glorified G - 4
Dissident - 4.5
W.M.A. - 3
Blood - 2.5
Rearviewmirror - 5
Rats - 2.5
Elderly Woman - 5
Leash - 4
Indifference - 4

Last Exit - 4
STBC - 4
Not for You - 4
Tremor Christ - 5
Nothingman - 5
Whipping - 3.5
Pry, To - 2.5
Corduroy - 5
Bugs - 3
Satan's Bed - 4
Better Man - 4.5
Aye Davanita - 3
Immortality - 5
Stupid Mop - 2

Sometimes - 4
Hail, Hail - 4.5
Who You Are - 4.5
In My Tree - 5
Smile - 4
Off He Goes - 4.5
Habit - 2
Red Mosquito - 4
Lukin - 2.5
Present Tense - 4.5
Mankind - 3.5
I'm Open - 3
Around the Bend - 3.5

Brain of J. - 4.5
Faithfull - 5
No Way - 5
Given to Fly - 5
Wishlist - 4
Pilate - 4.5
Do the Evolution - 4.5
Red Dot - 3
MFC - 4.5
Low Light - 5
In Hiding - 5
Push Me, Pull Me - 3.5
All Those Yesterdays - 4.5

Breakerfall- 3.5
Gods' Dice - 4
Evacuation - 4
Light Years - 4.5
Nothing as It Seems - 5
Thin Air - 4
Insignificance - 5
Of the Girl - 3.5
Grievance - 4.5
Rival - 4.5
Sleight of Hand - 5
Soon Forget - 3
Parting Ways - 5

Cant Keep - 3
Save You - 4.5
LBC - 4.5
Cropduster - 5
Ghost - 4.5
I am Mine - 3
Thumbing My Way - 3
You Are - 4
Get Right - 4
Green Disease - 4
Help Help - 4.5
Bu$hleaguer - 3
1/2 Full - 2.5
Arc - 2.5
All or None - 4

Life Wasted - 4.5
WWS - 4.5
Comatose - 2.5
Severed Hand - 4
Marker in the Sand - 4
Parachutes - 5
Unemployable - 5
Big Wave - 3.5
Gone - 4
Wasted Reprise - 3
Army Reserve - 4.5
Come Back - 4
Inside Job - 4

Gonna See My Friend - 2.5
Got Some - 4.5
The Fixer - 3
Johnny Guitar - 4.5
Just Breathe - 2
Amongst the Waves - 3.5
Unthought Known - 2.5
Supersonic - 3
Speed of Sound - 4
Force of Nature - 4
The End - 2.5

Getaway - 3.5
Mind Your Manners - 3
My Fathers' Son - 4
Sirens - 4
Lightning Bolt - 3.5
Infallible - 3
Pendulum - 3
Swallowed Whole - 3
Let the Records Play - 3
Sleeping By Myself - 3.5
Yellow Moon - 4.5
Future Days - 1.5

[epilogue]

why the fuck not:

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Once - 3
Even Flow - 3.5
Alive - 4.5
Why Go - 2.5
Black - 4
Jeremy - 4
Oceans - 4
Porch - 4
Garden - 3
Deep - 3
Release - 5

Go - 3
Animal - 5
Daughter - 5
Glorified G - 4
Dissident - 4.5
W.M.A. - 3
Blood - 2.5
Rearviewmirror - 5
Rats - 2.5
Elderly Woman - 5
Leash - 4
Indifference - 4

Last Exit - 4
STBC - 4
Not for You - 4
Tremor Christ - 5
Nothingman - 5
Whipping - 3.5
Pry, To - 2.5
Corduroy - 5
Bugs - 3
Satan's Bed - 4
Better Man - 4.5
Aye Davanita - 3
Immortality - 5
Stupid Mop - 2

Sometimes - 4
Hail, Hail - 4.5
Who You Are - 4.5
In My Tree - 5
Smile - 4
Off He Goes - 4.5
Habit - 2
Red Mosquito - 4
Lukin - 2.5
Present Tense - 4.5
Mankind - 3.5
I'm Open - 3
Around the Bend - 3.5

Brain of J. - 4.5
Faithfull - 5
No Way - 5
Given to Fly - 5
Wishlist - 4
Pilate - 4.5
Do the Evolution - 4.5
Red Dot - 3
MFC - 4.5
Low Light - 5
In Hiding - 5
Push Me, Pull Me - 3.5
All Those Yesterdays - 4.5

