Red Mosquito

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

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

No code
Vitalogy
Yield

Gigaton (I haven't had much time w live versions so this could go under riot act)
Binaural
Riot act

Vs
Ten

Lightning bolt
Backspacer
Avocado

I’ve been listening to a lot of pearl jam this year - the whole catalog - and my rankings have shifted a little bit. With the caveat that even the albums on the bottom are still really good and every album has a mood that makes it the right album for that moment:

1. Vitalogy
2. Ten (probably prefer Ten song per song but Vitalogy is the better album experience)
3. Vs
4. Gigaton
5. Backspacer
6. Lightning Bolt

(I love pearl jam’s exploration of middle age)

7. Yield
8. S/T (dipping below yield)
9. Riot Act (not sure if its risen up in ranks but grown in appreciation)
10. binaural (too many dead zones)
11. better listen start to finish than Binaural but Binaural has the higher highs)

As ever, these rankings change constantly depending on my mood.

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

stip wrote:I’ve been listening to a lot of pearl jam this year - the whole catalog - and my rankings have shifted a little bit. With the caveat that even the albums on the bottom are still really good and every album has a mood that makes it the right album for that moment:

1. Vitalogy
2. Ten (probably prefer Ten song per song but Vitalogy is the better album experience)
3. Vs
4. Gigaton
5. Backspacer
6. Lightning Bolt

(I love pearl jam’s exploration of middle age)

7. Yield
8. S/T (dipping below yield)
9. Riot Act (not sure if its risen up in ranks but grown in appreciation)
10. binaural (too many dead zones)
11. better listen start to finish than Binaural but Binaural has the higher highs)

I like that you refuse to even name it!

Jorge wrote:

stip wrote:I’ve been listening to a lot of pearl jam this year - the whole catalog - and my rankings have shifted a little bit. With the caveat that even the albums on the bottom are still really good and every album has a mood that makes it the right album for that moment:

1. Vitalogy
2. Ten (probably prefer Ten song per song but Vitalogy is the better album experience)
3. Vs
4. Gigaton
5. Backspacer
6. Lightning Bolt

(I love pearl jam’s exploration of middle age)

7. Yield
8. S/T (dipping below yield)
9. Riot Act (not sure if its risen up in ranks but grown in appreciation)
10. binaural (too many dead zones)
11. better listen start to finish than Binaural but Binaural has the higher highs)

I like that you refuse to even name it!

that was unintentional but im kind of pleased it happened

stip wrote:I’ve been listening to a lot of pearl jam this year - the whole catalog - and my rankings have shifted a little bit. With the caveat that even the albums on the bottom are still really good and every album has a mood that makes it the right album for that moment:

1. Vitalogy
2. Ten (probably prefer Ten song per song but Vitalogy is the better album experience)
3. Vs
4. Gigaton
5. Backspacer
6. Lightning Bolt

(I love pearl jam’s exploration of middle age)

7. Yield
8. S/T (dipping below yield)
9. Riot Act (not sure if its risen up in ranks but grown in appreciation)
10. binaural (too many dead zones)
11. better listen start to finish than Binaural but Binaural has the higher highs)

Only person on RM to put No Code last?

probably - I still like it but it will probably always be at the bottom for me. Its the Eddie vocal performance I like the least

stip wrote:probably - I still like it but it will probably always be at the bottom for me. Its the Eddie vocal performance I like the least

So you prefer Eddie warbling with a cold on Backspacer to Eddie lurching between self-restraint and all out pushing himself to his most intense limits?

these days

1.No Code
2.Vs
3.Gigaton
4.Ten
5.Yield
6.ST
7.Binaural
8.Vitalogy
9.Riot Act
10.Backspacer
11.LB

Since 94 Vitalogy has topped my list. Saw them twice this month. It’s Ten. Ten is perfect. It’s the best opener (Release), the best staple (EvenFlow), the best ballad (Black), the best anthem (Alive), and has the best collection of non-album songs (State, Breath, Footsteps, Ledbetter). I don’t know what the weakest track on this album is. Once, Oceans, Deep? Fuck off. Everything feels essential.

I’d say the first 6 albums in the order of release, Gigaton, and then Albums 7-10 in order of release.

stip wrote:Its the Eddie vocal performance I like the least

I agree. Particularly on Mankind.

liebzz wrote:

stip wrote:probably - I still like it but it will probably always be at the bottom for me. Its the Eddie vocal performance I like the least

So you prefer Eddie warbling with a cold on Backspacer to Eddie lurching between self-restraint and all out pushing himself to his most intense limits?

100%. I dont think backspacer is an eddie showcase but there is a nasal quality to almost all of the no code songs I dont like, and the shrieking in habit or lukin I really dont care for. i dont like those 95 shows for that reason.

Not sure its changed much lately....

*****
1. Vitalogy
2. Ten

**** 1/2
3. No Code
4. Vs.
5. Yield

****
6. Gigaton
7. Binaural
8. Pearl Jam

*** 1/2
9. Riot Act
10. Backspacer

***
11. Lightning Bolt

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

The first four will probably never change for me; after that, 5-10 could all interchange at some point depending on the day. 11 is a lock for me though.

I sure I've responded to this thread before, but I'll go again...

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

No Code
Yield
Vs
Vitalogy
Ten

The rest is basically unlistenable.

Ello Sailor wrote:No Code
Yield
Vs
Vitalogy
Ten

The rest is basically unlistenable.

I wanna say you're on the wrong site, but there are a lot of haters here

stip wrote:

liebzz wrote:

stip wrote:probably - I still like it but it will probably always be at the bottom for me. Its the Eddie vocal performance I like the least

So you prefer Eddie warbling with a cold on Backspacer to Eddie lurching between self-restraint and all out pushing himself to his most intense limits?

100%. I dont think backspacer is an eddie showcase but there is a nasal quality to almost all of the no code songs I dont like, and the shrieking in habit or lukin I really dont care for. i dont like those 95 shows for that reason.

Huh. I love No Code but actually kind of feel you on those two songs. The guitar solo on Habit is hot AF but Lukin I don't care for unless it's the slow version.