Strongest/weakest track Studio Albums

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  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,259
    Weakest
    Deep
    EWBTCIAST
    Bugs
    sometimes
    Pilate
    Evacuation
    Get Right
    Big Wave
    Johnny Guitar
    My fathers son
    Buckle Up





    Strongest
    Black
    Animal 
    Nothingman (although i did want to throw in STBC to buck the trend in this thread)
    In My tree
    Given To Fly 
    Parting Ways
    I am Mine
    Come Back
    Unthought Known
    Pendulum 
    7 o'clock



    strongest non album track - Long Road
  • TheMookster
    TheMookster Posts: 101
    fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro. 
    Finsbury Park '92 | Brixton 1 '93 | Wembley 2 '96 | Wembley 1&2 '00 | Reading, Paris '06 | Munich, Wembley '07 | Shepherds Bush, Berlin, Manchester, London '09 | Dublin, Belfast, Hyde Park '10 | Manchester 1&2, Amsterdam 1, Copenhagen, Atlanta '12 | Brooklyn 2, Philly 1&2, LA 1&2 '13 | Amsterdam 1&2, Vienna, Berlin '14 | Central Park, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City '15 | Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto 1&2, Wrigley 1&2 '16 | London 1, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, London 2, Fenway 2 '18 | Oakland 1&2, Berlin, Zurich, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, London 1&2, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam '22 | St. Paul 1&2, Chicago 1&2 '23 |
  • BSully
    BSully Indiana Posts: 1,503
    This was hard. Most of the "weak" songs are still songs I like alot.

    weakest album
    1) Even Flow
    2) Rats
    3) Whipping
    4) Im Open
    5) All Those Yesterdays
    6) Sleight of Hand 
    7) You Are
    8) Army Reserve
    9) The End
    10) Yellow Moon
    11) Buckle Up

    strongest album
    1) Black
    2) RVM
    3) Tremor Christ
    4) Off He Goes
    5) Do The Evolution
    6) Insignificance 
    7) Green Disease 
    8) Comatose
    9) Supersonic
    10) Lighting Bolt
    11) Retrograde
    1998: Noblesville, IN 08-17
    2000: Noblesville, IN 08-18
    2003: Noblesville, IN 06-22
    2006: Cincinnati, OH 06-24
    2010: Noblesville, IN 05-07
    2016: Lexington, KY 04-26, Wrigley Field 2 08-22
    2018: Wrigley Field 1 08-18, Wrigley Field 2 08-20
    2022: St. Louis, MO 09-18
    2024: Noblesville, IN 08-26, Wrigley Field 1 08-29, Wrigley Field 2 08-31
    2025: Pitt 1 05-16, Pitt 2 05-18
  • BSully
    BSully Indiana Posts: 1,503
    Now, who has the time to go through all of these and take a tally?
    1998: Noblesville, IN 08-17
    2000: Noblesville, IN 08-18
    2003: Noblesville, IN 06-22
    2006: Cincinnati, OH 06-24
    2010: Noblesville, IN 05-07
    2016: Lexington, KY 04-26, Wrigley Field 2 08-22
    2018: Wrigley Field 1 08-18, Wrigley Field 2 08-20
    2022: St. Louis, MO 09-18
    2024: Noblesville, IN 08-26, Wrigley Field 1 08-29, Wrigley Field 2 08-31
    2025: Pitt 1 05-16, Pitt 2 05-18
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,392
    TheMookster said:
    fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro. 
    I can’t stop hearing “jeepers creepers” when I listen to this one 
  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,027
    Weakest:
    Deep
    Glorified G
    Tremor Christ
    Im Open
    Wishlist
    Evacuation
    Bushleaguer
    Parachutes
    Johnny Guitar
    My Fathers Son
    Buckle Up

