Backspacer: Official Album Thread

[VinylGuy]

and ill say

Fuck, i love Backspacer.

[PHATJ]

and ill say

Fuck, i love Backspacer.

I’m glad you enjoy it, man. But for the life of me, I can’t understand why you do.

[dimejinky99]

and ill say

Fuck, i love Backspacer.

Me too VG. and I love you too.

[VinylGuy]

and ill say

Fuck, i love Backspacer.

Me too VG. and I love you too.

[Kevin Davis]

I think "Backspacer" aged poorly in the relatively lengthy amount of time it was burdened with being "the new Pearl Jam album." But, I have always liked it, and certainly more than "Lightning Bolt," I feel like it offers something genuine -- not a "concept," necessarily, but a concentrated headspace, a snapshot of a moment in time, etc. -- that I feel compelled to return to periodically. "LB" by comparison was the first one that felt like pure holding pattern to me, a pastiche of tropes and archetypes ("Here's our obligatory slow moody piece," "here's our 2-minute punk rocker," "here's a couple rootsy/folky things," etc.) and -- for the first time -- nothing more.

[VinylGuy]

Yeah, i agree. I love BS and its inherent fuck you attitude with songs like The Fixer or Got Some. Its PJ at its finest. I wish the production was better though, but with time i learnt to appreciate it more.

I love how good Jeff and Matt are here.

[kreng]

https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/09/ ... ackspacer/

[Monkey_Driven]

I listened to this the other day. Outside of the Amongst the Waves --> Supersonic stretch this is a fine album. Some really cool things going on.

[VinylGuy]

https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/09/making-the-case-for-pearl-jam-backspacer/

great writing. And yes, lots of people who werent die hards fans got the album. Lots of kids too here. It open the band to a new generation of fans.

[bune]

Just in time for the band to stop writing. awesome.

[Monkey_Driven]

It's official, the band has released one album in the past 10 years.

[McParadigm]

Woulda been a fine way to go out. After all those years of fighting the good fight, sending up a brief, fun celebration of the very real joy they had earned. Then, closing with a final track that opens with the question “what were all those dreams we had, those many years ago?”

[Monkey_Driven]

Woulda been a fine way to go out. After all those years of fighting the good fight, sending up a brief, fun celebration of the very real joy they had earned. Then, closing with a final track that opens with the question “what were all those dreams we had, those many years ago?”

Great, now I'm all misty eyed.

[dad]

it really is a fun album, and i enjoy the fixer a lot more now than when it was released.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I disagree. It is the only album of theirs that hasn't aged well or at least not dropped for me. LB hasn't gotten better, but it's ok. I skip most Backspacer songs that come on.

[dad]

I disagree. It is the only album of theirs that hasn't aged well or at least not dropped for me. LB hasn't gotten better, but it's ok. I skip most Backspacer songs that come on.

i just wish i could say LB was okay.

[Hatfield]

It's nice to see so much positivity surrounding this album. I haven't picked it up in over 5 years. It just didn't age well for me. Got Some>Fixer is skippable. It's the only Pearl Jam album where I don't enjoy tracks 2 and 3. There is lots of good stuff on here though. Jeff and Matt, Ed's voice, the production....I'm putting it on now. Thanks RM.

[darth_vedder]

I listened to this the other day. Outside of the Amongst the Waves --> Supersonic stretch this is a fine album. Some really cool things going on.

There are indeed some cool things going on with BS, but... well, it's still not really my thing. I think I'd still take it over LB though.

[Strat]

I actually do find this album to be much more enjoyable than the bolt. I still dont care for among the waves or unthought known but other than that its a pretty solid album. I love the last 4 song stretch.

Supersonic is also great. Though atrocious live.

[washing machine]

“The Bolt”?

Strat.