Breakerfall- 3.5
Gods' Dice - 4
Evacuation - 4
Light Years - 4.5
Nothing as It Seems - 5
Thin Air - 4
Insignificance - 5
Of the Girl - 3.5
Grievance - 4.5
Rival - 4.5
Sleight of Hand - 5
Soon Forget - 3
Parting Ways - 5

Cant Keep - 3
Save You - 4.5
LBC - 4.5
Cropduster - 5
Ghost - 4.5
I am Mine - 3
Thumbing My Way - 3
You Are - 4
Get Right - 4
Green Disease - 4
Help Help - 4.5
Bu$hleaguer - 3
1/2 Full - 2.5
Arc - 2.5
All or None - 4

Life Wasted - 4.5
WWS - 4.5
Comatose - 2.5
Severed Hand - 4
Marker in the Sand - 4
Parachutes - 5
Unemployable - 5
Big Wave - 3.5
Gone - 4
Wasted Reprise - 3
Army Reserve - 4.5
Come Back - 4
Inside Job - 4

Gonna See My Friend - 2.5
Got Some - 4.5
The Fixer - 3
Johnny Guitar - 4.5
Just Breathe - 2
Amongst the Waves - 3.5
Unthought Known - 2.5
Supersonic - 3
Speed of Sound - 4
Force of Nature - 4
The End - 2.5

Getaway - 3.5
Mind Your Manners - 3
My Fathers' Son - 4
Sirens - 4
Lightning Bolt - 3.5
Infallible - 3
Pendulum - 3
Swallowed Whole - 3
Let the Records Play - 3
Sleeping By Myself - 3.5
Yellow Moon - 4.5
Future Days - 1.5

Ooooh! Fun!

[Got Some]

Once - 4
Even Flow - 4
Alive - 5
Why Go - 4
Black - 5
Jeremy - 5
Oceans - 3
Porch - 5
Garden - 3
Deep - 3.5
Release - 5

Go - 5
Animal - 5
Daughter - 5
Glorified G - 3.5
Dissident - 4
W.M.A. - 4.5
Blood - 5
Rearviewmirror - 5
Rats - 4.5
Elderly Woman - 4
Leash - 4
Indifference - 5

Last Exit - 5
STBC - 4
Not for You - 5
Tremor Christ - 5
Nothingman - 5
Whipping - 5
Pry, To - 2.5
Corduroy - 5
Bugs - 3
Satan's Bed - 4
Better Man - 5
Aye Davanita - 2.5
Immortality - 5
Stupid Mop - 0

Sometimes - 4
Hail, Hail - 5
Who You Are - 3.5
In My Tree - 5
Smile - 3.5
Off He Goes - 4
Habit - 4
Red Mosquito - 5
Lukin - 3.5
Present Tense - 5
Mankind - 3
I'm Open - 3.5
Around the Bend - 3

Brain of J. - 5
Faithfull - 5
No Way - 4.5
Given to Fly - 5
Wishlist - 4
Pilate - 4
Do the Evolution - 5
Red Dot - 2.5
MFC - 4
Low Light - 4
In Hiding - 5
Push Me, Pull Me - 3
All Those Yesterdays - 4

Breakerfall- 4
Gods' Dice - 4
Evacuation - 4
Light Years - 4.5
Nothing as It Seems - 5
Thin Air - 4
Insignificance - 5
Of the Girl - 4
Grievance - 5
Rival - 4.5
Sleight of Hand - 3
Soon Forget - 3
Parting Ways - 4

Cant Keep - 4
Save You - 4.5
LBC - 4
Cropduster - 4
Ghost - 4
I am Mine - 5
Thumbing My Way - 3
You Are - 4
Get Right - 3
Green Disease - 4
Help Help - 3.5
Bu$hleaguer - 3.5
1/2 Full - 5
Arc - 2.5
All or None - 4.5

Life Wasted - 4.5
WWS - 4
Comatose - 5
Severed Hand - 5
Marker in the Sand - 5
Parachutes - 3
Unemployable - 3.5
Big Wave - 3
Gone - 4
Wasted Reprise - 2
Army Reserve - 3.5
Come Back - 4
Inside Job - 3.5

Gonna See My Friend - 4
Got Some - 5
The Fixer - 4
Johnny Guitar - 4.5
Just Breathe - 4.5
Amongst the Waves - 3.5
Unthought Known - 4.5
Supersonic - 3
Speed of Sound - 1
Force of Nature - 4.5
The End - 4.5

Getaway - 5
Mind Your Manners - 4
My Fathers' Son - 4
Sirens - 3
Lightning Bolt - 4.5
Infallible - 4
Pendulum - 4.5
Swallowed Whole - 3
Let the Records Play - 3.5
Sleeping By Myself - 3
Yellow Moon - 4
Future Days - 3

[evenslow]

The averages play out differently than the favorite albums I make in my head. There's something to be said for the full album experience and how it sticks to your bones. But pound for pound, these are apparently the best...

