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  • GibsonGibson Chicago Posts: 2,671
    1. Can't Keep
    2. Got Some*
    3. No Way%
    4. In My Tree
    5. Nothingman
    6. Off He Goes+
    7. Oceans
    8. Red Mosquito
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. Sleight of Hand#
    12. Indifference
    13. Inside Job
    14. Arc
    15. All or None


    Close calls:
    *Spin the Black Circle
    %Not For You
    +Whipping
    #Leash
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  • En La ClandestinidadEn La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,692
    1. Can't Keep
    2. Got Some
    3. No Way
    4. In My Tree
    5. Nothingman
    6. WMA
    7. Blood
    8. Red Mosquito
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. Help, Help
    12. Come Back
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. All or None

    Oh my.........

    Help, Help over In Hiding and Release. BLASPHEMY :mrgreen:
    Formerly Brew Crew Tix
    “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  • Black73Black73 Posts: 1,018
    [/quote]Brilliant work, so my other question is, which number has the best songs overall?

    Not sure between 4, 11, and 13.[/quote]

    11 is tough, but 2, 3, 5 & 8 have some epic songs. No Way is solid w/Jeff's baseline, and that wasn't in my top 2. Same with Corduroy - instant classic, but Red Mosquito and RVM are a couple longtime favorites of mine.
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,767
    1) Last Exit
    2) Animal (Tough because I love Got Some and Hail Hail)
    3) Comatose
    4) In My Tree (Tremor Christ is a close one)
    5) Nothingman
    6) Off He Goes
    7) Unthought Known
    8) Porch (another toughy with RVM, Corduroy, etc.)
    9) Grievance (though I love Lukin)
    10) Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In a Small Town
    11) Release
    12) Indifference
    13) Immortality

    #2, #4, and #8 have the best songs in my opinion.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    1. Can't Keep
    2. Got Some
    3. No Way
    4. In My Tree
    5. Nothingman
    6. WMA
    7. Blood
    8. Red Mosquito
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. Help, Help
    12. Come Back
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. All or None

    Oh my.........

    Help, Help over In Hiding and Release. BLASPHEMY :mrgreen:

    notice the key word in the title "Album".
    It's cool if you aren't a Help, Help fan but Release doesn't fit in the middle of any album. In Hiding is jsut ok

    Coming from somebody who has Severed Hand, Amongst the Waves and Inside Job on their list i take very little offense :D
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • En La ClandestinidadEn La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,692
    1. Can't Keep
    2. Got Some
    3. No Way
    4. In My Tree
    5. Nothingman
    6. WMA
    7. Blood
    8. Red Mosquito
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. Help, Help
    12. Come Back
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. All or None

    Oh my.........

    Help, Help over In Hiding and Release. BLASPHEMY :mrgreen:

    notice the key word in the title "Album".
    It's cool if you aren't a Help, Help fan but Release doesn't fit in the middle of any album. In Hiding is jsut ok

    Coming from somebody who has Severed Hand, Amongst the Waves and Inside Job on their list i take very little offense :D

    Touche :mrgreen:
    Formerly Brew Crew Tix
    “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  • mankind27mankind27 Posts: 33
    Life Wasted
    Faithful
    Alive
    Given to Fly
    Just Breathe
    I Am Mine
    Do the Evolution
    Corduroy
    Grievance
    Present Tense
    Release
    Come Back
    Immortality
    'I wish i came from a country that never went to war, I wish i came from a country that took care of its poor,
    Maybe someday that will change, in the place from where we came,
    But in the mean time thanks for the example, in the mean time thanks for giving us hope...'
  • 1) Life wasted
    2) Save you
    3) Alive
    4) Light years
    5) Black
    6) I am mine
    7) Do the evolution
    8) Rearviewmirror
    9) Garden
    10) Low light
    11) Release
    12) Come back
    13) Immortality
    14) Arc
    15) All or none

    damn that was hard! especially numbers 5, 6 and 8
    IF YOU HATE SOMETHING,.. DONT YOU DO IT TOO
  • IamBETELIamBETEL Posts: 110
    Only doing 13 because there's no competition for the last few.

