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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    edited May 10

    Indifference
    Immortality (if we aren't counting Stupid Mop)
    Around The Bend
    Release
    River Cross
    All or None
    Parting Ways
    Inside Job
    All Those Yesterdays
    Setting Sun
    Future Days
    The End
    (Stupid Mop)

    this is where I land.

    Post edited by Tim Simmons on
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Wow people really don't like River Cross.
    Its a banger of a closer.

  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    Also, because of how common it has been to open shows, Release feels like a better opener to me. 
  • yosiyosi Posts: 3,037
    I’m shocked by how low All Those Yesterdays is coming in. 
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane

  • MikeDigsMikeDigs Posts: 1,499
    yosi said:
    I’m shocked by how low All Those Yesterdays is coming in. 
    Some of the list results had me wondering too, but then I realized that everyone usually likes all of these songs, it's just that they love the other ones just a bit more.  These songs are all so great, I can't imagine ranking them over each other.  Maybe putting them in tiers makes more sense.
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  • JT167846JT167846 Posts: 935
    Totally. I love The End. It's an absolute tearjerker so I don't listen to it often but it's such a good closer. The hilarious thing is Yellow Ledbetter is not in the list given it is the traditional closer for PJ gigs. Wonder where it would sit were it on this list.
    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
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,672
    1. Indifference
    2. All Those Yesterdays
    3. Immorality
    4. All or None
    5. Release
    6. Setting Sun
    7. Inside Job
    8. Parting Ways
    9. River Cross
    10. Future Days
    11. The End
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,446
    1. Indifference - best running order of all their albums

    2.  Immortality - my favourite PJ song but the whole “is it the closer?” debate puts it at #2

    3. Release - adore it (especially live) but that makes me consider it the best OPENER 

    4. Parting Ways - should close more shows (maybe will take the second last spot during a show on this tour???)

    5. All Those Yesterdays
    6. Setting Sun - where it sits right now
    7. All or None
    8. Inside Job
    9. Around The Bend

    10. The End
    11. River Cross
    12. Future Days
  • RobbertRobbert Posts: 946
    1. Release
    2. Inside Job
    3. Immortality
    4. Indifference
    5. All or none
    6. All those yesterdays
    7. Parting Ways
    8. Around the bend
    9. Setting sun
    10. The end
    11. River cross
    12. Future days

  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,500
    Tier 1:
    Release
    Immortality 
    Parting Ways

    Tier 2:
    Setting Sun
    Indifference
    Around The Bend
    All Those Yesterdays


    Mid:

    Inside Job
    All or None



    Yuck:

    The End
    River Cross
    Future Days
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Falling DownFalling Down Posts: 805
    Glorified KC said:
    1. Indifference
    2. All Those Yesterdays
    3. Immorality
    4. All or None
    5. Release
    6. Setting Sun
    7. Inside Job
    8. Parting Ways
    9. River Cross
    10. Future Days
    11. The End
    Missing Around the Bend 

    Montreal 98, 00, 03, 05, 11
    Toronto 03, 06, 11
    Ottawa 05, 11
    Quebec 05; Saratoga 00; Boston 04; Toledo 04
    Albany 06; Honolulu 06; Hartford 08
    Costa Rica 11
    London (Ont.), Hartford 13
    Quebec, Fenway 1 + 2 16; London 18
    EV Montreal (2), Berkeley II, Albany, Boston, London (UK)

  • marumarukomarumaruko Posts: 253
    Very difficult to rank for me, but I would go

    1. Release
    2. Indifference
    3. Immortality
    4. Parting Ways
    5. Setting Sun
    6. All Those Yesterdays
    7. Inside Job
    Those 7 are songs I listen to all the time while the following fall off for me. River Cross sounds awesome live though. 

