PJ Albums. Rank 'em. Again.

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  • EP1973
    EP1973 Posts: 112
    1-Ten
    2-Backspacer
    3-Vs.
    4-Pearl Jam
    5-Riot Act
    6-Yield
    7-No Code
    8-Vitalogy
    9-Binaural

    PS. I love all of 'em..that's like tryin' to decide which of your kids you love the most..you can't honestly do it.
  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    No Code
    Vitalogy
    Yield
    Ten
    VS
    Binaural
    Riot Act
    Backspacer
    Avocado

    Read em and weep. Have to do this fast, or It could take hours to decide, maybe impossible.

    It's like asking who your favorite child is. Maybe favorite niece and nephews would be better. It's easy to pick the first and last.
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    ok......now that i've gotten to like Backspacer a lot more

    1 yield (sorry but i'm pretty sure this will always be my #1)
    2 Vs
    3 vitalogy
    4 avocado
    5 no code
    6 backspacer
    7 binaural
    8 riot act

    ten can't compete because it's a fucking classic!
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • Pearl James
    Pearl James Pittsburgh/Chicago Posts: 438
    1. No Code
    2. Yield
    3. Ten
    4. Binaural
    5. Vs.
    6. Backspacer
    7. Vitalogy
    8. Avocado
    9. Riot Act
  • Red_Dot
    Red_Dot Posts: 1,454
    1. Vitalogy
    2. No code
    3. Vs
    4. Yield
    5. Ten
    6. Binaural
    7. Avocado
    8. Riot Act
    9. Backspacer
    Take me for a ride before we leave...
  • skidman
    skidman Posts: 66
    1. Vs
    2. Ten
    3. Vitalogy
    4. Yield
    5. Riot Act
    6. Backspacer
    7. Avocado
    8. No Code
    9. Binaural

    .... but none of em suck
    Now bring me my beer.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    blondieblue227 wrote:

    ten can't compete because it's a fucking classic!
    +1 TEN....IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • iamrockmusic
    iamrockmusic Orlando, FL Posts: 443
    1. Ten - the album that started it all
    2. Vs. - track for track, their best, but didn't have the profound effect on me that Ten did
    3. Yield - I remember when this came out, I was finally excited about them again
    4. Backspacer - Really digging it. I like the compactness of the album. And I don't skip any tracks.
    5. No Code - Hated it at first, love it now. Hence it being right in the middle.
    6. Vitalogy - Great album, I just don't know why I don't seek it out more often.
    7. Binaural - Some real gems on here, I like the darker sounding tracks (Sleight of Hand, NAIS, Of The Girl)
    8. Riot Act - Underrated for sure. I did not like it at first, but there are some great songs on here
    9. Avocado - Don't like the production and I skip a lot of tracks on this record. But I still like it.
    Mesa 11/7/93 - Charlotte 10/4/96 - DC 6/14/98 - Raleigh 8/31/98 - Knoxville 9/6/98 - Columbia MD 9/18/98 - DC 9/19/98 - Columbia MD 9/4/00 - Phoenix 10/21/00 - Raleigh 4/15/03 - Phoenix 6/7/03 - Philadelphia 5/27&28/06 - DC 5/30/06 - Las Vegas 7/6/06 - San Diego 7/7/06 - LA 7/9&10/06 - Gorge 7/22&23/06 - Chicago 8/5/07 - PJ20 9/3&4/11 - Jacksonville 11/24/12 (EV) - Orlando 11/27/12 (EV) - Brooklyn 10/18&19/13 - Charlotte 10/30/13 - Memphis 10/14/14 - Ft Lauderdale 4/8/16 - Miami 4/9/16 - Jacksonville 4/13/16 - Hampton 4/18/16 - Chicago 8/20&22/16
  • Washed
    Washed Posts: 736
    1. Ten
    2. No Code
    3. Vitalogy
    4. Yield
    5. Vs.
    6. Backspacer
    7. Avocado
    8. Binaural
    9. Riot Act
    this city is so filthy, like my mind in ways
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    blondieblue227 wrote:

    ten can't compete because it's a fucking classic!
    +1 TEN....IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER

    :mrgreen:
    :lol:
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • TunnelThroughDenial
    TunnelThroughDenial Posts: 769
    1. Vs.
    2. Ten
    3. Yield
    4. Backspacer
    5. No Code
    6. Vitalogy
    7. Avocado
    8. Binaural
    9. Riot Act
    |9.5.93Gorge|2.6.95Moore|5.7.98AROSpace|7.21.98Seattle|7.22.98Seattle|10.21.00PHX|11.5.00Seattle
    |11.6.00Seattle|6.6.03Vegas|6.7.03PHX|5.25.06Boston|7.22.06Gorge|7.23.06Gorge|9.21.09Seattle|9.22.09Seattle |10.6.09LA|11.19.13PHX|11.29.13Portland|12.6.13Seattle |10.22.14Denver| 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle

    EV Solo |7.15.11 Benaroya|7.16.11 Benaroya|4.13.12PHX|10.30.14Redmond|
    TOTD 11.11.16 San Fran
  • osappy1
    osappy1 Posts: 11
    1. Yield
    2. No Code
    3. Vitalogy
    4. Ten
    5. Avocado
    6. Backspacer
    7. Binaural
    8. Vs.
    9. Riot Act
  • StoneAment
    StoneAment Posts: 393
    Top ten with rating out of 5 (rating are in relative pearl jam stars with 5 being the best and 1 being the worst - this is not how I would rate these albums out of 5 if they were compared to all music - this is a PJ specific rating system)
    1. Vs (5/5)
    2. Ten (5/5)
    3. No Code (5/5)
    4. Vitalogy(4/5)
    5. Binaural (3/5)
    6. Avacado (3/5)
    7. Riot act(3/5)
    8. Backspacer (2/5)
    9. Yield (1/5)
    Mike McCready makes the energizer bunny look tired.
  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    This second it's:

    1. Vs.
    2. Backspacer
    3. Yield
    4. No Code
    5. Vitalogy
    6. Ten
    7. Avocado
    8. Riot Act
    9. Binaural

    There's really only a deep wedge between the first five and the last four.
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,019
    1. ten (may never get bumped for me and that's ok)
    2. vs
    3. no code
    4. vitalogy
    5. yield
    6. backspacer
    7. avocado
    8. riot act
    9. binaural

    this was easier than i thought it would be, but i could easily rearrange 3 through 6 in any order and be happy with my rankings, it's just a little too early for me to put backspacer ahead of vitalogy or yield.
    Randall's Island 9/29/96, Continental Arena 9/8/98, MSG 9/10/98, Jones Beach 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 8/25/00, Nassau Coliseum 4/30/03, MSG 7/8/03, 7/9/03, Continental Arena 6/1/06, 6/3/06, MSG 6/24/08, 6/25/08, Spectrum 10/30/09, 10/31/09, MSG 5/20/10, 5/21/10, PJ20 9/3/11, 9/4/11, Charlottesville 10/29/13, Charlotte 10/30/13, Global Citizen 9/26/15, Raleigh 4/20/16 :( Baltimore 3/28/20 :( Austin 9/18/23, 9/19/23, Forum 5/21/24, Baltimore 9/12/24, Fenway 9/17/24, Nashville 5/6/25, 5/8/25
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    1) No Code
    2) Binaural
    3) Yield
    4) Ten
    5) Backspacer
    6) Avocado
    7) Vitalogy
    8) Vs
    9) Riot Act
  • DP13
    DP13 Posts: 282
    1. No Code
    2. Binaural
    3. VS
    4. Yield
    5. Vitalogy
    6. Ten
    7. Backspacer
    8. Avocado
    9. Riot Act
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    YIELD
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    Everything else
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    (the bottom drops out and finds itself in China)
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    (still lower than that)
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    riot act.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • CristianB
    CristianB Posts: 46
    1. No Code
    2. Yield
    3. Ten
    4. Vs.
    5. Vitalogy
    6. Backspacer
    7. Avocado
    8. Binaural
    9. Riot Act

    The hard part of this is that I hardly listen to the albums anymore. It is all about the bootlegs and this list may look different if I was asked which album I would most want to hear live.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    I feel the pits. I just spent 30 minutes typing an elogant response to this thread and the frickin' site asked me to re-sign in and I lost my shit. Perhaps it is a blessing.

    Very succinctly now... I feel that too many people's rankings are whacked. In my previous post (that never made it to the 'big time')... I alluded to respect I needed to be pay to bands such as Led Zeppelin, the Stones, etc. when I was asked what my favourite bands of all time were- even though I don't listen to them anymore.

    Relating this ideology to Pearl Jam... I feel Pearl Jam is the greatest band of all time (perfect timing between me and their explosion onto the scene... university years!).

    They are not flawless- they have their 'Presence' like Led Zeppelin did (Binaural)... As well as their 'Coda' (Riot Act). 'Riot Act' slightly better than 'Binaural'... but both shuffled to the back of the pile pretty quickly.

    BUT... these albums can be truly debated: they've got their II, III, and IV (10, Vs, Vitalogy)... and their 'Houses of the Holy' and 'Physical Graffitti' (Yield and No Code). Which is the best? Preferences here. '10' for me. Then 'Vs'.

    They've gone beyond that and done what U2 and many other 'aging' bands have been unable to do... record albums in recent years that you truly want to put on (not just because you are trying desperately to make it sound good to yourself!). 'Backspacer'... I applaud... fabulous boys... just fabulous. 'Avocado' works for me.

    However, each to their own I guess?
    "My brain's a good brain!"

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