Riot Act: Official Album Thread

[Monkey_Driven]

I think a strong argument could be made that there's a few songs on Gigaton that are the best in the last 20 years.

Excluding Binaural? Best as in top 25 percent. Yeah, probably several.

Yeah, I was going from S/T on, really. Riot Act falls within the "last 20 years" but Binaural is outside that range, right? I have no idea anymore. What is time?????

Most of Binaural and Riot Act (if we're counting those) make up the best of that time. There are a handful from S/T that rank. Maybe one or two from BS & LB (again, Infallible is way up there for me).

The rest are Gigaton.

Binaural is outside of the last 20 years right now, but was JUST inside of it when Gigaton released. I'm fine with leaving it out.

[oasisfan35]

There was a chill in the air today and I threw this on after not playing it for a little bit. It was a refreshing revisit not to hear Ed try to cram too many words in to a phrase, there is a lot of space for everyone in the band to get their due overall.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Bammer]

There was a chill in the air today and I threw this on after not playing it for a little bit. It was a refreshing revisit not to hear Ed try to cram too many words in to a phrase, there is a lot of space for everyone in the band to get their due overall.

Yep. It really is grating how he has to fill every second these days with words.

Don’t see some songs as half empty…

[jam80]

There was a chill in the air today and I threw this on after not playing it for a little bit. It was a refreshing revisit not to hear Ed try to cram too many words in to a phrase, there is a lot of space for everyone in the band to get their due overall.

Yep. It really is grating how he has to fill every second these days with words.

Don’t see some songs as half empty…

See them half full of shit?

[Bammer]

There was a chill in the air today and I threw this on after not playing it for a little bit. It was a refreshing revisit not to hear Ed try to cram too many words in to a phrase, there is a lot of space for everyone in the band to get their due overall.

Yep. It really is grating how he has to fill every second these days with words.

Don’t see some songs as half empty…

See them half full of shit?

Focus on your focusedness

[Tj]

Peal Jam songs full of shit
1.why go
2 release
3.deep
4.go
5.last exit
6.spin the black
7.off he goes
8.around the bend
9.push me pull me
10.evacuation
11.comes and goes
12.supersonic

[knee tunes]

Peal Jam songs full of shit
1.why go
2 release
3.deep
4.go
5.last exit
6.spin the black
7.off he goes
8.around the bend
9.push me pull me
10.evacuation
11.comes and goes
12.supersonic

Banned for Life

[Tj]

Peal Jam songs full of shit
1.why go
2 release
3.deep
4.go
5.last exit
6.spin the black
7.off he goes
8.around the bend
9.push me pull me
10.evacuation
11.comes and goes
12.supersonic

I literally created the ultimate bowel movement playlist. I should get a award or something. Imagine you are sitting there with your 45 year old bowels and all the complexities that come with middle age. Sit back lean forward remember when you had a evenflow all those yesterdays. Remember even Mike Mcready does the evolution.

Banned for Life

[stip]

Here's my riot act in eleven songs. I haven't quite figured out how to sequence it just yet, but this is what I'd include

Can't Keep
Save You
Cropduster
Ghost
I Am Mine
Down
Undone
Get Right
1/2 Full
All or None


That's an album I could really get behind. MM had me give All or None a second look, and it's enjoying a small renaissance. I almost want to add Green Disease, but didn't quite get there.

[coptheriotact]

Here's my riot act in eleven songs. I haven't quite figured out how to sequence it just yet, but this is what I'd include

Can't Keep
Save You
Cropduster
Ghost
I Am Mine
Down
Undone
Get Right
1/2 Full
All or None


That's an album I could really get behind. MM had me give All or None a second look, and it's enjoying a small renaissance. I almost want to add Green Disease, but didn't quite get there.

Stop tryin to backspacer-up my riot act

[PHATJ]

Here's my riot act in eleven songs. I haven't quite figured out how to sequence it just yet, but this is what I'd include

Can't Keep
Save You
Cropduster
Ghost
I Am Mine
Down
Undone
Get Right
1/2 Full
All or None


That's an album I could really get behind. MM had me give All or None a second look, and it's enjoying a small renaissance. I almost want to add Green Disease, but didn't quite get there.

Stop tryin to backspacer-up my riot act

100

[Matters]

When I went to buy Riot Act on the day it was released, the record store still hadn’t put it on the shelf. The employee I asked went to the back room and found the box of “the new Pearl Jam drop” and brought it out to stock the shelf. It was about 4pm. No one had asked for the album yet, at a popular music store in a major city. To think the band went from Vs. sales records to that is pretty amazing.

Great album too. These are favorites

Can’t Keep
LBC
Cropduster
Get Right
You Are
Help Help
Arc

[liebzz]

When I went to buy Riot Act on the day it was released, the record store still hadn’t put it on the shelf. The employee I asked went to the back room and found the box of “the new Pearl Jam drop” and brought it out to stock the shelf. It was about 4pm. No one had asked for the album yet, at a popular music store in a major city. To think the band went from Vs. sales records to that is pretty amazing.

Great album too. These are favorites

Can’t Keep
LBC
Cropduster
Get Right
You Are
Help Help
Arc

Didn’t it debut at #2 on the album sales chart that week?

[Monkey_Driven]

Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.

[VinylGuy]

When I went to buy Riot Act on the day it was released, the record store still hadn’t put it on the shelf. The employee I asked went to the back room and found the box of “the new Pearl Jam drop” and brought it out to stock the shelf. It was about 4pm. No one had asked for the album yet, at a popular music store in a major city. To think the band went from Vs. sales records to that is pretty amazing.

Great album too. These are favorites

Can’t Keep
LBC
Cropduster
Get Right
You Are
Help Help
Arc

Didn’t it debut at #2 on the album sales chart that week?

i think it was #5

[Ms Harmless]

I had pretty much the same experience but for Binaural

[Teeeeeekay]

My local had a midnight sale and we walked in stoned out of our heads, we didn’t bee line for Riot Act. We played it cool looking through some racks, then found the new releases. My cousin tapped me on the shoulder and was like, “this is it playing, man.” For that entirety we’d been in the store while You Are was playing and I had no clue.

Help, Help
Cropduster
I Am Mine
Can’t Keep
Green Disease
You Are

Those are my favorites. I’ve always loved the sound of this album.

[guitar_davey]

Here's my riot act in eleven songs. I haven't quite figured out how to sequence it just yet, but this is what I'd include

Can't Keep
Save You
Cropduster
Ghost
I Am Mine
Down
Undone
Get Right
1/2 Full
All or None


That's an album I could really get behind. MM had me give All or None a second look, and it's enjoying a small renaissance. I almost want to add Green Disease, but didn't quite get there.

If this had Green Disease and LBC, I'd be there.

[Anders]

Here's my riot act in eleven songs. I haven't quite figured out how to sequence it just yet, but this is what I'd include

Can't Keep
Save You
Cropduster
Ghost
I Am Mine
Down
Undone
Get Right
1/2 Full
All or None


That's an album I could really get behind. MM had me give All or None a second look, and it's enjoying a small renaissance. I almost want to add Green Disease, but didn't quite get there.

That's a nice playlist.