Studio album rankings, best to worst, Part 22: Pearl Jam

[Sonic Temple]

Celebrating the new release of Pearl Jams' Dark Matter - it was fun to go through their discography.

Props to @JeanGary Diablo - for staring this.

1991 - Ten
1993 - Vs.
1998 - Yield
2020 - Gigaton
2024 - Dark Matter
1994 - Vitalogy
2006 - Pearl Jam
2009 - Backspacer
2013 - Lightning Bolt
1996 - No Code
2000 - Binaural
2002 - Riot Act

Pink Floyd albums ranked best to worst:
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-pink-floyd.761778/

Beatles albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-2-the-beatles.761891/

Rolling Stones albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/stu...art-3-the-rolling-stones.761972/#post-7250954

Rush albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-4-rush.761980/#post-7250432

Led Zeppelin albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/stu...orst-part-5-led-zeppelin.762071/#post-7252514

The Who albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/stu...-to-worst-part-6-the-who.762214/#post-7253033

Black Sabbath albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-7-black-sabbath.762332/

Yes albums ranked Best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-8-yes.762397/

KISS albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-9-kiss.762513/

Kinks albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-10-the-kinks.762625/

Iron Maiden albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-11-iron-maiden.762712/

Queen albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-12-queen.762791/

Styx albums ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/stu...st-to-worst-part-13-styx.765604/#post-7293783

Rival Sons ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-14-rival-sons.834157/

Dokken ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-15-dokken.834544/

April Wine ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-16-april-wine.837282/

Green Day ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-17-green-day.840880/

.38 Special ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-18-38-special.841231/

Honeymoon Suite ranked best to worst
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-19-honeymoon-suite.842616/

The Black Crowes
https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-20-the-black-crowes.848767/

Judas Priest

https://terb.cc/xenforo/threads/studio-album-rankings-best-to-worst-part-21-judas-priest.848877/

 

[ChaosTheory]

Nope,
This is the right answer:

No Code
Vs
Ten
Yield
Vitalogy
Dark Matter
Binaural
Avocado
Riot Act
Gigatron
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt

 

[mooneypro]

Ten
VS
Yield
Vitalogy
(Lost Dogs - yeah it’s B sides but holy shit!)
No Code
Binaural
Riot Act
Dark Matter
Gigaton
Avo
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

not many bands can start with 5 GREAT studio albums. PJ did. they were phenomenal, raw, real for nearly an entire decade.
Since then it’s been mediocre to meh…which is fine.
But for dudes in their 60s, more than settled down with families and pretty much grown kids, certainly not wanting for $…dark matter is a pretty damn decent record.
Ive seen them live almost 20 times, over a period of 20+ years…I got to see them in the pit in Seattle at one point. They still kill it live even if they don’t have the stamina for double/triple encores and 3-4 hr shows anymore. I want to see them live one more time. Then I’m aging outta this shit lol and will hopefully enjoy seeing my kids come of age being passionate about all sorts of things, like I was about PJ and a bunch of other things as a youngin