Pearl Jam Albums Ranked From Worst to Best
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2021
- This week we're remastering the discography of Pearl Jam. This is the first remaster we've done where the band in question has released a new album since Jason's original video. So, no matter what, Jason's list is sure to be different this time. But what else has changed? And what about Joe and Kram?
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Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's line up consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), as well as Matt Cameron (drums), who joined in 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gaspar has also been a touring/session member with the band since 2002. Drummers Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, and Dave Abbruzzese are former members of the band. Pearl Jam outsold many of their contemporary alternative rock bands from the early 1990s, and are considered one of the most influential bands of the decade, being dubbed as "the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s".
Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament's previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with their debut album, Ten, in 1991. Ten stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for nearly five years, and has gone on to become one of the highest-selling rock records ever, going 13x platinum in the United States. Released in 1993, Pearl Jam's second album, Vs., sold over 950,000 copies in its first week of release, setting the record for most copies of an album sold in its first week of release at the time. Their third album, Vitalogy (1994), became the second-fastest-selling CD in history at the time, with more than 877,000 units sold in its first week.
One of the key bands in the grunge movement of the early 1990s, Pearl Jam's members often shunned popular music industry practices such as making music videos or participating in interviews. The band also sued Ticketmaster, claiming it had monopolized the concert-ticket market. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame."
Pearl Jam had sold more than 85 million albums worldwide by 2018, including nearly 32 million albums in the United States by 2012, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. Pearl Jam was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 in its first year of eligibility. They were ranked at No. 8 in a reader poll by Rolling Stone magazine in its "Top Ten Live Acts of All Time" issue. Throughout its career, they have also promoted wider social and political issues, from pro-choice sentiments to opposition to George W. Bush's presidency. Vedder acts as the band's spokesman on these issues.
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Glad Kramzer spoke of the great guitar duo, Stone and Mike. Never get mentioned enough.
No Code really was a versatile album, it's my favorite album of all time. And the way they designed the packaging and cover for the album was super fucking cool too.
The guy putting Ten at No 5 seriously have a word. Embarrassing. The album maybe old now and has been somewhat over played but this album along with indeed the other grunge albums of the early nineties from Soundgarden, AIC etc was music from another stratosphere never to be equalled again to this day. Songs just simply don't get better than Black, Evenflow, Jeremy, Alive etc.
The reason why you can’t hear the grunge on Vs. Is because Grunge is a figment of your imagination.
VS at number one and it’s not even close in my opinion
I think No Code has legs for many fans...it's my grower out of all their albums...the one I think could go up on my list out of all the others I've heard....
Don't put vs at 7!
Love the first three albums. No Code is a tough listen. I like Hail, Hail and a few others but I don’t think the songwriting is that strong and the flow seems off to me, like the album never properly finds it’s footing and it’s trying too hard to be different. Some good tracks here and there after that but I find the rest of their discography a bit plain actually. They became more of a legacy live act I think. Maybe I just need to give them another go around but I also think Vedder took too much control over the direction and they moved too far away from what made them great in the beginning, which was just great song after great song.
Ten at 5? 😮
I love glorified g and blood!!!
One of my top 5 favourite bands of all time. Seen them live every time they've been over to the UK.
11. Backspacer
It is annoying when people lump Eddie Vedder in with people like Scott Stapp. Vedder's vocal style is genuinely his and has been from the beginning, the copycats are clearly putting it on and it's not natural for them so it tends to sound ridiculous. Not sure why that is hard for some people to understand.
1. Yield
I arrived in Erlangen, Germany during the early winter of 1991. Prior to me entering basic training, hair metal was still ruling the airwaves. Once I got settled I ventured out and found the nearest record store. I was lucky enough to find someone who spoke English and I asked him simply, "What's big in America, right now?" He pointed me in the direction of Ten by Pearl Jam. The next day, I asked someone else at the same store the same question and they introduced me to Nirvana. I listened to that first Pearl Jam album for nearly 3 years. It was and still is flawless. While stationed there I was able to see Faith No More, Soundgarden, Guns and Roses, Entombed and Violent Femmes live. I avoided going to Saudi Arabia by one week. It was a good year!
I’ve been watching your ranking videos, these are so neat and such a great concept, makes me want to deep dive these artist myself. I’d be interested to see a remastered list of Weezer once they release their next 4 albums of the seasons next year.
This was a great video. You definitely have me curious to listen to Gigaton and to revisit Backspacer.
Just discovered the channel in the last few weeks. This episode was a great presentation. I have every studio album plus Lost Dogs. I went back to my collection and I have Lightning Bolt and Riot Act at the bottom. I found Lost Dogs, although it wasn't reviewed, really worth the listen. I would rate it at 3 or 4 just below Ten and Vs, maybe Vitalogy. The big discovery for me was how the lyrics are overwritten and often twice as long as they need to be to get the point across.
My Pearl Jam collection consisted of Ten and only Ten up until about a year ago. Watching your album ranking encouraged me to check out more of their albums. Currently listening to Yield after earlier hearing Vs. Also have Vitalogy, Pearl Jam and Riot Act. I pick up CDs on the cheap (buck or two). A great way to build a music library of amazing albums. I recently picked up Backspacer and their greatest hits compilation rearviewmirror. Wondering if you guys have ever considered doing a top 10 compilation album. I look for more than just the greatest hits type of album. As a music lover I appreciate the studio album experience but occasionally you find an amazing Greatest Hits as well.
1. Ten 🔮