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The best Pearl Jam album possible

Break The SkyBreak The Sky Posts: 1,276
edited July 2010 in The Porch
If it were up to you to look over all nine of Pearl Jam's studio albums and select one song from every track number to create the best possible Pearl Jam album, what songs would you pick? For example, to open the album you would have to consider Once, Go, Last Exit, Sometimes, etc., and choose only one to put on your best album possible. Then you'd have to consider Even Flow, Animal, Spin the black circle, Hail Hail, etc., and pick one.

My best possible album:

1). Brain of J
2.) God's Dice
3.) Love Boat Captain
4.) Severed Hand
5.) Dissident
6.) Jeremy
7). Unemployable
8.) Corduroy
9.) Grievance
10.) Force of Nature
11.) Betterman
12.) Push Me, Pull Me
13.) Inside Job
14.) Arc
15). All or None
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  • ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,719
    well
    best possible pretend album using only first songs for the first song
    and etc.

    ok
    lemme think
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    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
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  • hedavehedave Posts: 201
    Footsteps
    Rearviewmirror
    Corduroy
    Present Tense
    Faithful
    Light Years
    Green Disease
    Marker in the sand
    Unthought Known
    He who forgets will be destined to remember...
  • ledcorduroyledcorduroy Posts: 16
    Last Exit
    Spin the Black Circle
    Not for You
    Tremor Christ
    Nothingman
    Whipping
    Pry, to
    Corduroy
    Bugs
    Satan's Bed
    Betterman
    Aye Davinita
    Immortality
    Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me


    Sorry. I couldn't resist. I'm one of those fans who feels Vitalogy to be "the best Pearl Jam album possible" as it is, for various reasons. I do have songs that I like 'more' then some of these tracks. But, for the sake of making an album (i.e. considering the piece as a whole) I don't need to go any further then Vitalogy. Sorry if I spoiled your game :/
  • ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,719
    1- can't keep
    2- faithful
    3- love boat captain
    4- severed hand
    5- marker in the sand
    6- whipping
    7- unemployable
    8- red mosquito
    9- grievance
    10- present tense
    11- release
    12- indifference
    13- immortality
    14- arc
    15- all or none


    1-4-10-and 13 were the hard ones for me
    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • John Briggs 2008John Briggs 2008 Posts: 1,024
    01. In My Tree
    02. W.M.A.
    03. Love Boat Captain
    04. Given To Fly
    05. Amongst The Waves
    06. I Am Mine
    07. Immortality
    08. I Got Id
    09. Black
    10. Nothing As It Seems
    11. Alive
    12. Daughter
    13. Better Man
    14. Severed Hand
    15. Just Breath
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    edited July 2010
    Not according to the rules, but something like this..

    Gonna See My Friend
    Life Wasted
    Faithful
    In My Tree
    Insignificance
    Sad
    Black
    Hail, Hail
    Save You
    Porch
    Cant Keep
    Better man
    Unthought Known
    Rearviewmirror
    Down
    Immortality
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  • SG GhazSG Ghaz Posts: 148
    1. Go
    2. Even Flow
    3. Alive
    4. Why Go
    5. Black
    6. Jeremy
    7. Do The Evolution
    8. Rearviewmirror
    9. Rats
    10. Present Tense
    11. Leash
    12. Indifferent
    13. Inside Job
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  • Paulina87Paulina87 Poland Posts: 3,303
    Probably I'll change my mind tomorrow, but today:
    1. Last exit
    2. Sad
    3. No way
    4. Tremor Christ / Light Years
    5. Smile / State of love and trust
    6. Off he goes
    7. Oceans / Unthought known
    8. Corduroy / Supersonic
    9. Rats
    10. Force of nature
    11. Betterman / In hiding
    12. Push me pull me
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. Hold on
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  • ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,719
    is it me or is nobody here doing this right except for me and the op
    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • Break The SkyBreak The Sky Posts: 1,276
    ed243421 wrote:
    is it me or is nobody here doing this right except for me and the op

