What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?

[digster]

I always felt, thematically, that the dividing line was Yield. The first five records from the band have a relatively coherent thru-line, both lyrically and musically. A lot of the things Eddie writes about on those first records, particularly on Vitalogy, kind of come to an end on Yield. On Binaural, the band goes off in some fairly unexpected directions and start tackling new lyrical concerns, and I think that kind of makes sense through S/T. Backspacer kind of makes sense, at least lyrically, as a response to the politics on the last records by avoiding them altogether. LB may be the first record they've done that has the feel of "this is our newest bunch of songs." It doesn't really feel like a response to the prior album.

[Brett]

Yeah, I think I can get behind that definition of their thematic periods.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[LoathedVermin72]

1. The good era
2. The shitty era

Correct

[Bammer]

I'm gonna go with ...

Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt

Placing albums out of order and omitting the one that's a lot of people's favorite; classic b!

[PHATJ]

I'm gonna go with ...

Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt

Placing albums out of order and omitting the one that's a lot of people's favorite; classic b!

Classic B

[Bammer]

I'm gonna go with ...

Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt

Placing albums out of order and omitting the one that's a lot of people's favorite; classic b!

Classic B

[B]

Wait, is the "Classic B" because I don't know the albums or because someone made fun of me for something I've already been made fun of for? Classic B is getting too meta.

[Bammer]

I 'd because I hadn't seen this yet, Classic B'ing on my part be damned. And I would do it again.

[stip]

Wait, is the "Classic B" because I don't know the albums or because someone made fun of me for something I've already been made fun of for? Classic B is getting too meta.

i couldnt tell w that one

[Bammer]

If you go by their official deluxe reissues, they are defining eras by drummer.

Ten

Vs. & Vitalogy

No Code & Yield coming next?

[lecherouslittlestump]

Good: 1991 - 1998
zzzzzz: 2000-2002
Good: 2006-present

[LoathedVermin72]

Good: 1991 - 1998
zzzzzz: 2000-2002
Good: 2006-present

Oh lord no

[Birds in Hell]

OK: 1990-1992
Great: 1993-2000
Pretty good: 2002-2007
What the hell happened here: 2008 - ?

[stip]

1991-1994: greatest of all time
1995-2017: varying degrees of pretty good to occasionally great

[LoathedVermin72]

To make trag's breakdown more specific

1990-2004: The good era
2006-present: The shitty era

[chewm]

What about 2005?

[96583UP]

1991-1994: greatest of all time
1995-2017: varying degrees of pretty good to occasionally great

1991-1994: Dave A on drums
1995-2017: Dave A not on drums

hmmmmmmmm

[EJ]

1991-1994: greatest of all time
1995-2017: varying degrees of pretty good to occasionally great

1991-1994: Dave A on drums & groupies
1995-2017: Dave A not on drums & no more groupies

hmmmmmmmm

[Strat]

Ten-Avocado - Brilliant and on top of their game with various peaks and valleys

2007 - Current - Not sure where this lands at this point. Definitely below everything else though still enjoyable for me. Shows have been always a pleasure and blast but im not an idiot and think they reach the levesl to when this band blew my mind every single night.