Article: Albums ranked from worst to best

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vaggar99
vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
in The Porch
a flawed if not slightly interesting review of all ten albums:
whatculture.com/music/pearl-jam-ranking-their-albums-from-worst-to-best.php

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  • adamvs91
    adamvs91 Posts: 36
    Backspacer is better than Yield, No Code, and Avocado?? Ouch. I can't say I agree at all.
  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,181
    'Backspacer sometimes gets a bad rap among casual fans' - I wouldn't call a lot of people on here who don't like backspacer 'causal fans'.

    This list would probably have resemblance to what order I'd put them in if I just heard each album once. But that's the beauty of PJ, their albums grow on you over time, and whilst I have the same top 3 (not in that order) the rest of my list looks quite different.
    'F*** the pessimists. F*** 'em.' Eddie Vedder
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Binaural and riot act are pretty spot on although I'd put riot act on the bottom. Backspacer to me seems a little high but overall it's a pretty solid list backed up with pretty good evidence.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    i would not call their albums worst. i would say just most favorite and rank from there. i have not seen a band of this magnitude have so much quality material. even though there are a lot of people who don't like certain albums there are still so many that do. there are no real stiffs here. that's the part that is amazing.anybody spinning a rolling stones album from the last 15 years?
  • pjalive21
    pjalive21 St. Louis, MO Posts: 2,818
    I saw Binaural at 10 and immediately stopped reading...no joke
  • Pearl34Jam
    Pearl34Jam TN Posts: 1,112
    Seeing Vitalogy at #1 was a pleasant surprise. I don't know if I've seen a list like that that didn't put Ten at #1
    "Must I keep explaining my decisions to you strangers of the Internet?" - Merch tent 8/19/16

    '13: 10/27 Baltimore
    '15: 9/26 New York City
    '16: 4/16 Greenville (VS!), 4/26 Lexington, 4/28 Philly, 8/20 Wrigley
    '18: 9/02 Fenway
    '22: 9/16 Nashville
    ’24: 8/26 Noblesville, 9/12 Baltimore
    ’25: 5/6 & 5/8 Nashville
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,997
    Pearl34Jam said:

    Seeing Vitalogy at #1 was a pleasant surprise. I don't know if I've seen a list like that that didn't put Ten at #1

    Vitalogy deserves that title
    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
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    My teens LOVED backspacer when it came out. Very friendly album. A lot of kids knew it from Rock Band 2. The Fixer was on vh1 alot too
  • TheCrazyNinja23
    TheCrazyNinja23 Posts: 22
    pjalive21 said:

    I saw Binaural at 10 and immediately stopped reading...no joke

    Pretty much
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Pearl34Jam said:

    Seeing Vitalogy at #1 was a pleasant surprise. I don't know if I've seen a list like that that didn't put Ten at #1

    i think i'd have to put Vitalogy at the top of my list too. there are 10 real songs on the album and every one could have been a single. in fact, i remember radio stations playing just about every track on the album at the time it came out.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Well everyone is entitled to their opinion... I'll just have to disagree with the person that wrote that article.
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