Favorite Pearl Jam Album

[McMurphy]

What is your favorite Pearl Jam album? If you have the time, post a message as to why you chose your selection in the attached poll.

[knivesout]

I wasn't able to vote on that poll. While I love Ten and Vs, Vitalogy and No Code have great moments too - Yield and Binaural again showed a maturing band with brilliant songwriting skills. The only album I don't like very much at all is Riot Act, it just seemed insipid and relied far too much on Eddie's voice and words, with most everyone else seeming to be asleep at the wheel.


I love their live stuff too!

[Ivo]

Tough question as I love them all...I'll just rank them all in order of preference:

Ten
Binaural
Vs.
No Code
Vitalogy
Yield
Riot Act
Lost Dogs

[knivesout]

That would be nearly the same as my order too, Ivo, and I'm glad to see someone else who rates Binaural as highly as I do. I really felt it was a new peak, and that made the lacklustre Riot Act so much more of a dissapointment.


I like their live recordings a lot - wish I could see a concert one day. Some of their live versions transcend the studio originals, especially the performance of 'Off He Goes' on 'Live On Two Legs'.

[Ivo]

Originally Posted by knivesout

That would be nearly the same as my order too, Ivo, and I'm glad to see someone else who rates Binaural as highly as I do. I really felt it was a new peak, and that made the lacklustre Riot Act so much more of a dissapointment.

Binaural was a bit of a slow burner for me but once I had digested it I felt it rivaled Ten in many respects. I agree that Riot Act was a step down, but overall they have been basically consistent with regards to quality over the years.

Originally Posted by knivesout

I like their live recordings a lot - wish I could see a concert one day. Some of their live versions transcend the studio originals, especially the performance of 'Off He Goes' on 'Live On Two Legs'.

They really do. I've seen them 4 times and each show was incredible, the power of the songs really comes out in full force live. They've never lost their intensity either, the show I saw in 2003 was just as kick *** as the show I saw in 93.

[silvercloak]

As much as I like singing to Pearl Jam on the radio, I only own one Pearl Jam CD; Riot Act, which I highly enjoy.

[McMurphy]

Thanks for responding, all of you. I wasn't sure if there would actually be any Pearl Jam fans still out there.

Here are a list of the albums in order of favorites:

1.) Vitalogy
2.) Vs.
3.) Yield
4.) Riot Act
5.) Binaural
6.) Ten
7.) No Code