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1. Alive 2. Even Flow 3. Jeremy 4. Black 5. State of Love and Trust 6. Animal 7. Daughter 8. Rearviewmirror 9. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town 10. Spin the Black Circle 11. Betterman 12. Corduroy 13. Immortality 14. I Got Shit 15. Who You Are 16. Hail Hail 17. In My Tree
1. Given to Fly 2. Do the Evolution 3. Last Kiss 4. Nothing as it Seems 5. Grievance 6. Light Years 7. I Am Mine 8. Save You 9. Man of the Hour 10. Worldwide Suicide 11. Life Wasted 12. The Fixer 13. Just Breathe 14. Amongst the Waves 15. Mind Your Manners 16. Sirens 17. Infallible
Very logical list for the casual listener and as an overview of past singles. I also thought about Oceans, Porch, Go, Dissident, Not For You, Off He Goes, Present Tense, Wishlist, Insignificance, and Love Boat Captain. Not necessarily my favorites, but central to the career of the band. If I worked at Sony, I would probably replace Grievance, Life Wasted, Amongst The Waves and Infallible with Oceans, Go, Not For You, and Wishlist.
1. Alive 2. Black 3. Porch 4. Release 5. State of love and trust 6. Yellow Ledbetter 7. Go 8. Animal 9. Rearview mirror 10. Last exit 11. Tremor Christ 12. Corduroy 13. Betterman 14. Immortality 15. I got shit 16. Hail hail 17. In my tree
Disc 2
1. Given to fly 2. Do the evolution 3. Insignificance 4. Grievance 5. Sad 6. Can't keep 7. I am mine 8. Undone 9. Man of the hour 10. World wide suicide 11. Comatose 12. The fixer 13. Force of nature 14. Mind your manners 15. Infallible 16. Pendulum 17. Yellow moon
Here is the list I think they would release if they were to make a true "Essentials" list (not my essentials, just the "hits"):
1. Even Flow 2. Alive 3. Black 4. Jeremy 5. Yellow Ledbetter 6. Go 7. Animal 8. Daughter 9. Dissident 10. Rearviewmirror 11. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In a Small Town 12. Spin the Black Circle 13. Not For You 14. Corduroy 15. Betterman 16. I Got ID 17. Hail, Hail
Disc 2
1. Who Are You 2. Given To Fly 3. Wishlist 4. Do the Evolution 5. Last Kiss 6. Light Years 7. Nothing As It Seems 8. Save You 9. I Am Mine 10. Life Wasted 11. World Wide Suicide 12. The Fixer 13. Just Breathe 14. Amongst the Waves 15. Mind Your Manners 16. Sirens 17. Lightning Bolt
_________________ RM PJ Playlist #2 Spin The Black Circle | God's Dice | Education | World Wide Suicide | Faithful Dirty Frank | Wishlist | Dissident | Brother | All Those Yesterdays
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I would approach the idea of essential as reflecting the songs that communicate who Pearl Jam is and the overall story arc of the band's career. So I would use these songs in this order:
1. Release – the band was initially affected by death 2. Alive – the EV bio 3. Footsteps – a Pearl Jam song directly connected to Andy Wood (at least, the closest thing to directly connected via Temple of the Dog) 4. Blood – the crush of fame sets in 5. Leash – the connection with the fans as a counter to the crush of fame 6. Not for You -- the start of the reaction against fame 7. Corduroy -- same 8. Off He Goes -- retreat and self-reflection 9. In My Tree -- same 10. Present Tense – with the retreat finished, the conclusion to fight less and enjoy more
Disc Break here if necessary
11. All Those Yesterdays – washing away the previous 5 years’ of angst in order to just make the music they want to make 12. Brain of J – embodies the sentiment of All those Yesterdays as a song about where JFK’s brain went (also, angst begins to shift towards politics) 13. Nothing As It Seems – Experimenting and reimagining the sound 14. Sleight of Hand -- same 15. Grievance -- politics takes a more prominent place 16. Love Boat Captain – Reacting to Roskilde 17. I Am Mine – reaffirming the band’s identity 18. Bu$hleaguer (Uniondale 2003) -- politics comes front and center, to the alienation of some fans 19. Life Wasted – Getting back on the horse after a hard season 20. Army Reserve -- More politics 21. The Fixer – navigating back towards the mainstream 22. The End – the incorporation of some Ed solo stuff under the name Pearl Jam (also like the thought of opening with a song about someone else’s death and ending with a song about the singer’s own death)
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