does anyone else not have Ten in their top 5 PJ albums?

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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Too hard to put them in order like that, can only say Binaural is my favorite

    otherwise, I love them all for one reason or another
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Vs
    No Code
    Ten
    Vitalogy
    Binaural
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    PureandEasy wrote:
    Too hard to put them in order like that, can only say Binaural is my favorite

    otherwise, I love them all for one reason or another


    Or this.. 8-)
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  • CharlieP
    CharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    CharlieP wrote:
    It's a great record but my least favourite.
    Here's my current list:

    1. No code
    2. Vitalogy
    3. Yield
    4. Riot act
    5. VS :D :corn: :corn:
    6. Binaural
    7. Backspacer
    8. Avocado
    9. Ten
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  • randyfaustin
    randyfaustin Posts: 7
    I'm 34 and somewhat of a new fan. I've always owned Ten and had it in the mix, but didn't really pay attention to a lot of PJ's other albums until the past few years. In that time I've joined the 10C, seen them in London, and will catch at least one show this fall. That being said, I know my opinion as a newbie may not carry as much weight as some of the longtime, hardcore fans' might. Ten is not only my favorite Pearl Jam album, but is definitely in my overall top five across the board. As their first release, I would be hardpressed to find a way it could have been improved.
  • BSully
    BSully Indiana Posts: 1,503
    It does change order from time to time...but here goes...
    Although #1 stays the same...

    1. Vitalogy
    2. Vs.
    3. Pearl Jam
    4. Ten
    5. Yield
    6. No Code
    7.Binaural
    8. Backspacer
    9. Riot Act

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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    1) No Code
    2) Binaural
    3) Yield
    4) Ten
    5) Vitalogy
    6) Avocado
    7) Vs
    8) Backspacer
    9) Riot Act
  • nickburrows14
    nickburrows14 Posts: 858
    No Code
    Yield
    Riot Act
    Binaural
    Ten
    Vs
    Avocado
    Vitalogy
    Backspacer

    I actually prefer the remix Ten. Sounds rawer, rougher.
    I think if ten was released today it would be heralded as their best but we've heard these songs so many times now. No matter what, it changed my life.
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    Guilty as charged.

    Vitalogy
    No Code
    Binaural
    Backspacer
    Yield

    The list changes, but Ten is never in the top 5.
  • iOnlyownMymind
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,961
    fortyshades wrote:
    Guilty as charged.

    Vitalogy
    No Code
    Binaural
    Backspacer
    Yield

    The list changes, but Ten is never in the top 5.

    Backspacer ahead of Ten AND Yield :o :shock: Blasphemy! Not in a million years for me anyway.
  • Kathi
    Kathi Posts: 1,828
    it's not in mine either. I love a lot of those songs live, but hardly ever listen to the record. and I probably lack the emotional attachment to it that some people have because it got them into the band...it was released long before I ever started listening to music.

    mine is:
    binaural
    no code
    yield
    riot act
    vs/avocado
  • NoGrapes
    NoGrapes Posts: 50
    Wow no love for Backspacer around here
  • CallItBehavior
    CallItBehavior Posts: 68
    First time poster here so... hey :D

    I just wanted to say that Ten has never appealed to me all that much... and I don't know why.

    In fact, when I first "discovered" Pearl Jam and was told their best album was Ten, I did not get the hype. Sure it had good songs on it, but I think since everyone wet their Pants over Jeremy it got kind of overrated.

    Once I heard albums like No Code I really started digging Pearl Jam. I think that album is the epitome of their catalog so far. As far as my list goes, here it is :

    1st tier :
    1. No Code
    2. Yield
    3. VS.
    2nd tier:
    4. Vitalogy
    5. Pearl jam
    6. Riot Act
    7. Binaural
    8. Ten
    :fp: tier
    9. Backspacer
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,145
    edited July 2013
    1 Vitalogy
    2 Avocado
    3 Riot Act
    4 Binaural
    5 Yield
    6 Vs
    7 Backspacer
    8 No Code
    9 Ten

    funny that the majority who post their list here have TEN within their top 5...
    Post edited by javis el errante on
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • TamaDrummer91
    TamaDrummer91 VA Posts: 1,294
    Fav to least fav

    No Code
    Binaural
    Yield
    Vitalogy
    Ten
    Avocado
    Backspacer
    Riot Act
    Vs

    So Ten falls in top 5 for me, just barely. I enjoy the Vs songs live but I am not a fan of Dave's drumming on the album.
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  • zje1979
    zje1979 Posts: 25
    If you're talking about TOP albums... it's CRIMINAL not to put Ten at the top. I put Ten above every other album in the history of music.

    If you're talking about what you're CURRENTLY liking or listening to, then I could see Ten being toward the bottom as most of the songs you've heard a million times, they get played at almost every show, and they need a break. In fact, I could go the next 10 years without hearing Alive, Even Flow, Porch, Once, or Jeremy and it wouldn't bother me a bit.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    I don't like to pick my middle 8, but if someone forced me to, Ten would not make my top 5, but they're all so close it really makes no difference.
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    I don't like to pick my middle 8, but if someone forced me to, Ten would not make my top 5, but they're all so close it really makes no difference.
    agree with that, I actually like all the albums so it is really splitting hairs, point being most fan bases of a band wouldn't have such a diversity in their album rankings, except for a band like the Grateful Dead or someone like that, certainly can't think of any current bands, maybe Metallica or Iron Maiden, but can't think of many
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    1. No Code
    2. Vitalogy
    3. Riot Act
    4. Yield
    5. Vs
    6. Binaural
    7. Ten
    8. Avocado
    9. Backspacer
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  • Pingfah
    Pingfah Posts: 350
    Funny, most people when I say I like Pearl Jam tend to then harp on about what a great album Ten was but haven't really heard much beyond that, and that makes me a bit sad.

    Bands' first albums rarely make my favourites lists, It's unlikely that a band with the talent and potential of Pearl Jam would have made their best album on the first or second attempt. Ten would be some way down the list for me.

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