Backspacer: Official Album Thread

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Everyone loves Backspacer, but how much?

5 Stars:
7
4%
4 Stars:
30
18%
3 Stars:
78
47%
2 Stars:
30
18%
1 Star:
20
12%
 
Total votes: 165

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Got Some
Johnny Guitar
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known

Speed of Sound
Just Breathe
Fixer

Force of Nature
Gonna See my Friend
The End
Supersonic
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durdencommatyler wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Rank your favorite songs on Backspacer:
1. Amongst the Waves
11. Force of Nature
I'm really at a loss for words here.
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durds forgot a “0”
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pearl jam sucks now
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It’s easily my favorite on Backspacer
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pearl jam sucks now
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He also loves U2 and 311
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Presumably also UB40
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my life has been shit ever since i heard Amongst The Waves for the first time
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bodysnatcher wrote:my life has been shit ever since i heard Amongst The Waves for the first time
:haha:
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I goddamn love Amongst the Waves. I'll never understand the hate it gets.

Force of Nature is so far and away a worse song that it boggles the mind. It's such a dumb mess. However... HOWEVER... I can wrap my head around WHY people connect to it, I think. It's just never done anything for me.
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durdencommatyler wrote:I goddamn love Amongst the Waves. I'll never understand the hate it gets.

Force of Nature is so far and away a worse song that it boggles the mind. It's such a dumb mess. However... HOWEVER... I can wrap my head around WHY people connect to it, I think. It's just never done anything for me.
For this we will never agree. A divide has been driven between us. A chasm, unable to be crossed.
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(edit: tried to make this list, and it became much harder than expected. this is the only PJ album tracklist i've ever done where i needed to create my list from bottom/worst to top)

my rank:

Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe (cheesy as all shit, but can't deny it's a decent pop song for middle-aged moms)
The End
Gonna See My Friend
Speed of Sound
The Fixer
Unthought Known
Supersonic
Got Some
Force of Nature
Amongst the Waves
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I goddamn love Amongst the Waves. I'll never understand the hate it gets.

Force of Nature is so far and away a worse song that it boggles the mind. It's such a dumb mess. However... HOWEVER... I can wrap my head around WHY people connect to it, I think. It's just never done anything for me.
For this we will never agree. A divide has been driven between us. A chasm, unable to be crossed.
How many perfectly good friendships has Pearl Jam destroyed?
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I goddamn love Amongst the Waves. I'll never understand the hate it gets.

Force of Nature is so far and away a worse song that it boggles the mind. It's such a dumb mess. However... HOWEVER... I can wrap my head around WHY people connect to it, I think. It's just never done anything for me.
For this we will never agree. A divide has been driven between us. A chasm, unable to be crossed.
How many perfectly good friendships has Pearl Jam destroyed?
All of them.
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wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I goddamn love Amongst the Waves. I'll never understand the hate it gets.

Force of Nature is so far and away a worse song that it boggles the mind. It's such a dumb mess. However... HOWEVER... I can wrap my head around WHY people connect to it, I think. It's just never done anything for me.
For this we will never agree. A divide has been driven between us. A chasm, unable to be crossed.
How many perfectly good friendships has Pearl Jam destroyed?
All of them.
Unfortunately true. This band sucks!
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durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I goddamn love Amongst the Waves. I'll never understand the hate it gets.

Force of Nature is so far and away a worse song that it boggles the mind. It's such a dumb mess. However... HOWEVER... I can wrap my head around WHY people connect to it, I think. It's just never done anything for me.
For this we will never agree. A divide has been driven between us. A chasm, unable to be crossed.
How many perfectly good friendships has Pearl Jam destroyed?
All of them.
Unfortunately true. This band sucks!
Gonna See My Friend (For The First Time Since We Both Stopped Listening To Pearl Jam)
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tragabigzanda wrote:
PHATJ wrote:It’s easily my favorite on Backspacer
Ugh PhatJ, first you love DMB and now this. It's like I don't even know you anymore.
I’ve never denied I like Amongst the Waves. Been open open about that since the 30 second clip was released before the album. That said, it’s still well down my overall PJ favorites list. Hell, it’s on Backspacer in which every song sucks to some degree. I like DMB, but mostly live stuff and old albums. Before These Crowded Streets is a great album though.
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theplatypus wrote:He also loves U2 and 311
U2 90s era = :heartbeat:

311 sucks hippo dick
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pearl jam sucks now
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