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Here I will attempt to rank every song in the Pearl Jam catalog. I'm sure I'll leave some out initially, but with your help, perhaps I can accumulate a complete ranking. In trying to find the best way to do this, I've decided that I'll do it by album first. I'll rank Ten. Then I'll rank Vs. Then I'll rank them together. I'll rank each album, one by one, and integrate them into the complete career ranking. This will be difficult, a fool's errand, perhaps. And it'll bore a lot of people. And it'll piss off a lot of people. And I'll probably just rank the complaints.
1. Immortality 2. Tremor Christ 3. Last Exit 4. Corduroy 5. Not For You 6. Better Man 7. Nothingman 8. Satan's Bed 9. Aye Davanita 10. Spin the Black Circle 11. Whipping 12. Bugs 13. Pry, To 14. Stupid Mop
1. In My Tree 2. Hail, Hail 3. Off He Goes 4. Red Mosquito 5. Smile 6. Present Tense 7. Sometimes 8. Who You Are 9. Lukin 10. Around the Bend 11. Mankind 12. I'm Open 13. Habit
1. Do The Evolution 2. No Way 3. Faithfull 4. In Hiding 5. Lowlight 6. Given to Fly 7. Push Me, Pull Me 8. MFC 9. Brain of J. 10. Wishlist 11. All Those Yesterdays 12. Pilate 13. Red Dot
1. Sleight of Hand 2. Insignificance 3. Nothing As It Seems 4. Rival 5. Thin Air 6. Of The Girl 7. Grievance 8. Parting Ways 9. Breakerfall 10. Light Years 11. Evacuation 12. Gods' Dice 13. Soon Forget
1. I Am Mine 2. Cropduster 3. Help Help 4. Can't Keep 5. Thumbing My Way 6. Green Disease 7. All Or None 8. 1/2 Full 9. Love Boat Captain 10. You Are 11. Save You 12. Ghost 13. Bushleaguer 14. Get Right 15. Arc
1. Severed Hand 2. Marker In The Sand 3. Come Back 4. Unemployable 5. Parachutes 6. Army Reserve 7. Gone 8. World Wide Suicide 9. Life Wasted 10. Big Wave 11. Wasted Reprise 12. Inside Job 13. Comatose
1. Just Breathe 2. Amongst the Waves 3. Got Some 4. The End 5. Speed of Sound 6. Johnny Guitar 7. The Fixer 8. Unthought Known 9. Gonna See My Friend 10. Supersonic 11. Force of Nature
1. In The Moonlight 2. Yellow Ledbetter 3. Sad 4. Undone 5. All Night 6. Alone 7. Black Red Yellow 8. Down 9. Hold On 10. Education 11. Hitchhiker 12. U 13. Don't Gimme No Lip 14. Leaving Here 15. Whale Song 16. Gremmie Out of Control
1. Hard To Imagine 2. Wash 3. Otherside 4. Fatal 5. Strangest Tribe 6. Footsteps 7. Dirty Frank 8. Drifting 9. Dead Man 10. Let Me Sleep 11. Last Kiss 12. Sweet Lew 13. Brother * 14. Bee Girl
*The version of Brother that has lyrics, that leaked a while back on that rarities disc would rank much higher. And that's the version I'll be using in my Big Board Ranking.
1. Angel 2. State of Love and Trust 3. Breath 4.Man of the Hour 5. Long Road 6. I Got Shit 7. Happy When I’m Crying 8. Sunburn 9. Leatherman 10. Crazy Mary 11. Ole 12. Last Soldier 13. 4/20/02 14. Just A Girl 15. I’m Still Here 16. Out Of My Mind 17. Thunderclap 18. Foldback 19. Harmony 20. Santa God 21. Olympic Platinum 22. Santa Cruz 23. Evil Little Goat 24. 2,000 Mile Blues 25. Turning Mist
TEN 2. Black 7. Release 14 Even Flow 24 Jeremy 29. Porch 30. Alive 56. Oceans 75. Garden 77. Once 101. Deep 112. Why Go
Average song score: 47.91 Rank by average song score: 1st
VS 4. Small Town 9. Daughter 16. Animal 17. RVM 57. Indifference 58. Go 72. Dissident 73. WMA 99. Rats 126. Leash 127. Blood 144. Glorified G
Average song score: 66.84 Rank by average song score: 4th
Vitalogy 3. Immortality 8. Tremor Christ 25. Last Exit 28. Corduroy 32. Not For You 33. Better Man 49. Nothingman 98. Satan's Bed 103. Aye Davanita 115. Spin The Black Circle 120. Whipping 143. Bugs 149. Pry, To 162 Stupid Mop
Average song score: 64.71 Rank by average song score: 3rd
No Code 1. In My Tree 15. Insignificance 26. Hail Hail 37. Off He Goes 38. Red Mosquito 41. Smile 64. Present Tense 76. Sometimes 78. Who You Are 106. Lukin 114. Around the Bend 137. Mankind 156. I'm Open 167. Habit
Average song score: 81.23 Rank by average song score: 5th
Yield 6. Do the Evolution 13. No Way 26. Hail Hail 27. Faithfull 48. In Hiding 50. Lowlight 52. Given to Fly 79. Push Me, Pull Me 81. MFC 104. Brain of J. 105. Wishlist 107. All Those Yesterdays 121. Pilate
