Fun exercice. Tip of the cap to ya, OP. There are arguably no weak links on several of the early albums. Weakest: Bugs Dissident Deep Pilate Love Boat Captain Unemployable Take The Long Way Mankind Evacuation Force Of Nature Sirens
Strongest: Release Not For You Animal Given To Fly I Am Mine Marker In The Sand Lightning Bolt Of The Girl Who You Are Amongst The Waves Comes Then Goes
1) Buckle Up 2) Let the records play 3) Speed of Sound 4) Marker in the sand 5) 1/2 Full 6) Evacuation 7) Push me pull me 8) Mankind 9) Satans Bed 10) Glorified G 11) Deep
Strongest 1) Dance of the Clairvoyants 2) Getaway 3) Amongst the Waves 4) Inside Job 5) Save You 6) Light Years 7) Given to fly 8) Off He Goes 9) Tremor Christ 10) Dissident 11) Release
2000 Cardiff/ 2006 Paris/ 2011 Toronto/ 2013 Chicago/ 2014 Amsterdam 1 & Milton Keynes, 2016 MSG 1 & 2/ 2017 London Ed solo/ 2018 London 1, Padua, Rome, Prague & London 2 2019 Dusseldorf & Dublin Ed Solo 2022 Copenhagen, London 1&2, Budapest, Krakow, Vienna, Prague, Ams 1 & Ams 2 2024 Manchester, London, Auckland & Sydney
Weakest / Strongest 1. Garden / Release 2. Indifference / Rats 3. Bugs / Whipping 4. I’m Open / Smile 5. Wishlist / In Hiding 6. Nothing As It Seems / Breakerfall 7. You Are / Save You 8. Inside Job / Come Back 9. Speed of Sound / Unthought Known 10. Sleeping By Myself / Getaway 11. Buckle Up / Seven O’Clock
Weakest 1) Garden 2) WMA 3) Bugs 4) Around The Bend 5) Push Me Pull Me 6) Evacuation 7) You Are 8) Gone 9) Johnny Guitar 10) Sleeping by Myself 11) Buckle Up
Strongest 1) Alive 2) Animal 3) Corduroy 4) Red Mosquito 5) Brain Of J 6) Grievance 7) Love Boat Captain 8) World Wide Suicide 9) Force of Nature 10) Lightning Bolt 11) Super Blood Wolf Moon
1996.....Toronto 2005.....Hamilton 2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton 2013.....London, Buffalo 2014.....Detroit 2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1 2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2 2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto 2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2 2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2 2025.....????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro.
I wasn't crazy about pre-chorus-chorus of "Let The Records Play" and "Infallible" the first number of times I heard them. Then I read a review on either this board or Red Mosquito that described those parts of the song as sounding like they belong on the opening credits of a 90s Family Sitcom, and that nailed it for me. Picture either of those as the backing track for quick cut shots of John Stamos, The Olsen Twins, Bob Saget and you'll see / hear what I mean
I don't think there's a single PJ song that I don't like in it's entirety from start to finish--there are always highlights in all of them, but there are only a handful of songs where the parts I don't like are enough to ruin the whole song for me.
To your point, the intro and outro of LTRP are very good.
1) Buckle Up 2) Let the records play 3) Speed of Sound 4) Marker in the sand 5) 1/2 Full 6) Evacuation 7) Push me pull me 8) Mankind 9) Satans Bed 10) Glorified G 11) Deep
Strongest 1) Dance of the Clairvoyants 2) Getaway 3) Amongst the Waves 4) Inside Job 5) Save You 6) Light Years 7) Given to fly 8) Off He Goes 9) Tremor Christ 10) Dissident 11) Release
fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro.
I wasn't crazy about pre-chorus-chorus of "Let The Records Play" and "Infallible" the first number of times I heard them. Then I read a review on either this board or Red Mosquito that described those parts of the song as sounding like they belong on the opening credits of a 90s Family Sitcom, and that nailed it for me. Picture either of those as the backing track for quick cut shots of John Stamos, The Olsen Twins, Bob Saget and you'll see / hear what I mean
I don't think there's a single PJ song that I don't like in it's entirety from start to finish--there are always highlights in all of them, but there are only a handful of songs where the parts I don't like are enough to ruin the whole song for me.
To your point, the intro and outro of LTRP are very good.
