In order of GREATNESS? Hmmm, surely thats different to whats my favourite.
Ok,these arn't in my order of favourites, this is to do with achievemnts as an album. Nothing to do with sales either. Their greatness if you will.
1) Vitalogy (A big fuck you to the system. Album with the most guts.)
2) Binaural (the most creative use of production)
3) No Code (Experimantal)
4) Yield (Spiritually the most uplifting)
5) Vs (just a strong record in general)
6) Ten (heaviest riffs, catchiest chourus')
7) Riot Act (doesn't match up to the other six)
'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
Vitalogy--This has been my favorite PJ album since day 1. No matter what they've come out with since, this is still my favorite.
Ten--Why deny it? This was the album that hooked me and I will always be grateful to this album.
No Code--This makes its' first entry at Number 3 b/c I was so wrong about this album for years. What I've realized about No Code is it all depends on where you are at in your life at the present moment. I didn't care for it when it first came out but the older I get, the more I appreciate it.
Vs.--Skipped school to buy this one the day it was released. Therefore, it still holds a soft spot in my heart. Great songs from beginning to end.
Yield--Yield really stuck with me the first time I listened to it and it's still a great album.
Binaural--This one is really moving up on my list. I can still do without the first 3 or 4 songs but past that, it's incredible.
Riot Act--I hate putting this at the end b/c I do enjoy this album..........just not as much as the others.
We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.--Bill Hicks
this is always fun.. in my opinion, number 1 is still..
VS
the others jump aroung due to my mood..
however, as a PJ NUT, i could listen to any one at anytime and be in a groove
houzabouta
No Code
Vitalogy
Garden
Nothing As It Seems
Yellow Ledbetter
..
i'm sorry, i started listing tunes..
i'm such a fucking party crasher..
ok, back to the selection of LP's
Riot Act
Yield
Binaural
or is it ..
Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
wait a minute..
there's another classic.. just happened to be # 2 in my mind and it's TEN
so what, that's it, fuck it.
fuck the ratings.. PJ is equal to Little Feat in professionalism and as much so in artistic accomplishment..
and i think VS places PJ equal with any Beatles, Stones and Led Zep album, ever...
the new album will make us smile and the upcoming tour.. i'll be there.. c'ya
Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green
No Code, Yield, Vs., Binaural, Vitalogy, Ten, Riot Act
"Last time I think we played that song here was like, a long time ago, and there was a bonfire in the back and people were like throwing each other into it...very exciting days but a huge fucking relief that that's not how it is tonight..." Ed Irvine Night 1 2003, after Deep
Tied for 1 and 2 Yield-all around good album -consistantly good songs
Vitalogy-all around good album also (slightly more crazy sounds)
3.Riot Act-Thumbing my way, Help Help, Love Boat Captain, I am mine- all great songs
4.Binaural-Slow and well thought out, people wrongly ranked this one.
5.No Code- Present Tense is the best song, Red Mosquito is good, so is off he goes
6.Ten- The songs are getting old on this one, sorry. I'll give it credit where it desrves it- highly emotional.
7.Vs- There are some good songs...daughter is also pretty old. Nothing that i really connect with.
I am not including Lost Dogs or live albums here. Lost Dogs and all of the live albums are classics as well imo. Let's not flame people for their rankings, everyone sees the albums differently.
1. Yield
2. VS
3. Vitalogy
4. No Code
5 Riot Act
6. Binaural
These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
1) Ten
2) Yield
3) Riot Act
4) Vs.
5) Vitalogy
6) No Code
7) Binaural
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I have been a PJ fan since 1993.....
Since then i have waited EVERY single day for NEW albums
My favirote changes weekly...as of now.....
Binaural
Yield
Vitalogy
Riot Act
VS
Ten
No Code
I know alot of people say that BINAURAL is the weakest of the bunch....BUT...the album sounds SO good , all the songs are produced so well... the style in which they recorded....The overall theme of the album is fantastic
I love it
Yield to me was their MASTERPIECE...it was a PERFECT album!
Vitalogy is so raw and uncut , its feels dark and murky...i love that feel!
