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Soon Gigaton will be out, and it will be time to rank the albums again. I think it's fair to say that Lightning Bolt has mostly been in the bottom two for most posters. Hopefully Gigaton will be a bit above that.
I have compiled data from the "Rank the Albums" thread and compiled the official ranking of all the Pearl Jam albums. I included all rankings that didn't require anymore effort than a copy/paste into excel. Some people have more than one list included because I only cared so much. I'll update with several useless observations as time goes on.
Post Lightning Bolt rankings:
1. Vitalogy 2. Yield 3. No Code 4. Vs. 5. Ten 6. Binaural 7. Riot Act 8. Lightning Bolt 9. Pearl Jam 10.Backspacer
I am surprised that S/T was second bottom on this. Must have been new album love for LB.
Yeah, post the album journey and with Gigaton coming, my rankings before the album hits changed dramatically. I for many many years put No Code on top unquestionably, but it took a big fall on the consecutive listen. As of today:
Vitalogy Binaural Yield No Code Ten Vs. Pearl Jam Riot Act Backspacer Lightning Bolt
I had Backspacer at the bottom for the longest time but I am now convinced that some energy, no longer how misplaced is better than regurgitation. That said, I still think Pendulum is their best song since Binaural outside of Of the Earth.
1. Vitalogy (this is pretty cemented, for me) 2. Ten 3. Riot Act 4. Yield (this has gained a lot of ground over the past year; may move up even more) 5. Vs 6. Backspacer 7. No Code 8. Pearl Jam 9. Binaural
Some of those have actually changed a bit since the last time I ranked them. That's interesting to see.
Backspacer over no code? That`s unique.
No Code is probably my 2nd favorite PJ album until Habit. From that point on it's touch and go. Super uneven, to these ears. Couple that with the sort of muted underwater quality to the production and I have to rank it beneath Backspacer.
But be glad, I used to have it ranked under S/T as well. Only recently did it move up to the 7th spot for me.
So sad to see my favourite at the bottom. Agree with you on a lot of stuff, but definitely not PJ album rankings.
1. Vitalogy (this is pretty cemented, for me) 2. Ten 3. Riot Act 4. Yield (this has gained a lot of ground over the past year; may move up even more) 5. Vs 6. Backspacer 7. No Code 8. Pearl Jam 9. Binaural
Some of those have actually changed a bit since the last time I ranked them. That's interesting to see.
Backspacer over no code? That`s unique.
No Code is probably my 2nd favorite PJ album until Habit. From that point on it's touch and go. Super uneven, to these ears. Couple that with the sort of muted underwater quality to the production and I have to rank it beneath Backspacer.
But be glad, I used to have it ranked under S/T as well. Only recently did it move up to the 7th spot for me.
So sad to see my favourite at the bottom. Agree with you on a lot of stuff, but definitely not PJ album rankings.
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