Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Norah]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

[Kevin Davis]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

Pour one out, G.

[verb_to_trust]

Yeah, Pearl Jam as an album band died in 2003.

[Jorge]

Let's be sure to mark this with a big ol' "IN OUR OPINION", otherwise the Lightning Bolt fans will start saying we're mindlessly naysaying and calling everyone idiots.

[Norah]

Good call, Jorge.

[Birds in Hell]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

*cough*

[Norah]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

*cough*

Oh shut up.

[guitar_davey]

I have a feeling that once we hear this entire record, we're going to realize that it's the album Backspacer was supposed to be--the "fun" album. I have a feeling Lightning Bolt is going to be a lot more "fun," which is maybe what some of us truly miss about Pearl Jam...that something that set the first few albums apart in our collective consciousness...point being, this album might truly be the one that gets people "back into Pearl Jam."

[Norah]

The first few records were the "fun" records?

[Birds in Hell]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

*cough*

Oh shut up.

Hey, Binaural and Riot Act are at least the last consistently good Pearl Jam records.

[guitar_davey]

The first few records were the "fun" records?

Well, in the sense that everybody knew all of those riffs and the lyrical melodies. I guess anthemic is more of the word I'm looking for. I feel like the production on this is pretty clear too. These are shitty rips, and I can hear a lot more depth to the instrumentation.

[Norah]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

*cough*

Oh shut up.

Hey, Binaural and Riot Act are at least the last consistently good Pearl Jam records.

You've saved yourself this time, spenny.

[Birds in Hell]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

*cough*

Oh shut up.

Hey, Binaural and Riot Act are at least the last consistently good Pearl Jam records.

You've saved yourself this time, spenny.

I'm a pretty reasonable guy.

[Lostdog]

http://youtu.be/X5NSbXm5Ue8 heeear thee sireeenss

[its_not_1974]

Riot Act, the last great Pearl Jam record.

*cough*

Oh shut up.

Hey, Binaural and Riot Act are at least the last consistently good Pearl Jam records.

I've always loved Riot Act, but this last listen it clicked for me better than ever. 4/5 stars, strong.

[injuddstree]

Binaural, the last great Pearl Jam record.

Edited for accuracy.

[injuddstree]

I really wish we still had archives of the old board so we could see reactions to Self-Titled and Backspacer (rather than just peoples' memories).

I do remember pretty clearly that Backspacer and S/T had positive reactions overall, the latter very much in particular. That kind of got rave reviews in the immediacy after it's release. Backspacer's response was a bit more measured when it came to the album; The Fixer, on the other hand, I remember having a very mixed reaction (with it getting heated at points).

Self Titled was Top 10 albums of 2006 in Rolling Stone and received 4 or 5 star ratings in various publications.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I really wish we still had archives of the old board so we could see reactions to Self-Titled and Backspacer (rather than just peoples' memories).

I do remember pretty clearly that Backspacer and S/T had positive reactions overall, the latter very much in particular. That kind of got rave reviews in the immediacy after it's release. Backspacer's response was a bit more measured when it came to the album; The Fixer, on the other hand, I remember having a very mixed reaction (with it getting heated at points).

Self Titled was Top 10 albums of 2006 in Rolling Stone and received 4 or 5 star ratings in various publications.

For me, the songs on s/t are all great, but the album isn't because the sound is too harsh

[verb_to_trust]

I really wish we still had archives of the old board so we could see reactions to Self-Titled and Backspacer (rather than just peoples' memories).

I do remember pretty clearly that Backspacer and S/T had positive reactions overall, the latter very much in particular. That kind of got rave reviews in the immediacy after it's release. Backspacer's response was a bit more measured when it came to the album; The Fixer, on the other hand, I remember having a very mixed reaction (with it getting heated at points).

Self Titled was Top 10 albums of 2006 in Rolling Stone and received 4 or 5 star ratings in various publications.

I'd like to see the rest of that list.

[guitar_davey]

I really wish we still had archives of the old board so we could see reactions to Self-Titled and Backspacer (rather than just peoples' memories).

I do remember pretty clearly that Backspacer and S/T had positive reactions overall, the latter very much in particular. That kind of got rave reviews in the immediacy after it's release. Backspacer's response was a bit more measured when it came to the album; The Fixer, on the other hand, I remember having a very mixed reaction (with it getting heated at points).

Self Titled was Top 10 albums of 2006 in Rolling Stone and received 4 or 5 star ratings in various publications.

For me, the songs on s/t are all great, but the album isn't because the sound is too harsh

I've always wondered *why* the S/T record sounds like that. Adam Kasper did a great job with the production on Riot Act, but the ol' Avocado does not sound warm at all. Who mixed and mastered those two albums? BoB mixed RA, right?