Given and Taken in Ink
16Oct/120

Best of Pearl Jam, stuck in the CD-era

Let's say you wanted to have a single 80-minute disc of all the best Pearl Jam songs.  How would you go about making it?  I had this conversation with a buddy today, who said something along the lines of, "That's easy; just take all of Ten and add a few other tracks."

I don't think it's that simple.  I'm one of those in-between fans - not solely dedicated to Ten but in no way a PJ aficionado (i.e. I own no live bootleg albums).  I'm not afraid to say I love the band's early singles, but I would have a tough time not including songs like "Sad" and "Fatal" (both from the band's B-sides collection, Lost Dogs).

So, where does that leave my 80-minute collection?  About 20 minutes too long.  Right now I can't bring myself to delete any of these songs, and I'm still wondering whether I missed a few gems.  Here's where I'm at:

Playlist:
1. State of Love and Trust
2. Even Flow
3. Daughter
4. Dissident
5. Jeremy
6. Alive
7. Better Man
8. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
9. Sad
10. Given to Fly
11. Once
12. Animal
13. Corduroy
14. Black
15. All Night
16. Just Breathe
17. Down
18. rearviewmirror
19. Wishlist
20. Nothing As It Seems
21. Alone
22. Fatal
23. Man of the Hour
24. Yellow Ledbetter

Thoughts?  What did I miss?  And is it worth even trying to cut this down to one burnable (80 minute) disc?

Posted by Greg

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