So tough to choose, they are all great in different ways, and the best from my perspective has changed quite a few times. Just today, I spun my newly acquired No Code vinyl and as of this moment, that's the "best" for me. But there is little doubt that in a week or so, I will feel the same about another one!
A friend and I will occasionally play the "rank the PJ album game" and without fail, the exercise ends in frustration with us saying to each other "ah whatever, they're all awesome".
Bristow, VA - 5.13.10
East Troy, WI - 9.3.11
East Troy, WI - 9.4.11
Atlanta, GA - 9.22.12
Las Vegas, NV - 10.31.12 (EV)
Las Vegas, NV - 11.1.12 (EV)
Chicago, IL - 7.19.13
Dallas, TX - 11.15.13
Oklahoma City, OK - 11.16.13
Seattle, WA - 12.6.13
Lincoln, NE - 10.9.14
Moline, IL - 10.17.14
St. Paul, MN - 10.19.14
Milwaukee, WI - 10.20.14
New York, NY - 5.1.16
New York, NY - 5.2.16
Boston, MA - 8.5.16
Boston, MA - 8.7.16
Chicago, IL - 8.20.16
"...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.....”
It is almost impossible to choose between the first 5 albums...All equally amazing.
Binaural is a notch under, but not by much and I love the unreleased songs from that era (Education, Fatal, Sad)
Riot Act and Pearl Jam weren't nearly as good, but Backspacer was an improvement, so the arc is going upwards again!
Tough choice although I hate the hatred of Backspacer. Backspacer fucking rocks. It always gets the "last album sucks" treatment. If anyone has been a fan since the beginning, this crap has been going on since Vs. was released. There's always a group of people who think the last album that the band put out sucks.. Just wait until the band puts out a few more albums. All of a sudden these people who think Backspacer sucks will be praising it.. Happens every time. Remember everyone here despised Riot Act?.. And then years later they are here apoligizing and praising it. :roll:
Backspacer is a fun album and the band needs a fun album. It stands on its own.
HEAVY
Animal
Big wave
Blood
Brain of j
Comatose
Deep
Do the evolution
Even flow
Go
Got some
Grievance
Habit
Hail hail
Insignifigance
Leash
Life wasted
Lukin
Once
Porch
Rvm
Save you
Severed hand
Spin the black circle
State of love and trust
Whipping
Why go
ROCKING
Alive
Amongst
Army reserve
Aye davanita
Betterman
Breakerfall
Breathe
Corduroy
Crazy mary
Daughter
Dissident
Ederley
Evacuation
Faithful
Fixer
Force of nature
Glorified g
God’s dice
Gonna see my friends
Happy when I’m crying
I’ve got a feeling
I got id
In hiding
In my tree
Jeremy
Johnny guitar
Last exit
Leatherman
Light years
Love reign
Mankind
Marker in the sand
Not for you
Nothing as it seems
Out of my mind
Present tense
Pry to
Rats
Red mosquito
Rival
Rockin in the free world
Satans bed
Smile
Supersonic
Thin air
Tremor Christ
Unemployable
Unthought known
Wma
Who you are
wishlist
World wide suicide
Yellow ledbetter
MELLOW
All or none
All those yesterdays
angel
Around the bend
Black
Comeback
The end
Garden
Gone
Immortality
Indifference
Inside job
Just breathe
Long road
Low light
Man of the hour
Nothing man
Oceans
Of the girl
Off he goes
parachutes
Parting ways
Release
sleight of hand
Sometimes
soon forget
Speed of sound
Thumbing my way
wasted reprise
it's weird...every time i listen to a pj cd it's like listening to it for the first time...i wake up to different sounds and lyrics...
Hence my addiction to the best band on the planet...
