Riot Act: Official Album Thread

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5 Stars: A top tier album
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4 Stars: A very good album
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49%
3 Stars: Average
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19%
2: Stars: I expect more
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1 Star: Embarrassing
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Next Vault will be:

1 - Mtv Unplugged

2 - Eddie Solo acoustic show from 2018

3 - Drop In The Park
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VinylGuy wrote:Next Vault will be:

1 - Mtv Unplugged

2 - Eddie Solo acoustic show from 2018

3 - Drop In The Park
Oh yeah, good bet on Drop In The Park. "Previously only available in the Ten Super Deluxe Reissue."
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guys, this is serious.
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listening to this one. vinyl. First pressing so this thing has 20 years?

I think RA was my first vinyl from them maybe? Maybe not, maybe it was Ten.

Cant Keep, damn what a way to start an album. Those guitars, that fucking groove, Ed's voice. They are fucking floating.
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Save You is awesome and i love it, but Ed is so restrained it kinda hurts the song. I wish he would just let go more on this one.

Matt and Jeff :heartbeat:
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dad wrote:guys, this is serious.
No it's not, it's Pearl Jam.
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Im a huge fan of Love Boat Captain. The bridge is really good.
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oasisfan35 wrote:
dad wrote:guys, this is serious.
No it's not, it's Pearl Jam.
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Jesus christ You Are is so fucking sexy.

Those guitarsssss, that groove...Ed's smoky voice.
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pearl jam sucks now
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well i think Jeff and Mike were the first ones who talked about it when the album came out yeah. They also talked about Social Distortion on Down, and i totally see that.
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Both Ghost and Help Help are stellar songs.

So glad i got them live.
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Ms Harmless wrote:I said Matt's fills specifically, which are constantly (but not always) basic af; if you think one nitpick of a single aspect of his drumming style that annoys me is a blanket character assassination, I don't know what to tell you
i'm not talking about your comment on his fills, i'm referring to your
keeping time with sixteenth-notes is a really basic drumming skill
comment on matt keeping time with stone's guitar when the song is performed live. i thought that was obvious, given i quoted the post and it was the more recent comment. sorry i lost you sweety.
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Ms Harmless wrote:e.g. "Alive", which is more or less the same tempo and has so much opportunity for interesting pauses, accents, backbeats, and these straight gunshot fills make it sound so bland
matt's fills going into the "is something wrong she said..." bridge are some of his best moments.
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1/2 Full
You Are
Save You
Can’t Keep
All Or None
I Am Mine
Crop duster
LBC
Green Disease
Byshleaguer
Ghost
Help,help
Get right
Thumbing my way
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I appreciated the second half of this album a lot more after I heard live versions of those songs. E.g. the version of Help Help from Mansfield 2003.07.02 is excellent and really made me love that song.
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help help is one of the best songs on that album. i wished they played it more (and without boom); they could so much with an outro to it.
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Love boat captain is woefully underrated
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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Decided to go to the ranker today. There's always margin for error in those in-the-moment judgements, but...

Can't Keep
Save You
Cropduster
Ghost
Help Help
1/2 Full
Love Boat Captain
You Are
All Or None
Green Disease
I Am Mine
Thumbing My Way
Bu$hleaguer
Get Right
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