Vitalogy Yield No Code. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Vs. 5 star albums Dark Matter Ten
Binaural Avocado. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gigaton 4 star albums Riot Act.
Lightning Bolt. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Backspacer. 3 star albums
That’s how I’d rank them now. Obviously some recency bias on DM but I’m absolutely loving it at the moment. Haven’t listened to Ten in so long and I’d choose listening to other albums ahead of it. I honestly don’t think the band have done a ‘bad’ album. Every album stands alone in one way or another. The ones I found the toughest to rank were Binaural-Riot Act.
Just a question for the Vitalogy 5 star folks - do you enjoy 8 minutes of Stupid Mop? Do you listen to that when you're spinning this record? How's that song factor in to your stars? Not starting anything - just curious.
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Depends on your approach to rating an album. Are you focusing on the highlights or the lows?
Is an album with all time classics like Corduroy, Nothingman, Immortality, Better Man, Not for You worthy of 5 stars alone? Or do you look at the likes of Bugs, Stupid Mop and Aye Davanita and say that detracts a star?
For me it's a five star album, in addition to the above I love Tremor Christ, Whipping and Last Exit. Spin the Black Circle and Satan's Bed are great too.
It's not perfect but name an album which is. There's other albums that are more consistent, e.g. Yield, but it doesn't have as many top tier songs IMO.
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Just a question for the Vitalogy 5 star folks - do you enjoy 8 minutes of Stupid Mop? Do you listen to that when you're spinning this record? How's that song factor in to your stars? Not starting anything - just curious.
No, I don't listen to it or count it toward the rating. It is a throw in/throw away song, like other filler songs. Take away Pry, to, Aye Davinita, and Stupid Mop and you still have an 11 song album. I'm not a professional reviewer LOL and I threw the stars and order up in about 3 minutes. It could change at any point. A couple of 5s could really be 4.5s, but then I'd really have to split hairs and give it more time than I have since each .5 threshold would then have to be reevaluated.
Just a question for the Vitalogy 5 star folks - do you enjoy 8 minutes of Stupid Mop? Do you listen to that when you're spinning this record? How's that song factor in to your stars? Not starting anything - just curious.
I just listened to Stupid Mop last night, on the freeway, with the just an annoying amount of traffic. I let it run. It's uncomfortably enjoyable if that makes sense? The drums are there to keep you grounded, and the random guitar licks are interesting. Plus the ambient noise. It kind of has a NIN ambient vibe. Understandable that it's not well liked. But I think this track was ahead of its time a bit.
The Bugs slander ends now. Its unique with the accordion. It's not too serious. A fun track. Like Something Special. A very cool interlude.
Pry, To is a cool short interlude.
Aye Davanita is an excellent composition, how could anyone not like this one?
If you accept the above in some way, Vitalogy easily earns its praise and then some
Just a question for the Vitalogy 5 star folks - do you enjoy 8 minutes of Stupid Mop? Do you listen to that when you're spinning this record? How's that song factor in to your stars? Not starting anything - just curious.
No, I don't listen to it or count it toward the rating. It is a throw in/throw away song, like other filler songs. Take away Pry, to, Aye Davinita, and Stupid Mop and you still have an 11 song album. I'm not a professional reviewer LOL and I threw the stars and order up in about 3 minutes. It could change at any point. A couple of 5s could really be 4.5s, but then I'd really have to split hairs and give it more time than I have since each .5 threshold would then have to be reevaluated.
I love Vitalogy and only skip Stupid Mop. Most times, I'm playing the Mp3 version and I just leave it off the list.
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12) Dark Matter 11) Backspacer 10) Lightning Bolt 9) Yield 8) S/T 7) Gigaton 6) Vs 5) Vitalogy 4) Ten 3) Binaural 2) No Code 1) Riot Act
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1. Yield 2. Binaural 3. Vs 4. Vitalogy 5. No Code 6. Ten 7. Riot Act 8. Avocado 9. Dark Matter 10. Gigaton 11. Backspacer 12. Lightning Bolt
I think this is pretty close to how I would rank but from my perspective 1-7 change depending on the day. The ranking of Avocado and later is how I have it at the moment with the understanding that Dark Matter may change a year from now.
Vitalogy is the hardest to rank for me. There are 7 songs that would probably make my personal top 15 or 20 PJ tunes (Corduroy is my favorite song by anyone ever, plus Last Exit, Not For You, Tremor Christ, Nothingman, Better Man & Immortality). But the other 7 might not even make my top 100 (hot take: Spin the Black Circle is the most overrated PJ song). But between the amazing highs of those 7 and a healthy dose of nostalgia I generally rank it 3rd or 4th.
First three records are simply untouchable, a perfect epic trilogy, and one of the best examples of the greatness of the 90s. It is not only the albums, but the moment they were released, the statement done by the band with each album.... Even removing the nostalgia factor, they remain as unbeatble albums.
The masterpieces...
1. Ten 2. VS 3. Vitalogy
The great albums....
4. No Code 5. Yield 6, Dark Matter 7. Gigaton 8. Binaural 9. s/t
The disrespect for Binaural and Riot Act blows my mind. In that Zane interview I thought it was really interesting they said, what songs stick 5-10+ years later. Both albums have A+ PJ songs.
