Gigaton: Official album thread

[Mike]

I don't think it has anything to do with COVID. When has Pearl Jam been in end of the year lists the last time except for maybe in Rolling Stone?

[96583UP]

maybe it has to do with suck

[VinylGuy]

I don't think it has anything to do with COVID. When has Pearl Jam been in end of the year lists the last time except for maybe in Rolling Stone?

i think with every album post Riot Act. I remember Binaural being in a few lists too.

[Ms Harmless]

How else might one explain Alanis Morisette’s perpetually sunny disposition?

actual bonafide irony

[Mike]

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/84 ... tic-lists/
vs a more relevant 2013 album
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/72 ... tic-lists/

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/23 ... tic-lists/
vs a more relevant 2009 album
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/3- ... tic-lists/

Criticts dont really care for modern Pearl Jam

[rick malone]

Critics have always been split on them. Some wrote them off in the early days, some came around begrudgingly it seems.

[burl jam]

Critics have always been split on them. Some wrote them off in the early days, some came around begrudgingly it seems.

Probably on account of that whole Nirvana v PJ bullshit. We've Kurt to thank for some of that.

[DeeDee]

Get it back should have made it on the album.

[liebzz]

Get it back should have made it on the album.

It’s a good song but it doesn’t fit. Gigaton’s song structures sort of kick around and meander. The aesthetic created from it gives it a somewhat spacier vibe . Get It Back is more straightforward. It would fit better on Backspacer or Lightning Bolt, which isn’t meant as an insult. More in terms of fit. I would argue instead that a song like Of the Earth would have been a perfect fit.

[DeeDee]

Get it back should have made it on the album.

It’s a good song but it doesn’t fit. Gigaton’s song structures sort of kick around and meander. The aesthetic created from it gives it a somewhat spacier vibe . Get It Back is more straightforward. It would fit better on Backspacer or Lightning Bolt, which isn’t meant as an insult. More in terms of fit. I would argue instead that a song like Of the Earth would have been a perfect fit.

Never Destination out, Get it Back in.

Nothing changes.

Well, it does: the album gets a little bit better.

[RockPusher]

Get it back should have made it on the album.

It’s a good song but it doesn’t fit. Gigaton’s song structures sort of kick around and meander. The aesthetic created from it gives it a somewhat spacier vibe . Get It Back is more straightforward. It would fit better on Backspacer or Lightning Bolt, which isn’t meant as an insult. More in terms of fit. I would argue instead that a song like Of the Earth would have been a perfect fit.

Never Destination out, Get it Back in.

Nothing changes.

Well, it does: the album gets a little bit better.

Thanks to the miracle of playlists, you can have your cake and eat it too!

[liebzz]

Never Destination is a perfect fit in its spot. It provides a lighter chugging rhythm as a counterpoint to Alright and Seven O’Clock, two songs I enjoy but there needed to be a break from that heaviness thematically and the mid-tempo building going on there. It’s much needed levity.

[Monkey_Driven]

Yeah, Never Destination is one of the better "fun rockers" they've done in awhile. Doesn't take itself too seriously, but has enough interesting turns and stops to make it interesting.

[The Argonaut]

I am also surprised that Gigaton is on very few 'best of 2020' lists....NOT

[DeeDee]

I think Never Destination is below average.

Happy punk PJ is the worst PJ.

[liebzz]

It sounds to me like a slightly stretched out MFC. I always loved that song and quite like it on this album.

I also am not ashamed to say this was my favorite album this year.

[VinylGuy]

yeah, Gigaton fucking rules. I listened to it yesterday. The first 4 are up there with the best stuff they did.

[Strat]

Never destination rules. It’s the band having a blast and playing it loose which is a breath of fresh air after the last two albums. It’s also not punk. It’s quite rock n roll and very who like.

Love it.

[DeeDee]

Never destination rules. It’s the band having a blast and playing it loose which is a breath of fresh air after the last two albums. It’s also not punk. It’s quite rock n roll and very who like.

Love it.

I mean... no.

Rearviewmirror rules, Last Exit rules, In Hiding rules, Quick Escape rules.

Never Destination doesn't rule.

Not at all.

[guitar_davey]

Never destination rules. It’s the band having a blast and playing it loose which is a breath of fresh air after the last two albums. It’s also not punk. It’s quite rock n roll and very who like.

Love it.

I mean... no.

Rearviewmirror rules, Last Exit rules, In Hiding rules, Quick Escape rules.

Never Destination doesn't rule.

Not at all.

But it does.