Exactly how I feel. Each morning I wake up with this soulful voice singing a different lyric in my head. And the favourites rotate every week or so, never ever gets old. I have to say, there is no 'worst' album. This is because this band is not one that has ever put out an album just for the sake of putting it out. Each one has something important to say; a powerful feeling that represents the space the band was in when they created it. It is this authenticity that I crave each and every day ...
Tough choice although I hate the hatred of Backspacer. Backspacer fucking rocks. It always gets the "last album sucks" treatment. If anyone has been a fan since the beginning, this crap has been going on since Vs. was released. There's always a group of people who think the last album that the band put out sucks.. Just wait until the band puts out a few more albums. All of a sudden these people who think Backspacer sucks will be praising it.. Happens every time. Remember everyone here despised Riot Act?.. And then years later they are here apoligizing and praising it. :roll:
Backspacer is a fun album and the band needs a fun album. It stands on its own.
Well said. I agree with what you have to say. I dont think there is a "best" album either, the band have put out too many good albums for one to stand above the rest.
Tough choice although I hate the hatred of Backspacer. Backspacer fucking rocks. It always gets the "last album sucks" treatment. If anyone has been a fan since the beginning, this crap has been going on since Vs. was released. There's always a group of people who think the last album that the band put out sucks.. Just wait until the band puts out a few more albums. All of a sudden these people who think Backspacer sucks will be praising it.. Happens every time. Remember everyone here despised Riot Act?.. And then years later they are here apoligizing and praising it. :roll:
Backspacer is a fun album and the band needs a fun album. It stands on its own.
Well said. I agree with what you have to say. I dont think there is a "best" album either, the band have put out too many good albums for one to stand above the rest.
I just think people feel it has a "sell out" Feeling to it. I disagree. I think its where they are now in life.
They no longer are hoped up with testosterone and want to fight the wrongs and defend the weak in the world.
They are happy now. They have families. You can just hear how content they are with the lyrics. It all just hit me today while listening to Amongst The Waves. The lyrics
Riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
I can feel like I
Put away my early grave
Cut to later, now you're strong
You've bled yourself, the wounds are gone
Its rare then where is nothing wrong
Survived & youre amongst the fittest
Love ain't love until you give it up
Just seems like They are done with all the crap that being young and starting up has to bring and are content with going where they wanna go when they wanna go.
Back Spacer is a good album just I think people think its not the old sad stories Pearl Jam used to tell.I love the album but its not my fav.
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"...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.....”
I've always loved Yield. When I took a big road trip out west with my friends, I decided to put it on because of, well, you know, the album cover, the album art, etc. It's a very western, open-space vibe. And really, I've really always loved Yield, but when I listened to it driving through the interstates of New Mexico...holy shit. It totally changed. Now I fucking LOVE Yield. It's such a "space" album...really opens up and reaches for something. Excellent driving album, and I love driving, so I stand by Yield most of the time.
But...I also live in Minnesota a lot...and the winters there are very dark, very white, very gloomy. And so I turn to Binaural A LOT too. Binaural is a really shitty driving album, but a perfect album for moodiness and melancholy. So I'm a huge fan of Binaural too.
Ten is of course a huge standby, and whenever I need a moment of catharsis and energy, Ten is there. Overplayed so much when I got into the band.
I love No Code too, but it hasn't hit me quite in the same way as those 3 have...And Vitalogy...man, I want to love it as much as some of you do, but I can't seem to do it. Every time they work into something great, they kill the vibe with a really weird song that throws it all off. I know that's intentional, but I can't get past it. No Code, Binaural, Yield and Ten don't do that for me.
Riot Act has its moments. I don't hate it--I think it's extremely underrated and has its moments. Ghost is amazing.
I think everyone's (for the most part) first love is Ten, that's what brought you in. As someone else said before, all the albums have their own uniqueness to them, and fit different situations. I like them all for different reasons, and I have memories attached to each album as I had different life experiences when each one came out.