    A couple of people got the idea. I wasn't really sure how to describe it when the idea popped up in my head, so I blame myself. It's still a fun concept, though.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me ...
  • whitesidewhiteside Posts: 85
    1. Go
    2. Faithfull
    3. Alive (Honourable mention to Who You Are)
    4. Light Years (toughest choice)
    5. Nothingman
    6. I Am Mine
    7. Unthought Known
    8. Corduroy
    9. Garden
    10. Elderly Woman
    11. Betterman
    12. Indifference
    13. Immortality
    14. Undone
    15. All Or None
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  • JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    Mine:
    1) Can't Keep
    2) Sad (if Lost Dogs doesn't count, then Spin the Black Circle)
    3) Alive
    4) Cropduster
    5) Nothingman
    6) Off He Goes
    7) Oceans
    8) You Are
    9) MFC
    10) Rival
    11) Sleight of Hand
    12) Indifference
    13) Immortality

    So, if Lost Dogs doesn't count, there's no point for 14 and 15.. 15 you can choose only All or None (great song, but it's the only 15th song) and 14 it's only Arc and Stupid Mop (can't choose one)
    And to the OP, Unemployable and Severed Hand :lol: C'mon.. just kidding
  • John Briggs 2008John Briggs 2008 Posts: 1,024
    ed243421 wrote:
    is it me or is nobody here doing this right except for me and the op

    I understood it clearly but still doesn't fit my tastes. I love these threads though because I am always looking for new mixes so I wanted to share mine. :D
  • SaddlecreekSaddlecreek Posts: 13
    Great thread but very difficult to choose!!

    Breakerfall
    Gods Dice
    Alive
    Given to Fly
    Black
    Off He Goes
    Unthought Known
    RVM
    MFC
    Present Tense
    Release
    Soon Forget
    Immortality
    Arc
    All or None
  • mcameronrocksmcameronrocks Posts: 321
    Big Drop wrote:
    If it were up to you to look over all nine of Pearl Jam's studio albums and select one song from every track number to create the best possible Pearl Jam album, what songs would you pick? For example, to open the album you would have to consider Once, Go, Last Exit, Sometimes, etc., and choose only one to put on your best album possible. Then you'd have to consider Even Flow, Animal, Spin the black circle, Hail Hail, etc., and pick one.

    My best possible album:

    1). Brain of J
    2.) God's Dice
    3.) Love Boat Captain
    4.) Severed Hand
    5.) Dissident
    6.) Jeremy
    7). Unemployable
    8.) Corduroy
    9.) Grievance
    10.) Force of Nature
    11.) Betterman
    12.) Push Me, Pull Me
    13.) Inside Job
    14.) Arc
    15). All or None


    Nothing wrong with doing this at all. I just prefer to listen to each album as their own entity. So, I haven't done anything like this with PJ.

    But I do have a funny story. Back in the day, I was a HUGE Van Halen fan. Still enjoy a good EVH lick from time to time, but as a kid, I didn't know there was any other band.

    I taped, yes taped, every VH studio album song alphabetically from A to Z. I know it started with "A Apolitical Blues"...can't remember what it ended with, but that was a fun project.
  • LeatherMosquitoManLeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    What you're getting at is picking the best of each album's openers for song 1, the best of each albums 2nd songs for song 2, and so on. Which is why All or None will always be 15th, lol
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  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,369
    1. Go
    2. Animal
    3. Alive
    4. Given To Fly
    5. Black
    6. Jeremy
    7. Unthought Known
    8. Rearviewmirror
    9. Garden
    10. Present Tense
    11. Betterman
    12. Indifference
    13. Immortality

    doesnt need 14 or 15. in this case 12 and 13 should be reversed in the tracklisting. oceans vs unthought and alive vs n4y were the tougest decisions.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,316
    I don't really want Arc & All or None in my album. They're good songs, but not that good. So I'm modifying my rules a little bit.

    1- Go
    2- Faithfull
    3- Sad
    4- Footsteps
    5- Black
    6- Off He Goes
    7- Oceans
    8- Of the Girl
    9- Garden
    10- Force of Nature
    11- Leash
    12- Release
    13- Inside Job
    14- Immortality
    15- In Hiding
    16- Yellow Ledbetter
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Here's Mine...