Riot Act.. just straight out rocks....i think it was a Fucking awesome album with some hard-hitting tracks....like BINAURAL but without the prduction sound and also less melencholy...more harder
VS...??? What can you say...the album is a CLASSIC!
Ten...Also CLASSIC
NO CODE... to me this is their weakest album...i remember counting the fucking days...waiting to hear a fucking track on the radio....trying to hear a new song from this album...then, when it came out....after i listened.... i felt short changed...it leaves you wanting so much more....
I. no code... i just think it's when they really came into their own as recording artists. hail hail.
II./III. tie: riot act/ten... it's hard for me to say which is better, and i hate to even qualify it that way. riot act is such a great record, with perhaps their best songs to date give or take a few. cant keep, save you, lbc, i am mine, and cropduster-- all classic recordings. but then there is ten, of course, where it all started and for me personally such a pivotal record.
IV. binaural... light years, grievance, and sleight of hand. gods dice.
V. vitalogy... nothingman, immortality, corduroy. another record which meant a ton to me personally. kind of a right place/ right time thing. but lacking an overall cohesion. probably a hard record for them to make at the time, with ticketmaster and cobain's death.
VI. vs... man i was 16 and i would rewind rearviewmirror on my tape deck in my first car over and over and over...
VII. yield... the one i listen to least, but, interestingly contains what i think might be their strongest track, given to fly. the song has every i come to expect-- power, hope, guitars, majesty, anthem, passion. pearl jam has missed occasionally in the song department but lands squarely on amazing with this one.
on a different note, pavement's crooked rain crooked rain sounds real good to me right now.
I've been listening since 1998, but I've been obsessed ever since...
1. No Code - This CD is brilliant. It's subtle (which is why the mainstream never got into it) and the more you listen to it, the better it is. It contains three of the best songs in the PJ catalog: In My Tree, Off He Goes, and Present Tense. And even it's "worst" songs are interesting or funny like Lukin and Mankind. They cap it off with what I think is one of the best last songs to end a CD, Around the Bend. It's beautiful in a Harvest Moon kind of way. I could keep going all day but I'll move on...
2. Vitalogy - This CD is so jagged. It's powerful, diverse, and just in your face. I mean it begins with raging songs like Last Exit, Black Circle, and Not For You (one of my faves). It also has what is in my opinion, Pearl Jam's best song, Immortality. Then there are the curveballs like Bugs which is a great twist in the middle of the CD and it makes songs like Better Man sound so much better (due to contrast) when they come along.
3. Riot Act - I LOVE this CD, it captivates me every time I listen to it. The great songs start coming and they don't stop for a long time. It's weakest song is probably 1/2 full, but that's still not a bad song. Pearl Jam seems to keep getting better at making sound, completely good albums. Thumbing My Way and All or None are two breathtaking songs. You Are is my favorite on the album. I think the major strength of this album is the order the songs are in, they transition with each other so well.
4. Yield - This CD is one hell of a rush. After the subltety of No Code, Brain of J. was like a shock to the skull. It gets my adrenaline flowing every time I listen to it. As does Do the Evolution. It's such a raw and powerful song. Then there are the pop gems like Wishlist and In Hiding, which are both catchy and amazing at the same time. It was such a departure in styles from No Code, it was shocking and wonderful.
5. Binaural - The atomsphere of this album is so awesome. There are so many quality songs and the production is top-notch. The only problem I have with Binaural is that there are no GREAT songs, in my opinion on this CD. There are a lot of really good ones, but there's no captivating ones.
6. Vs. - When this CD came out it showed that Pearl Jam wasn't just going to fall into "Ten" mode and try to repeat it with every CD. VS. was so different and yet still a great CD. Indifference is such a powerful song, and Elderly Woman...is a classic. It just seems that over time this CD's effect has kind of worn off on me and that's why it's so far down on the list. Other CD's in PJ's catalogue are just so much deeper.
7. Ten - Okay. This is PJ's "classic" album. And I'll admit, the writing and the song quality is amazing, at first. But after so many years of hearing the songs being played out on the radio when I hear the opening notes to Even Flow or Alive I just get bored. And there aren't any songs that are hidden gems on the CD, everything's just so blatant and out in the open. It's an attribute to PJ that as they get older their CD's get more complete and deeper.
