Results of Avocado Rankings

Johnny Abruzzo
Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,440
edited December 2009 in The Porch
Let's turn our attention to that album called Pearl Jam, also known as Self-Titled, Avocado, Blue Album, piece of garbage (not my opinion!) - it's time to rank the 13 songs, in order from favorite to least favorite. I'll tabulate the results, and crown a winner next Monday morning - December 14. Deadline is Sunday night at midnight. The points awarded will go from 12 for a song ranked #1 to 0 for a song ranked #13.

The 13 songs (in case you're too lazy to look at the CD cover, iTunes, or the link on this website) are:
Life Wasted
World Wide Suicide
Comatose
Severed Hand
Marker in the Sand
Parachutes
Unemployable
Big Wave
Gone
Wasted Reprise (yes, this does count as a song)
Army Reserve
Come Back
Inside Job

My personal rankings are:
1- Inside Job
2- Come Back
3- Gone
4- Severed Hand
5- Parachutes
6- Marker in the Sand
7- Army Reserve
8- Wasted Reprise
9- Unemployable
10- Comatose
11- Life Wasted
12- World Wide Suicide
13- Big Wave

It looks like I prefer the slower songs, but I really do love how this album rocks out on a car stereo!

VOTING IS CLOSED. HERE ARE THE RESULTS:
1. Inside Job 374
2. Severed hand 354.4
3. Life Wasted 317
4. Come Back 316.5
5. Marker in the Sand 297
6. Army Reserve 293
7. World Wide Suicide 273.5
8. Gone 262
9. Parachutes 234
10. Comatose 232
11. Unemployable 217.5
12. Big Wave 134
13. Wasted Reprise 127

Thanks for voting! It's time to vote for songs from Vs. - see the new thread.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    I really like World Wide Suicide and Severed Hand.
    I really hate Come Back and Unemployable.
    And all the rest are somewhere in the middle.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Severed Hand
    Life Wasted
    Parachutes
    Comatose




    the rest.
  • mcginnis2st
    mcginnis2st Posts: 78
    Life Wasted
    World Wide Suicide
    Comatose
    Severed Hand
    Marker in the Sand
    Parachutes
    Unemployable
    Big Wave
    Gone
    Wasted Reprise (yes, this does count as a song)
    Army Reserve
    Come Back
    Inside Job

    I would go:
    1) Gone
    2) Inside Job
    3) Marker in the Sand
    4) Come Back
    5) Life Wasted
    6) Severed Hand
    7) Unemployable
    8) Parachutes
    9) Wasted Reprise
    10) Army Reserve
    11) Big Wave
    12) Comatose
    13) World Wide Suicide (really didn't like this song)
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    Not that there is any bad songs on here but my personal ranking is as follows:



    1- Inside Job
    2- Come Back
    3- Gone
    4- Comatose
    5- Big Wave
    6- Marker in The Sand
    7- Unemployable
    8-Life Wasted
    9- Wasted Reprise
    10-Army Reserve
    11- Parachutes
    12- Severed Hand
    13- World wide Suicide
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • craigb
    craigb Posts: 806
    1. Inside Job
    2. Come Back
    3. Gone
    4. Life Wasted
    5. World wide Suicide
    6. Army Reserve
    7. Unemployable
    8. Severed Hand
    9. Big Wave
    10. Marker in the Sand
    11. Wasted Reprise
    12. Comatose
    13. Parachutes
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  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    Johnny you should do this for all the studio albums!
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,853
    It's a tough call, few are ties, but my least favorite track on the record is Come Back!

    *ducks for cover
  • The Severed Hand
    The Severed Hand Posts: 214
    This list is constantly evolving. First ten listens through I didn't care much for Army Reserve. Having experienced it live, it has grown on me and tracks like World Wide Suicide have gone down.

    1) Severed Hand
    2) Come Back
    3) Inside Job
    4) Army Reserve
    5) Life Wasted
    6) Parachutes
    7) Gone
    8) Marker in the Sand
    9) World Wide Suicide
    10) Comatose
    11) Big Wave
    12) Wasted Reprise
    13) Unemployable
  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    1. Life Wasted
    2. Parachutes
    3. Come Back
    4. Army Reserve
    5. Marker in the Sand
    6. Inside Job
    7. Comatose
    8. Unemployable
    9. Severed Hand
    10. Big Wave
    11. Wasted Reprise
    12. World wide Suicide
    13. Gone
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,440
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn wrote:
    Johnny you should do this for all the studio albums!

