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Best Album Openers and Closers

PapPap Posts: 28,781
edited May 2010 in The Porch
Ok, so what are the best openers and closers on a Pearl Jam album? For me, it has to be Once on Ten and All Or Noneon Riot Act.
Your turn......
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  • Yield151Yield151 Posts: 267
    best opener : Sometimes
    best closer : Inside Job
  • TyTy Posts: 1,007
    Vs has both of them I think. Or maybe "Last Exit" and "Release". But hard to beat Vs.

    Actually, Merkin Ball... all killer, no filler (hahahaha)!
    PJ - Sydney 1998; Sydney 2003; Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle 2006; Melbourne, Sydney 2009; Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney 2014.
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney 2011; Sydney 2014.
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Brain Of J
    Inside Job (even though the rest of the album sucks)
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,793
    Opener: Brain of J
    Closer: The End
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • KravenKraven Posts: 829
    Vs. is perfect in each way

    Go
    Indifference

    Opener should get you pumped and Indifference brings you back to earth
    32 shows and counting...
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,239
    Go and Indifference. Dare you to find better! Best LP ever made. Period.
    www.cluthelee.com
  • hinsey21hinsey21 Posts: 583
    Studio:Opener:Last Exit
    Show:Opener: Release

    Studio Closer:All Those Yesterdays
    Show Closer:Fuckin Up/Ledbetter
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,240
    breakerfall
    release
  • The_Giant_MidgetThe_Giant_Midget Los Angeles Posts: 575
    go

    release
    Beacon '08
    Philly 2-4 '09
    Newark '10
    MSG 1+2 '10
    E.V. Beacon 1+2 '11
    Made in America Festival '12
    Worcester 1+2 '13
    Brooklyn 1+2 '13
    Global Citizens Festival '15
    MSG 1+2 '16
    Fenway Park 1+2 '16
    Ohana '17
    Home Shows 1+2 '18
    Ohana '18
    Ohana '19
    Sea Hear Now '21
    Ohana '21
    LA 1+2 '22
    Austin 1+2 '23
    Ohana '23
    Vegas 1+2 '24
    LA 1+2 '24
    MSG 1+2 '24
  • StoneVedder_10StoneVedder_10 Posts: 146
    Go
    Release
    Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed...
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,359
    Go
    Last Exit
    Brain of J
    Once
    GSMF
    Life Wasted
    Can't Keep
    Sometimes
    Breakerfall

    Immortality*
    Release
    Inside Job
    Indifference
    Parting Ways
    All Those Yesterdays
    All or None
    Around the Bend
    The End

    *the rightful closer
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 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; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    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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