If you could change one (or two) thing from each album...
Ten - So tough to critique a masterpiece, but... Get rid of the fade-in/fade-out instrumental. Open the album, and PJ's entrance into the world, with "Release". "Ledbetter" to close the album and throw "Once" (it's so great but maybe my least favorite on the album) to a b-side to keep this at 11 tracks.
Vs. - Again, very difficult to critique... I almost can't do this one.
Vitalogy - Get rid of at least two of the "weird" tracks. I'd probably omit "Pry, To" and "Stupid Mop" and close the album with "Immortality" (great album closer)
No Code - I'm having problems again. I don't know what I'd change. This album is so unique and was such a change for PJ that I don't know what I'd change.
Yield - Get rid of the hidden track.
Binaural - 1) Breakerfall 2) Sad 3) Light Years 4) Nothing As It Seems 5) Thin Air 6) Of the Girl 7) Insignificance 8) In the Moonlight 9) Grievance 10) Rival 11) Sleight of Hand 12) Soon Forget 13) Parting Ways
- Goodbye "Gods' Dice" and "Evacuation"
Riot Act - Too many tracks. "Get Right' and "Thumbing My Way" on the cutting room floor to get this down to 13 tracks / 48 minutes
Pearl Jam - Another tough one. I like tight albums, so I'd rather subtract than add in most cases. Maybe remove "Big Wave"... Makes it 12 tracks / 47 minutes
Backspacer - PJ's shortest album. Definitely not my favorite, but it's unique and it's short and sweet and I don't know if I'd change anything.
Lightning Bolt - Get the bad one-two punch of "Let the Records Play" and "Sleeping By Myself" off the album. Replace it with a studio version of "Of the Earth" which started surfacing around this era. Boom, makes it go from an average album to really fucking good.
Gigaton - Kind of like Backspacer... I think it's quite a unique PJ album. Definitely not their strongest, but solid IMO. I know "Buckle Up" gets a lot of hate, but I'd get rid of "Take the Long Way" if I had to pick one. That would shorten what is the longest PJ album.
Dark Matter - Easy for me. Bye, bye "Something Special". Just doesn't fit for me. Down to 10 tracks, 44 minutes and no fluff.
Vs. - Again, very difficult to critique... I almost can't do this one.
Vitalogy - Get rid of at least two of the "weird" tracks. I'd probably omit "Pry, To" and "Stupid Mop" and close the album with "Immortality" (great album closer)
No Code - I'm having problems again. I don't know what I'd change. This album is so unique and was such a change for PJ that I don't know what I'd change.
Yield - Get rid of the hidden track.
Binaural - 1) Breakerfall 2) Sad 3) Light Years 4) Nothing As It Seems 5) Thin Air 6) Of the Girl 7) Insignificance 8) In the Moonlight 9) Grievance 10) Rival 11) Sleight of Hand 12) Soon Forget 13) Parting Ways
- Goodbye "Gods' Dice" and "Evacuation"
Riot Act - Too many tracks. "Get Right' and "Thumbing My Way" on the cutting room floor to get this down to 13 tracks / 48 minutes
Pearl Jam - Another tough one. I like tight albums, so I'd rather subtract than add in most cases. Maybe remove "Big Wave"... Makes it 12 tracks / 47 minutes
Backspacer - PJ's shortest album. Definitely not my favorite, but it's unique and it's short and sweet and I don't know if I'd change anything.
Lightning Bolt - Get the bad one-two punch of "Let the Records Play" and "Sleeping By Myself" off the album. Replace it with a studio version of "Of the Earth" which started surfacing around this era. Boom, makes it go from an average album to really fucking good.
Gigaton - Kind of like Backspacer... I think it's quite a unique PJ album. Definitely not their strongest, but solid IMO. I know "Buckle Up" gets a lot of hate, but I'd get rid of "Take the Long Way" if I had to pick one. That would shorten what is the longest PJ album.
Dark Matter - Easy for me. Bye, bye "Something Special". Just doesn't fit for me. Down to 10 tracks, 44 minutes and no fluff.
1998: 6/26, 6/27, 6/29
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006: 5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
2024: 5/18, 6/29
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006: 5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
2024: 5/18, 6/29
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Side 1:
Last Exit
Spin the Black Circle
Not For You
Tremor Christ
Nothingman
Side 2:
Corduroy (that fade in to open a side of the album would be very cool)
Whipping
Satan's Bed
Better Man
Immortality
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006: 5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
2024: 5/18, 6/29
Mansfield '08
Hartford '10
Worcester, Hartford '13
Global Citizen, NY '15
Do the Evolution
Faithful
Low Light
In Hiding
Wishlist
Given to Fly
Red Bar
Pilate
MFC
Push Me, Pull Me
No Way
All Those Yesterdays
2 Stone tracks to close it out. Up tempo first half, slower tempo second half, like Avocado.
Mansfield '08
Hartford '10
Worcester, Hartford '13
Global Citizen, NY '15
- I really dislike the idea that tracks like "Alone", "U", "Dirty Frank", "Drifting", " Black, Red, Yellow", "Footsteps" and "Wash" are different from the originally released versions. Bad decision by the band. It feels like revisionist history. If you want these songs in their original form, you still have to go out and buy all the singles that they appear on. Hate it. If you need to remaster some of the tracks, fine... but this is recreating history.
- There are so many notable omissions. "Angel", "Leatherman", "I've Got a Feeling", "Olympic Platinum" and "Happy When I'm Crying" to name a few.
- How the hell did they fuck up and cut off the last note of "Yellow Ledbetter"??!!
I think there are several songs that MAYBE could have been included. "I Got Id" and "Long Road" were included on the PJ release, "Merkinball", so I guess I'm ok with those being left off. Same with "State Of Love and Trust" and "Breath" - those appear on the Singles Soundtrack, so I'm fine that those were left off. That's part of the problem... there's no 100% clear criteria for Lost Dogs. It it were to include recorded songs that did not appear on their studio albums, it could have contained a boatload more songs... or you could have had a Lost Dogs 2 down the road.I just feel like this is a very sloppy release, not at all a collection of true B-sides and rarities. A "Brother" instrumental stripped of vocals with new McCready guitar parts? I don't get it.
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006: 5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
2024: 5/18, 6/29
Would love to see what a new, re-produced Gigaton by Andrew Watt, without the never ending word-salad lyrics, would sound like
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