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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,441
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Its just a dumb way of saying "In my opinion".

    Ok, that was easy.

    Why do I feel personally offended when people rip on Avocado? It's not like I made the album. Anyways, IMO, Avocado is totally awesome!
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Its just a dumb way of saying "In my opinion".

    Ok, that was easy.

    Why do I feel personally offended when people rip on Avocado? It's not like I made the album. Anyways, IMO, Avocado is totally awesome!

    Yes, thank you Johnny Abruzzo. I feel the same way about the Avocado. Riot Act too. Im sick of all the Riot Act haters.

    Okay, got off topic. This threads for ranking Backspacer, not complaining about the complainers of previous albums.
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    1) Amongst the Waves
    2) Unthought Known
    3) Got Some
    4) Johnny Guitar
    5) Gonna See My Friends
    6) Force of Nature
    7) The Fixer
    8) Speed of Sound
    9) Just Breathe
    10) Supersonic
    11) The End
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    This place is dead

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  • jester59388
    jester59388 Posts: 150
    1. Just Breathe
    2. Amongst the Waves
    3. Unthought Known
    4. The End
    5. Gonna See My Friend
    6. Got Some
    7. The Fixer
    8. Supersonic
    9. Speed of Sound
    10. Force of Nature
    11. Johnny Guitar
    a fool not a fucking god ....
  • Sleep.With.Innocence
    Sleep.With.Innocence Posts: 607
    1. The Fixer
    2. Unthought Known
    3. Got Some
    4. Amongst the Waves
    5. Just Breathe
    (Everything else is pretty weak)

    6. The End
    7. Force of Nature
    8. Johnny Guitar
    9. Gonna See My Friend
    10. Speed of Sound (way overdone/the demo is the true gem of this album)
    11. Supersonic (...)
  • Red_Dot
    Red_Dot Posts: 1,454
    Unthought Known
    Amongst the Waves
    The End
    Gonna See My Friend
    Got Some
    Johnny Guitar
    Just Breathe
    Speed of Sound
    The Fixer
    Force of Nature
    Supersonic
    Take me for a ride before we leave...
  • made us stars
    made us stars Posts: 166
    Force of Nature
    Amongst the Waves
    Unthought Known
    The Fixer
    Just Breathe
    The End
    Speed of Sound
    Johnny Guitar
    Got Some
    Supersonic (good rockin' song, can't listen to it for some reason)
    Gonna See My Friends (worst intro, in my opinion)

    Would Got Some and GSMF be better switched around in track listing? Pearl Jam is great at deciding song order, but I just don't like GSMF as an intro.
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  • craigb
    craigb Posts: 806
    1. Amongst the Waves
    2. Got Some
    3. Johnny Guitar
    4. Just Breathe
    5. The End
    6. The Fixer
    7. Unthought Known
    8. Force of Nature
    9. Speed of SOund
    10. Supersonic
    11. Gonna See My Friend
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  • starmap3333
    starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    1. Force Of Nature
    2. Gonna See My Friend
    3. Johnny Guitar
    4. Amongst The Waves
    5. Supersonic
    6. The Fixer
    7. Just Breathe
    8. Supersonic
    9. Unthought Known (don;t understand the fascination... great lyrics... droney music)
    10. Got Some
    11. The End (not my bag, great lyrics again though...)
  • Yield151
    Yield151 Posts: 267
    1. Unthought Known
    2. Amongst the Waves
    3. Just Breathe
    4. The End
    5. Got Some
    6. Speed of Sound
    7. supersonic
    8. The Fixer
    9. Gonna See My Friend
    10. Force of Nature
    11. Johnny Guitar
  • State of Mind
    State of Mind Posts: 283
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Here's mine:

    1. Unthought Known (I almost dropped to #2 because of BoB piano treatment, but still awesome)
    2. Force of Nature (this is climbing - almost got to #1 today)
    3. Got Some (some of Matt's best work with Pearl Jam)
    4. Amongst the Waves (kind of an attempt at another Given to Fly - close, but not quite)
    5. Just Breathe
    6. Supersonic (I think would've been a slightly better opener than GSMF, but I'm nitpicking here)
    7. Johnny Guitar
    8. GSMF
    9. The Fixer
    10. The End
    11. Speed of Sound (definitely overproduced)

    I can't tell if something is overproduced, but this is the same order I like the songs also! But sometimes it is hard to choose just one!!
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,559
    1) unthought known
    2) gonna see my friend
    3) got some
    4) supersonic
    5) amongst the waves
    6) force of nature
    7) the fixer
    8) speed of sound
    9) just breathe
    10) the end
    11) Johnny guitar

    really hard, nearly hardest to rank!!!! Very even, just breathe and the end don't deserve to b near bottom but I like the rockers on this album such as gonna c my friend and supersonic.
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  • thefin190
    thefin190 Posts: 918
    Force of Nature
    Unthought Known
    Just Breathe
    The Fixer
    Got Some
    Speed of Sound (I am factoring in the demo version, which is a whole lot better than the album version)
    The End
    Amongst the Waves
    Gonna See My Friend
    Johnny Guitar
    Supersonic
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,385
    1. Amongst The Waves
    2. Unthought Known
    3. Got Some
    4. Just Breathe
    5. The End
    6. Supersonic
    7. Force Of Nature
    8. The Fixer
    9. Gonna See My Friend
    10. Johnny Guitar
    11. Speed Of Sound
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Just Breathe
    The Fixer
    Johnny Guitar
    Got Some
    Supersonic
    Unthought Known
    Gonna See My Friend
    Amongst the Waves
    Speed of Sound
    The End
    Force of Nature
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,441
    Here's an update. Getting a lot of votes. I think people like it better without the b-sides.

    Amongst the Waves briefly took over in 1st, but Unthought Known has had the lead most of the way.

    1 Unthought Known 240
    2 Amongst the Waves 227
    3 Got Some 188
    4 Just Breathe 173
    5 Force of Nature 149
    6 The Fixer 138
    7 Johnny Guitar 114
    8 Gonna See My Friend 110
    9 The End 107
    10 Supersonic 87
    11 Speed of Sound 62
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  • inlet13
    inlet13 Posts: 1,979
    Can someone explain their distaste for The End? I just don't get why anyone would not like it.
    Here's a new demo called "in the fire":

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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,441
    inlet13 wrote:
    Can someone explain their distaste for The End? I just don't get why anyone would not like it.

    I guess it's a little bit sappy for me. I still like it, just not as much as most of the rest of the album.
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  • like.echoes
    like.echoes Posts: 582
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    inlet13 wrote:
    Can someone explain their distaste for The End? I just don't get why anyone would not like it.

    I guess it's a little bit sappy for me. I still like it, just not as much as most of the rest of the album.

    I was going to say it's a little on the drippy side. I do like it, the lyrics are nice, but it's a little soft.
    nothing's changed but the surrounding bullsh1t
  • Love Boat Capt.
    Love Boat Capt. Posts: 18
    1. Unthought Known
    2. Got Some
    3. Amongst the Waves
    4. Just Breath
    5. The Fixer
    6. Supersonic
    7. Speed Of Sound
    8. Gonna See My Friend
    9. Johnny Guitar
    10. Force Of Nature
    11. The End

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