    8. Future Days
    9. River Cross
    10. The End
    11. Around the bend
    12. All or None


  • HenriettaLowellHenriettaLowell Posts: 125
    Niko80 said:
    I count immortality. In this context it is the last song, even if it doesn't close the album.
    Although I understand this stance, we‘re getting into the shaky territory of what constitutes a song. In the context of mainstream rock, it might make sense to leave it out, but the lines are definitely blurry even regarding PJ. Does Red Bar count as a song? Does there have to be at least a chord change (Push Me, Pull Me / Arc)? Etc.
  • HenriettaLowellHenriettaLowell Posts: 125
    edited May 12
    Either way, it‘s definitely the last track / recording of the record, so I’m counting it:

    1. Around The Bend *****
    2. Indifference *****
    3. Parting Ways *****

    4. Setting Sun ****1/2
    5. All Those Yesterdays ****1/2
    6. All or None ****1/2
    7. Release ****1/2
    8. Inside Job ****1/2

    9. The End ***1/2
    10. River Cross ***1/2

    11. Future Days **1/2

    12. Stupid Mop **

    Edit: Added stars
    Post edited by HenriettaLowell on
  • KN219077KN219077 Posts: 1,116
    Release, All Those Yesterdays, and Setting Sun are top three. Release is my all time favorite song so that’s an easy one for me. 
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,446
    Does Master/Slave count as last track on Ten??
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,500
    edited May 12
    rummy said:
    Does Master/Slave count as last track on Ten??
    And hummus! What about writers block
    On binaural?!?!


    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • MikeDigsMikeDigs Posts: 1,499
    mcgruff10 said:
    rummy said:
    Does Master/Slave count as last track on Ten??
    And hummus! What about writers block
    On binaural?!?!


    Hummus is a banger!  :rock_on:  But I would just consider that a bonus feature of All Those Yesterdays, which is a very fine track by itself, it just gets enhanced by having Hummus follow.
    I'm spinning, oh-oh-oh I'm spinning
  • JY154170JY154170 Posts: 19
    release
    indifference
    immortality

    setting sun
    all or none

    all those yesterdays
    parting ways
    inside job

    future days
    river cross
    the end
    around the bend
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,672
    Falling Down said:
    Glorified KC said:
    1. Indifference
    2. All Those Yesterdays
    3. Immorality
    4. All or None
    5. Release
    6. Setting Sun
    7. Inside Job
    8. Parting Ways
    9. River Cross
    10. Future Days
    11. The End
    Missing Around the Bend 
    Shit.  Here's the list with all 12 closers.  I need to learn how to count.

    1. Indifference
    2. All Those Yesterdays
    3. Immorality
    4. All or None
    5. Release
    6. Setting Sun
    7. Inside Job
    8. Around the Bend
    9. Parting Ways
    10. River Cross
    11. Future Days
    12. The End


    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • GetoutofmyfuckinfaceGetoutofmyfuckinface Posts: 176
    Release (also the best opener along with oceans)
    yellow ledbetter
    indifference
    Setting sun
    all or none
  • Planet of SoundPlanet of Sound Posts: 628
    edited May 17
    Actually the closers are all decent at least, but roughly…

    Release
    Indifference
    Setting Sun (could end up higher)
    Around the Bend
    ——————
    Inside Job
    All or None
    River Cross
    All Those Yesterdays
    ——————
    Parting Ways
    The End
    Future Days
    Foxymop (Immortality isn’t the last track, bla bla)
    Post edited by Planet of Sound on
  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,435
    Planet of Sound said:
    Actually the closers are all decent at least, but roughly…

    Release
    Indifference
    Setting Sun (could end up higher)
    Around the Bend
    ——————
    Inside Job
    All or None
    River Cross
    All Those Yesterdays
    ——————
    Parting Ways
    The End
    Future Days
    Foxymop (Immortality isn’t the last track, bla bla)
    Immortality might not be the last track but it is most definitely the closer imo.
  • MikeDigsMikeDigs Posts: 1,499
    PJNB said:
    Planet of Sound said:
    Actually the closers are all decent at least, but roughly…

    Release
    Indifference
    Setting Sun (could end up higher)
    Around the Bend
    ——————
    Inside Job
    All or None
    River Cross
    All Those Yesterdays
    ——————
    Parting Ways
    The End
    Future Days
    Foxymop (Immortality isn’t the last track, bla bla)
    Immortality might not be the last track but it is most definitely the closer imo.
    Immortality is such a beautiful and amazing song, and it sits well as an album closer, and also as a standalone track.  But it seems like Stupid Mop is an extension of the song, and the true intended album closer based on feeling.  As if the listener has fell thru the trap door in the Sun.  Vitalogy is such a cool album.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,168
    I'm making a spotify playlist for album closers thanks to this thread (with Immortality). 
    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
  • kmcmanuskmcmanus Posts: 738
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Wow people really don't like River Cross.
    Then they should just rank Retrograde. That’s how Immortality ended up on these lists even though it doesn’t close an album
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