Backspacer: Official Album Thread

[Ms Harmless]

I like "The End" but it makes me sad, when the rest of the album was mostly joyful; also Ed only just reaches those high notes; they should've put it down a key

Oop, time for Betterman (Live)

[Ms Harmless]

I love the intake of breath at "but not much longer"

[Anders]

This is how RM voted for Backspacer in the two completed competitions between the albums in the era starting with S/T. The competition including Gigaton in it, is not finished. But overall I think the list is a fair overview over what the best songs on Backspacer are, certainly in the eyes of this forum.

1. Johnny Guitar 446
2. Got Some 498
3. Force Of Nature 557
4. The Fixer 610
5. Speed Of Sound 667
6. Amongst The Waves 670
7. Just Breathe 670
8. Gonna See My Friend 681
9. Unthought Known 683
10. The End 736
11. Supersonic 867

[PHATJ]

I always find this stuff interesting, Anders. Looking forward to seeing more results.

[Anders]

12 years old today.

[Monkey_Driven]

12 years old today.

HBD Backspacer!

[epilogue]

Spacey Backday!

[epilogue]

Backy Spaceday?

[epilogue]

Amongst The Waves
Just Breathe
Got Some
Speed of Sound
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
The End
Gonna See My Friend
Unthought Known
Supesonic
Force of Nature

[Jorge]

12 years old today.

Happy birthday, Anders

[Monkey_Driven]

The Fixer
Force of Nature
Speed of Sound
Johnny Guitar
Got Some
Just Breathe
The End
Unthought Known
Gonna See My Friend
Amongst the Waves
Supersonic

[stip]

What a delightful record. Happy Birthday Backspacer.


Force of Nature
The Fixer
Gonna See My Friends
Amongst the Waves
Johnny Guitar
Got Some
Just Breathe
Unthought Known
Speed of Sound
The End
Supersonic

No pure five star songs, but I enjoy everything on here but supersonic

[VinylGuy]

12 years already?

Yeez....i bought this one on the us. I went to see them at ACL and bought the vinyl and cd on New York. Got also The Fixer single.

First PJ album i listened first on fucking mp3 because of that trip. Also the last one i bought on cd.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[VinylGuy]

i love everything but Supersonic. And im soooo tired of Just breathe, UK that i cant even listen to them.

But damn, The Fixer, ATW, JG, Speed of sound, Force of Nature, Got Some...they are all awesome.

[Jaeti]

Seeing the songs on this one ranked really drives home its mediocrity, but whatever:

Unthought Known
Force of Nature

Johnny Guitar
Gonna See My Friend
Speed of Sound
Amongst the Waves
The End

The Fixer
Got Some
Just Breathe
Supersonic

[coptheriotact]

Hi Guys, I have been messing around with a declipping tool, and have created a more dynamic sounding Backspacer master. It gives the drums and bass more punch and generally sounds less noisy/abrasive (it sounds better to my ears anyway, and better than the vinyl or vinyl rips i've tried)

Could a mod please PM me so I can send through the FLACs? If anyone wants to have a listen, let me know! Just a warning, its still backspacer..


Backspacer Original (its not as bad as it looks, its just zoomed out too far)


KrenDynamic Master


Amongst The Waves Original


ATW Krendynamic Master


I know there are users on here much more knowledgeable about audio than me, so apologies if i've done something offensive here.

[Hypnos]

Nice! I would like to give it a shot. To me Backspacer is an excellent record for what it tries to do.

[thesound]

I am interested in giving it a listen. Thanks for the time you put in.

[Ms Harmless]

remember when we thought it was "I'm gonna shake this thang before I retire?"