I have to go with 1. Ten 2. Vs 3. Vitalogy. Ten for the killer songwriting and the instant classics, Vs for the production and the uppercut I took the day it went out and landed on my player, Vitalogy for the whole concept that makes it sound so special and the number of hearings it took me to fully appreciate it back in the days.
Not too much love for Backspacer on here, I love that album. Fun record from front to back...and Unthought Known is one of the best songs they've made in the past ten years.
Not too much love for Backspacer on here, I love that album. Fun record from front to back...and Unthought Known is one of the best songs they've made in the past ten years.
I'm not sure why it's gets little to no credit, and often times gets shat on. It's an absolutely amazing album! I love hearing Unthought Known live, Amongst the Waves is in my top 10 PJ songs ever, Just Breathe is simply beautiful (I can imagine that song on Vitalogy, for example), and everything else is as solid as anything they've ever done. I'm not a fan of The End, but it's a fan favorite otherwise.
Not too much love for Backspacer on here, I love that album. Fun record from front to back...and Unthought Known is one of the best songs they've made in the past ten years.
I'm not sure why it's gets little to no credit, and often times gets shat on. It's an absolutely amazing album! I love hearing Unthought Known live, Amongst the Waves is in my top 10 PJ songs ever, Just Breathe is simply beautiful (I can imagine that song on Vitalogy, for example), and everything else is as solid as anything they've ever done. I'm not a fan of The End, but it's a fan favorite otherwise.
I voted No Code but have Amongst the Waves tattooed on my forearm because that song has special meaning to me, so from me that album gets much respect
Not too much love for Backspacer on here, I love that album. Fun record from front to back...and Unthought Known is one of the best songs they've made in the past ten years.
I'm not sure why it's gets little to no credit, and often times gets shat on. It's an absolutely amazing album! I love hearing Unthought Known live, Amongst the Waves is in my top 10 PJ songs ever, Just Breathe is simply beautiful (I can imagine that song on Vitalogy, for example), and everything else is as solid as anything they've ever done. I'm not a fan of The End, but it's a fan favorite otherwise.
I voted No Code but have Amongst the Waves tattooed on my forearm because that song has special meaning to me, so from me that album gets much respect
An unbiased person (someone who's not a fan), a critic or any type of music pro (engineer, etc.) would pick Yield or Ten.... Maybe Five Against One. You know, the Stoney G. led records. And they'd probably be right.
Every...song...is...great. No album has the urgency of songs like Go, Animal and Blood. Those songs are in your face. Breakerfall, God's Dice, etc... are nice but nothing has the rage of the songs listed above.
Changes for me depending on mood, Vs has a soft spot cause I was a kid and listened to it everyday.
Really loved No Code, Riot Act and Yield. Of course Ten was a classic but I remember listening the first few times thinking the songs all sounded the same. (I was 12)
Changes for me depending on mood, Vs has a soft spot cause I was a kid and listened to it everyday.
Really loved No Code, Riot Act and Yield. Of course Ten was a classic but I remember listening the first few times thinking the songs all sounded the same. (I was 12)
If I have to choose... I'm going with No Code.
I can relate to your comment about the songs on Ten. Early on, I had a hard time differentiating between Oceans, Garden, Deep, and Release.
Changes for me depending on mood, Vs has a soft spot cause I was a kid and listened to it everyday.
Really loved No Code, Riot Act and Yield. Of course Ten was a classic but I remember listening the first few times thinking the songs all sounded the same. (I was 12)
If I have to choose... I'm going with No Code.
I can relate to your comment about the songs on Ten. Early on, I had a hard time differentiating between Oceans, Garden, Deep, and Release.
Binaural for me is their deepest and darkest recording. There's so many subtleties that you can pick up on with every subsequent listen. Every song on that record is so damn good and it feels like every song is a piece to the puzzle. The way it was recorded truly feels like you are being taken somewhere else. Fatal, In the Moonlight, and Sad should have made it on.
For me it's this too. However, in the broader context, it's hard to argue with 10.
Binaural for me is their deepest and darkest recording. There's so many subtleties that you can pick up on with every subsequent listen. Every song on that record is so damn good and it feels like every song is a piece to the puzzle. The way it was recorded truly feels like you are being taken somewhere else. Fatal, In the Moonlight, and Sad should have made it on.
For me it's this too. However, in the broader context, it's hard to argue with 10.
I'll echo this as well. I'll go to my grave saying that the Binaural sessions were the most creative and productive period since the original band sessions piecing Ten together. The album tracks plus the known Lost Dogs and leaked outrakes show a band really hitting a stride. We can (and will) argue until the end of time about how the final Binaural release should have been mixed and what should have made the record, but I think this was a genius period for the band as songwriters. Ed was on his game as a guitar riff maker on his own, Stone and Jeff were writing beautiful melodies and lyrics, Ed's lyrics were deep, Matt found a groove in the band and obviously Mike went insane on several tracks. Such a great piece of art from the band.
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Me? I'd put those 3 in my top 5 of the pj's.
(I can appreciate the argument for the next three but these two are perfect to me...Love every track on both albums).
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Go, Animal, Glorified G, Dissident, Rats, Daughter, Blood, RVM, Leash, Elderly Woman, Indifference, WMA
Every...song...is...great. No album has the urgency of songs like Go, Animal and Blood. Those songs are in your face. Breakerfall, God's Dice, etc... are nice but nothing has the rage of the songs listed above.
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Really loved No Code, Riot Act and Yield. Of course Ten was a classic but I remember listening the first few times thinking the songs all sounded the same. (I was 12)
If I have to choose... I'm going with No Code.
The one-word song titles probably didn't help.
Such a great piece of art from the band.
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