RANK THE ALBUMS

[Thurman Murman]

Why are some of you putting spoilers on your rankings? What am i potentially spoiling?

Anyway here goes....

1) Vitalogy
2) No Code
3) Ten
4) Vs.
5) Yield
6) Binaural
7) Pearl Jam
8) Riot Act
9) Backspacer
10) Lightning Bolt

[stip]

it's to make less text appear on the screen for people scrolling down, I presume

[stip]

and because it's more exciting that way!

[chewm]

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

Spoiler: show

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

My 3 favorite songs from my favorite album got a 2, a 2 and a 2.5. Should I feel mad or proud?

[hlniv]

I added Lost Dogs 1 & 2 in the mix, plus another "album" of other full band, studio recorded songs not on LD.

I also calculated a second score. The first score is the numerical average of all "true" songs, with the fillers/throw aways left out.

The second score is the first score plus another weighted score. The weighted score gives more weight to the top 8 and top 4 of each album, plus includes some weighting to the overall numerical average, including the filler/throw aways. I tried to balance somehow the fact that the best songs on the album should raise the album, while the fillers may distract from the album. Turns out to be practically the same, but Vitalogy was closer to Yield.

I am surprised how much I've grown to love Binaural when I really think about it, and if I could include the Binaural outtakes, it would be even more on top. I've got eight 5-star or 4.5-star songs from Binaural and its outtakes. I made the decision to treat Soon Forget as a "filler", since ed solo on a ukelele seems similar to Ed solo on an accordion, or ed spoken work I'm Open, etc... That also raises Binaural's score.

1. BINAURAL 4.17 8.52
2. VITALOGY 4.15 8.37
3. YIELD 4.08 8.33
4. NO CODE 3.96 8.11
5. TEN 3.91 8.07
6. VS 3.71 7.62
7. RIOT ACT 3.71 7.60
8. L D II 3.67 7.52
9. L DOGS I 3.59 7.50
10. OTHER 3.50 7.24
11. PEARL JAM 3.46 7.12
12. BACKSP 3.23 6.69
13. L BOLT 3.13 6.45

Full List

Spoiler: show

TEN 3.91
Once 3
Even Flow 4
Alive 4.5
Why Go 3.5
Black 5
Jeremy 4
Oceans 4
Porch 5
Garden 2.5
Deep 3
Release 4.5

VS 3.71
Go 4.5
Animal 4
Daughter 4
Glorified G 3
Dissident 3.5
WMA 2.5
Blood 3.5
RVM 5
Rats 3.5
Small Town 4
Leash 3
Indifference 4

VITALOGY 4.15
Last Exit 4.5
Spin the Black Circle 4
Not For You 4
Tremor Christ 5
Nothingman 4
Whipping 3
Pry, To
Corduroy 5
Bugs
Satan's Bed 3
Better Man 4
Aye Davanita
Immortality 5
Stupid Mop

NO CODE 4.00
Sometimes 3.5
Hail, Hail 4.5
Who You Are 3.5
In My Tree 4.5
Smile 4
Off He Goes 4
Habit 3.5
Red Mosquito 4.5
Lukin 3
Present Tense 4.5
Mankind 2.5
I'm Open
Around the Bend 4.5

YIELD 4.08
Brain of J 4.5
Faithfull 5
No Way 4
Given to Fly 5
Wishlist 4
Pilate 3.5
Do The Evolution 4.5
Red Dot
MFC 3
Low Light 4
In Hiding 4
Push Me, Pull Me 3.5
All Those Yesterdays 4

BINAURAL 4.17
Breakerfall 4
Gods' Dice 4
Evacuation 3.5
Light Years 3.5
Nothing As It Seems 4
Thin Air 3
Insignificance 5
Of The Girl 4.5
Grievance 5
Rival 4.5
Sleight of Hand 5
Soon Forget
Parting Ways 4

RIOT ACT 3.71
Can't Keep 4
Save You 4
Love Boat Captain 4
Cropduster 4.5
Ghost 3.5
I Am Mine 3.5
Thumbing My Way 2.5
You Are 4
Get Right 2.5
Green Disease 3
Help Help 4.5
Bushleaguer 4
Half Full 4
Arc
All or None 4

PEARL JAM 3.46
Life Wasted 3
WWS 2.5
Comatose 4
Severed Hand 4
Marker 4.5
Parachutes 4.5
Unemployable 3.5
Big Wave 3.5
Gone 2.5
Wasted Reprise
Army Reserve 3.5
Come Back 3
Inside Job 3

BACKSPACER 3.23
Gonna See My Friend 4
Got Some 4
The Fixer 2
Johnny Guitar 3.5
Just Breathe 2
Amongst the Waves 3.5
Unthought Known 3
Supersonic 3
Speed of Sound 2.5
Force of Nature 4.5
The End 3.5

LIGHTNING BOLT 3.13
Getaway 2.5
Mind Your Manners 3.5
My Father's Son 3.5
Sirens 2
Lightning Bolt 4
Infallible 3
Pendulum 4
Swallowed Whole 3.5
Let The Records Play 3
Sleeping By Myself 3
Yellow Moon 3.5
Future Days 2

