Bottom 3 PJ Albums

davidtrios

RIOT ACT
BINAURAL
TEN

megatron

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LukinFan

Tonykin

LukinFan wrote:

LOL! Right! It sucks...

icemanap

Riot Act is my least favourite, I'm afraid to say.

Not like it's a bad record, it isn't. It's a great record with excellent tracks like Save You, 1/2 Full, I Am Mine and Love Boat Captain. Just not my favourite album they've released.

If other bands could release albums like this, the world would be a better place, in my humble opinion though I feel it's not their best work.

hollyster70

As in..."my bottom bitch" is a pimps best gal?

Wilds

LukinFan wrote:

Love this little guy.

soulsinging

icemanap wrote:

Riot Act is my least favourite, I'm afraid to say.

Not like it's a bad record, it isn't. It's a great record with excellent tracks like Save You, 1/2 Full, I Am Mine and Love Boat Captain. Just not my favourite album they've released.

If other bands could release albums like this, the world would be a better place, in my humble opinion though I feel it's not their best work.

I disagree. Riot Act IS a bad album. If it had been released by any other band, I'd have sold it long ago, but I'm sentimental about my PJ cd's I guess. Aside from All or None, nothing on that album stands with their best work.

Riot Act
s/t
Ten... I was going to put Binaural, but, despite having many of their best songs, Ten has never worked as an album for me for some reason. Binaural has its misses, but that album is so tied to my senior year of hs I can't help but remember it fondly.

The Waiting Trophy Man

soulsinging

LukinFan wrote:

You're right, how about a thread about our top 3 albums... I'll bet we'd get some new and interesting responses to that! :roll:

broloco

although I quite enjoyed Fonzi and the little red guy...i disagree: I'm liking this thread. it had to be done. yin and yang. bottom's up:

Avocado
Riot Act
Ten

UpSideDown

soulsinging wrote:

I disagree. Riot Act IS a bad album. If it had been released by any other band, I'd have sold it long ago, but I'm sentimental about my PJ cd's I guess. Aside from All or None, nothing on that album stands with their best work.

Riot Act
s/t
Ten... I was going to put Binaural, but, despite having many of their best songs, Ten has never worked as an album for me for some reason. Binaural has its misses, but that album is so tied to my senior year of hs I can't help but remember it fondly.

Riot Act IS NOT a bad album........see how that works

Overall I think it is a great album, very underappreciated. This is by far some of their most creative and branched out work (can't keep, cropduster, half full, arc). The songs are great individually (LBC, I am mine, all or none). The only error I see on this album is Bushleaguer

I would have to say the only album that sits a notch below the rest is self titled. As an album it is still very strong, but no one song stands out.

soulsinging

UpSideDown wrote:

Riot Act IS NOT a bad album........see how that works

Overall I think it is a great album, very underappreciated. This is by far some of their most creative and branched out work (can't keep, cropduster, half full, arc). The songs are great individually (LBC, I am mine, all or none). The only error I see on this album is Bushleaguer

Creative and branched out?

can't keep- mediocre and nothing new
cropduster- a piece of crap, one of their worst songs
half full- aka red mosquito... not bad, but nothing new
arc- interesting, sadly one of the more intriguing tracks on the album

great individually?

lbc- one of the cheesiest and embarrassing songs they've ever released. trite lyrics, lame organ, weak chorus
i am mine- as mediocre a mid-tempo ballad as can be imagined
all or none- not a coincidence that the only truly compelling track on the album comes courtesy of stone, complete with a haunting solo from mike and lyrics that allow ed to truly sing, rather than growl or whine

UpSideDown wrote:

I would have to say the only album that sits a notch below the rest is self titled. As an album it is still very strong, but no one song stands out.

Rather how I feel about Riot Act... not a single stand out song. Not even any really good songs, except maybe the last one.

Stephen Flow

broloco

soulsinging wrote:

UpSideDown wrote:

Riot Act IS NOT a bad album........see how that works

Overall I think it is a great album, very underappreciated. This is by far some of their most creative and branched out work (can't keep, cropduster, half full, arc). The songs are great individually (LBC, I am mine, all or none). The only error I see on this album is Bushleaguer

Creative and branched out?

can't keep- mediocre and nothing new
cropduster- a piece of crap, one of their worst songs
half full- aka red mosquito... not bad, but nothing new
arc- interesting, sadly one of the more intriguing tracks on the album

great individually?

lbc- one of the cheesiest and embarrassing songs they've ever released. trite lyrics, lame organ, weak chorus
i am mine- as mediocre a mid-tempo ballad as can be imagined
all or none- not a coincidence that the only truly compelling track on the album comes courtesy of stone, complete with a haunting solo from mike and lyrics that allow ed to truly sing, rather than growl or whine

UpSideDown wrote:

I would have to say the only album that sits a notch below the rest is self titled. As an album it is still very strong, but no one song stands out.

Rather how I feel about Riot Act... not a single stand out song. Not even any really good songs, except maybe the last one.

I def agree on lbc..even the title is ridiculous. but what about "You Are"...that is one great, vastly underappreciated song~! come on, give it up for that one.

guacamolejoe

broloco wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

UpSideDown wrote:

Riot Act IS NOT a bad album........see how that works

Rather how I feel about Riot Act... not a single stand out song. Not even any really good songs, except maybe the last one.[/quote

I def agree on lbc..even the title is ridiculous. but what about "You Are"...that is one great, vastly underappreciated song~! come on, give it up for that one.

Your right, its not a "bad album", but imho I would put it in on the bottom of their work, sorry :oops: , but something has to be put last .

You Are was great at MSG in 2003! My favorite on the album.

Fatal

In my views there are no bad Pearl Jam albums. However some are clearly better than others.

IMO Binaural, Riot Act and Self titled are their worst 3.

Binaural probably the worst in my views. Some very questionable song choices and production makes this the "worst" Pearl Jam album in my books. Grievance doesnt have nearly the "pop" that it should have, and how the band could leave songs like Sad and Fatal off this album is beyond me. I also prefer the original Puzzles & Games to the album version Light Years. With a few changes Binaural would launch up my rankings.

Riot Act to me is #2. A few strong entries...Thumbing My Way and I Am Mine come to mind, but too much filler.

Self TItled is #3 worst on my list, but a decent step above the bottom two. To me this is a very solid album top to bottom, nothing particularly weak, but at the same time no real major standouts.

FYI my top 3 is Vitalogy, Ten and Vs.

Sleep.With.Innocence

You know I hate the concept of bottom three ablums. They are all amazing in their own way. You can't really judge them, and I think condescending and labeling an album(s) as "bottom three" is a terrible thing to you.

They are all great. Enjoy them for what they are, not what they should have been.

megatron

LukinFan wrote:

TMudrick

3. Binaural
2. Riot Act
1. Pearl Jam

Sorry, I just can't seem to figure out why people think Ten is among their worst albums...Ten is a legendary piece of art that is up there in discussion with the greatest rock albums of all time.

icemanap

I got Riot Act for NZ$7, about £2.50 at the time, in Christchurch only six months after it had been released in the bargain basket. Listened to it, didn't do much for me. I thought it may be one of those albums which is more of a grower.....it was, but not that much. Not that I am saying it isn't a bad album (I have heard thousands worse), just the weakest release of Pearl Jam's career in my own opinion.

I know we are all PJ fans here but we are all adult enough to not enjoy everysingle thing they do.

If they released an album full of birdsong and/or distortion noise, would some of us buy it and claim it was brilliant just because PJ did it?