Red Mosquito

Hail, Hail
In My Tree
Smile
Off He Goes
Red Mosquito
Lukin
Brain of J
Faithful
No Way
Pilate
Do The Evolution
MFC
In Hiding
All Those Yesterdays

Jorge wrote:What would you keep if you were to compile a single album from No Code and Yield? 14 tracks max

Tough question mostly because I have a hard time seeing the connective tissue between those albums sonically. One feels like a warm but muddied struggle to find a sonic identity (and yet brilliant at the same time), while the other seems clearer in focus and tone, like they found the space they had searched in vain for on the prior album. Like conflict and then conflict resolved. I’ll still engage in the exercise though:

Tracklist for No Yield:

(1) Given to Fly
(2) Hail Hail
(3) Brain of J
(4) Do the Evolution
(5) Smile
(6) Red Mosquito
(7) No Way
(8) Push Me Pull Me
(9) Faithfull
(10) In My Tree
(11) MFC
(12) In Hiding
(13) Present Tense
(14) All Those Yesterdays

Yes, they sound pretty different. But! If you had to.

liebzz wrote:

Jorge wrote:What would you keep if you were to compile a single album from No Code and Yield? 14 tracks max

Tough question mostly because I have a hard time seeing the connective tissue between those albums sonically. One feels like a warm but muddied struggle to find a sonic identity (and yet brilliant at the same time), while the other seems clearer in focus and tone, like they found the space they had searched in vain for on the prior album. Like conflict and then conflict resolved. I’ll still engage in the exercise though:

Tracklist for No Yield:

(1) Given to Fly
(2) Hail Hail
(3) Brain of J
(4) Do the Evolution
(5) Smile
(6) Red Mosquito
(7) No Way
(8) Push Me Pull Me
(9) Faithfull
(10) In My Tree
(11) MFC
(12) In Hiding
(13) Present Tense
(14) All Those Yesterdays

the transition from given to fly to hail hail would still give me a jump scare.

dad wrote:

liebzz wrote:

Jorge wrote:What would you keep if you were to compile a single album from No Code and Yield? 14 tracks max

Tough question mostly because I have a hard time seeing the connective tissue between those albums sonically. One feels like a warm but muddied struggle to find a sonic identity (and yet brilliant at the same time), while the other seems clearer in focus and tone, like they found the space they had searched in vain for on the prior album. Like conflict and then conflict resolved. I’ll still engage in the exercise though:

Tracklist for No Yield:

(1) Given to Fly
(2) Hail Hail
(3) Brain of J
(4) Do the Evolution
(5) Smile
(6) Red Mosquito
(7) No Way
(8) Push Me Pull Me
(9) Faithfull
(10) In My Tree
(11) MFC
(12) In Hiding
(13) Present Tense
(14) All Those Yesterdays

the transition from given to fly to hail hail would still give me a jump scare.

careful dad, you're not getting any younger

The jump scare itself is essential listening.

Also fascinating is that I whittled this down without regard for numbers and ended up with 9 Yield tracks and 5 No Code tracks, but 9 times out of 10 I will tell you I prefer No Code.

Jorge wrote:What would you keep if you were to compile a single album from No Code and Yield? 14 tracks max

Now we are seeing who the weak among us are

I've made a playlist like this before because I'm so awesome, and I always thought that it would make the ultimate Pearl Jam album. Mine was 13 songs and it included Leatherman. I remember it sounded really good with a cool flow, but I was pretty stoned. Now that I'm looking at it again on paper, I'm not so sure.

Do the Evolution
Push Me, Pull Me
In My Tree
Brain of J
Leatherman
Off He Goes
Smile
In Hiding
Hail, Hail
Faithful
Red Mosquito
Present Tense
All Those Yesterdays

Mine would be an EP:

Sometimes
Wishlist
I’m Open
Low Light
Around the Bend
Hidden track: Hail Hail

It would be a shame to lose all that great music, but just think of how great that “Hail Hail” jump scare would be.

Jorge wrote:What would you keep if you were to compile a single album from No Code and Yield? 14 tracks max

Brain of J
Hail Hail
Who You Are
In My Tree
Given to Fly
Wishlist
Smile
Habit
Do the Evolution
Red Mosquito
Present Tense
All Those Yesterdays
Around the Bend

1. Habit
2. No Way
3. Pilate
4. Faithfull
5. Red Mosquito
6. Red Dot
7. In My Tree
8. I'm Open
9. MFC
10.Low Light
11. Hail Hail
12. Push Me Pull Me
13. Smile
14. Sometimes

hlniv wrote:1. Habit
2. No Way
3. Pilate
4. Faithfull
5. Red Mosquito
6. Red Dot
7. In My Tree
8. I'm Open
9. MFC
10.Low Light
11. Hail Hail
12. Push Me Pull Me
13. Smile
14. Sometimes

I need a Princess Bride meme for this…inconceivable!

Brain of J
Hail Hail
Faithfull
No Way
Habit
Do the Evolution
Red Mosquito
Present Tense
MFC
Pilate
Low Light
All Those Yesterdays

Bonus tracks:
Black Red Yellow
Happy When I’m Crying

Hail Hail is the only song included on every list posted so far.

I should have included Black Red Yellow

1. Sometimes
2. Brain of J.
3. Hail, Hail
4. Faithful
5. No Way
6. In My Tree
7. Off He Goes
8. Pilate
9. Habit
10. Do the Evolution
11. Red Mosquito
12. Present Tense
13. In Hiding
14. All Those Yesterdays

I'm gonna listen to this, see how it goes.

Sometimes
Faithfull
Present Tense
In My Tree
Red Mosquito
Given To Fly
In Hiding
No Way
Brain Of J.
Habit
Do The Evolution
Low Light
Off He Goes

Brain of J -> Hail Hail is a pretty nice transition