    Strongest:
    Alive
    RVM
    Corduroy
    Hail, Hail
    In Hiding
    Nothing as it Seems
    I am Mine
    Severed Hand
    Force of Nature
    Getaway
    Retrograde
    2010: Cleveland
    2012: Atlanta
    2013: London ONT / Wrigley Field / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / San Diego / Los Angeles I / Los Angeles II
    2014: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Detroit / Denver
    2015: New York City
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale / Miami / Jacksonville / Greenville / Hampton / Columbia / Lexington / Philly II / New York City II / Toronto II / Bonnaroo / Telluride / Fenway I / Wrigley I / Wrigley - II / TOTD - Philadelphia, San Francisco
    2017: Ohana Fest (EV)
    2018: Amsterdam I / Amsterdam II / Seattle I / Seattle II / Boston I / Boston II
    2021: Asbury Park / Ohana Encore 1 / Ohana Encore 2
    2022: Phoenix / LA I / LA II / Quebec City / Ottawa / New York City / Camden / Nashville / St. Louis / Denver
    2023: St. Paul II
    2024: Las Vegas I / Las Vegas II / New York City I / New York City II / Philly I / Philly II / Baltimore
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,392
    Glad to see it’s pretty universal that “Buckle Up” is not good. 
  • BSully
    BSully Indiana Posts: 1,503
    edited March 2024
    Abe Froman said:
    Glad to see it’s pretty universal that “Buckle Up” is not good. 
    ...and yet it's still better than any country song, so that's cool.
    Post edited by BSully on
    1998: Noblesville, IN 08-17
    2000: Noblesville, IN 08-18
    2003: Noblesville, IN 06-22
    2006: Cincinnati, OH 06-24
    2010: Noblesville, IN 05-07
    2016: Lexington, KY 04-26, Wrigley Field 2 08-22
    2018: Wrigley Field 1 08-18, Wrigley Field 2 08-20
    2022: St. Louis, MO 09-18
    2024: Noblesville, IN 08-26, Wrigley Field 1 08-29, Wrigley Field 2 08-31
    2025: Pitt 1 05-16, Pitt 2 05-18
  • TheMookster
    TheMookster Posts: 101
    Abe Froman said:
    TheMookster said:
    fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro. 
    I can’t stop hearing “jeepers creepers” when I listen to this one 
    lol. hope this doesn't ruin it for me
    Finsbury Park '92 | Brixton 1 '93 | Wembley 2 '96 | Wembley 1&2 '00 | Reading, Paris '06 | Munich, Wembley '07 | Shepherds Bush, Berlin, Manchester, London '09 | Dublin, Belfast, Hyde Park '10 | Manchester 1&2, Amsterdam 1, Copenhagen, Atlanta '12 | Brooklyn 2, Philly 1&2, LA 1&2 '13 | Amsterdam 1&2, Vienna, Berlin '14 | Central Park, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City '15 | Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto 1&2, Wrigley 1&2 '16 | London 1, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, London 2, Fenway 2 '18 | Oakland 1&2, Berlin, Zurich, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, London 1&2, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam '22 | St. Paul 1&2, Chicago 1&2 '23 |
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,392
    TheMookster said:
    Abe Froman said:
    TheMookster said:
    fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro. 
    I can’t stop hearing “jeepers creepers” when I listen to this one 
    lol. hope this doesn't ruin it for me
    It will 😂. Someone else here on the board (can’t remember who) pointed it out years ago and I’ve never been able to unhear it
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,041
    Fun exercice. Tip of the cap to ya, OP. There are arguably no weak links on several of the early albums.

    Weakest:
    Bugs
    Dissident
    Deep
    Pilate
    Love Boat Captain
    Unemployable
    Take The Long Way
    Mankind
    Evacuation
    Force Of Nature
    Sirens

    Strongest:
    Release
    Not For You
    Animal
    Given To Fly
    I Am Mine
    Marker In The Sand
    Lightning Bolt
    Of The Girl
    Who You Are
    Amongst The Waves
    Comes Then Goes




  • Micheyb21
    Micheyb21 UK Posts: 346
    Weakest

    1) Buckle Up
    2) Let the records play
    3) Speed of Sound
    4) Marker in the sand
    5) 1/2 Full
    6) Evacuation
    7) Push me pull me 
    8) Mankind
    9) Satans Bed
    10) Glorified G
    11) Deep

    Strongest
    1) Dance of the Clairvoyants
    2) Getaway
    3) Amongst the Waves
    4) Inside Job
    5) Save You
    6) Light Years
    7) Given to fly
    8) Off He Goes
    9) Tremor Christ
    10) Dissident
    11) Release
    2000 Cardiff/ 2006 Paris/ 2011 Toronto/ 2013 Chicago/ 2014 Amsterdam 1 & Milton Keynes, 
    2016 MSG 1&2/ 2017 London Ed solo/ 2018 London 1, Padua, Rome, Prague & London 2
    2019 Dusseldorf & Dublin Ed Solo  
    2022 Copenhagen, London 1&2, Budapest, Krakow, Vienna, Prague, Ams 1 & Ams 2
    2024 Manchester, London, Auckland 1&2, Sydney 1&2
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851

    Weakest

    1. Black
    2. Glorified G
    3. Whipping
    4. Mankind
    5. Pilate
    6. Evacuation
    7. All or None
    8. WWS
    9. Just Breathe
    10. Sirens
    11. All of Gigaton

    Strongest

    1. Release/Garden/Deep
    2. Blood
    3. Rearviewmirror/Nothingman
    4. Lukin
    5. Faithful
    6. Breakerfall
    7. You Are/Bushleaguer
    8. Gone
    9.  Force of Nature
    10. Pendulum
    11. Nothing on Gigaton

    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,153
    Strongest:

    1) Once
    2) Animal
    3) Corduroy
    4) Hail, Hail
    5) Push Me, Pull Me
    6) Grievance
    7) Can't Keep
    8) Big Wave
    9) Unthought Known
    10) Swallowed Whole
    11) Quick Escape

    Weakest:

    1) Oceans
    2) Glorified G
    3) Bugs
    4) Mankind
    5) Pilate
    6) Parting Ways
    7) Help Help
    8) Army Reserve
    9) Speed of Sound
    10) Yellow Moon
    11) River Cross