TEN - 4.23
VS - 4.46
VITALOGY - 4.18
NO CODE - 4.19
YIELD - 4.46
BINAURAL - 4.23
RIOT ACT - 3.87
S/T - 3.46
BACKSPACER - 3.64
LIGHTNING BOLT - 3.38

Basically, VS. and YIELD are lean, mean, bad motherfuckers.

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Once - 3.5
Even Flow - 4.5
Alive - 5
Why Go - 3.5
Black - 5
Jeremy - 4.5
Oceans - 5
Porch - 4
Garden - 3
Deep - 3.5
Release - 5

Go - 5
Animal - 5
Daughter - 5
Glorified G - 4
Dissident - 4.5
W.M.A. - 3.5
Blood - 5
Rearviewmirror - 4.5
Rats - 4.5
Elderly Woman - 5
Leash - 4
Indifference - 3.5

Last Exit - 5
STBC - 3.5
Not for You - 4
Tremor Christ - 5
Nothingman - 4
Whipping - 4
Pry, To - 3
Corduroy - 5
Bugs - 3.5
Satan's Bed - 5
Better Man - 5
Aye Davanita - 5
Immortality - 4.5
Stupid Mop - 2

Sometimes - 4
Hail, Hail - 5
Who You Are - 4
In My Tree - 5
Smile - 5
Off He Goes - 3.5
Habit - 4
Red Mosquito - 4.5
Lukin - 4
Present Tense - 4
Mankind - 4
I'm Open - 3
Around the Bend - 5

Brain of J. - 5
Faithfull - 5
No Way - 4
Given to Fly - 5
Wishlist - 4.5
Pilate - 3
Do the Evolution - 5
Red Dot - 4
MFC - 4
Low Light - 5
In Hiding - 4.5
Push Me, Pull Me - 4
All Those Yesterdays - 5

Breakerfall- 3
Gods' Dice - 4.5
Evacuation - 3.5
Light Years - 4
Nothing as It Seems - 5
Thin Air - 4
Insignificance - 4.5
Of the Girl - 5
Grievance - 4.5
Rival - 5
Sleight of Hand - 5
Soon Forget - 2.5
Parting Ways - 4.5

Cant Keep - 4.5
Save You - 3.5
LBC - 3.5
Cropduster - 4.5
Ghost - 4.5
I am Mine - 4
Thumbing My Way - 2
You Are - 4
Get Right - 3
Green Disease - 4
Help Help - 4
Bu$hleaguer - 3
1/2 Full - 4
Arc - 5
All or None - 4.5

Life Wasted - 3.5
WWS - 4
Comatose - 4
Severed Hand - 4
Marker in the Sand - 4
Parachutes - 5
Unemployable - 5
Big Wave - 3
Gone - 1
Wasted Reprise - 2
Army Reserve - 4
Come Back - 3
Inside Job - 2.5

Gonna See My Friend - 4
Got Some - 3.5
The Fixer - 3.5
Johnny Guitar - 5
Just Breathe - 4.5
Amongst the Waves - 2.5
Unthought Known - 4.5
Supersonic - 2.5
Speed of Sound - 3
Force of Nature - 3
The End - 4.5

Getaway - 4
Mind Your Manners - 4
My Fathers' Son - 4
Sirens - 3
Lightning Bolt - 3.5
Infallible - 2.5
Pendulum - 4
Swallowed Whole - 4.5
Let the Records Play - 3
Sleeping By Myself - 4
Yellow Moon - 3
Future Days - 1

[epilogue]

Here's mine!

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TEN
Once - 3.5
Even Flow - 5
Alive - 5
Why Go - 3
Black - 5
Jeremy - 5
Oceans - 5
Porch - 4.5
Garden - 4.5
Deep - 4.5
Release - 5
50/55

VS
Go - 4.5
Animal - 5
Daughter - 5
Glorified G - 3
Dissident - 4
WMA - 4.5
Blood - 3
RVM - 5
Rats - 3.5
Small Town - 5
Leash - 3
Indifference - 5
45.5/60

VITALOGY
Last Exit - 5
Spin the Black Circle - 3.5
Not For You - 4.5
Tremor Christ - 5
Nothingman - 5
Whipping - 3.5
Pry, To - 4
Corduroy - 4
Bugs - 3
Satan's Bed - 4
Better Man - 5
Aye Davanita - 4.5
Immortality - 5
Stupid Mop - 3
59/70