    I kind of have a plan for that, incorporating b-sides. Of course, no b-sides have been released for Avocado, so for now it's just the 13 songs. What should be the next album???
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • theserialthrilla
    theserialthrilla Posts: 15,760
    i listen to everything pj with out rankings...but i love to look at the post of "please rate this or that"..it goes to show that every song means more to one person then the other..your number 13 is the next mans number 1..i think this goes to show pj cover all the bases for us fans..

    please dont think im saying dont rank..it good to see what others think..i just find it to hard to do.
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  • SH17171
    SH17171 Posts: 425
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn wrote:
    Johnny you should do this for all the studio albums!
    and the bootlegs as well :lol:
    Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out
  • f-bomb
    f-bomb Posts: 99
    1. Inside Job
    2. Wasted Reprise
    3. Army Reserve
    4. Come Back
    5. Unemployable
    6. Life Wasted
    7. Severed Hand
    8. Parachutes
    9. Marker in the Sand
    10. Gone
    11. World Wide Suicide
    12. Big Wave
    13. Comatose
    Ain't it funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind?
  • alfro_j
    alfro_j Posts: 145
    1. World Wide Suicide
    2. Inside Job
    3. Gone
    4. Severed Hand
    5. Comatose
    6. Life Wasted
    7. Marker in the Sand
    8. Unemployable
    9. Wasted Reprise
    10. Parachutes
    11. Come Back
    12. Army Reserve
    13. Big Wave
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,440
    demetrios wrote:
    It's a tough call, few are ties, but my least favorite track on the record is Come Back!

    *ducks for cover

    I'll go ahead and give zero points to Come Back, but I need a little more effort on the other songs!
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Black73
    Black73 Posts: 1,018
    Anyone calling S/T album garbage oughta have their head checked. Ten & Vs are my favorite 1-2 albums, but Backspacer and S/T are a close 3rd for me. Like Eddie said when he inducted Neil Young into the R&R HOF: "Some of his best songs are from his last album. ..."

    1. Inside Job
    2. Life Wasted
    3. Gone
    4. Big Wave
    5. Comatose
    6. World Wide Suicide
    7. Parachutes
    8. Severed Hand
    9. Unemployable
    10. Army Reserve
    11. Marker In The Sand
    12. Wasted Reprise
    13. Come Back

    Only wish Inside Job was a full instrumental-only track. Don't get me wrong - Eddie's pipes are solid as usual. It was a teaser the first time I heard that track...made me think of Pink Floyd, wishing for an epic instrumental from the boys.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,853
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    It's a tough call, few are ties, but my least favorite track on the record is Come Back!

    *ducks for cover

    I'll go ahead and give zero points to Come Back, but I need a little more effort on the other songs!

    Okie dokie! Give me 5 minutes.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,853
    01. Inside Job
    02. Severed Hand
    03. Life Wasted
    04. Marker in the Sand
    05. Army Reserve
    06. Big Wave
    07. Parachutes
    08. Unemployable
    09. World Wide Suicide
    10. Wasted Reprise
    11. Gone
    12. Comatose
    13. Come Back
  • rawpixels
    rawpixels Posts: 912
    1. Army Reserve
    2. Marker in the Sand
    3. Parachutes
    4. Comatose
    5. World Wide Suicide
    6. Gone
    7. Life Wasted
    8. Inside Job
    9. Unemployable
    10. Big Wave
    11. Severed Hand
    12. Come Back
    13. Wasted Reprise
    One man stands alone awaiting
    for her to come home
    eyes upon the horizon
    in the dark before the
    darkness leaves the dawn
  • Sleep.With.Innocence
    Sleep.With.Innocence Posts: 607
    1. Inside Job
    2. Come Back
    3. Army Reserve
    4. Gone
    5. Wasted Reprise
    6. Unemployable
    7. Life Wasted
    8. Severed Hand
    9. Parachutes
    10. Marker in the Sand
    11. World Wide Suicide
    12. Big Wave
    13. Comatose

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