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| Author: | Warren Newson [ Fri May 08, 2020 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
I'm a fan, and I suspect I can guess the top three, but rank order your favorite Pearl Jam albums. I'll tally the votes from 1 to 11. Your first place vote will get 11 points and your last place vote will get 1. The polls will close at midnight next Friday. Your Pearl Jam universe is limited to the following albums: Ten Vs. Vitalogy No Code Yield Binaural Riot Act S/T Backspacer Lightning Bolt Gigaton However, if enough of you make a case for Lost Dogs, I'll consider it. No live album will be considered. |
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| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Fri May 08, 2020 11:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Ten Vs Yield Vitalogy Lightning Bolt S/T Gigaton No Code Backspacer Binaural Riot Act |
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| Author: | newper [ Fri May 08, 2020 11:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Riot Act Ten Yield S/T Vs. Backspacer Lightning Bolt Gigaton No Code Binaural Vitalogy |
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| Author: | Warren Newson [ Sat May 09, 2020 7:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
It's good to see some early love for Yield. Here's my ballot: 1. Vs. 2. Yield 3. S/t 4. Ten 5. Vitalogy 6. No Code 7. Gigaton 8. Binaural 9. Riot Act 10. Backspacer 11. Lightning Bolt |
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| Author: | pittmike [ Sat May 09, 2020 8:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Started with a bang so 10. All downhill after Vitalogy. |
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| Author: | redskingreg [ Sat May 09, 2020 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Yield Ten Vs. No Code Binaural Vitalogy Riot Act Lightning Bolt Avocado Backspacer Too early to give an assessment for Gigaton. I like to hear their songs live which can put a different spin on the studio versions. |
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| Author: | Franky T [ Sat May 09, 2020 9:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
redskingreg wrote: Yield Ten Vs. No Code Binaural Vitalogy Riot Act Lightning Bolt Avocado Backspacer Too early to give an assessment for Gigaton. I like to hear their songs live which can put a different spin on the studio versions. You stole my rankings! |
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| Author: | Furious Styles [ Sat May 09, 2020 9:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Yield, No Code. |
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| Author: | blackhawksfan [ Sat May 09, 2020 9:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Which album is this song on? All the Way - Eddie Vedder Cubs Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWbKqFVoeQ |
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| Author: | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Sat May 09, 2020 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
The one where they all kill themselves, Live at Jonestown |
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| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Sat May 09, 2020 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
blackhawksfan wrote: Which album is this song on? All the Way - Eddie Vedder Cubs Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWbKqFVoeQ Luckily, none of them. |
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| Author: | Warren Newson [ Sat May 09, 2020 8:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Franky T wrote: redskingreg wrote: Yield Ten Vs. No Code Binaural Vitalogy Riot Act Lightning Bolt Avocado Backspacer Too early to give an assessment for Gigaton. I like to hear their songs live which can put a different spin on the studio versions. You stole my rankings! Based on Franky's post, I'll count Redskin's list twice. |
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| Author: | Warren Newson [ Sat May 09, 2020 8:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
blackhawksfan wrote: Which album is this song on? All the Way - Eddie Vedder Cubs Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWbKqFVoeQ Cub fandom is not one of Eddie's endearing personality quirks. |
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| Author: | Warren Newson [ Sat May 09, 2020 8:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Happy to see Yield getting a lot of love. That album came out when I was a freshman in college and was the first album that I heard on MP3 before I heard it on CD. We used to listen to it obsessively. I always thought I loved it because of the moment of my life that I was occupying when I first heard it, but it seems to have some broader appeal. |
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| Author: | BigW72 [ Mon May 11, 2020 8:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
pittmike wrote: Started with a bang so 10. All downhill after Vitalogy. pretty much this for me. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Mon May 11, 2020 8:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Yield Vs. Ten No Code (I think Gigaton will end up about here) Binaural Lost Dogs Vitalogy Avocado/self titled Lightning Bolt Riot Act Live on Two Legs Mirrorball Backspacer |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Mon May 11, 2020 8:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