NO CODE
Sometimes - 4
Hail, Hail - 5
Who You Are - 3.5
In My Tree - 5
Smile - 5
Off He Goes - 5
Habit - 1
Red Mosquito - 4.5
Lukin - 3.5
Present Tense - 4
Mankind - 3
I'm Open - 2
Around the Bend - 3
48.5/65

YIELD
Brain of J - 4
Faithfull - 5
No Way - 5
Given to Fly - 3.5
Wishlist - 3.5
Pilate - 4
Do The Evolution - 5
Red Dot - 2
MFC - 3
Low Light - 5
In Hiding - 4.5
Push Me, Pull Me - 3.5
All Those Yesterdays - 4
52/65

BINAURAL
Breakerfall - 3
Gods' Dice - 3
Evacuation - 3.5
Light Years - 4
Nothing As It Seems - 5
Thin Air - 5
Insignificance - 5
Of The Girl - 4
Grievance - 4
Rival - 4.5
Sleight of Hand - 5
Soon Forget - 2
Parting Ways - 3
51/65

RIOT ACT
Can't Keep - 4.5
Save You - 4
Love Boat Captain - 4
Cropduster - 5
Ghost - 3.5
I Am Mine - 5
Thumbing My Way - 4.5
You Are - 4
Get Right - 3.5
Green Disease - 4.5
Help Help - 5
Bushleaguer - 4
Half Full - 4.5
Arc - 3
All or None - 5
64/75

Pearl Jam
Life Wasted - 2
Comatose - 1
WWS - 3
Severed Hand - 4
Marker - 5
Parachutes - 5
Unemployable - 5
Big Wave - 5
Gone - 4
Wasted Reprise - 2.5
Army Reserve - 4
Come Back - 3.5
Inside Job - 2.5
46.5/65

BACKSPACER
Gonna See My Friend - 3
Got Some - 4
The Fixer - 4
Johnny Guitar - 4
Just Breathe - 5
Amongst the Waves - 5
Unthought Known - 2.5
Supersonic - 2
Speed of Sound - 4.5
Force of Nature - 1.5
The End - 4
39.5/55

LIGHTNING BOLT
Getaway - 3
Mind Your Manners - 5
My Father's Son - 4
Sirens - 4.5
Lightning Bolt - 2.5
Infallible - 5
Pendulum - 5
Swallowed Whole - 2
Let The Records Play - 2.5
Sleeping By Myself - 3.5
Yellow Moon - 5
Future Days - 4
46/60

[chewm]

So, according to this, my averages would be
Ten - 3.68
Vs - 3.96
Vitalogy - 3.89
No Code - 3.81
Yield - 4.46
Binaural - 4.27
Riot Act - 3.73
S/T - 4.04
Backspacer - 3.27
Lighting Bolt - 3.29

So, I do like S/T a lot, but I definetely don't believe that it's better than No Code or Vitalogy. Vitalogy has several tracks (like Pry, To or Bugs) that really aren't made for this kind of rating but are actually really fun in the context of the album so they shouldn't really affect the album rating this way and in No Code the full album experience adds a lot to my feelings of the album. (same with Riot Act) Also, Vs shouldn't be lower than S/T, but my only explanation is that my ratings were kinda rushed.

[Birds in Hell]

I don't think my individual song ratings will ever accurately represent how I feel about each album as a whole. Albums are more than mere song folders, they have (or should have) a vibe and feeling in and of themselves beyond just the songs. It's the sequencing, the tones captured, etc.

[stip]

Rankings:

Vitalogy: 4.45
Ten: 4.23
Vs: 4.04
Backspacer: 3.77
Lightning Bolt: 3.67
S/T: 3.54
Yield: 3.46
No Code: 3.27
Riot Act: 3.25
Binaural: 3.04

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TEN
Once - 4
Even Flow - 4.5
Alive - 5
Why Go - 4.5
Black - 5
Jeremy - 4.5
Oceans - 4
Porch - 5
Garden - 2.5
Deep - 3
Release - 4,5
Score:

VS
Go - 5
Animal - 5
Daughter - 4.5
Glorified G - 3
Dissident - 3.5
WMA - 3.5
Blood - 3.5
RVM - 5
Rats - 3.5
Small Town - 5
Leash - 3
Indifference - 4

VITALOGY
Last Exit - 5
Spin the Black Circle - 4
Not For You - 4
Tremor Christ - 4.5
Nothingman - 4
Whipping - 4
Pry, To - NA
Corduroy - 5
Bugs - NA
Satan's Bed - 4
Better Man - 5
Aye Davanita - NA
Immortality - 5
Stupid Mop - NA