I was not a fan of LTRP at all until I heard/saw it live in Memphis in 2014. Completely different song for me at that point and now it's one of my favs off that boot. Mike rules.
"I'm only civil because I don't know any swear words."
fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro.
I wasn't crazy about pre-chorus-chorus of "Let The Records Play" and "Infallible" the first number of times I heard them. Then I read a review on either this board or Red Mosquito that described those parts of the song as sounding like they belong on the opening credits of a 90s Family Sitcom, and that nailed it for me. Picture either of those as the backing track for quick cut shots of John Stamos, The Olsen Twins, Bob Saget and you'll see / hear what I mean
I don't think there's a single PJ song that I don't like in it's entirety from start to finish--there are always highlights in all of them, but there are only a handful of songs where the parts I don't like are enough to ruin the whole song for me.
To your point, the intro and outro of LTRP are very good.
I was not a fan of LTRP at all until I heard/saw it live in Memphis in 2014. Completely different song for me at that point and now it's one of my favs off that boot. Mike rules.
Fun show in GA that night.....did Graceland & Pre Game on Beale St.....BBQ after....Memphis great time
Weakest 1) Deep 2) Glorified G 3) Bugs 4) Sometimes 5) Pilate 6) Evacuation 7) Thumbing My Way 8) Parachutes 9) Speed of Sound 10) Future Days (worst song in the catalogue) 11) Take The Long Way
Strongest 1) Garden 2) Indifference 3) Corduroy 4) In My Tree 5) In Hiding 6) Insignificance 7) You Are 8) Severed Hand (original mix) 9) Supersonic 10) Pendulum 11) Who Ever Said
That’s quite a difficult exercise. I don’t understand the massive dislike of Buckle Up on here as I think it’s great but each to their own
1) Buckle Up 2) Let the records play 3) Speed of Sound 4) Marker in the sand 5) 1/2 Full 6) Evacuation 7) Push me pull me 8) Mankind 9) Satans Bed 10) Glorified G 11) Deep
Strongest 1) Dance of the Clairvoyants 2) Getaway 3) Amongst the Waves 4) Inside Job 5) Save You 6) Light Years 7) Given to fly 8) Off He Goes 9) Tremor Christ 10) Dissident 11) Release
woaaaaahhhhhhh marker ????/ OUCH
I know i know im sorry - i just like all the other tracks better 🤣
2000 Cardiff/ 2006 Paris/ 2011 Toronto/ 2013 Chicago/ 2014 Amsterdam 1 & Milton Keynes, 2016 MSG 1 & 2/ 2017 London Ed solo/ 2018 London 1, Padua, Rome, Prague & London 2 2019 Dusseldorf & Dublin Ed Solo 2022 Copenhagen, London 1&2, Budapest, Krakow, Vienna, Prague, Ams 1 & Ams 2 2024 Manchester, London, Auckland & Sydney
Oceans/Release Blood/RVM Better Man/Immortality Mankind/Hail, Hail MFC/DTE Evacuation/Insignificance You Are/All or None Parachutes/Severed Hand Gonna See My Friend/Force of Nature Let The Records Play/Getaway Alright/Seven O'Clock
Weakest: 1. Why Go (no weak songs) 2. Glorified G (no weak songs) 3. Satan’s Bed (no weak songs) 4. I’m Open/Mankind 5. Push Me, Pull Me 6. Rival (no weak songs) 7. Bushleaguer (no weak songs) 8. Come Back (No weak songs) 9. Amongst the Waves/Unthought Know (possibly the two worst songs in their catalogue).
10. My Father’s Son 11. Comes Then Goes
Strongest (these will probably change by the day): 1. Release 2. RVM 3. Immortality 4. Present Tense 5. Low Light (ridiculous to choose just one) 6. Insignificance/Sleight of Hand 7. All or None/1/2 Full 8. Severed Hand
9. Force of Nature (Great song, rest of the album is… weak) 10. Yellow Moon 11. Dance of the Clairvoyants
I have to say, choosing just one for most of these is insane.
you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane
The completist in me wouldn't mind hearing some of these weakest sets either. Not only do you get to "check songs off" but the live perspective often will highlight stuff you didn't notice and the great energy will almost force you to like it as it'll be a fond memory for ever after. A heap of songs have done that for me at gigs.
Stars are suns to other people.
