Yield
by Pearl Jam
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Pearl Jam bestography
Yield is ranked 4th best out of 85 albums by Pearl Jam on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pearl Jam is Ten which is ranked number 52 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,870.
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Yield track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Yield rankings
Yield rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,359th | 1990s rank: 240th | 1998 rank: 21st Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 32 Music Albums of 1998 | 14/32 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 46 Music Albums of 1998 | 45/46 | 0 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 41 Music Albums of 1998 | 11/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | vdnoorfr | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 72/100 | 27 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 44 Music Albums of 1998 | 9/44 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 26 Music Albums of 1998 | 12/26 | 3 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 19 Music Albums of 1998 | 17/19 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 57 Music Albums of 1998 | 12/57 | 4 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 42 Music Albums of 1998 | 26/42 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 270 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,268 | |||
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Yield ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 23:08 |  decemberhotel | 2,414 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 00:26 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 12:04 |  Tamthebam | 23,301 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Yield forum mentions
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2011 16:29 | #32759 | TOP COMMENT
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Since the 70s there really hasn't been an artist that has put out more than 3 strong albums (usually in a row) and Pearl Jam knocked that usual trend with their 5th strong album straight. They come out pretty straight-forward rockin' on this one for the most part after (and as an extension of) their inward-looking, old school neil young album no code. The best track is "wishlist", a true wish list of inner demons and hopes for a better life -- one of their finest songs. ("i wish i was a neutron bomb, for once i could go off. i wish i was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.") It's a wishlist that seems to consumes the narrator's life as the song trails off on yet another wish. "Given To Fly" was the introductory song to the album, with soaring aspirations ("A human being that was given to fly "). "do the evolution" is pretty rockin' mixing religion with humanity's supposed evolution ("I'm at peace with my lust / I can kill 'cause in God I trust"). "all those yesterdays" is a good album closer.
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RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/15/2016 17:37 | #166029 | TOP COMMENT
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Again, heard some of these live from the live cd's they released for the first time on the studio release and I like it better live. Seems pretty mediocre until you hear it live... it's strange. Makes me wonder how much of that is true of all music (especially since it's usually the opposite... the live album kind of sucks and the studio album is amazing).
My favorites:
Given To Fly
Do The Evolution
MFC
In Hiding
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deadmanwalking 09/28/2024 23:54 | #305458 | TOP COMMENT
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The album that truly separated Pearl Jam from the rest of their 90’s grunge/alternative rock peers and proved that they were so much more than grunge/alternative rock. I couldn’t see any of their 90’s grunge/alternative rock peers like Soundgarden or Alice In Chains making an album like this.
Should be ranked #1 in their overall discography and it definitely shouldn’t be ranked below The Smashing Pumpkins’ Adore in 1998. (Edited)
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BallLightning 09/19/2024 17:14 | #305333 | TOP COMMENT
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Hard-rocking, catchy and wonderfully eclectic. Pearl Jam blows the doors off on tracks like Given to Fly, In Hiding, Brain of J and Do The Evolution, and gets beautifully heartfelt on tracks like Wishlist and Low Light. Not afraid to get weird, but consistently enjoyable. One of the band's 3 or 4 best records ever, in a discography full of strong records. (Edited)
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TheAviator 10/31/2020 11:56 | #259996 | TOP COMMENT
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I like this album overall but I can’t help but feel they went in a pretty straightforward direction here apposed to there last few releases. The best tracks by quite a margin are Wishlist and the amazing Do the Evolution which go against the by the numbers feel of the rest of the album. (Edited)
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