NO CODE
Sometimes - 3
Hail, Hail - 4
Who You Are - 4
In My Tree - 4
Smile - 3
Off He Goes - 2
Habit - 3.5
Red Mosquito - 4
Lukin - 3.5
Present Tense - 3.5
Mankind - 3
I'm Open - 2
Around the Bend - 3

YIELD
Brain of J - 4.5
Faithfull - 2
No Way - 3
Given to Fly - 4.5
Wishlist - 4.5
Pilate - 3.5
Do The Evolution - 5
Red Dot - na
MFC - 3
Low Light - 2
In Hiding - 2.5
Push Me, Pull Me - 3.5
All Those Yesterdays - 3.5

BINAURAL
Breakerfall - 3
Gods' Dice - 2
Evacuation - 2.5
Light Years - 3
Nothing As It Seems - 4
Thin Air - 2
Insignificance - 4
Of The Girl - 2.5
Grievance - 4.5
Rival - 4.5
Sleight of Hand - 2
Soon Forget - 2
Parting Ways - 3.5

RIOT ACT
Can't Keep - 4
Save You - 4.5
Love Boat Captain - 2.5
Cropduster - 3.5
Ghost - 4
I Am Mine - 4.5
Thumbing My Way - 3
You Are - 3
Get Right - 4
Green Disease - 2.5
Help Help - 2.5
Bushleaguer - 2
Half Full - 3
Arc - NA
All or None - 2.5

Pearl Jam
Life Wasted - 5
WWS - 5
Comatose - 4.5
Severed Hand - 3.5
Marker - 3.5
Parachutes - 4
Unemployable - 2
Big Wave - 2.5
Gone - 3
Wasted Reprise - na
Army Reserve - 3
Come Back - 4
Inside Job - 2.5

BACKSPACER
Gonna See My Friend - 4
Got Some - 4
The Fixer - 4.5
Johnny Guitar - 4
Just Breathe - 4
Amongst the Waves - 4
Unthought Known - 3.5
Supersonic - 2
Speed of Sound - 3
Force of Nature - 5
The End - 3.5

LIGHTNING BOLT
Getaway - 3
Mind Your Manners - 5
My Father's Son - 3
Sirens - 3.5
Lightning Bolt - 4
Infallible - 3.5
Pendulum - 4
Swallowed Whole - 3
Let The Records Play - 3
Sleeping By Myself - 4
Yellow Moon - 4.5
Future Days - 3.5

[stip]

Not counting certain songs that I look at more like album enhancements rather than stand alone songs, distinctions that I recognize may be totally arbitrary

[LoathedVermin72]

Those Binaural ratings are cancer, stip

[stip]

I'm being conservative with these. On a different day everyone's scores might go up a bit, but probably distributed evenly across the albums.

Binaural's got a lot of songs I just don't really care much for.

I also only have 3 albums where the average score is 4 of above.

[stip]

I don't think my individual song ratings will ever accurately represent how I feel about each album as a whole. Albums are more than mere song folders, they have (or should have) a vibe and feeling in and of themselves beyond just the songs. It's the sequencing, the tones captured, etc.

I agree with this, although as luck would have it my general impressions of the albums tend to map onto the individual song preferences. There are albums that are greater than the sum of their parts, but not to the point that it would move them past another album in my internal rankings

[stip]

My current list of 5 star songs

Alive - 5
Black - 5
Porch - 5
Go - 5
Animal - 5
Small Town - 5
Last Exit - 5
Corduroy-5
Better Man - 5
Immortality - 5
Do The Evolution - 5
Life Wasted - 5
WWS - 5
Force of Nature - 5
Mind Your Manners - 5

The only b-sides I'd give 5 stars to are Breath and ledbetter, so I guess throwing them in the mix gets my top 17.

[LoathedVermin72]

So my rating averages work out to the following ranking, which is very close to my real ranking:

1. Vs. 4.54
2. Ten 4.5
3. Binaural 4.34
4. Yield 3.96
5. Vitalogy 3.85
6. No Code 3.69
7. Riot Act 3.53
8. S/T 3.26

I would put No Code above Vitalogy, but other than that, I think this might be right.

[Norah]

This is the stupidest way to analyze an album.

[E.H. Ruddock]

My +1, 0, -1 system is the only proper way to rank pearl jam stuff, you rubes

[BurtReynolds]

I prefer the Auction Draft system

[E.H. Ruddock]

I prefer the Auction Draft system

I'm sure you do, but I'm telling you which one works

[darth_vedder]

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