Studio Albums & Lost Dogs: You Ranked Em' Final Results:

18th Pale Descendant

A case could be made for any of the first five LPs to rank No. 1, but for me it's:

1. Vitalogy (especially if Bugs and Satan's Bed are cut from the running order)
2. Vs.
3. Ten
4. Yield
5. No Code (many classics but Habit, Mankind and Around The Bend are frequent skips)

6. Lost Dogs (one of the best albums of its kind; lack of Leatherman only ding. I like the weird stuff like Gremmie and Whale Song and regard Sad, Down and Fatal as some of their best material on any record)

7. Pearl Jam (return of Ed as exclusive lyricist; strong finish on side 2)
8. Lightning Bolt (Getaway features one of Ed's best hooks; some new sounds for the band)
9. Binaural (moody, but mostly hits the mark for me; lack of more Ed songs hurts)
10. Backspacer (side two sounds like an EV solo record, but I don't get the animus leveled at this one)
11. Riot Act (low lows and low highs)

DukeSpirit

Harder than it seems.

1. Vitalogy
2. No Code
3. Yield
4. Ten
5. VS
6. Lightning Bolt
7. Lost Dogs
8. Riot Act
9. Pearl Jam
10. Binaural
11. Backspacer

QA185761

Ten
Vs
Vitalogy
Lost Dogs
Riot Act
Pearl Jam
Yield
Binaural
No Code
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

PJ_Soul

Big Bank Hank wrote:

:fp:

Big Bank Hank

you guys voted, 54 total valid votes, that is enough of a sample survey from some of the most hard core Pearl Jam fans out there, who listen to Pearl Jam all the time, I put more stock in this list than any I have seen. as stated earlier in the thread, I had to throw out all the partial votes, as well as one person who gave two different lists. the numbers next to the album is their average ranking, 1.000 is the best possible score and 11.000 is the lowest, and here are the results:

1.Vs................3.907
2.No Code........4.370
3.Yield............4.500
4.Ten..............4.741
5.Vitalogy........4.981
6.Binaural........5.981
7.Lost Dogs.......6.389
8.Lightning Bolt 6.556
9.Riot Act.........7.574
10.Pearl Jam....7.833
11.Backspacer.10.314

Big Bank Hank

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Abtann0527

Yield
No Code
Vs
Vitalogy
Ten
Lightning Bolt
Lost Dogs
Binaural
Riot Act
Backspacer
Avocado :shock:

Big Bank Hank

SVRDhand13

Big Bank Hank wrote:

you guys voted, 54 total valid votes, that is enough of a sample survey from some of the most hard core Pearl Jam fans out there, who listen to Pearl Jam all the time, I put more stock in this list than any I have seen. as stated earlier in the thread, I had to throw out all the partial votes, as well as one person who gave two different lists. the numbers next to the album is their average ranking, 1.000 is the best possible score and 11.000 is the lowest, and here are the results:

1.Vs................3.907
2.No Code........4.370
3.Yield............4.500
4.Ten..............4.741
5.Vitalogy........4.981
6.Binaural........5.981
7.Lost Dogs.......6.389
8.Lightning Bolt 6.556
9.Riot Act.........7.574
10.Pearl Jam....7.833
11.Backspacer.10.314

First 5 albums always beat the next 5

PJ_Soul

Three of my top five, including my number one and two, are in the official bottom five. Damn all of you.

Big Bank Hank

PJ_Soul wrote:

Three of my top five, including my number one and two, are in the official bottom five. Damn all of you.

Tonyewald76

Interesting that Lost Dogs seemed the most divisive. I'll admit to skipping through a few tracks on occasion but I enjoy Lost Dogs very much and am glad it was included. I personally don't mind that the compilation is not cohesive and lacks "flow." Would Lost Dogs gain more acceptance on Hank's list if, in a parallel universe, it were released with less of the "weird stuff?" For example, if it contained only the following 11 tracks?:

All Night
Sad
Down
Alone
Hold On
Yellow Led Better
Fatal
Hard to Imagine
Footsteps
Wash
Let Me Sleep

Also surprised at the giant chasm between #10 and #11 albums.

Big Bank Hank

Tonyewald76 wrote:

Interesting that Lost Dogs seemed the most divisive. I'll admit to skipping through a few tracks on occasion but I enjoy Lost Dogs very much and am glad it was included. I personally don't mind that the compilation is not cohesive and lacks "flow." Would Lost Dogs gain more acceptance on Hank's list if, in a parallel universe, it were released with less of the "weird stuff?" For example, if it contained only the following 11 tracks?:

All Night
Sad
Down
Alone
Hold On
Yellow Led Better
Fatal
Hard to Imagine
Footsteps
Wash
Let Me Sleep

Also surprised at the giant chasm between #10 and #11 albums.

well honestly for me Backspacer is actually my 12th favorite album if you include Benaroya Hall

Big Bank Hank

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Big Bank Hank wrote:

you guys voted, 54 total valid votes, that is enough of a sample survey from some of the most hard core Pearl Jam fans out there, who listen to Pearl Jam all the time, I put more stock in this list than any I have seen. as stated earlier in the thread, I had to throw out all the partial votes, as well as one person who gave two different lists. the numbers next to the album is their average ranking, 1.000 is the best possible score and 11.000 is the lowest, and here are the results:

1.Vs................3.907
2.No Code........4.370
3.Yield............4.500
4.Ten..............4.741
5.Vitalogy........4.981
6.Binaural........5.981
7.Lost Dogs.......6.389
8.Lightning Bolt 6.556
9.Riot Act.........7.574
10.Pearl Jam....7.833
11.Backspacer.10.314

First 5 albums always beat the next 5

I was surprised Ten finished 4th

Big Bank Hank

yellowledbetterman80

nice thread big bank hank

no real surprise for me with the final results. it was fun viewing everyone's posts :thumbup:

Big Bank Hank

simonster80 wrote:

nice thread big bank hank

no real surprise for me with the final results. it was fun viewing everyone's posts :thumbup:

thanks bud, wanted to try something I hadn't seen attempted, online survey are usually bullshit since most people can figure out how to vote as many times as they want

Big Bank Hank