Gigaton: Official album thread

[Lostdog]

you have to forget that exist LB and enjoy this album

[VinylGuy]

New Ranking:

Awesome
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Quick Escape
Seven O'Clock
River Cross
Comes Then Goes
Buckle Up

Very Good
Take the Long Way
Who Ever Said
Alright

Good
Never Destination

Ok
Superblood Wolfmoon
Retrograde

[Jaeti]

Retrograde is awesome. Can't wait to blast that one on good speakers. Pearl Jam has *always* from Day 1 had their "cheesy" element. It's ultimately why I attached myself to them moreso than Nirvana way back then (who I love, but just can't relate to as much), who don't have this element in them. Yay for cheesy PJ.

I love it. I can fully appreciate the “it sounds like Sirens, so it sucks” knee jerk, but it isn’t the case that no song with that type of sound can be good. I also think it serves near the heart of the record’s message and as home to most of its dwindling hope.

Yeah, I mean, I casually compared it to Bruce Horsnby and Steve Winwood, but that doesn't even make me automatically hate it. I don't mean that as an insult, just that there's a gap to be bridged for me from there to "Pearl Jam song."

[darthvedder81]

I always connected more with Nirvana than Pearl Jam, I still feel the same way.

I never got into Nirvana at all. The only big Seattle band that never did anything for me. I like Grohl and the Foo’s though.

I am a guitar guy so it’s more about musicianship than songwriting for me. Mike and Stone are just way better players than Kurt.

[Birds in Hell]

I always connected more with Nirvana than Pearl Jam, I still feel the same way.

I never got into Nirvana at all. The only big Seattle band that never did anything for me. I like Grohl and the Foo’s though.

I am a guitar guy so it’s more about musicianship than songwriting for me. Mike and Stone are just way better players than Kurt.

I am also a "guitar guy", but it wasn't things like Yellow Ledbetter (or whatever) that excited me, it was stuff like this:



Kurt's guitar here still sounds absolutely electrically exciting to me.

[Got Some]

Has anyone got a up to date link. ?

I’m heading to a bucks show today and the buck
Is a PJ fan.

[Ms Harmless]

this album has made me consider an impulse tattoo

do you think the Jamily will accept me?

[LoathedVermin72]

Current ranking:

Very Good:
Quick Escape
Dance of the Clairvoyants

Good:
Who Ever Said
Take the Long Way
Comes Then Goes
Buckle Up

Bad:
River Cross
Alright
Retrograde

Awful:
Seven O'Clock
Never Destination
Superblood Wolfmoon

[stip]

this album has made me consider an impulse tattoo

do you think the Jamily will accept me?

wait at least 48 hours

[Ms Harmless]

this album has made me consider an impulse tattoo

do you think the Jamily will accept me?

wait at least 48 hours

phew, thanks

[Hypnos]

You'all are going to share this with your partners with extreme prejudice?

was that in reference to my post?

Kinda, Im preparing myself to do it this weekend.

[stip]

I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.

[Ms Harmless]

You'all are going to share this with your partners with extreme prejudice?

was that in reference to my post?

Kinda, Im preparing myself to do it this weekend.

my partner enjoyed all of it but is undecided about 7 O'Clock, it's either nice and chill or "a bit dull"; I told them that for a band I've been following for nearly 30 years they've got an awful lot of songs I didn't love right away

[evenslow]

I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.

very affecting.

[Chris_H_2]

sbwm somehow actually sounds better when listening to the entire album. i can't explain it. but that's probably a good thing.

[Ms Harmless]

the drum intro of SBWM is a lot less glaringly boring with a complex song behind it

[jdopj]

I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.

It’s just jolting emotionally

[McParadigm]

Everyone still has their trademark songwriting behaviors and logic, but it just feels like there’s such a different creative leadership behind this album. Like, someone with an idea got a hell of lot of leeway to put their fixin on everything.

[VinylGuy]

I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.

Yeah, its wrecking me.

This is the perfect album for this moment for me. And its also making me think about lots of stuff.

[evenslow]

sbwm somehow actually sounds better when listening to the entire album. i can't explain it. but that's probably a good thing.

have the same feeling.