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Article: Albums ranked from worst to best

vaggar99vaggar99 Posts: 3,427
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a flawed if not slightly interesting review of all ten albums:
whatculture.com/music/pearl-jam-ranking-their-albums-from-worst-to-best.php

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  • adamvs91adamvs91 Posts: 36
    Backspacer is better than Yield, No Code, and Avocado?? Ouch. I can't say I agree at all.
  • tino_11tino_11 Posts: 2,100
    'Backspacer sometimes gets a bad rap among casual fans' - I wouldn't call a lot of people on here who don't like backspacer 'causal fans'.

    This list would probably have resemblance to what order I'd put them in if I just heard each album once. But that's the beauty of PJ, their albums grow on you over time, and whilst I have the same top 3 (not in that order) the rest of my list looks quite different.
    'F*** the pessimists. F*** 'em.' Eddie Vedder
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,404
    Binaural and riot act are pretty spot on although I'd put riot act on the bottom. Backspacer to me seems a little high but overall it's a pretty solid list backed up with pretty good evidence.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • foodboyfoodboy Posts: 988
    i would not call their albums worst. i would say just most favorite and rank from there. i have not seen a band of this magnitude have so much quality material. even though there are a lot of people who don't like certain albums there are still so many that do. there are no real stiffs here. that's the part that is amazing.anybody spinning a rolling stones album from the last 15 years?
  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    I saw Binaural at 10 and immediately stopped reading...no joke
  • Pearl34JamPearl34Jam Posts: 1,102
    Seeing Vitalogy at #1 was a pleasant surprise. I don't know if I've seen a list like that that didn't put Ten at #1
    "Must I keep explaining my decisions to you strangers of the Internet?" - Merch tent 8/19/16

    '13: 10/27 Baltimore
    '15: 9/26 New York City
    '16: 4/16 Greenville (VS!), 4/26 Lexington, 4/28 Philly, 8/20 Wrigley
    '18: 9/02 Fenway
    '22: 9/16 Nashville
    ’24: 8/26 Noblesville, 9/12 Baltimore
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    Pearl34Jam said:

    Seeing Vitalogy at #1 was a pleasant surprise. I don't know if I've seen a list like that that didn't put Ten at #1

    Vitalogy deserves that title
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    My teens LOVED backspacer when it came out. Very friendly album. A lot of kids knew it from Rock Band 2. The Fixer was on vh1 alot too
  • TheCrazyNinja23TheCrazyNinja23 Posts: 22
    pjalive21 said:

    I saw Binaural at 10 and immediately stopped reading...no joke

    Pretty much
  • vaggar99vaggar99 Posts: 3,427
    Pearl34Jam said:

    Seeing Vitalogy at #1 was a pleasant surprise. I don't know if I've seen a list like that that didn't put Ten at #1

    i think i'd have to put Vitalogy at the top of my list too. there are 10 real songs on the album and every one could have been a single. in fact, i remember radio stations playing just about every track on the album at the time it came out.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Well everyone is entitled to their opinion... I'll just have to disagree with the person that wrote that article.
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
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