"This is another sing-a-long." - Eddie Vedder before singing Lukin live at Madison Square Garden.
I prefer the LIVE version of the songs on Ten. Actually, I prefer the live version of most of Pearl Jam's songs, with exceptions of course. I don't like when albums are "over-produced" when the sound of the band is clean and tight enough in "raw" form. The studio LP of Ten seldom get's played because there is extra production on it (extra sounds) that I prefer not be there, so when I want to hear those tracks I pull out any one of the live bootlegs.
That said, am I the only one who actually didn't care for "Live on Two Legs"? I think the 2000 and 2003 bootlegs, all of them, sound "better" than "Live on Two Legs". Whoever mixed it "tried too hard", methinks. Perhaps I'm alone in this opinion, however.
I prefer the LIVE version of the songs on Ten. Actually, I prefer the live version of most of Pearl Jam's songs, with exceptions of course. I don't like when albums are "over-produced" when the sound of the band is clean and tight enough in "raw" form. The studio LP of Ten seldom get's played because there is extra production on it (extra sounds) that I prefer not be there, so when I want to hear those tracks I pull out any one of the live bootlegs.
That said, am I the only one who actually didn't care for "Live on Two Legs"? I think the 2000 and 2003 bootlegs, all of them, sound "better" than "Live on Two Legs". Whoever mixed it "tried too hard", methinks. Perhaps I'm alone in this opinion, however.
c-
Not just you......
After i listened to it once i put it to rest in my collection!
Comments
Ten
Vitalogy
Vs
No Code
Binaural
Yield
Riot Act
Charleston, SC 10/5/96
Virginia Beach 8/3/2000
Cleveland 4/25/03
Toledo 10/2/04
Cleveland 5/20/06
Ok,these arn't in my order of favourites, this is to do with achievemnts as an album. Nothing to do with sales either. Their greatness if you will.
1) Vitalogy (A big fuck you to the system. Album with the most guts.)
2) Binaural (the most creative use of production)
3) No Code (Experimantal)
4) Yield (Spiritually the most uplifting)
5) Vs (just a strong record in general)
6) Ten (heaviest riffs, catchiest chourus')
7) Riot Act (doesn't match up to the other six)
2. No Code
3. Binaural
4. Vitalogy
5. Riot Act
6. Vs.
7. Ten
Ten--Why deny it? This was the album that hooked me and I will always be grateful to this album.
No Code--This makes its' first entry at Number 3 b/c I was so wrong about this album for years. What I've realized about No Code is it all depends on where you are at in your life at the present moment. I didn't care for it when it first came out but the older I get, the more I appreciate it.
Vs.--Skipped school to buy this one the day it was released. Therefore, it still holds a soft spot in my heart. Great songs from beginning to end.
Yield--Yield really stuck with me the first time I listened to it and it's still a great album.
Binaural--This one is really moving up on my list. I can still do without the first 3 or 4 songs but past that, it's incredible.
Riot Act--I hate putting this at the end b/c I do enjoy this album..........just not as much as the others.
VS
the others jump aroung due to my mood..
however, as a PJ NUT, i could listen to any one at anytime and be in a groove
houzabouta
No Code
Vitalogy
Garden
Nothing As It Seems
Yellow Ledbetter
..
i'm sorry, i started listing tunes..
i'm such a fucking party crasher..
ok, back to the selection of LP's
Riot Act
Yield
Binaural
or is it ..
Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
wait a minute..
there's another classic.. just happened to be # 2 in my mind and it's TEN
so what, that's it, fuck it.
fuck the ratings.. PJ is equal to Little Feat in professionalism and as much so in artistic accomplishment..
and i think VS places PJ equal with any Beatles, Stones and Led Zep album, ever...
the new album will make us smile and the upcoming tour.. i'll be there.. c'ya
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green
2) Binaural
3) No Code
4) Vs.
5) Yield
6) Ten
7) Riot Act
1) Ten
2) Vitalogy
3) Vs.