    1. Go
    2. Even Flow
    3. Alive
    4. Why Go
    5. Black
    6. Jeremy
    7. Insignificance
    8. Corduroy
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. Release
    12. Bu$hleaguer
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. All or None
  • Fu ManchuFu Manchu Posts: 168
    edited July 2010
    Sometimes (or Brian of J)(or Last Exit)
    Hail Hail
    Not for You (or No Way)
    In My Tree
    Nothing as it Seems
    Off He Goes
    Unthought Known
    Red Mosquito
    Garden (or Grievance)
    Present Tense
    In Hiding
    Come Back
    Immortality
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  • DegiDegi Posts: 1,007
    took me about 30 minutes to decide and changed about 5 times till i was "finished" but here is my list, couldnt always decide...^^
    (and i DO like binaural ;) )


    1. Gonna See My Friend
    2. World Wide Suicide
    3. Daughter (LBC)
    4. In My Tree
    5. Smile
    6. Jeremy
    7. Do The Evolution
    8. Rearviewmirror
    9. Speed Of Sound
    10. Small Town
    11. Better Man
    12. Come Back/Indifference
    13. Immortality (Inside Job)

    i would NEVER be able to decide between Come Back and Indifference!!
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,363
    1. Sometimes
    2. Brain Of J
    3. Spin The Black Circle
    4. Got Some
    5. Comatose
    6. Black
    7. Off He Goes
    8. Unthought Known
    9. Lukin
    10. Grievance
    11. Porch
    12. Blood
    13. Leash
    14. Arc
    15. Parting Ways

    I cheated. Just used 15 songs in the closest order I could come up with. Just couldn't leave some songs out.
  • Black73Black73 Posts: 1,018
    I thought about the dude that listed Vitalogy...I would almost do the same but list all Ten songs. This is an incredible debut album still today.

    Having said that, this PJ geek has his list ready to share:

    1-Brain of J
    2-Even Flow
    3-Alive
    4-In My Tree
    5-Black
    6-I Am Mine
    7-Unthought Known
    8-Red Mosquito (might be the toughest track to narrow down...solid #8 tracks throughout)
    9-Get Right
    10-Deep
    11-Leash
    12-Indifference
    13-Immortality

    I have a Disc 2 for this compilation:
    1-Life Wasted
    2-SBC
    3-Daughter
    4-Why Go
    5-Just Breathe
    6-Off He Goes
    7-Habit
    8-RVM (see...Corduroy is such a good song too...might need to make this a 3-Disc set!)
    9-Gone
    10-Elderly Woman...
    11-Release
    12-Come Back (due to Eddie dedicating this to Brian Shafer @ May 2010 Columbus show...epic)
    13-Inside Job

    Are and All Or None don't make either of my lists...just not amongst my favorites.
  • Black73Black73 Posts: 1,018
    Typo - Arc doesn't make either of my albums. Sorry for hitting submit before proofing.
  • En La ClandestinidadEn La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,690
    Love this idea, was thinking about it last night actually. So here it goes, I am not going to include Lost Dogs or songs 14 and 15.

    1. Go
    2. Hail, Hail
    3. No Way
    4. Severed Hand
    5. Black
    6. Amongst the Waves
    7. Unthought Known
    8. Corduroy
    9. Garden
    10. Present Tense
    11. Release & In Hiding there is no way to choose. Prob my top two songs.
    12. Indifference (I would put In Hiding there, but doesn't fit.)
    13. Immortality

    So what the heck my 2nd's as well:

    1. Sometimes
    2. Got Some
    3. Alive
    4. Given to Fly
    5. Smile
    6. Off He Goes
    7. Insignificance
    8. Rearviewmirror
    9. MFC
    10. Force of Nature
    11. In Hiding or Release
    12. Come Back
    13. Inside Job
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  • PNuttyJamPNuttyJam Posts: 837
    1) Go
    2) Hail, Hail
    3) No Way
    4) In My Tree
    5) Black
    6) W.M.A.
    7) Blood
    8) Porch
    9) Lukin
    10) Present Tense
    11) In Hiding
    12) Indifference
    13) All Those Yesterdays
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  • PNuttyJamPNuttyJam Posts: 837
    For everyone playing along, here's what you're looking for:

    1 Once Go Last Exit Sometimes Brain Of J. Breakerfall Can't Keep Life Wasted Gonna See My Friend
    2 Even Flow Animal Spin The Black Circle Hail, Hail Faithfull Gods' Dice Save You World Wide Suicide Got Some
    3 Alive Daughter Not For You Who You Are No Way Evacuation Love Boat Captain Comatose The Fixer
    4 Why Go Glorified G Tremor Christ In My Tree Given To Fly Light Years Cropduster Severed Hand Johnny Guitar
    5 Black Dissident Nothingman Smile Wishlist Nothing As it Seems Ghost Marker In The Sand Just Breathe
    6 Jeremy W.M.A. Whipping Off He Goes Pilate Thin Air I Am Mine Parachutes Amongst The Waves
    7 Oceans Blood Pry, To Habit Do The Evolution Insignificance Thumbing My Way Unemployable Unthought Known
    8 Porch Rearviewmirror Corduroy Red Mosquito Untitled Of The Girl You Are Big Wave Supersonic
    9 Garden Rats Bugs Lukin MFC Grievance Get Right Gone Speed of Sound
    10 Deep Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town Satan's Bed Present Tense Low Light Rival Green Disease Wasted Reprise Force of Nature
    11 Release Leash Better Man Mankind In Hiding Sleight Of Hand Help Help Army Reserve The End
    12 Indifference Aye Davanita I'm Open Push Me, Pull Me Soon Forget Bu$hleaguer Come Back
    13 Immortality Around The Bend All Those Yesterdays Parting Ways 1/2 Full Inside Job
    Mesa I - 11/93 * Toledo - 9/96 * Chicago - 6/98 * St Louis - 7/98 * Indy - 8/98 * St Louis & San Diego - 10/00 * Mt View II - 10/01 * Irvine I & II, San Diego - 6/03 * Chicago I - 5/06 * San Diego & SF III - 7/06 * Lolla - 8/07 * EV Chicago - 8/08 * Chicago I & II - 8/09 * Kansas City & Indy - 5/10 * PJ20 X2 - 9/11 * Atlanta 9/12 * Wrigley Field 7/13 * Moline & Milwaukee 10/14 * Wrigley Field I & II 8/16 * Wrigley Field I & II 8/18 * Ohana Encore I & II 10/21 * EV & The Earthlings Chicago II 2/22
    Won the lottery PJ20 Night 1 - Front Row in front of Jeff - Forever grateful to Ten Club
    ***I wanna live my life with the volume full***
  • En La ClandestinidadEn La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,690
    PNuttyJam wrote:
    For everyone playing along, here's what you're looking for:

    1 Once Go Last Exit Sometimes Brain Of J. Breakerfall Can't Keep Life Wasted Gonna See My Friend
    2 Even Flow Animal Spin The Black Circle Hail, Hail Faithfull Gods' Dice Save You World Wide Suicide Got Some
    3 Alive Daughter Not For You Who You Are No Way Evacuation Love Boat Captain Comatose The Fixer
    4 Why Go Glorified G Tremor Christ In My Tree Given To Fly Light Years Cropduster Severed Hand Johnny Guitar
    5 Black Dissident Nothingman Smile Wishlist Nothing As it Seems Ghost Marker In The Sand Just Breathe
    6 Jeremy W.M.A. Whipping Off He Goes Pilate Thin Air I Am Mine Parachutes Amongst The Waves
    7 Oceans Blood Pry, To Habit Do The Evolution Insignificance Thumbing My Way Unemployable Unthought Known
    8 Porch Rearviewmirror Corduroy Red Mosquito Untitled Of The Girl You Are Big Wave Supersonic
    9 Garden Rats Bugs Lukin MFC Grievance Get Right Gone Speed of Sound
    10 Deep Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town Satan's Bed Present Tense Low Light Rival Green Disease Wasted Reprise Force of Nature
    11 Release Leash Better Man Mankind In Hiding Sleight Of Hand Help Help Army Reserve The End
    12 Indifference Aye Davanita I'm Open Push Me, Pull Me Soon Forget Bu$hleaguer Come Back
    13 Immortality Around The Bend All Those Yesterdays Parting Ways 1/2 Full Inside Job

    Brilliant work, so my other question is, which number has the best songs overall?

    Not sure between 4, 11, and 13.
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  • DaveyGDaveyG Posts: 225
    1) Brain of J.
    2) Hail, Hail
    3) Daughter
    4) Given to Fly
    5) Dissident
    6) Jeremy
    7) Do the Evolution
    8) Corduroy
    9) Get Right
    10)Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    11)Better Man
    12)Come Back

    11 was the toughest, I might swap out Better Man for In Hiding.
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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    1. Can't Keep
    2. Got Some
    3. No Way
    4. In My Tree
    5. Nothingman
    6. WMA
    7. Blood
    8. Red Mosquito
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. Help, Help
    12. Come Back
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. All or None
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
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