1. Vs. 2. No Code 3. Vitalogy 4. Yield 5. Ten
6. Riot Act 7. Binaural 8. Dark Matter 9. Avocado
10. Backspacer 11. Gigaton
12. Lightning Bolt
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1. Yield 2. Binaural 3. Vs 4. Vitalogy 5. No Code 6. Ten 7. Riot Act 8. Avocado 9. Dark Matter 10. Gigaton 11. Backspacer 12. Lightning Bolt
I think this is pretty close to how I would rank but from my perspective 1-7 change depending on the day. The ranking of Avocado and later is how I have it at the moment with the understanding that Dark Matter may change a year from now.
Yeah i know what youre saying. Im listning to Avocado for a few says now in the car, and cant imagine why i put it on nr.8 🤣, great album. My ranking for the top8 can change by the day
Vitalogy is the hardest to rank for me. There are 7 songs that would probably make my personal top 15 or 20 PJ tunes (Corduroy is my favorite song by anyone ever, plus Last Exit, Not For You, Tremor Christ, Nothingman, Better Man & Immortality). But the other 7 might not even make my top 100 (hot take: Spin the Black Circle is the most overrated PJ song). But between the amazing highs of those 7 and a healthy dose of nostalgia I generally rank it 3rd or 4th.
Completely agree. The highs in Vitalogy are some of the best work the band has ever done, but the lows/filler is less than ideal.
1. Yield 2. Binaural 3. Vs 4. Vitalogy 5. No Code 6. Ten 7. Riot Act 8. Avocado 9. Dark Matter 10. Gigaton 11. Backspacer 12. Lightning Bolt
I think this is pretty close to how I would rank but from my perspective 1-7 change depending on the day. The ranking of Avocado and later is how I have it at the moment with the understanding that Dark Matter may change a year from now.
Yeah i know what youre saying. Im listning to Avocado for a few says now in the car, and cant imagine why i put it on nr.8 🤣, great album. My ranking for the top8 can change by the day
I always like it, but I had that same experience recently with Avocado. It is great all the way through!
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Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
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No Code, Dark Matter - 4
Gigaton - 2,5
Lightning Bolt - 2
Yield
No Code. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Vs. 5 star albums
Dark Matter
Ten
Binaural
Avocado. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gigaton 4 star albums
Riot Act.
Lightning Bolt. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Backspacer. 3 star albums
loving it at the moment. Haven’t listened to Ten in so long and I’d choose listening to other albums ahead of it. I honestly don’t think the band have done a ‘bad’ album. Every album stands alone in one way or another. The ones I found the toughest to rank were Binaural-Riot Act.
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Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Is an album with all time classics like Corduroy, Nothingman, Immortality, Better Man, Not for You worthy of 5 stars alone? Or do you look at the likes of Bugs, Stupid Mop and Aye Davanita and say that detracts a star?
For me it's a five star album, in addition to the above I love Tremor Christ, Whipping and Last Exit. Spin the Black Circle and Satan's Bed are great too.
It's not perfect but name an album which is. There's other albums that are more consistent, e.g. Yield, but it doesn't have as many top tier songs IMO.
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2019: London (EV)
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The Bugs slander ends now. Its unique with the accordion. It's not too serious. A fun track. Like Something Special. A very cool interlude.
Pry, To is a cool short interlude.
Aye Davanita is an excellent composition, how could anyone not like this one?
If you accept the above in some way, Vitalogy easily earns its praise and then some
Most times, I'm playing the Mp3 version and I just leave it off the list.
11) Backspacer
10) Lightning Bolt
9) Yield
8) S/T
7) Gigaton
6) Vs
5) Vitalogy
4) Ten
3) Binaural
2) No Code
1) Riot Act
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2017: EV Solo Berlin, DE
2018: PinkPop Festival, NL; London #1, UK; Padova, ITA; Prague, CZ; Krakow, PL; Berlin; DE; London #2, UK
2019: EV Solo Berlin, DE
2022: Berlin, Budapest, Krakow
First three records are simply untouchable, a perfect epic trilogy, and one of the best examples of the greatness of the 90s. It is not only the albums, but the moment they were released, the statement done by the band with each album.... Even removing the nostalgia factor, they remain as unbeatble albums.
The masterpieces...
1. Ten
2. VS
3. Vitalogy
The great albums....
4. No Code
5. Yield
6, Dark Matter
7. Gigaton
8. Binaural
9. s/t
The good albums....
10. Riot act
11. Backspacer
12. Lightning Bolt
2. No Code
3. Vitalogy
4. Yield
5. Dark Matter
6. Vs.
7. Binaural
8. Gigaton
9. Pearl Jam
10. Backspacer
11. Lightning Bolt
12. Riot Act
1. Vs.
2. No Code
3. Vitalogy
4. Yield
5. Ten
6. Riot Act
7. Binaural
8. Dark Matter
9. Avocado
10. Backspacer
11. Gigaton
12. Lightning Bolt
2. Ten
3. Vitalogy
4. No Code
5. Yield
6. Dark Matter
7. Binaural
8. Riot Act
9. Pearl Jam
10. Backspacer
11. Lightning Bolt
12. Gigaton
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No Code
Vitalogy
Vs
Ten
(the order of the first five changes by the day)
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Riot Act
Dark Matter
Binaural
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Avocado
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18;
Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16