Rank the post-2000 albums

F Me In The Brain

1.  Avocado
2.  Backspacer
3.  Lightning Bolt
4.  Riot Act
5.  Binaural








6.  Gigaton

Nothing in the same category as the first 5.
(+ LO2L)
Nothing. 

I always embrace the Backspacer and Lightning Bolt put downs and continue to rank them above Riot Act and certainly Binaural and Gigaton.

The Rock

The Rock said:

Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
Vs
No Code
Ten
Avocado
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

I just realised I ranked every album like a moron!

The Rock

The Rock said:

The Rock said:

Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
Vs
No Code
Ten
Avocado
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

I just realised I ranked every album like a moron!

Post 2000:

1. Binaural
2. Riot Act
3. Gigaton
4. Avocado
5. Backspacer
6. Lightning Bolt

JojoRice

Riot Act
Binaural
Avocado
Gigaton 
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

mace1229

The Rock said:

The Rock said:

Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
Vs
No Code
Ten
Avocado
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

I just realised I ranked every album like a moron!

You're not a moron for ranking all of them.
You're a moron for putting Gigaton ahead of Vs, No Code, Vitalogy and Ten!

The Rock

mace1229 said:

The Rock said:

The Rock said:

Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
Vs
No Code
Ten
Avocado
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

I just realised I ranked every album like a moron!

You're not a moron for ranking all of them.
You're a moron for putting Gigaton ahead of Vs, No Code, Vitalogy and Ten!

What can I say, thats how I feel! I get more enjoyment out of Gigaton as a whole than I do the other records. 

Vs has Leash which I don't care for at all. 
No Code has I Am Open and Mankind.
Vitalogy has some filler and has Not For You which I've never enjoyed. 
Ten has Oceans which I'm not high on. 

Call me crazy, I like what I like 😃

yosi

The Rock said:

Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
Vs
No Code
Ten
Avocado
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

Same top 3 for me, but I put Riot Act first. It’s close though. 

Gern Blansten

HailHailVitalogy said:

1. Riot Act
2. Binaural
3. Avocado
4. Gigaton
5. Backspacer
6. Lightning Bolt

Wanted to put Backspacer higher to troll, but couldn’t. Would take any show with Unthought, Force of Nature, and Got Some. Lightning Bolt doesn’t do it for me. Getaway and Pendulum might be the only songs I go back to since MYM is still in rotation live.

Edit: Lost Dogs doesn’t count 

1. Binaural
2. Riot Act
3. Avocado
4. Gigaton
5. Lightning Bolt
6. Backspacer

primussucks

Avocado
Riot Act
Gigaton
Binaural
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

just_one

Binaural
Avocato
Riot Act
Lightning Bolt
Gigaton
Backspacer

The Rock

just_one said:

Binaural
Avocato
Riot Act
Lightning Bolt
Gigaton
Backspacer

Lightning Bolt over Gigaton? I haven't come across many who prefer LB. 

Genuinely curious, what do you prefer about LB?

bchambers05

None of these would be in my top 3 albums overall and therefore they're really not that far apart because there's songs from every album I really like...but here goes 
1. Binaural
2. Backspacer
3. Lightning Bolt
4. Avocado 
5. Riot Act
6. Gigaton

yoyo

1. Binaural

2. Riot Act

3. Gigaton
4. Avocado

5. Backspacer

6. Lightning Bolt

All ...

1.No Code
2.Vitalogy
3.Versus
4.Ten
5. Binaural
6. Yield

7. Riot Act

8. Gigaton

9. Avocado

10. Backspacer

11. Lightning Bolt

Indifference71

Avocado
Riot Act 
Binaural
Gigaton
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

Gern Blansten

The Rock said:

mace1229 said:

The Rock said:

The Rock said:

Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
Vs
No Code
Ten
Avocado
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

I just realised I ranked every album like a moron!

You're not a moron for ranking all of them.
You're a moron for putting Gigaton ahead of Vs, No Code, Vitalogy and Ten!

What can I say, thats how I feel! I get more enjoyment out of Gigaton as a whole than I do the other records. 

Vs has Leash which I don't care for at all. 
No Code has I Am Open and Mankind.
Vitalogy has some filler and has Not For You which I've never enjoyed. 
Ten has Oceans which I'm not high on. 

Call me crazy, I like what I like 😃

I'm not a fan of Leash or NFY either....love those albums though

Gern Blansten

The Rock said:

just_one said:

Binaural
Avocato
Riot Act
Lightning Bolt
Gigaton
Backspacer

Lightning Bolt over Gigaton? I haven't come across many who prefer LB. 

Genuinely curious, what do you prefer about LB?

I only prefer LB to Backspacer. BS ranks last for me but something has to be last. I still like the album

LB tunes I like: My Father's Son, Infallible, Pendulum, Swallowed, Yellow Moon (both MFS and YM being Jeff's and Infallible and Pendulum being part Jeff's...interesting)

BS tune I like: Amongst the Waves, Unthought...don't mind Johnny and Speed of Sound does something for me. I just don't care much for the rest for some reason. It's my 22 year old daughter's favorite album.

spankyMP

mace1229 said:

Didn't know there was so much hate for Backspacer. My top 3 are almost all interchangeable. Only obvious ones to me were Gigaton and LB being the bottom 2, and BS being in the middle. 

