Gigaton: Official album thread

[Release_Me]

Excuse my ignorance but if I already have the Ten Club FLAC and WAV downloads, is there any difference with the Hi-res audio being talked about here?

[oneway23]

Excuse my ignorance but if I already have the Ten Club FLAC and WAV downloads, is there any difference with the Hi-res audio being talked about here?

Truth be told, likely not for 99.7% of this place to care about. I'll compare later and report in....

[joostone]

Finally an album without any fade-outs............

[joostone]

Allmusic review is in...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/gigaton-mw0003349970

[dimejinky99]

I mentioned on another forum we were never to speak of can’t deny me ever again.

Someone replied. Perfect.

Nooooooo! The world must know...we must remember the desperate lows so we can appreciate the highs.

You're gonna hate me now...


(spoiler) *******OLE********

[oneway23]

Allmusic review is in...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/gigaton-mw0003349970

Thanks for posting. Expected a more expansive review; feels like they only heard about half of the record

[Farmer John]

Just getting caught up here.

Is there a recap somewhere of Ed and Jeff's answers on the YouTube chat thing?

[Ms Harmless]

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/gigaton-explicit-pearl-jam/ruc0yafulcwzb

what's the difference between Hi-Res and Hi-Res (with Sublime); is that like Betterman (Live)?

[oneway23]

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/gigaton-explicit-pearl-jam/ruc0yafulcwzb

what's the difference between Hi-Res and Hi-Res (with Sublime); is that like Betterman (Live)?

Much more like the Japanese Lost Dog promo CD with "I'm Still Here" on it

Sublime is their steaming/download combo subscription service...You get heavy discounts on downloads if you're a subscriber

[Ms Harmless]

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/gigaton-explicit-pearl-jam/ruc0yafulcwzb

what's the difference between Hi-Res and Hi-Res (with Sublime); is that like Betterman (Live)?

Much more like the Japanese Lost Dog promo CD with "I'm Still Here" on it

Sublime is their steaming/download combo subscription service...You get heavy discounts on downloads if you're a subscriber

cool, done so!

[ridleybradout]

I don't know. To me, Do the Evolution, Wishlist, and Given to Fly are the obvious standouts. I also really enjoy Low Light. But the rest of the album while good doesn't seem to be top-level. All Those Yesterdays is very good as well. In Hiding too, though a step below those others. The other half of the album seems a step below that.

Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, MFC sort of especially stand out as throwaway tracks or fillery experimentation. And that's not even including Red Dot.

I don't think it's a bad album, it's a good album, but I still think each individual song on Gigaton shows more love than these, or creativity in a successful way. (Pilate is creative but I don't find it that successful. Not bad, just underwhelming).

I can definitely see saying you LIKE Yield better than Gigaton, or that it IS better than Gigaton. But Superblood Wolfmoon is a song I like less than most of the Yield songs, yet I think that it comes off as bigger/more important than most of the Yield songs because it got so much love, even just the little touches like that section coming out of the bridge that was in the preview (and Id say its one of the weakest songs on this album and the most cuttable).

I don't know how to word it but I just don't think there's been a Pearl Jam album POSSIBLY since Ten where every track feels this worth listening to. We probably have Josh to thank for this honestly because its probably mostly production that makes every song sound so IMPORTANT. There's a gravity to each one that calls for your attention. In fact, that is sort of how Ten felt too, even if in a totally different way.

also nice job correctly identifying the best songs on yield

Except that he forgot Brain of J even exists

[Owl]

A friend of mine at one of the more reputable online music sites sent this mixtape to me to see if I’ve heard it...like this dude dropped in half of gigaton samples on this mixtape. The cool part? It’s really good.

https://soundcloud.com/g_wall/sets/muse ... -ages-2020

[Ms Harmless]

Allmusic review is in...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/gigaton-mw0003349970

that's a very well-written review

[liebzz]

Gigaton - where dreams last for-hever and moments are never-hending

[Ms Harmless]

everyone's a critic looking back across the river

[B]

Weird. My CD came with no notification or status change on the website, but I got an e-mail from UPS that my vinyl's arriving today.

[Anders]

Allmusic review is in...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/gigaton-mw0003349970

that's a very well-written review

Same amount of stars he gave Lightning Bolt:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pearl-j ... iscography

[evenslow]

Allmusic review is in...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/gigaton-mw0003349970

that's a very well-written review

erlewine gets it!

[Anders]

I don't know. To me, Do the Evolution, Wishlist, and Given to Fly are the obvious standouts. I also really enjoy Low Light. But the rest of the album while good doesn't seem to be top-level. All Those Yesterdays is very good as well. In Hiding too, though a step below those others. The other half of the album seems a step below that.

Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, MFC sort of especially stand out as throwaway tracks or fillery experimentation. And that's not even including Red Dot.

I don't think it's a bad album, it's a good album, but I still think each individual song on Gigaton shows more love than these, or creativity in a successful way. (Pilate is creative but I don't find it that successful. Not bad, just underwhelming).

I can definitely see saying you LIKE Yield better than Gigaton, or that it IS better than Gigaton. But Superblood Wolfmoon is a song I like less than most of the Yield songs, yet I think that it comes off as bigger/more important than most of the Yield songs because it got so much love, even just the little touches like that section coming out of the bridge that was in the preview (and Id say its one of the weakest songs on this album and the most cuttable).

I don't know how to word it but I just don't think there's been a Pearl Jam album POSSIBLY since Ten where every track feels this worth listening to. We probably have Josh to thank for this honestly because its probably mostly production that makes every song sound so IMPORTANT. There's a gravity to each one that calls for your attention. In fact, that is sort of how Ten felt too, even if in a totally different way.

also nice job correctly identifying the best songs on yield

Except that he forgot Brain of J even exists

Can't see Faithfull mentioned.

[Anders]

Allmusic review is in...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/gigaton-mw0003349970

that's a very well-written review

erlewine gets it!

2,5 stars for Yield, 4 for Lightning Bolt, 4 for Gigaton. He's clueless on an endless amount of albums.