4) Yield
5) Riot Act
6) No Code
7) Binaural
July '03 Hershey, PA
June '06 Pittsburgh, PA
All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...
2)No Code
3)Vitalogy
4)Vs
5)Ten
6)Yield
7)Riot Act
2. Vitalogy
3. Yield
4. Binaural
5. Ten
6. No Code
7. Riot Act
9/17/95-New Orleans,LA 8/14/00-New Orleans,LA 4/8/03-New Orleans,LA 4/13/03-Tampa,FL 10/8/04-Kissimmee,FL 8/5/07-Chicago,IL 6/16/08-Columbia,SC 6/23/09-(EV Solo)Atlanta,GA 5/1/10-New Orleans,LA 9/21/12-Pensacola,FL 11/1/13-New Orleans,LA 4/11/16-Tampa,FL 4/23/16-New Orleans,LA
VITALOGY
NO CODE
VS
YIELD
RIOT ACT
BINAURAL
I noticed riot act is getting the lowest number-in most cases ) Wait give it another year
1. Ten
2. Yield
3. Vs
4. Riot Act
5. Vitalogy
6. Binaural
7. No Code
2. No Code
3. Ten
4. Riot Act
5. Vs.
6. Vitalogy
7. Binaural
Vitalogy-all around good album also (slightly more crazy sounds)
3.Riot Act-Thumbing my way, Help Help, Love Boat Captain, I am mine- all great songs
4.Binaural-Slow and well thought out, people wrongly ranked this one.
5.No Code- Present Tense is the best song, Red Mosquito is good, so is off he goes
6.Ten- The songs are getting old on this one, sorry. I'll give it credit where it desrves it- highly emotional.
7.Vs- There are some good songs...daughter is also pretty old. Nothing that i really connect with.
1. Yield
2. VS
3. Vitalogy
4. No Code
5 Riot Act
6. Binaural
2) Yield
3) Riot Act
4) Vs.
5) Vitalogy
6) No Code
7) Binaural
EV - St. Louis 7/1/11 ** Tulsa 11/19/12
most people as they get more involved and the newer material grows and developes for them vs and especailly ten move way down on those lists.
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
Since then i have waited EVERY single day for NEW albums
My favirote changes weekly...as of now.....
Binaural
Yield
Vitalogy
Riot Act
VS
Ten
No Code
I know alot of people say that BINAURAL is the weakest of the bunch....BUT...the album sounds SO good , all the songs are produced so well... the style in which they recorded....The overall theme of the album is fantastic
I love it
Yield to me was their MASTERPIECE...it was a PERFECT album!
Vitalogy is so raw and uncut , its feels dark and murky...i love that feel!
Riot Act.. just straight out rocks....i think it was a Fucking awesome album with some hard-hitting tracks....like BINAURAL but without the prduction sound and also less melencholy...more harder
VS...??? What can you say...the album is a CLASSIC!
Ten...Also CLASSIC
NO CODE... to me this is their weakest album...i remember counting the fucking days...waiting to hear a fucking track on the radio....trying to hear a new song from this album...then, when it came out....after i listened.... i felt short changed...it leaves you wanting so much more....
II./III. tie: riot act/ten... it's hard for me to say which is better, and i hate to even qualify it that way. riot act is such a great record, with perhaps their best songs to date give or take a few. cant keep, save you, lbc, i am mine, and cropduster-- all classic recordings. but then there is ten, of course, where it all started and for me personally such a pivotal record.
IV. binaural... light years, grievance, and sleight of hand. gods dice.
V. vitalogy... nothingman, immortality, corduroy. another record which meant a ton to me personally. kind of a right place/ right time thing. but lacking an overall cohesion. probably a hard record for them to make at the time, with ticketmaster and cobain's death.
VI. vs... man i was 16 and i would rewind rearviewmirror on my tape deck in my first car over and over and over...
VII. yield... the one i listen to least, but, interestingly contains what i think might be their strongest track, given to fly. the song has every i come to expect-- power, hope, guitars, majesty, anthem, passion. pearl jam has missed occasionally in the song department but lands squarely on amazing with this one.
on a different note, pavement's crooked rain crooked rain sounds real good to me right now.