I honestly don't listen to Ten that much anymore, since I have heard it so many times. Vs is an amazing album and I think that is was the most highly anticipated PJ album for me, since it came on the heels of Ten. Vitalogy is another great one and highly anticipated (after the Cobain deal). I didn't get into No Code when it first came out, but revisiting it years later, I fell in love with it and it is a regular listen. Yield is phenomenal, and I agree that it has a very open, "driving" feel to it. In my opinion, Binaural is my least favorite album (I may get chastised for this). It has some good tracks, but overall not my favorite. Riot Act was an improvement for me over Binaural. Lately, I have been listening to Avocado a lot! It has some great tracks on it, and I like the feel of the album. It also seems that there is some Backspacer hate on here, I can see why people don't like it, but I overall enjoyed the album. I think there are more songs on the album that I like, more than I dislike.
Sorry to give you my PJ album analysis, just chiming in. Everyone is a critic, but remember one thing, we are all here because we love Pearl Jam, and whatever album is your favorite, enjoy!
It also seems that there is some Backspacer hate on here, I can see why people don't like it, but I overall enjoyed the album. I think there are more songs on the album that I like, more than I dislike.
Not HATE...just no LOVE, for me is more like it.....
The band has a lot to prove, should get a double album together if they are going to wait many more years since 2008/2009 writing and delivery period...many have written them off YEARS ago...the hard core and true like us stay 4 ever
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Exactly. If people are hating on Backspacer, why the hell do I need to fork over $900+ for a white one?
Damn haters and their hate for crappy-ass shit-spacer.
A friend and I will occasionally play the "rank the PJ album game" and without fail, the exercise ends in frustration with us saying to each other "ah whatever, they're all awesome".
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East Troy, WI - 9.3.11
East Troy, WI - 9.4.11
Atlanta, GA - 9.22.12
Las Vegas, NV - 10.31.12 (EV)
Las Vegas, NV - 11.1.12 (EV)
Chicago, IL - 7.19.13
Dallas, TX - 11.15.13
Oklahoma City, OK - 11.16.13
Seattle, WA - 12.6.13
Lincoln, NE - 10.9.14
Moline, IL - 10.17.14
St. Paul, MN - 10.19.14
Milwaukee, WI - 10.20.14
New York, NY - 5.1.16
New York, NY - 5.2.16
Boston, MA - 8.5.16
Boston, MA - 8.7.16
Chicago, IL - 8.20.16
I agree...
Keeping my thread going on...
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"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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Corduroy is.........best song
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Binaural is a notch under, but not by much and I love the unreleased songs from that era (Education, Fatal, Sad)
Riot Act and Pearl Jam weren't nearly as good, but Backspacer was an improvement, so the arc is going upwards again!
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Backspacer is a fun album and the band needs a fun album. It stands on its own.
Animal
Big wave
Blood
Brain of j
Comatose
Deep
Do the evolution
Even flow
Go
Got some
Grievance
Habit
Hail hail
Insignifigance
Leash
Life wasted
Lukin
Once
Porch
Rvm
Save you
Severed hand
Spin the black circle
State of love and trust
Whipping
Why go
ROCKING
Alive
Amongst
Army reserve
Aye davanita
Betterman
Breakerfall
Breathe
Corduroy
Crazy mary
Daughter
Dissident
Ederley
Evacuation
Faithful
Fixer
Force of nature
Glorified g
God’s dice
Gonna see my friends
Happy when I’m crying
I’ve got a feeling
I got id
In hiding
In my tree
Jeremy
Johnny guitar
Last exit
Leatherman
Light years
Love reign
Mankind
Marker in the sand
Not for you
Nothing as it seems
Out of my mind
Present tense
Pry to
Rats
Red mosquito
Rival
Rockin in the free world
Satans bed
Smile
Supersonic
Thin air
Tremor Christ
Unemployable
Unthought known
Wma
Who you are
wishlist
World wide suicide
Yellow ledbetter
MELLOW
All or none
All those yesterdays
angel
Around the bend
Black
Comeback
The end
Garden
Gone
Immortality
Indifference
Inside job
Just breathe
Long road
Low light
Man of the hour
Nothing man
Oceans
Of the girl
Off he goes
parachutes
Parting ways
Release
sleight of hand
Sometimes
soon forget
Speed of sound
Thumbing my way
wasted reprise
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Exactly how I feel. Each morning I wake up with this soulful voice singing a different lyric in my head. And the favourites rotate every week or so, never ever gets old. I have to say, there is no 'worst' album. This is because this band is not one that has ever put out an album just for the sake of putting it out. Each one has something important to say; a powerful feeling that represents the space the band was in when they created it. It is this authenticity that I crave each and every day ...
