Best song on DM?

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  • MikeDigs
    MikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,680
    React, Respond
    At this point, I'll still take React, Respond at #1.  I can't get enough of this one.  It's easily a top 10 overall Pearl Jam song for me.

    Then it's pretty much a tie with the rest of these amazing songs.
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  • JoeyP21
    JoeyP21 Allentown, PA Posts: 194
    edited April 2024
    Waiting For Stevie
    Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:
    It’s extremely hard to pick. Every time I get to the end I think I have one and then Setting Sun comes on. It’s crazy good. 
    Same! Love Setting Sun the more I listen to it! Might be turning into my favorite. 
  • Chazz
    Chazz Posts: 1,156
    Waiting For Stevie
    Waiting for Stevie at the moment, so many amazing songs on this album though
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  • FlyBono24
    FlyBono24 Posts: 144
    Wreckage
    Gotta be Wreckage for me....  love the lyrics, the riff, the outro (Tom Petty Learning to Fly-ish, I love that song!)
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,681
    I can’t pick a favorite it varies from day to day hour to hour! 
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  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,016
    Setting Sun
    After a full week I’m ready to rank.

    1. Setting Sun (the last 2.5 minutes)
    2. Waiting for Stevie

    3. React Respond
    4. Scared of Fear

    5. Upper Hand
    6. Dark Matter
    7. Running



    8. Got to Give


    9. Wreckage



    10. Won’t Tell
    11. Something Special (great intro guitar tone though)
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  • maximumlawman
    maximumlawman Regensburg, Germany Posts: 229
    edited April 2024
    Upper Hand
    The album is beautiful in its entirety. Some particularly strong songs stand out (Upper Hand, Waiting for Stevie, Setting Sun). I would love to hear the album live in it’s entirety in sequence. 
  • deb1211
    deb1211 Posts: 2,055
    I've been listening everyday and I just can't pick a favorite. I love too many 
  • MikeDigs
    MikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,680
    edited April 2024
    React, Respond
    30 spins in, and I still have React, Respond as my favorite.  I was correct on first listen.  Already a Top 10 overall Pearl Jam song for me.

    What I did not see coming after 30 spins, is that I have the other 10 songs tied as great.  To be blunt, there's only one other Pearl Jam album that hooked me this much, and that's VS.

    A shocking surprise.  Christmas in April.

    VS
    Dark Matter
    Ten/Yield/Vitalogy/No Code

     :o 
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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    I'm gonna have to go with tracks 1-11. 
  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    Scared of Fear
    I think every single track on this album is very good or great. I initially picked scared of fear, but any of these tracks could be my favorite as they are all incredible

    Scared of fear
    React, respond
    Upper hand
    Waiting for Stevie
    Got To Give
    Setting sun
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    Got to Give
    Lifted said:
    I think every single track on this album is very good or great. I initially picked scared of fear, but any of these tracks could be my favorite as they are all incredible

    Scared of fear
    React, respond
    Upper hand
    Waiting for Stevie
    Got To Give
    Setting sun
    So "Wreckage" has climbed to at least "very good" in your estimation? I'm glad it has grown on you.
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  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    Scared of Fear
    BF25394 said:
    Lifted said:
    I think every single track on this album is very good or great. I initially picked scared of fear, but any of these tracks could be my favorite as they are all incredible

    Scared of fear
    React, respond
    Upper hand
    Waiting for Stevie
    Got To Give
    Setting sun
    So "Wreckage" has climbed to at least "very good" in your estimation? I'm glad it has grown on you.
    Yes. It has grown me. I love the whole album. It's all I've been listening to since April 18th and I have yet to skip any tracks.
  • marjen
    marjen CT Posts: 808
    edited April 2024
    Waiting For Stevie
    Such a great album. Never expected it to be honest. Outside of a handful of songs I have not really enjoyed the last 3 albums. They have Some good songs for sure but just lacked the magic and energy of the earlier works. But DM is sooo strong. 

    1. Waiting for Stevie
    2. Upper Hand
    3. Scared of Fear
    4. Won’t tell
    5. Running 
    6. Got to give
    7. Wreckage 
    8. Dark matter 
    9. Setting sun

    10. Wreckage 



    11. Something special. 
  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,876
    Upper Hand
    dimitrispearljam said:
    chrisr211977 said:
    dimitrispearljam said:
    my rank 

    1.Upper Hand
    2.Waiting For Stevie
    3.Won't Tell
    4.Scared of Fear
    5.Dark Matter
    6.Running
    7. React/Respond
    8.Got to Give
    9.Setting Sun
    10.Something Special  
    11.Wreckage
        
        
        

        
    WORST SONG?
    My Ranking (out of the songs I've heard  :|)
    1. Wreckage
    2. Running
    3. Dark Matter
    I have also heard the 30 second snippets.
    Wreckage is so flat,long ,monotone song and will be a killer mood live.
    its so good the lyrics tho..
    i heard full album,
    I feel like Wreckage would be a great Ed Solo song. Doesn’t fit this album 
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  • MikeDigs
    MikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,680
    edited April 2024
    React, Respond
    Lifted said:
    BF25394 said:
    Lifted said:
    I think every single track on this album is very good or great. I initially picked scared of fear, but any of these tracks could be my favorite as they are all incredible

    Scared of fear
    React, respond
    Upper hand
    Waiting for Stevie
    Got To Give
    Setting sun
    So "Wreckage" has climbed to at least "very good" in your estimation? I'm glad it has grown on you.
    Yes. It has grown me. I love the whole album. It's all I've been listening to since April 18th and I have yet to skip any tracks.
    Wreckage has also grown on me, and I couldn't imagine a different song coming after React, Respond.  It works so well on multiple levels, and then again the flow from Wreckage to Dark Matter.  All amazing stuff.  I feel spoiled as a Pearl Jam fan with this masterpiece.
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  • LC
    LC North Andover, MA Posts: 307
    Setting Sun
    Not comparing the songs....but just the initial flow of Scared of Fear-React/Respond-Wreckage reminds me so much of Go-Animal-Daughter
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  • djjazzy276
    djjazzy276 Posts: 233
    Won't Tell
    LC said:
    Not comparing the songs....but just the initial flow of Scared of Fear-React/Respond-Wreckage reminds me so much of Go-Animal-Daughter
    100% agree. I've been thinking as I listen that it feels like they looked back at the discography to mirror the flow of the album. The first half of this album flows very similarly to Vs. in my opinion.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,970
    Won't Tell
    djjazzy276 said:
    LC said:
    Not comparing the songs....but just the initial flow of Scared of Fear-React/Respond-Wreckage reminds me so much of Go-Animal-Daughter
    100% agree. I've been thinking as I listen that it feels like they looked back at the discography to mirror the flow of the album. The first half of this album flows very similarly to Vs. in my opinion.
    Spot on! :wink:
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,993
    Waiting For Stevie
    And Setting Sun..
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