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The first single was Who You Are which is an unlikely single with almost a nursery rhyme quality to it but I do love it.
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The opener Sometimes is the first opener that signals this outing is going to be a bit different - sometimes you just take the road where it leads, but Hail, Hail reminds us that yes this is still a rock band and we’ll jam some. Present Tense is the real classic here - how can a quiet intimate song be so heavy and powerful? The song interestingly enough was given a new life and context as the closing song on the ESPN documentary about Michael Jordan and the Bulls. The difference is the good songs are better and even some of the odd ones are cool.
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No Code (1996) - Binaural wasn’t the first weird Pearl Jam album - No Code was. But here I’m sticking to the 11 proper LPs. And yes I’m aware that many of the best Pearl Jam songs aren’t on albums such as Crazy Mary, State Of Love And Trust, Yellow Ledbetter, I Got Shit and that there’s a great Pearl Jam album that isn’t even a Pearl Jam album when they were the backing band for Neil Young.
#Where does lightning bolt rank pearl jam albums full#
So let’s get to the ranking shall we? The criteria is simply full length studio Pearl Jam LPs - no collections or live releases ( Lost Dogs is not included even though it’s great and would probably fall somewhere in the middle). I’ve seen them live twice - the first time on Maat the Cleveland State Convocation Center - pretty sure that was the first time I saw a singer do a legit stage dive which Eddie did… Green River and Mother Love Bone notwithstanding, Pearl Jam is the band that nailed it out of the gate and endured from that time with the core band intact to this day. Meanwhile I thought it would be interesting to start with Pearl Jam and their 11 albums.
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So if I choose Alice In Chains as the band I like to listen to more it’s literally by a hair. Of the “Big 4” Seattle grunge bands I’m not even sure Pearl Jam is my favorite per se (that title probably goes to Alice In Chains) and yet they are the ones I’m most comfortable having represent me and my generation as OUR rock band if that makes sense.