Red Mosquito

I can't really rank the songs, but after many listens, I still love Yellow Moon and Pendulum very much and dislike My Father's Son and Swallowed Whole very much.

B wrote:I can't really rank the songs, but after many listens, I still love Yellow Moon and Pendulum very much and dislike My Father's Son and Swallowed Whole very much.

Has there been a more divisive PJ record in terms of what are the best tracks?

MFS and SW are my favourites (and by what I've read I'm not alone in that opinion), yet I know just as many people think they are among the weakest on the album...

I like all 4 of those the best.

getaway, sirens, my father's son, infallible, pendulum, and yellow moon are the 6 songs that are all at just about 10% or higher in the poll, which speaks to their being no runaway best track. Having said that, pendulum seems to be the one that is the most universally praised. Since so many of these songs are coming from different places and appealing to different musical tastes (within the broader pearl jam framework) it's not surprising that there's so little consensus here.

Infallible
Pendulum
Sirens
Getaway
Yellow Moon
Swallowed Whole
MYM
Future Days
My Father's Son
Sleeping by Myself
Lightning Bolt
Let the records play

My order changed after the 3rd listen and I don't see it changing anymore unless Infallible moves up. I can't narrow the list down anymore/not very good at picking favorites with this album.

1-2. Sirens, Lightning Bolt
3-5. Pendulum, Yellow Moon, Future Days
6-7. Infallible, Swallowed Whole
8. My Father's Son
9. Getaway
10. MYM
11-12. Sleeping by Myself, Let the records play

1. Infallible
2. Pendulum
3. Yellow Moon
4. Mind Your Manners
5. Sirens
6. My Father's Son
7. Future Days
8. Getaway
9. Let the Records Play
10. Sleeping By Myself
11. Lightning Bolt
12. Swallowed Whole

Yellow Moon
My Father's Son
Pendulum
Swallowed Whole
Sleeping by Myself
Getaway
Lightning Bolt
Future Days
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Infallible





Let the Records Play

durdencommatyler wrote:1. Infallible
2. Pendulum
3. Yellow Moon
4. Mind Your Manners
5. Sirens
6. My Father's Son
7. Future Days
8. Getaway
9. Let the Records Play
10. Sleeping By Myself
11. Lightning Bolt
12. Swallowed Whole

as compared to my blind guess from a couple weeks ago:

durdencommatyler wrote:I'm going to blindly rank the songs I haven't heard yet. This is just a guess. We'll see how right I am in a couple weeks. Here goes:

1. Pendulum
2. Yellow Moon
3. My Father's Son
4. Sirens
5. Getaway
6. Swallowed Whole
7. Sleeping By Myself
8. Lightning Bolt
9. Future Days
10. Infallible
11. Let the Records Play

Im sad you wont be at the show tonight

me too.

I even offered him a ticket at one point. I can only assume he couldn't stand the thought of having to sit next to me.

durdencommatyler wrote:12. Swallowed Whole

stip wrote:me too.

I even offered him a ticket at one point. I can only assume he couldn't stand the thought of having to sit next to me.

If I could turn back time, friend.

Turns out I won't be going to either show. Just heard from my people and it's a no go. Wish I'd taken you up on the offer when I had the chance.

Birds in Hell wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:12. Swallowed Whole

But I still really enjoy the song. I'm pretty enamored by this record.

Strat wrote:Im sad you wont be at the show tonight

You and me both, buddy.

I'm really quite pleased with the bolt of lightning, team.

harmless wrote:I'm really quite pleased with the bolt of lightning, team.

Ditto.

Pendulum
Yellow Moon
My Father's Son
Getaway
Mind Your Manners (that second half is really starting to grate on me though)
Infallible
Swallowed Whole

Not a bad tracklist either.

I can't get into more details (still waiting for my copy from Amazon) without the cd package, booklet and the lyrics in my hands.
For now, i'll place the songs in three groups - 'i love', 'i like a lot' & 'i like'.

1. Pendulum , Mind Your Manners , My Father's Son , Yellow Moon , Getaway ;

2. Swallowed Whole , Sleeping by Myself , Lightning Bolt , Sirens ;

3. Future Days , Infallible , Let the Records Play .

It's strange to me, but there is no song i don't like on this album.

On the other side, i wished for at least one more up-tempo rock song on the second half of the album, for example somewhere between any of those last three-in-a-row ballads, just for better dynamics.

Infallible
Pendulum
Swallowed Whole
My Father's Son
Getaway
Yellow Moon
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Sleeping By Myself
Lightning Bolt
Let the Records Play
Future Days

I'm quite surprised to see that I agree with Stip and Release_Me, having "Infallible" at number one, although "Pendulum" is a very close second. A few production tweaks and a longer song would easily push it to the top. The next five are on roughly equal footing, so their ranking varies depending on how I feel. I like "Sirens" way more than I should, but there's enough I fundamentally disagree with to keep it right at mid-tier. The last four I can't see changing much either. I like bits of "SBM," but the overall arrangement strikes me as wrong.