as far as a song for me....
Gonna See My Friends.............
(a great opener song...again Philly show)
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Well said. I agree with what you have to say. I dont think there is a "best" album either, the band have put out too many good albums for one to stand above the rest.
I just think people feel it has a "sell out" Feeling to it. I disagree. I think its where they are now in life.
They no longer are hoped up with testosterone and want to fight the wrongs and defend the weak in the world.
They are happy now. They have families. You can just hear how content they are with the lyrics. It all just hit me today while listening to Amongst The Waves. The lyrics
Riding high amongst the waves
I can feel like I
Have a soul that has been saved
I can feel like I
Put away my early grave
Cut to later, now you're strong
You've bled yourself, the wounds are gone
Its rare then where is nothing wrong
Survived & youre amongst the fittest
Love ain't love until you give it up
Just seems like They are done with all the crap that being young and starting up has to bring and are content with going where they wanna go when they wanna go.
Back Spacer is a good album just I think people think its not the old sad stories Pearl Jam used to tell.I love the album but its not my fav.
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
But...I also live in Minnesota a lot...and the winters there are very dark, very white, very gloomy. And so I turn to Binaural A LOT too. Binaural is a really shitty driving album, but a perfect album for moodiness and melancholy. So I'm a huge fan of Binaural too.
Ten is of course a huge standby, and whenever I need a moment of catharsis and energy, Ten is there. Overplayed so much when I got into the band.
I love No Code too, but it hasn't hit me quite in the same way as those 3 have...And Vitalogy...man, I want to love it as much as some of you do, but I can't seem to do it. Every time they work into something great, they kill the vibe with a really weird song that throws it all off. I know that's intentional, but I can't get past it. No Code, Binaural, Yield and Ten don't do that for me.
Riot Act has its moments. I don't hate it--I think it's extremely underrated and has its moments. Ghost is amazing.
Backspacer...well, reach for this one the least.
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I honestly don't listen to Ten that much anymore, since I have heard it so many times. Vs is an amazing album and I think that is was the most highly anticipated PJ album for me, since it came on the heels of Ten. Vitalogy is another great one and highly anticipated (after the Cobain deal). I didn't get into No Code when it first came out, but revisiting it years later, I fell in love with it and it is a regular listen. Yield is phenomenal, and I agree that it has a very open, "driving" feel to it. In my opinion, Binaural is my least favorite album (I may get chastised for this). It has some good tracks, but overall not my favorite. Riot Act was an improvement for me over Binaural. Lately, I have been listening to Avocado a lot! It has some great tracks on it, and I like the feel of the album. It also seems that there is some Backspacer hate on here, I can see why people don't like it, but I overall enjoyed the album. I think there are more songs on the album that I like, more than I dislike.
Sorry to give you my PJ album analysis, just chiming in. Everyone is a critic, but remember one thing, we are all here because we love Pearl Jam, and whatever album is your favorite, enjoy!
Not HATE...just no LOVE, for me is more like it.....
The band has a lot to prove, should get a double album together if they are going to wait many more years since 2008/2009 writing and delivery period...many have written them off YEARS ago...the hard core and true like us stay 4 ever
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