Average song score: 63.00 Rank by average song score: 2nd
Binaural 10. Sleight of Hand 15. Insignificance 42. Nothing As It Seems 51. Rival 65. Thin Air 66. Of The Girl 80. Grievance 108. Parting Ways 145. Breakerfall 146. Light Years 147. Evacuation 153. Gods' Dice 168. Soon Forget
Average song score: 92.00 Rank by average song score: 10th
Riot Act 12. I Am Mine 31. Cropduster 34. Help Help 36. Can't Keep 59. Thumbing My Way 82. Green Disease 83. All or None 84. 1/2 Full 85. Love Boat Captain 109. You Are 113. Save You 116. Ghost 124. Bushleaguer 130. Get Right 148. Arc
Average song score: 83.01 Rank by average song score: 6th
Pearl Jam 40. Severed Hand 47. Marker in the Sand 53. Come Back 87. Unemployable 88. Parachutes 117. Army Reserve 118. Gone 122. World Wide Suicide 128. Life Wasted 131. Big Wave 152. Wasted Reprise 157. Inside Job 165. Comatose
Average song score: 108.01 Rank by average song score: 11th
Backspacer 23. Just Breathe 36. Can't Keep 39. Amongst The Waves 55. Got Some 63. The End 95. Speed of Sound 102. Johnny Guitar 123. Unthought Known 125. Gonna See My Friend 135. Supersonic 166. Force of Nature
Average song score: 87.45 Rank by average song score: 8th
Lost Dogs (Disc One) 18. In The Moonlight 21. Yellow Ledbetter 35. Sad 62. Undone 67. All Night 68. Alone 93. Black Red Yellow 94. Down 129. Hold On 132. Education 133. Hitchhiker 155. Whale Song 134. U 139. Don't Gimme No Lip
Didn't rank the two covers, so I'm not including them here
Average song score: 91.43 Album rank by average song score:9th
Lost Dogs (Disc Two) 5. Hard to Imagine 22. Wash 54. Otherside 60. Fatal 61. Strangest Tribe 71. Footsteps 86. Dirty Frank 91. Brother 92. Drifting 97. 04/20/02 111. Dead Man 150. Let Me Sleep 158. Sweet Lew 159. Bee Girl
Average song score: 86.93 Rank by average song score: 7th
Misc 11. Angel 19. State of Love and Trust 20. Breathe 43. Of The Earth 44. Man of the Hour 45. Long Road 46. I Got Shit 69. Happy When I'm Crying 70. Sunburn 74. Leatherman 89. Crazy Mary 90. Ole 96. Last Soldier 110. I'm Still Here 136. Out of my Mind 138. Untitled 140. Thunderclap 141. Foldback 142. Harmony 151. No More 160. Santa God 161. Olympic Platinum 163. Santa Cruz 164. Evil Little Goat 169. Rock Around Barack 170. Cready Stomp 171. 2,000 Mile Blues 172. Turning Mist
1. In My Tree 2. Black 3. Immortality 4. Small Town 5. Hard To Imagine 6. Do The Evolution 7. Release 8. Tremor Christ 9. Daughter 10. Sleight Of Hand 11. Angel 12. I Am Mine 13. No Way 14. Even Flow 15. Insignificance 16. Animal 17. RVM 18. In The Moonlight 19. State of Love and Trust 20. Breath
21. Yellow Ledbetter 22. Wash 23. Just Breathe 24. Jeremy 25. Last Exit 26. Hail, Hail 27. Faithfull 28. Corduroy 29. Porch 30. Alive 31. Cropduster 32. Not For You 33. Better Man 34. Help Help 35. Sad 36. Can’t Keep 37. Off He Goes 38. Red Mosquito 39. Amongst The Waves 40. Severed Hand
41. Smile 42. Nothing As It Seems 43. Of The Earth 44. Man of the Hour 45. Long Road 46. I Got Shit 47. Marker In The Sand 48. In Hiding 49. Nothingman 50. Lowlight 51. Rival 52. Given To Fly 53. Come Back 54. Otherside 55. Got Some 56. Oceans 57. Indifference 58. Go 59. Thumbing My Way 60. Fatal
61. Strangest Tribe 62. Undone 63. The End 64. Present Tense 65. Thin Air 66. Of The Girl 67. All Night 68. Alone 69. Happy When I’m Crying 70. Sunburn 71. Footsteps 72. Dissident 73. WMA 74. Leatherman 75. Garden 76. Sometimes 77. Once 78. Who You Are 79. Push Me, Pull Me 80. Grievance
81. MFC 82. Green Disease 83. All Or None 84. ½ Full 85. Love Boat Captain 86. Dirty Frank 87. Unemployable 88. Parachutes 89. Crazy Mary 90. Ole 91. Brother 92. Drifting 93. Black Red Yellow 94. Down 95. Speed Of Sound 96. Last Soldier 97. 04/20/02 98. Satan’s Bed 99. Rats 100. Just A Girl
101. Deep 102. Johnny Guitar 103. Aye Davanita 104. Brain of J. 105. Wishlist 106. Lukin 107. All Those Yesterdays 108. Parting Ways 109. You Are 110. I’m Still Here 111. Dead Man 112. Why Go 113. Save You 114. Around the Bend 115. Spin The Black Circle 116. Ghost 117. Army Reserve 118. Gone 119. The Fixer 120. Whipping
