PearlJamSongRanker.com FINAL poll #24: Tracks 12 and beyond

[Anders]

In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Present Tense (No Code, 1996)
Off He Goes (No Code, 1996)
Sometimes (No Code, 1996)
Habit (No Code, 1996)
Hail Hail (No Code, 1996)
Smile (No Code, 1996)
Mankind (No Code, 1996)
Who You Are (No Code, 1996)
Red Mosquito (No Code, 1996)
Around The Bend (No Code, 1996)
Im Open (No Code, 1996)
Lukin (No Code, 1996)

Easily the best album of all time.

[Lament]

Easily the best album of all time.

I like your spirit, even if I disagree with the sentiment.

[Anders]

In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Light Years (Binaural, 2000)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Why Go (Ten, 1991)
Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Cropduster (Riot Act, 2003)
Sirens (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)
Glorified G (Vs., 1993)

[Norah]

easiest round

In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Cropduster (Riot Act, 2003)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Light Years (Binaural, 2000)
Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)
Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Why Go (Ten, 1991)
Sirens (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Glorified G (Vs., 1993)

Swap the bottom two and you have my list.

[Norah]

Swap JG and SH too.

[Fuzzcharger]

1. Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
2. In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
3. Light Years (Binaural, 2000)
4. Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
5. Cropduster (Riot Act, 2003)
6. Why Go (Ten, 1991)
7. Glorified G (Vs., 1993)
8. Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
9. Sirens (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
10. Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)

[Fuzzcharger]

It's been interesting turning these into playlists. A new spin on an old favourite.

[chewm]

In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Light Years (Binaural, 2000)
Sirens (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Glorified G (Vs., 1993)
Cropduster (Riot Act, 2003)
Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)
Why Go (Ten, 1991)

One of the strongest ones, the first 5 songs are between my faves. I also really love Glorified G and Cropduster. And the last 3 songs are pretty good too. None of these is weak in my opinion.

[PHATJ]

No Code has a ridiculously good 1-6, 1-9 even.

The first 10 songs of No Code is the most perfectly-sequenced run in their catalogue for me.

If No Code ended with Present Tense would it be considered Pearl Jam's masterpiece?

I'd cut Mankind and I'm Open and end it with Around the Bend. Habit makes the cut, but barely. The album needs that one hard rocker. 11 tracks. It could have been considered the masterpiece. Possibly.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

In My Tree (No Code, 1996)
Given To Fly (Yield, 1998)
Tremor Christ (Vitalogy, 1994)
Glorified G (Vs., 1993)
Sirens (Lightning Bolt, 2013)
Cropduster (Riot Act, 2003)
Light Years (Binaural, 2000)
Why Go (Ten, 1991)
Severed Hand (Pearl Jam, 2006)
Johnny Guitar (Backspacer, 2009)

[Jorge]

No Code has a ridiculously good 1-6, 1-9 even.

The first 10 songs of No Code is the most perfectly-sequenced run in their catalogue for me.

If No Code ended with Present Tense would it be considered Pearl Jam's masterpiece?

I'd cut Mankind and I'm Open and end it with Around the Bend. Habit makes the cut, but barely. The album needs that one hard rocker. 11 tracks. It could have been considered the masterpiece. Possibly.

Pearl Jam already have an album that is considered "their masterpiece" and it's Ten.

I don't agree, but that seems to be the prevailing opinion.

[stip]

No Code has a ridiculously good 1-6, 1-9 even.

The first 10 songs of No Code is the most perfectly-sequenced run in their catalogue for me.

If No Code ended with Present Tense would it be considered Pearl Jam's masterpiece?

I'd cut Mankind and I'm Open and end it with Around the Bend. Habit makes the cut, but barely. The album needs that one hard rocker. 11 tracks. It could have been considered the masterpiece. Possibly.

not a chance. There are just not enough songs on No Code that the world outside of pearl jam fans would consider essential or important enough. It's not like people want to say 'man, no code would have been just perfect if someone had axed mankind'

I agree the album would have been better, but that's not the same thing

[PHATJ]

No Code has a ridiculously good 1-6, 1-9 even.

The first 10 songs of No Code is the most perfectly-sequenced run in their catalogue for me.

If No Code ended with Present Tense would it be considered Pearl Jam's masterpiece?

I'd cut Mankind and I'm Open and end it with Around the Bend. Habit makes the cut, but barely. The album needs that one hard rocker. 11 tracks. It could have been considered the masterpiece. Possibly.

not a chance. There are just not enough songs on No Code that the world outside of pearl jam fans would consider essential or important enough. It's not like people want to say 'man, no code would have been just perfect if someone had axed mankind'

I agree the album would have been better, but that's not the same thing

When I am talking about their masterpiece I am talking about which album the serious fan base widely considers their greatest work. I'm not concerned with what the world outside of PJ fans thinks is essential or important enough. That's what greatest hits albums are for.

[music.for.rhinos]

I happen to think I'm Open helps define No Code. Mankind on the other hand.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

My MP3 version of No Code on my phone lacks I'm Open and Mankind. I consider the album perfect without these, and it's not only my most played album (in number of spins), but the most enduring. To me it's their masterpiece.

Anyway, it's subjective objectivity. Or something else.

[PHATJ]

My MP3 version of No Code on my phone lacks I'm Open and Mankind. I consider the album perfect without these, and it's not only my most played album (in number of spins), but the most enduring. To me it's their masterpiece.

Anyway, it's subjective objectivity. Or something else.

HA HA!!! I have a supporter to my theory!

[Anders]

I've always found Lukin to be the weakest song on No Code. At least it's short and fun.

I'm Open provides context and mood. I like it. Still it's good it not earlier in the album. I guess from a musical whole for No Code, it could have been a b-side to Who You Are.

I think the delivery on Mankind is great, and Stone singing a song was definitely a good idea. I've heard people say that the lyrics don't fit in well with the rest of the songs, but I don't see a major problem with them. Overall, the quality of the song is right up there.

Habit is a five star song, so I don't know why anyone would knock it.

Most seem to agree on the rest being as good as it gets. I still think that even with a negative point of view towards No Code, that most would agree that Lukin, I'm Open and Mankind are stronger than Bugs, Aya Davanita, Pry, To and Stupid Mop.

[harmless]

I don't get the hate for Habit. I just... don't get it.

I don't get the love for Lukin. It's OK, even pretty good, but Habit is better.

I don't get the hate for Mankind. I think it's a pretty great nerd rock song sung by Stone. LTRP should've been Mankind II, also sung by Stone.

[Anders]

Agreed, LTRP with Stone singing, would have been better. It would also have given Lightning Bolt some additional character.

[stip]

I've always found Lukin to be the weakest song on No Code. At least it's short and fun.

I'm Open provides context and mood. I like it. Still it's good it not earlier in the album. I guess from a musical whole for No Code, it could have been a b-side to Who You Are.

I think the delivery on Mankind is great, and Stone singing a song was definitely a good idea. I've heard people say that the lyrics don't fit in well with the rest of the songs, but I don't see a major problem with them. Overall, the quality of the song is right up there.

Habit is a five star song, so I don't know why anyone would knock it.

Most seem to agree on the rest being as good as it gets. I still think that even with a negative point of view towards No Code, that most would agree that Lukin, I'm Open and Mankind are stronger than Bugs, Aya Davanita, Pry, To and Stupid Mop.

Most people consider, excepting perhaps bugs, those songs to be mood pieces/experimental/filler/etc and so ignore them or hold them to different standards. I hate red dot, but I don't consider it a song and would think about it in different terms than, say, mankind