Binaural
Avocado
Riot Act
Backspacer
Gigaton
LB

If felt weird for me putting it last of the 6. I didn't want to put 1a-c and 4a-c, but I easily could have spent a long time figuring that out. I still love plenty of what is on each album respectively. 

mace1229

The Rock said:

mace1229 said:

The Rock said:

The Rock said:

Yield
Binaural
Riot Act
Gigaton
Vs
No Code
Ten
Avocado
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

I just realised I ranked every album like a moron!

You're not a moron for ranking all of them.
You're a moron for putting Gigaton ahead of Vs, No Code, Vitalogy and Ten!

What can I say, thats how I feel! I get more enjoyment out of Gigaton as a whole than I do the other records. 

Vs has Leash which I don't care for at all. 
No Code has I Am Open and Mankind.
Vitalogy has some filler and has Not For You which I've never enjoyed. 
Ten has Oceans which I'm not high on. 

Call me crazy, I like what I like 😃

Every album has a couple songs Is don't care for, that seems almost unavoidable.
VS is my favorite album of all time. But I still skip Indifference, Blood and WMA almost every time. I know I'm in the minority here, but Indifference is one of the most boring songs in the entire PJ catalogue. But the rest of the album is absolutely amazing.
It's kind of funny, more often than not I'm playing it from my phone and can skip the last song immediately. But sometimes I'm not near by or I'm playing the vinyl, I forget Indifference is even on there until it plays, I'm so used to ending the album after Leash.

se7v7en

Gigaton
Riot Act
Avocado
Backspacer
Binaural
Lightning Bolt

Gibson

I didn't know what to expect when I opened this thread, but some of these rankings blew me away.

Bunting10

Binaural
Riot Act
Avocado
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

i get a kick out of the backspacer hate.  I mean it wasn’t their best but, Unthought Known is a 10 ten song for me so it can’t go at the bottom.

JeBurkhardt

Binaural
 Avocado
Riot Act
Lightning Bolt
Gigaton
Backspacer

mfc2006

If I had to rank them right now...
Binaural
Self-Titled
Gigaton
Riot Act
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

Gern Blansten

Bunting10 said:

Binaural
Riot Act
Avocado
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

i get a kick out of the backspacer hate.  I mean it wasn’t their best but, Unthought Known is a 10 ten song for me so it can’t go at the bottom.

if you like rhinestones I guess

Gibson

Pearl Jam
Binaural
Gigaton

Riot Act
Backspacer

Lightning Bolt

Titles in each grouping can switch, depending on my mood.

yosi

Gern Blansten said:

Bunting10 said:

Binaural
Riot Act
Avocado
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

i get a kick out of the backspacer hate.  I mean it wasn’t their best but, Unthought Known is a 10 ten song for me so it can’t go at the bottom.

if you like rhinestones I guess

My thoughts exactly. I feel like this may be there cringiest song and this line is 90% why. 

THEBIBLEISTEN

Avacado
Binural
Riot Act
Gigaton
LB
Backspacer

goldrush

1. Pearl Jam
2. Riot Act

3. Gigaton
4. Lightning Bolt
5. Binaural

6. Backspacer

The top 2 are clear of the rest, and are pretty interchangeable. Backspacer is clear at the bottom of the pile.

Binaural is the tricky one for me. On the one hand, it has one of my Top 3 all time PJ songs (Nothing As It Seems). On the other hand, it also has one of my all time Bottom 3 PJ songs (Evacuation).

It’s pretty sad to think there’s only 6 albums to choose from over 24 years though.

Gern Blansten

yosi said:

Gern Blansten said:

Bunting10 said:

Binaural
Riot Act
Avocado
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

i get a kick out of the backspacer hate.  I mean it wasn’t their best but, Unthought Known is a 10 ten song for me so it can’t go at the bottom.

if you like rhinestones I guess

My thoughts exactly. I feel like this may be there cringiest song and this line is 90% why. 

It's a goofy word but I still like the song overall. Something about the production of Backspacer just doesn't sit right with me. Hard to describe.

Gern Blansten

goldrush said:

1. Pearl Jam
2. Riot Act

3. Gigaton
4. Lightning Bolt
5. Binaural

6. Backspacer

The top 2 are clear of the rest, and are pretty interchangeable. Backspacer is clear at the bottom of the pile.

Binaural is the tricky one for me. On the one hand, it has one of my Top 3 all time PJ songs (Nothing As It Seems). On the other hand, it also has one of my all time Bottom 3 PJ songs (Evacuation).

It’s pretty sad to think there’s only 6 albums to choose from over 24 years though.

Interesting....I like Evacuation a lot. Anything written by Matt has a groove that I really like. I've posted somewhere on these boards before his demo version of the Fixer that I prefer 1000x over the album version.