LOST DOGS I 3.59
All Night 4
Sad 5
Down 4
Hitchhiker 3.5
Don't Gimme no Lip 2.5
Alone 4
In the Moonlight 4.5
Education 4
Black Red Yellow 3.5
U 3
Leaving Here 3
Gremmie 2
Whale Song 4
Undone 3.5
Hold On 2.5
Yellow Ledbetter 4.5

LOST DOGS II 3.67
Fatal 4.5
Other Side 4
Hard to Imagine 5
Footsteps 4
Wash 4
Dead Man 3
Strangest Tribe 4
Drifting 3.5
Let Me Sleep 3
Last Kiss 3.5
Sweet Lew
Dirty Frank 2.5
Brother 3
Bee Girl 3

OTHER B-SIDES 3.50
State of Love and Trust 4.5
Breath 4.5
Long Road 4
I Got Shit 4
Angel 3
Happy When I'm Crying 3.5
Olympic Platinum 2
Leatherman 3
Man of the Hour 4
Santa Cruz 2.5
Ole 3
Let it Ride 3.5
Cold Confession 3.5

5-Star Songs

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Black
Porch
RVM
Corduroy
Tremor Christ
Immortality
Present Tense
Faithfull
Given to Fly
Insignificance
Grievance
Sleight of Hand
Sad

4.5-Star Songs

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Alive
Release
Go
Last Exit
Hail Hail
In My Tree
Red Mosquito
Around the Bend
Brain of J
Do the Evolution
Of the Girl
Rival
Cropduster
Help Help
Marker in the Sand
Parachutes
Force of Nature
In the Moonlight
Yellow Ledbetter
Fatal
State of Love and Trust
Breath

[hlniv]

Did stip write this?

http://whatculture.com/music/pearl-jam- ... est?page=1

[PHATJ]

Did stip write this?

http://whatculture.com/music/pearl-jam- ... est?page=1

[chinofstone]

1. BINAURAL 4.17 8.52
2. VITALOGY 4.15 8.37

[stip]

Did stip write this?

http://whatculture.com/music/pearl-jam- ... est?page=1

lets get this guy on the board ASAP!

[chewm]

The Stereogum ranking is easily the worst one. It has their best 2 albuns at the bottom.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

What would cause someone to rate Faithful, In Hiding & Slight Of Hand a "2" while rating Life Wasted & Worldwide Suicide a full "5"? Brain damage?

[PHATJ]

What would cause someone to rate Faithful, In Hiding & Slight Of Hand a "2" while rating Life Wasted & Worldwide Suicide a full "5"? Brain damage?

[chewm]

I adore all 5 songs.

[PHATJ]

1. Vitalogy
2. Binaural
3. Yield
4. Vs.
5. Ten
6. No Code
7. Riot Act
----------------------------
8. Lightning Bolt
9. Pearl Jam
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10. Backspacer

Riot Act moved up two spots. Vs. & Ten swapped positions.

[epilogue]

Been a while, so why the fuck not...

1. Vitalogy
2. Ten
3. Riot Act
4. Yield
5. No Code
6. Vs
7. Binaural
8. Lightning Bolt
9. Pearl jam
10. Backspacer

[KurtLeon]

Meh.

Binaural


Ten
Pearl Jam
Riot Act
Vitalogy
No Code
Yield
Backspacer
Vs



Lightning bolt

Pearl Jam has been a very "meh" band for me lately, tbh.

[epilogue]

I get that.

It's weird because even in my most down periods with the band, they always feel right. I haven't listened to a full album in a long time. I'm spinning Yield right now and it makes me feel like a real boy again. No matter what, they've got my back. And it doesn't seem to matter how long it's been. Listening to Pearl Jam again is like coming home.

[WtOB?]

I get that.

It's weird because even in my most down periods with the band, they always feel right. I haven't listened to a full album in a long time. I'm spinning Yield right now and it makes me feel like a real boy again. No matter what, they've got my back. And it doesn't seem to matter how long it's been. Listening to Pearl Jam again is like coming home.

you sound like that autistic guy from the fans are alright dvd.

[epilogue]

I get that.

It's weird because even in my most down periods with the band, they always feel right. I haven't listened to a full album in a long time. I'm spinning Yield right now and it makes me feel like a real boy again. No matter what, they've got my back. And it doesn't seem to matter how long it's been. Listening to Pearl Jam again is like coming home.

you sound like that autistic guy from the fans are alright dvd.

How do you know I'm not that guy?

[WtOB?]

I get that.

It's weird because even in my most down periods with the band, they always feel right. I haven't listened to a full album in a long time. I'm spinning Yield right now and it makes me feel like a real boy again. No matter what, they've got my back. And it doesn't seem to matter how long it's been. Listening to Pearl Jam again is like coming home.

you sound like that autistic guy from the fans are alright dvd.

How do you know I'm not that guy?

you don't seem like you have autism.