How Would You personally Rank the Studio Albums? Updated

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  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    While some folks may have grown bored of them, lets face it, Ten and Vs arguably two of the greatest rock albums ever made. With that out of the way, my personal rankings literally change daily and the one tough part of this exercise is that there always needs to be three albums at the bottom and IMO none of them belong on the bottom of any list. Nevertheless, today's ranking for me:

    No Code
    Vs
    Riot Act
    ST
    Ten
    Vitalogy
    Yield
    Binaural
    Backspacer

    Ugh, this is so hard. Literally last week I would have had Yield on top! That's how close they all are.
  • InMyTree2
    InMyTree2 Posts: 10
    Yield
    Vitalogy
    VS.
    Binaural
    Avocado
    Ten
    No Code
    Riot Act
    Backspacer5
  • Who I Am
    Who I Am Posts: 661
    Big Bank Hank wrote:
    I put Vitalogy at the bottom, just because I don't like the sonic experiments and some of those aren't even real songs, ruins the flow of the record for me, sort of the way Johnny Guitar ruins the flow of Backspacer, so while there are some songs I really love on Vitalogy, it just doesn't have the natural flow that most of the other records do, so it is the hardest album for me to enjoy start to finish, and judging by some peoples lists I know that may be an unpopular stance, but hey their my ears, and if you enjoy the whole album their your ears :D

    Your ears are broke. :)
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  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    No Code - undisputed champ
    Vitalogy
    Yield
    Ten
    Vs
    Backspacer
    Binaural
    Riot Act
    Avocado
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Yield
    Vs.
    Riot Act
    No Code
    Ten
    Binaural
    Vitalogy
    Avocado
    Backspacer

    That will change in an hour.
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  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    people are killing backspacer here
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  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    PJStatTracker wrote:
    people are killing backspacer here

    No joke, consistently featured at the cellar of the majority of everyone's list.
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    Boston, MA - 8.5.16
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,451
    I agree with others, mine changes all the time :) Here's what comes to my mind right now
    No Code
    Binaural
    Vitalogy
    Riot Act
    Yield
    Vs.
    S/T
    Ten
    Backspacer

    As an honorary extra, I want to add Benaroya Hall. This is my abslute fave and most played by them.

    I'm one of the bunch who found their way back to the band by listening to the boots, and solely so for a while in my case. When I got the vinyl disease, I started listening to all the studio versions and still today I somtimes come across one that I have never heard before. S/T is such a candidate. I am almost kind of waiting to get it on vinyl to listen to the studio version for the very first time...

    Oh and re: the comment about the experimental sounds on Vitalogy - this is somehow exactly why I love this album. I'm hoping for some experiments on the coming album! Interesting how different everybody's tastes are :)
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • helpme2helpyou
    helpme2helpyou Posts: 127
    Yield
    No Code
    Vitalogy
    Ten
    Vs.
    Binaural
    Riot Act
    Backspacer
    Avocado
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    No Code
    Yield
    Vs
    Binaural
    Vitalogy
    Ten
    Avocado
    Riot Act
    Backspacer
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  • Twostep2000RVM
    Twostep2000RVM Posts: 95
    binaural
    no code
    ten
    vitalogy
    vs
    yield

    riot act
    backspacer



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  • joannawilson
    joannawilson Posts: 341
    Yield
    Vs
    Vitalogy
    Ten
    Riot Act
    No Code
    Avocado
    Binuaral
    Backspacer
  • AzWicker
    AzWicker Posts: 1,162
    Vs
    Yield
    No Code
    Vitalogy
    Avocado
    Ten
    Binaural
    Riot Act
    Backspacer
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    PJStatTracker wrote:
    people are killing backspacer here
    Does that really surprise you?
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    PJStatTracker wrote:
    people are killing backspacer here
    Does that really surprise you?
    not at all
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  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    Ten
    Riot Act
    Binaural
    Yield
    No Code
    Versus
    Backspacer
    VS
    Vitalogy
    PJ
  • Ricky Rabbit
    Ricky Rabbit Posts: 73
    Vs
    Ten
    Yield
    Vitalogy
    Binaural
    Avocado
    Riot Act
    No Code
    Backspacer

    Never got to grips with No Code, hated it when I was a kid and only like a few songs now.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,400
    Ten
    Yield
    Vs
    No Code
    Backspacer
    Vitalogy
    Binaural
    Pearl Jam
    Riot Act
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
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  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    PJStatTracker wrote:
    people are killing backspacer here
    Does that really surprise you?

    A little actually. Putting it last is one one thing, but it also gets lots of negative comments as well. It's surprising only because people are pretty quick to jump down your throat if you ... oh my god ... comment that you would like to see them tour more, but then we have lots of people actually putting down the band's actual art, which is something that comes directly from what they are. Hmm, i wonder what the band would prefer gets knocked, their touring habits or their art. 8-)

    Oddly inconsistent.

    To be clear this isn't directed at anyone specifically, and definitely not the poster I am replying to.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    ckravitz wrote:
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    PJStatTracker wrote:
    people are killing backspacer here
    Does that really surprise you?

    A little actually. Putting it last is one one thing, but it also gets lots of negative comments as well. It's surprising only because people are pretty quick to jump down your throat if you ... oh my god ... comment that you would like to see them tour more, but then we have lots of people actually putting down the band's actual art, which is something that comes directly from what they are. Hmm, i wonder what the band would prefer gets knocked, their touring habits or their art. 8-)

    Oddly inconsistent.

    To be clear this isn't directed at anyone specifically, and definitely not the poster I am replying to.

    When you set a standard of quality, musically, lyrically, and artistically and live up to it for so long and then miss the mark by a wide margin people are going to take notice.

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