    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • ST66483
    ST66483 Posts: 908
    edited March 2024
    Weakest / Strongest
    1. Garden / Release
    2. Indifference / Rats
    3. Bugs / Whipping
    4. I’m Open / Smile
    5. Wishlist / In Hiding
    6. Nothing As It Seems / Breakerfall
    7. You Are / Save You
    8. Inside Job / Come Back
    9. Speed of Sound / Unthought Known
    10. Sleeping By Myself / Getaway
    11. Buckle Up / Seven O’Clock
  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,995
    This was not easy 

    Weakest 
    1) Garden
    2) WMA 
    3) Bugs
    4) Around The Bend
    5) Push Me Pull Me
    6) Evacuation
    7) You Are 
    8) Gone
    9) Johnny Guitar 
    10) Sleeping by Myself
    11) Buckle Up 

    Strongest 
    1) Alive
    2) Animal
    3) Corduroy 
    4) Red Mosquito 
    5) Brain Of J 
    6) Grievance 
    7) Love Boat Captain
    8) World Wide Suicide 
    9) Force of Nature 
    10) Lightning Bolt 
    11) Super Blood Wolf Moon 
    1996.....Toronto
    2005.....Hamilton
    2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton
    2013.....London, Buffalo
    2014.....Detroit
    2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston  N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1
    2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2
    2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  
    2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2
    2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2
    2025.....Raleigh N1, Raleigh N2, Pittsburgh N1, Pittsburgh N2
    2026.....????????????????????????????????????????? 
  • VINNY GOOMBA
    VINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,828
    edited March 2024
    TheMookster said:
    fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro. 
    I wasn't crazy about pre-chorus-chorus of "Let The Records Play" and "Infallible" the first number of times I heard them.  Then I read a review on either this board or Red Mosquito that described those parts of the song as sounding like they belong on the opening credits of a 90s Family Sitcom, and that nailed it for me.  Picture either of those as the backing track for quick cut shots of John Stamos, The Olsen Twins, Bob Saget and you'll see / hear what I mean  :open_mouth:  

    I don't think there's a single PJ song that I don't like in it's entirety from start to finish--there are always highlights in all of them, but there are only a handful of songs where the parts I don't like are enough to ruin the whole song for me.

    To your point, the intro and outro of LTRP are very good.  
    Post edited by VINNY GOOMBA on
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,259
    Micheyb21 said:
    Weakest

    1) Buckle Up
    2) Let the records play
    3) Speed of Sound
    4) Marker in the sand
    5) 1/2 Full
    6) Evacuation
    7) Push me pull me 
    8) Mankind
    9) Satans Bed
    10) Glorified G
    11) Deep

    Strongest
    1) Dance of the Clairvoyants
    2) Getaway
    3) Amongst the Waves
    4) Inside Job
    5) Save You
    6) Light Years
    7) Given to fly
    8) Off He Goes
    9) Tremor Christ
    10) Dissident
    11) Release
    woaaaaahhhhhhh marker ????/ OUCH
  • DissidentRival74
    DissidentRival74 Six One Five Posts: 151
    VINNY GOOMBA said:
    TheMookster said:
    fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro. 
    I wasn't crazy about pre-chorus-chorus of "Let The Records Play" and "Infallible" the first number of times I heard them.  Then I read a review on either this board or Red Mosquito that described those parts of the song as sounding like they belong on the opening credits of a 90s Family Sitcom, and that nailed it for me.  Picture either of those as the backing track for quick cut shots of John Stamos, The Olsen Twins, Bob Saget and you'll see / hear what I mean  :open_mouth:  

    I don't think there's a single PJ song that I don't like in it's entirety from start to finish--there are always highlights in all of them, but there are only a handful of songs where the parts I don't like are enough to ruin the whole song for me.

    To your point, the intro and outro of LTRP are very good.  
    I was not a fan of LTRP at all until  I heard/saw it live in Memphis in 2014.    Completely different song for me at that point and now it's one of my favs off that boot.  Mike rules. 
    "I'm only civil because I don't know any swear words."
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,189
    DissidentRival74 said:
    VINNY GOOMBA said:
    TheMookster said:
    fascinating to see how different people's tastes are. do not understand how "Let The Records Play" appears on so many weakest lists. I love it, especially the intro. 
    I wasn't crazy about pre-chorus-chorus of "Let The Records Play" and "Infallible" the first number of times I heard them.  Then I read a review on either this board or Red Mosquito that described those parts of the song as sounding like they belong on the opening credits of a 90s Family Sitcom, and that nailed it for me.  Picture either of those as the backing track for quick cut shots of John Stamos, The Olsen Twins, Bob Saget and you'll see / hear what I mean  :open_mouth:  

    I don't think there's a single PJ song that I don't like in it's entirety from start to finish--there are always highlights in all of them, but there are only a handful of songs where the parts I don't like are enough to ruin the whole song for me.

    To your point, the intro and outro of LTRP are very good.  
    I was not a fan of LTRP at all until  I heard/saw it live in Memphis in 2014.    Completely different song for me at that point and now it's one of my favs off that boot.  Mike rules. 
    Fun show in GA that night.....did Graceland & Pre Game on Beale St.....BBQ after....Memphis great time

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