121. Pilate 122. World Wide Suicide 123. Unthought Known 124. Bushleaguer 125. Gonna See My Friend 126. Leash 127. Blood 128. Life Wasted 129. Hold On 130. Get Right 131. Big Wave 132. Education 133. Hitchhiker 134. U 135. Supersonic 136. Out of my Mind 137. Mankind 138. Untitled 139. Don’t Gimme No Lip 140. Thunderclap
141. Foldback 142. Harmony 143. Bugs 144. Glorified G 145. Breakerfall 146. Light Years 147. Evacuation 148. Arc 149. Pry, To 150. Let Me Sleep 151. No More 152. Wasted Reprise 153. Gods' Dice 154. Red Dot 155. Whale Song 156. I’m Open 157. Inside Job 158. Sweet Lew 159. Bee Girl 160. Santa God
161. Olympic Platinum 162. Stupid Mop 163. Santa Cruz 164. Evil Little Goat 165. Comatose 166. Force of Nature 167. Soon Forget 168. Habit 169. Rock Around Barack 170. Cready Stomp 171. 2,000 Mile Blues 172. Turning Mist
Last edited by epilogue on Fri July 05, 2013 3:09 am, edited 19 times in total.
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okay, one more
(I'm basing these on my overall sense of the value/quality of the songs--I barely listen to RVM these days, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I think it's the best song on Vs)
Rearview Mirror Elderly Woman Animal Go Indifference Daughter Blood Rats WMA Dissident Leash Glorified G
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Alive Porch Black Rearview Mirror Small Town Animal Go Indifference Even Flow Release Why Go Daughter Jeremy Once Oceans Blood Rats WMA Dissident Leash Deep Glorifed G Garden
Okay, now I'm ranking the songs from Ten & Vs together:
1. Black 2. Small Town 3. Release 4. Daughter 5. Even Flow 6. Animal 7. RVM 8. Jeremy 9. Porch 10. Alive 11. Oceans 12. Indifference 13. Go 14. Dissident 15. WMA 16. Garden 17. Once 18. Rats 19. Deep 20. Why Go 21. Leash 22. Blood 23. Glorified G
1. Immortality 2. Tremor Christ 3. Last Exit 4. Corduroy 5. Not For You 6. Better Man 7. Nothingman 8. Satan's Bed 9. Aye Davanita 10. Spin the Black Circle 11. Whipping 12. Bugs 13. Pry, To 14. Stupid Mop
1. In My Tree 2. Hail, Hail 3. Off He Goes 4. Red Mosquito 5. Smile 6. Present Tense 7. Sometimes 8. Who You Are 9. Lukin 10. Around the Bend 11. Mankind 12. I'm Open 13. Habit
Last edited by epilogue on Sat January 19, 2013 4:26 pm, edited 2 times in total.
So is this mainly just for you to work on your list and us to help you? Or is it cool if we work on trying to make lists ourselves along with you?
Oh please post your own lists! I'm hoping it's a place where everyone who wants to can try to come up with their own personal ranking for the Pearl Jam canon.
I just know I'm going to forget a b-side or something along the way, and I appreciate any help in that regard.
But, yes, I want others to participate and post their own rankings.
I actually think it's really interesting to see that Stip and I have a lot of the same songs in our top 5 or 6 on each album, even if they're in a different order. I want to see what others think as well.
Yeah, I'm just an idiot jerking off to my own reflection if other people aren't participating and posting their own lists. And, frankly, I get enough of that at home. So...
So is this mainly just for you to work on your list and us to help you? Or is it cool if we work on trying to make lists ourselves along with you?
Oh please post your own lists! I'm hoping it's a place where everyone who wants to can try to come up with their own personal ranking for the Pearl Jam canon.
I just know I'm going to forget a b-side or something along the way, and I appreciate any help in that regard.
But, yes, I want others to participate and post their own rankings.
I actually think it's really interesting to see that Stip and I have a lot of the same songs in our top 5 or 6 on each album, even if they're in a different order. I want to see what others think as well.
I think going through all the albums first is the best way, include lost dogs then we can figure out if there is anything we are missing
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