Gigaton: Official album thread

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Early Impressions

5 stars
70
26%
4 stars
143
53%
3 stars
32
12%
2 star
16
6%
1 star
7
3%
 
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Birds in Hell wrote: Having listened once, I’m also now holding out for the same reason
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VinylGuy wrote:I love how Seven O Clock starts...not sure about the last part though
The last part is the best part of the song!

Now it's fun to go re-read some of the reviews
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it's a wonderful album
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im not in love with the end...its ok but kinda reminds me of Marker or UK.
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Strat wrote:There is a lot of opportunity for the band to step up and fill up some vocal space in a live setting. So many beautiful harmonies and backup vocals that i really hope they try and recreate live.
this is the response i was looking for :D
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Im a little disappointed in mikes offering. I have enjoyed the music he's been making for movie soundtracks. Was hoping he'd bring something along those lines.

His playing on the album is "pure fire" so im sure he's fine but ......
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I’m really enjoying all the positive reaction to this. I love it, and I feel like the wait was worth it.
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this song is alright, 3/5, plagued by some of same shit SBWM suffered from
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Strat wrote:Im a little disappointed in mikes offering. I have enjoyed the music he's been making for movie soundtracks. Was hoping he'd bring something along those lines.

His playing on the album is "pure fire" so im sure he's fine but ......
I am almost certainly way off base but I feel like because Mike was never really a songwriter he tries to write for the band instead of just writing shit that excites him. And the results have shown.
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Vindicator wrote:this song is alright, 3/5, plagued by some of same shit SBWM suffered from
What song
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I LOVE that middle section of Quick Escape with the "intercom" voice overs. It was giving me a Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sound with the keys over the top of that chaotic break down.
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Homeboyd wrote:
Strat wrote:Im a little disappointed in mikes offering. I have enjoyed the music he's been making for movie soundtracks. Was hoping he'd bring something along those lines.

His playing on the album is "pure fire" so im sure he's fine but ......
I am almost certainly way off base but I feel like because Mike was never really a songwriter he tries to write for the band instead of just writing shit that excites him. And the results have shown.
This was my completely baseless thought as well.
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I'm actually disappointed this leaked right now because I just listened to the Alright snippet on IG and it sounds amazing and now we get robbed of the daily unveiling.
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They really fucking did it. Those first six songs, my god. And then the next three are good, at least, if less immediately so to my ears. The 18-minute final quarter needs to grow on me a bit, but each of those songs get where they need to eventually.
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there isn't a bad song on this fucker
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there are three
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Ms Harmless wrote:there isn't a bad song on this fucker
cough cough retrograde cough cough
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pearl jam sucks now
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no there aren't, CHUD *hugs*
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limited first impressions in this thread, plus my initial rankings
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