    1. Life Wasted
    2. Animal
    3. Not For You
    4. Given to Fly
    5. Black
    6. Amongst the Waves
    7. Do the Evolution
    8. Corduroy
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. In Hiding
    12. Indifference
    13. All Those Yesterdays
  • Go
    Hail Hail
    Alive
    Tremor Christ
    Black
    Whipping
    Evolution
    Rearviewmirror
    MFC
    Present Tense
    Betterman
    Indifference
    Immortality
    Inside Job
    All or None

    And best b-sides/others: Love and Trust, Leatherman, I got Shit
    Hey Wang!... That's the worst hat I ever saw - looks good on you though!
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    Looks like fun................

    1. Can't Keep
    2. Faithful
    3. Alive
    4. Tremor Christ
    5. Black
    6. Off He Goes
    7. DTE
    8. Corduroy
    9. Grievance
    10. Present Tense
    11. Release
    12. Indifference
    13. Immortality

    This list likely changes every hour/day/week...............
  • fox_mulderXfox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    Big Drop wrote:
    If it were up to you to look over all nine of Pearl Jam's studio albums and select one song from every track number to create the best possible Pearl Jam album, what songs would you pick? For example, to open the album you would have to consider Once, Go, Last Exit, Sometimes, etc., and choose only one to put on your best album possible. Then you'd have to consider Even Flow, Animal, Spin the black circle, Hail Hail, etc., and pick one.

    My best possible album:

    1). Brain of J
    2.) God's Dice
    3.) Love Boat Captain
    4.) Severed Hand
    5.) Dissident
    6.) Jeremy
    7). Unemployable
    8.) Corduroy
    9.) Grievance
    10.) Force of Nature
    11.) Betterman
    12.) Push Me, Pull Me
    13.) Inside Job
    14.) Arc
    15). All or None

    if that is pearl jam's best album, i would request an early retirement
  • John Briggs 2008John Briggs 2008 Posts: 1,024
    edited July 2010
    01. Pearl Jam - [Vs. CD1/1 #01/12] Go
    02. Pearl Jam - [Ten [Legacy Edition] CD2/2 #02/17] Even Flow
    03. Pearl Jam - [Vitalogy CD1/1 #03/14] Not For You
    04. Pearl Jam - [Binaural CD1/1 #04/13] Light Years
    05. Pearl Jam - [Vs. CD1/1 #05/12] Dissident
    06. Pearl Jam - [Ten [Legacy Edition] CD2/2 #06/17] Jeremy
    07. Pearl Jam - [Backspacer CD1/1 #07/11] Unthought Known
    08. Pearl Jam - [Vs. CD1/1 #08/12] Rearviewmirror
    09. Pearl Jam - [Riot Act CD1/1 #09/15] Get Right
    10. Pearl Jam - [Vs. CD1/1 #10/12] Small Town
    11. Pearl Jam - [Vitalogy CD1/1 #11/14] Better Man
    12. Pearl Jam - [Pearl Jam CD1/1 #12/13] Come Back
    13. Pearl Jam - [No Code CD1/1 #13/13] Around The Bend
    Post edited by John Briggs 2008 on
  • 01. Pearl Jam - [Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) CD1/2 #01/16] Once (Remix)
    02. Pearl Jam - [No Code CD1/1 #02/13] Hail, Hail
    03. Pearl Jam - [Pearl Jam CD1/1 #03/13] Comatose
    04. Pearl Jam - [Ten [Legacy Edition] CD2/2 #04/17] Why Go
    05. Pearl Jam - [Binaural CD1/1 #05/13] Nothing As It Seems
    06. Pearl Jam - [Riot Act CD1/1 #06/15] I Am Mine
    07. Pearl Jam - [Pearl Jam CD1/1 #07/13] Unemployable
    08. Pearl Jam - [Riot Act CD1/1 #08/15] You Are
    09. Pearl Jam - [Ten [Legacy Edition] CD2/2 #09/17] Garden
    10. Pearl Jam - [Backspacer CD1/1 #10/11] Force Of Nature
    11. Pearl Jam - [Vs. CD1/1 #11/12] Leash
    12. Pearl Jam - [Yield CD1/1 #12/13] Push Me, Pull Me
    13. Pearl Jam - [Pearl Jam CD1/1 #13/13] Inside Job
  • Break The SkyBreak The Sky Posts: 1,276
    Big Drop wrote:
    If it were up to you to look over all nine of Pearl Jam's studio albums and select one song from every track number to create the best possible Pearl Jam album, what songs would you pick? For example, to open the album you would have to consider Once, Go, Last Exit, Sometimes, etc., and choose only one to put on your best album possible. Then you'd have to consider Even Flow, Animal, Spin the black circle, Hail Hail, etc., and pick one.