Warren Newson wrote: blackhawksfan wrote: Which album is this song on? Cub fandom is not one of Eddie's endearing personality quirks.All the Way - Eddie Vedder Cubs Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWbKqFVoeQ |
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| Author: | Warren Newson [ Sat May 16, 2020 7:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vote for your Favorite Pearl Jam Album |
The Results: Place: 1st Album: Ten Total Votes: 80 All Music's take: no matter how cathartic Ten's tersely titled songs got, they were never abrasive enough to affect the album's accessibility. Ten also benefited from a long gestation period, during which the band honed the material into this tightly focused form; the result is a flawlessly crafted hard rock masterpiece. Place: 2nd Album: Vs. Total Votes: 76 All Music's take: a few songs here are just plain underdeveloped, with supporting frameworks that don't feel very sturdy. But, of everything that does work, the rockers are often frightening in their intensity, and the more reflective songs are mesmerizing. Vs. may not reach the majestic heights of Ten, but at least half the record stands with Pearl Jam's best work. Place: 3rd Album: Yield Total Votes: 72 All Music's take: It's hard to view Yield as a disaster, since Pearl Jam's conviction still rings true, but it's frustrating that journeyman tendencies have replaced the desperate, searching confusion that was the most appealing element of the band's music. Place: 4th Album: Vitalogy Total Votes: 51 All Music's take: But that black cloud works to Pearl Jam's advantage, injecting a nervous tension to brittle rockers like "Last Exit" and "Not for You," and especially introspective ballads like "Corduroy" and "Better Man." In between the straight rock numbers and the searching slow songs, Pearl Jam contribute their strangest music -- the mantrafunk of "Aye Davanita," the sub-Tom Waits accordion romp of "Bugs," and the chilling sonic collage "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me." Pearl Jam are at their best when they're fighting, whether it's Ticketmaster, fame, or their own personal demons. Place: 5th Album: No code Total Votes: 47 All Music's take: While a bit incoherent, No Code is Pearl Jam's richest and most rewarding album to date, as well as their most human. They might be maturing in a fairly conventional method, but they still find new ways to state old truths. Place: 6th Album: Self-Titled/Avocado Total Votes: 33 All Music's take: And the thing that makes the record work exceptionally well is that Pearl Jam has embraced everything they do well, whether it's their classicist hard rock or heart-on-sleeve humanitarianism. In doing so, they seem kind of old fashioned, reaffirming that they are now thoroughly outside of the mainstream -- spending well over a decade galloping away from any trace of popularity will inevitably make you an outsider -- but on their own terms, Pearl Jam hasn't sounded as alive or engaging as they do here since at least Vitalogy, if not longer. Place: 7th Album: Binaural Total Votes: 28 All Music's take: the difference is focus -- though Pearl Jam is trying a lot of different styles, certainly more so than on Yield, they pull it all off better. The songs are sharper, the production is layered, and the performances are as compassionate as ever, resulting in their finest album since Vitalogy. Place: 8th Album: Riot Act Total Votes: 27 All Music's take: the production is the best in nearly a decade -- a warm, burnished sound filled with details that enhance the basic song instead of overwhelming them (in other words, it's not No Code, nor is it the Spartan Yield). Again, these are subtle shifts in sound, but they are notable and, given several plays, this does indeed seem like the richest record Pearl Jam has made in a long time. Place: 9th Album: Lightning Bolt Total Votes: 24 All Music's take: On Lightning Bolt, they've grown into that classic rock mantle, accentuating the big riffs and bigger emotions, crafting songs without a worry as to whether they're hip or not and, most importantly, enjoying the deep-rooted, nervy arena rock that is uniquely their own. Place: 10th Album: Gigaton Total Votes: 23 All Music's take: the band's sonic departures hit even harder, with the arty soundscape of "Alright" sounding as bracing as the new wave-disco of "Dance of the Clairvoyants." The aural adventure adds a nice counterpoint to protests and pleas offered up by Pearl Jam, and helps Gigaton feel vivid, alive, and just a shade hopeful. Place: 11th Album: Backspacer Total Votes: 16th All Music's take: all things considered, Backspacer is a party record for Pearl Jam -- a party that might consist of nothing but philosophical debates till the wee hours, but a party nonetheless -- and if 18 years is a long, long wait for a band to finally throw a party, it's also true that, prior to Backspacer, Pearl Jam wouldn't or couldn't have made music this unfettered, unapologetically assured, casual, and, yes, fun. |
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