Wellington 1998 London 2007 Brisbane 2009 Stockholm 2012
Amsterdam 1 & 2 2014 EV Dublin 2017 Milan 2018 Padova 2018 Boston 2 2018 Auckland 1 & 2 2024
Strongest: Release Rearviewmirror Corduroy Present Tense Brain of J. Nothing as it Seems All or None Inside Job Got Some Pendulum Retrograde
Weakest: Deep Rats Tremor Christ Around the Bend Pilate Rival Cropduster Marker in the Sand Johnny Guitar Let the Records Play Seven O'Clock
2011: Vancouver 2013: LA 1 & LA 2, Vancouver 2018: Seattle 1 & Seattle 2 2022: LA 1 & LA 2 2024: Vancouver 1 & Vancouver 2, Portland, Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
Worst 1. Stupidmop 2. Aye Davanita 3. Red Dot 4. Don't Gimme No Lip 5. Let The Records Play 6. Pry, To 7. Bugs 8. Writers Block 9. Avocado Hidden Track 10. Your Dirt Is My Food Jam
Man, imagine how Ed feels every time he sees Let The Records Play here...
I don't believe nothin', even if it's true. "That's a vibe" - Ryan Miller
9/11/2022 - Madison Square Garden, New York Other bands Guster - 8/12/2023 Guster - 3/30/2024 Guster - 8/11/2024 Built to Spill - 9/1/2024
Best... 1. Go 2. Last Exit 3. Faithfull 4. Off He Goes 5. Sad 6. Nothingman 7. Once 8. Even Flow 9. Immortality 10. Light Years 11. I'm Open 12. Release HIDDEN TRACK... 13. Your Dirt Is My Food Jam *Best/worst song depending on your level of cynicism...
I don't believe nothin', even if it's true. "That's a vibe" - Ryan Miller
9/11/2022 - Madison Square Garden, New York Other bands Guster - 8/12/2023 Guster - 3/30/2024 Guster - 8/11/2024 Built to Spill - 9/1/2024
Deep Leach Whipping Mankind (not hating on it, I listen to it all the time…) Pilate God‘s Dice Help Help Big Wave Speed of Sound Swallowed Whole Take The Long Way
Strongest
Jeremy W.M.A. Corduroy In My Tree Faithful (In Hiding close second) Sleight Of Hand I Am Mine Come Back Supersonic Sirens Who Ever Said
TEN: Black / Jeremy VS.: Dissident / Glorified G VITALOGY: Immortality / Bugs NO CODE: In My Tree / I´m Open YIELD: Given To Fly / Push Me, Pull Me BINAURAL: Insignificance / Soon Forget RIOT ACT: I Am Mine / Help, Help "AVOCADO": Inside Job / Big Wawe BACKSPACER: Unthought Known / Johnny Guitar LIGHTNING BOLT: Min Your Manners / Let the Records Play GIGATON: Dance of the Clairvoyants / Buckle Up DARK MATTER: Scared of Fear / Got To Give
LOST DOGS: Other Side + Yellow Ledbetter (can't help it, these are my two favorite PJ songs ever) / Gremmie Out of Control
Jeremy Elderly Woman Stupid Mop I'm Open Wishlist Slight of Hand Love Boat Captain Army Reserve Johnny Guitar My Father's Son Buckle Up Waiting For Stevie
Strongest
Porch Leash Spin the Black Circle Smile Faithfull Insignificance I am Mine Inside Job The Fixer Mind Your Manners Dance of the Clairvoyants Wreckage
Comments
Weakest:
Bugs
Dissident
Deep
Pilate
Love Boat Captain
Unemployable
Take The Long Way
Mankind
Evacuation
Force Of Nature
Sirens
Strongest:
Release
Not For You
Animal
Given To Fly
I Am Mine
Marker In The Sand
Lightning Bolt
Of The Girl
Who You Are
Amongst The Waves
Comes Then Goes
1) Buckle Up
2) Let the records play
3) Speed of Sound
4) Marker in the sand
5) 1/2 Full
6) Evacuation
7) Push me pull me
8) Mankind
9) Satans Bed
10) Glorified G
11) Deep
Strongest
1) Dance of the Clairvoyants
2) Getaway
3) Amongst the Waves
4) Inside Job
5) Save You
6) Light Years
7) Given to fly
8) Off He Goes
9) Tremor Christ
10) Dissident
11) Release
2016 MSG 1 & 2/ 2017 London Ed solo/ 2018 London 1, Padua, Rome, Prague & London 2
2019 Dusseldorf & Dublin Ed Solo
2022 Copenhagen, London 1&2, Budapest, Krakow, Vienna, Prague, Ams 1 & Ams 2
2024 Manchester, London, Auckland & Sydney
Weakest
Strongest
You never really had to begin with.
Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
1) Once
2) Animal
3) Corduroy
4) Hail, Hail
5) Push Me, Pull Me
6) Grievance
7) Can't Keep
8) Big Wave
9) Unthought Known
10) Swallowed Whole
11) Quick Escape
Weakest:
1) Oceans
2) Glorified G
3) Bugs
4) Mankind
5) Pilate
6) Parting Ways
7) Help Help
8) Army Reserve
9) Speed of Sound
10) Yellow Moon
11) River Cross
1. Garden / Release
2. Indifference / Rats
3. Bugs / Whipping
4. I’m Open / Smile
5. Wishlist / In Hiding
6. Nothing As It Seems / Breakerfall
7. You Are / Save You
8. Inside Job / Come Back
9. Speed of Sound / Unthought Known
10. Sleeping By Myself / Getaway
11. Buckle Up / Seven O’Clock
Weakest
1) Garden
2) WMA
3) Bugs
4) Around The Bend
5) Push Me Pull Me
6) Evacuation
7) You Are
8) Gone
9) Johnny Guitar
10) Sleeping by Myself
11) Buckle Up
Strongest
1) Alive
2) Animal
3) Corduroy
4) Red Mosquito
5) Brain Of J
6) Grievance
7) Love Boat Captain
8) World Wide Suicide
9) Force of Nature
10) Lightning Bolt
11) Super Blood Wolf Moon
2005.....Hamilton
2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton
2013.....London, Buffalo
2014.....Detroit
2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1
2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2
2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2
2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2
2025.....????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I don't think there's a single PJ song that I don't like in it's entirety from start to finish--there are always highlights in all of them, but there are only a handful of songs where the parts I don't like are enough to ruin the whole song for me.
To your point, the intro and outro of LTRP are very good.
1) Deep
2) Glorified G
3) Bugs
4) Sometimes
5) Pilate
6) Evacuation
7) Thumbing My Way
8) Parachutes
9) Speed of Sound
10) Future Days (worst song in the catalogue)
11) Take The Long Way
Strongest
1) Garden
2) Indifference
3) Corduroy
4) In My Tree
5) In Hiding
6) Insignificance
7) You Are
8) Severed Hand (original mix)
9) Supersonic
10) Pendulum
11) Who Ever Said
That’s quite a difficult exercise. I don’t understand the massive dislike of Buckle Up on here as I think it’s great but each to their own
2016 MSG 1 & 2/ 2017 London Ed solo/ 2018 London 1, Padua, Rome, Prague & London 2
2019 Dusseldorf & Dublin Ed Solo
2022 Copenhagen, London 1&2, Budapest, Krakow, Vienna, Prague, Ams 1 & Ams 2
2024 Manchester, London, Auckland & Sydney
Oceans/Release
Blood/RVM
Better Man/Immortality
Mankind/Hail, Hail
MFC/DTE
Evacuation/Insignificance
You Are/All or None
Parachutes/Severed Hand
Gonna See My Friend/Force of Nature
Let The Records Play/Getaway
Alright/Seven O'Clock
Weakest:
1. Why Go (no weak songs)
2. Glorified G (no weak songs)
3. Satan’s Bed (no weak songs)
4. I’m Open/Mankind
5. Push Me, Pull Me
6. Rival (no weak songs)
7. Bushleaguer (no weak songs)
8. Come Back (No weak songs)
9. Amongst the Waves/Unthought Know (possibly the two worst songs in their catalogue).
11. Comes Then Goes
Strongest (these will probably change by the day):
1. Release
2. RVM
3. Immortality
4. Present Tense
5. Low Light (ridiculous to choose just one)
6. Insignificance/Sleight of Hand
7. All or None/1/2 Full
8. Severed Hand
10. Yellow Moon
11. Dance of the Clairvoyants
I have to say, choosing just one for most of these is insane.
