Riot Act: Official Album Thread

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Rate Riot Act

5 Stars: A top tier album
43
28%
4 Stars: A very good album
76
49%
3 Stars: Average
29
19%
2: Stars: I expect more
6
4%
1 Star: Embarrassing
1
1%
 
Total votes: 155

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I mean theres some pretty rapey stuff on Appetite

"Ya get nothin' for nothin'
If that's what ya do
Turn around bitch I got a use for you
Besides you ain't got nothin' better to do
And I'm bored"

Pretty awful.

But while I dont like their themes, the sound of the music is so dang good and Slash is incredilbe <_<.

But thats also why my favorite GNR album is probably Use your Illusion II

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chewm wrote: :thumbsup: Help Help is awesome and Habit is pretty bad.
i like that :thumbsup:

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McParadigm wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Help Help > Habit
Most songs are > Habit
I never thought we'd agree on anything.
Never thought you'd
Never thought
This is a great post. Officially. I mean, my gut reaction is to post the John Goodman rage gif. But...
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durdencommatyler wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
mikejasond wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Help Help > Habit
Most songs are > Habit
I never thought we'd agree on anything.
Never thought you'd
Never thought
This is a great post. Officially. I mean, my gut reaction is to post the John Goodman rage gif. But...
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Help Help and Habit are of equal quality. Both are fuckin' excellent.
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pearl jam sucks now
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love it.



that's me on the cover.
There's plenty for all.
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Can we all just stop to appreciate how good 1/2 Full is live?
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don't think i've ever tried ranking Riot Act. this is tougher than i thought. RA really has grown the most on me out of any album in their discog.

Help Help
Can't Keep
All Or None
Cropduster
1/2 Full
Get Right
Ghost
Thumbing My Way
Green Disease
Bushleaguer
You Are
I Am Mine
Save You
Love Boat Captain
Arc
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Cropduster
Help Help
Get Right
Ghost
You Are
Can't Keep
All or None
Green Disease
Save You
1/2 Full
Bushleaguer
Thumbing My Way
I Am Mine
Arc
Love Boat Captain
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Love Boat Captain may be the best song on the album.
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Anders wrote:Love Boat Captain may be the best song on the album.
:thumbsup:

"...to the universe i don't mean a thing..." into the solo always gets me
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The sequencing of the first 6 tracks is great. Then it's a bit of a mess. Good material just shambolic sequencing.
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Anders wrote:Love Boat Captain may be the best song on the album.
You probably haven't listened to Get Right, Cropduster, or Ghost yet. Do that and report back.
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LetMeSleep wrote:The sequencing of the first 6 tracks is great. Then it's a bit of a mess. Good material just shambolic sequencing.
after "you are" is when it starts to feel a bit more scattershot to me
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guestT wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:The sequencing of the first 6 tracks is great. Then it's a bit of a mess. Good material just shambolic sequencing.
after "you are" is when it starts to feel a bit more scattershot to me
Thumbing is a chore for me. Matt phones it in. Ed is mediocre. It's the start of Ed songs that don't belong in PJ.
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LetMeSleep wrote:
guestT wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:The sequencing of the first 6 tracks is great. Then it's a bit of a mess. Good material just shambolic sequencing.
after "you are" is when it starts to feel a bit more scattershot to me
Thumbing is a chore for me. Matt phones it in. Ed is mediocre. It's the start of Ed songs that don't belong in PJ.
it's not a favorite of mine either, but i like it as a palate cleanser/transition into side B
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Thumbing My Way is vital to the album.
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You Are
Get Right
All or None
Cropduster
Help Help
Can't Keep
1/2 Full
Save You
Bu$hleaguer
I Am Mine
Love Boat Captain
Arc
Ghost
Green Disease
Thumbing My Way
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what, rank an album? OK!

1. I Am Mine
2. Save You
3. Get Right
4. Can't Keep
5. Ghost
6. Cropduster
7. You Are
8. 1/2 Full
9. Green Disease
10. Help Help
11. Love Boat Captain
12. Arc
13. Thumbing My Way
14. All or None
15. Bu$hleaguer


Undone would be two and down six or seven if I included them.

7-14 are all fairly close, and a large step back from 1-6
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