2- Vs
3- Yield
4- Vitalogy
5- Binaural
6- Riot Act
7- No Code
1. No Code - This CD is brilliant. It's subtle (which is why the mainstream never got into it) and the more you listen to it, the better it is. It contains three of the best songs in the PJ catalog: In My Tree, Off He Goes, and Present Tense. And even it's "worst" songs are interesting or funny like Lukin and Mankind. They cap it off with what I think is one of the best last songs to end a CD, Around the Bend. It's beautiful in a Harvest Moon kind of way. I could keep going all day but I'll move on...
2. Vitalogy - This CD is so jagged. It's powerful, diverse, and just in your face. I mean it begins with raging songs like Last Exit, Black Circle, and Not For You (one of my faves). It also has what is in my opinion, Pearl Jam's best song, Immortality. Then there are the curveballs like Bugs which is a great twist in the middle of the CD and it makes songs like Better Man sound so much better (due to contrast) when they come along.
3. Riot Act - I LOVE this CD, it captivates me every time I listen to it. The great songs start coming and they don't stop for a long time. It's weakest song is probably 1/2 full, but that's still not a bad song. Pearl Jam seems to keep getting better at making sound, completely good albums. Thumbing My Way and All or None are two breathtaking songs. You Are is my favorite on the album. I think the major strength of this album is the order the songs are in, they transition with each other so well.
4. Yield - This CD is one hell of a rush. After the subltety of No Code, Brain of J. was like a shock to the skull. It gets my adrenaline flowing every time I listen to it. As does Do the Evolution. It's such a raw and powerful song. Then there are the pop gems like Wishlist and In Hiding, which are both catchy and amazing at the same time. It was such a departure in styles from No Code, it was shocking and wonderful.
5. Binaural - The atomsphere of this album is so awesome. There are so many quality songs and the production is top-notch. The only problem I have with Binaural is that there are no GREAT songs, in my opinion on this CD. There are a lot of really good ones, but there's no captivating ones.
6. Vs. - When this CD came out it showed that Pearl Jam wasn't just going to fall into "Ten" mode and try to repeat it with every CD. VS. was so different and yet still a great CD. Indifference is such a powerful song, and Elderly Woman...is a classic. It just seems that over time this CD's effect has kind of worn off on me and that's why it's so far down on the list. Other CD's in PJ's catalogue are just so much deeper.
7. Ten - Okay. This is PJ's "classic" album. And I'll admit, the writing and the song quality is amazing, at first. But after so many years of hearing the songs being played out on the radio when I hear the opening notes to Even Flow or Alive I just get bored. And there aren't any songs that are hidden gems on the CD, everything's just so blatant and out in the open. It's an attribute to PJ that as they get older their CD's get more complete and deeper.
OVERWHELMED with the release of Yield
Yield is what No Code should have been!
2)Vitalogy
3)No Code
4)VS.
5)Ten
6)Binaural
7)Riot Act
I prefer the LIVE version of the songs on Ten. Actually, I prefer the live version of most of Pearl Jam's songs, with exceptions of course. I don't like when albums are "over-produced" when the sound of the band is clean and tight enough in "raw" form. The studio LP of Ten seldom get's played because there is extra production on it (extra sounds) that I prefer not be there, so when I want to hear those tracks I pull out any one of the live bootlegs.
That said, am I the only one who actually didn't care for "Live on Two Legs"? I think the 2000 and 2003 bootlegs, all of them, sound "better" than "Live on Two Legs". Whoever mixed it "tried too hard", methinks. Perhaps I'm alone in this opinion, however.
c-
1 - Ten
2 - Yield
3 - No Code
4 - Vitalogy
5 - Vs.
6 - Binaural
7 - Riot Act
Not just you......
After i listened to it once i put it to rest in my collection!
2. Yield
3. Vs
4. No Code
5. Ten
6. Binaural
7. Riot Act
2. Riot Act
3. Binaural
4. Yield
5. Vitalogy
6. No Code
7. VS.
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