Wellington 1998
London 2007
Brisbane 2009
Stockholm 2012
EV Dublin 2017
Milan 2018
Padova 2018
Boston 2 2018
Auckland 1 & 2 2024
Release
Rearviewmirror
Corduroy
Present Tense
Brain of J.
Nothing as it Seems
All or None
Inside Job
Got Some
Pendulum
Retrograde
Weakest:
Deep
Rats
Tremor Christ
Around the Bend
Pilate
Rival
Cropduster
Marker in the Sand
Johnny Guitar
Let the Records Play
Seven O'Clock
2013: LA 1 & LA 2, Vancouver
2018: Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
2022: LA 1 & LA 2
2024: Vancouver 1 & Vancouver 2, Portland, Seattle 1 & Seattle 2
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
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1. Stupidmop
2. Aye Davanita
3. Red Dot
4. Don't Gimme No Lip
5. Let The Records Play
6. Pry, To
7. Bugs
8. Writers Block
9. Avocado Hidden Track
10. Your Dirt Is My Food Jam
Man, imagine how Ed feels every time he sees Let The Records Play here...
"That's a vibe" - Ryan Miller
9/11/2022 - Madison Square Garden, New York
Other bands
Guster - 8/12/2023
Guster - 3/30/2024
Guster - 8/11/2024
Built to Spill - 9/1/2024
1. Go
2. Last Exit
3. Faithfull
4. Off He Goes
5. Sad
6. Nothingman
7. Once
8. Even Flow
9. Immortality
10. Light Years
11. I'm Open
12. Release
HIDDEN TRACK...
13. Your Dirt Is My Food Jam
*Best/worst song depending on your level of cynicism...
"That's a vibe" - Ryan Miller
9/11/2022 - Madison Square Garden, New York
Other bands
Guster - 8/12/2023
Guster - 3/30/2024
Guster - 8/11/2024
Built to Spill - 9/1/2024
Once
Go
Whipping
Mankind
Pilate
Evacuation
Bushleaguer
Big Wave
The Fixer
Lightning Bolt
Retrograde
Strongest:
Release
Rearviewmirror
Corduroy
Hail, Hail
Given to Fly
I Am Mine
Insignificance
Gone
Just Breathe
Pendulum
Who Ever Said
Alpine Valley 6/27/98
East Lansing 8/18/98
Knoxville 9/6/98
D.C. (Constitution Hall) 9/19/98
Nobelsville 8/18/00
Alpine Valley 10/8/00
Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Detroit (EV) 6/26/11
Wrigley 8/22/16
Wrigley 8/18/18
Noblesville 8/26/24
-Christopher Walken
you're=you are
your=showing ownership
The truth has a well known liberal bias.
-Stephen Colbert
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
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Leach
Whipping
Mankind (not hating on it, I listen to it all the time…)
Pilate
God‘s Dice
Help Help
Big Wave
Speed of Sound
Swallowed Whole
Take The Long Way
Strongest
Jeremy
W.M.A.
Corduroy
In My Tree
Faithful (In Hiding close second)
Sleight Of Hand
I Am Mine
Come Back
Supersonic
Sirens
Who Ever Said
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
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Strongest / Weakest:
TEN: Black / Jeremy
VS.: Dissident / Glorified G
VITALOGY: Immortality / Bugs
NO CODE: In My Tree / I´m Open
YIELD: Given To Fly / Push Me, Pull Me
BINAURAL: Insignificance / Soon Forget
RIOT ACT: I Am Mine / Help, Help
"AVOCADO": Inside Job / Big Wawe
BACKSPACER: Unthought Known / Johnny Guitar
LIGHTNING BOLT: Min Your Manners / Let the Records Play
GIGATON: Dance of the Clairvoyants / Buckle Up
DARK MATTER: Scared of Fear / Got To Give
LOST DOGS: Other Side + Yellow Ledbetter (can't help it, these are my two favorite PJ songs ever) / Gremmie Out of Control
Jeremy
Elderly Woman
Stupid Mop
I'm Open
Wishlist
Slight of Hand
Love Boat Captain
Army Reserve
Johnny Guitar
My Father's Son
Buckle Up
Waiting For Stevie
Strongest
Porch
Leash
Spin the Black Circle
Smile
Faithfull
Insignificance
I am Mine
Inside Job
The Fixer
Mind Your Manners
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Wreckage
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
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