    My best possible album:

    1). Brain of J
    2.) God's Dice
    3.) Love Boat Captain
    4.) Severed Hand
    5.) Dissident
    6.) Jeremy
    7). Unemployable
    8.) Corduroy
    9.) Grievance
    10.) Force of Nature
    11.) Betterman
    12.) Push Me, Pull Me
    13.) Inside Job
    14.) Arc
    15). All or None

    if that is pearl jam's best album, i would request an early retirement

    I never said it was Pearl Jam's best, it's just my best album I could make only taking one song from every slot. I never knew so many people disliked Severed Hand :?
    If hope can grow from dirt like me ...
  • KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    1. Last Exit
    2. Spin the Black Circle
    3. Not for You
    4. In My Tree
    5. Smile
    6. Off He Goes
    7. Unthought Known
    8. Porch
    9. Rats
    10. Present Tense
    11. In Hiding
    12. Indifference
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. All or None
    Bern - September 13, 2006
    Berlin - August 15, 2009
    Lisbon - July 10, 2010
    Berlin - June 26, 2014
    Zurich - June 23, 2022

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  • AlyantisAlyantis Posts: 15
    Like everyone else, there are several selections I could move in and out of this.

    1) Last Exit
    2) Animal (Faithful, so good, but I love animal)
    3) Love Boat Captain (This is one that could change daily)
    4) In My Tree (Haven't seen it live yet, holy grail for me)
    5) Black (I didn't bother looking at the other choices, this is PJ for me)
    6) Off He Goes
    7) Unthought Known (Love this song recently)
    8) Corduroy
    9) Rats
    10) Present Tense
    11) Release
    12) Indifference
    13) Parting Ways
  • The RockThe Rock Posts: 1,439
    01. Last Exit
    02. Hail Hail
    03. Alive
    04. In My Tree
    05. Nothingman
    06. I Am Mine
    07. Unthought Known
    08. Of The Girl
    09. Speed Of Sound
    10. In Hiding
    11. Push Me Pull Me
    12. Indifference
    13. Parting Ways
    2006: London Astoria, Lisbon I & II, Paris, Verona, Milano
    2007: Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009: Manchester
    2010: Belfast, Berlin
    2012: Manchester I & II
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes
    2018: Amsterdam I, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, London
    2022: Berlin, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam II
  • StoneAmentStoneAment Posts: 393
    The best Pearl Jam album possible

    1. "Go"
    2. "Animal"
    3. "Daughter"
    4. "Glorified G"
    5. "Dissident"
    6. "W.M.A."
    7. "Blood"
    8. "Rearviewmirror"
    9. "Rats"
    10. "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town"
    11. "Leash"
    12. "Indifference"

    Done ;)
    Mike McCready makes the energizer bunny look tired.
  • StoneAmentStoneAment Posts: 393
    Ok, I've done this properly now. I still maintain though that a perfct album is more than the sum of its parts and the context and flow of the album is key so where as these may be my favourite songs at those positions I don't think this track listing would be better than listening to Vs, or Ten or No Code ......

    1. Breakerfall
    2. Save You
    3. Daughter
    4. Why Go (so close with Severed Hand)
    5. Black (Nothingman and Nothing as it Seems at this position make this a toughie - the live perforances of black put it on top though)
    6. Jeremy
    7. Unemployable (hard between that and Thumbing my Way)
    8. Rearviewmirror (OMG Corduroy Corduroy didn't make the list)
    9. Garden
    10. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (OMG Present Tense didn't make the list - WTF)
    11. Release
    12. Indifference
    13. Immortality
    14. Arc
    15. All or None (the last 2 were easy :D)
    Mike McCready makes the energizer bunny look tired.
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