Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Rank Lightning Bolt

5 stars
1
1%
4 stars
4
5%
3 stars
29
37%
2 stars
30
38%
1 star
14
18%
 
Total votes: 78

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Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Strat wrote:OH i guess they do pendelum but holy hell that opener needs to go
pendulum so boring

like being straight and married and tired
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Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Strat wrote:
96583UP wrote:there was a period of time where i fell in love with Sirens, where it was OK to like Sirens

it was like exploring being gay

it was OK, it felt good, it was OK to try
That one version from their "live" video was really great.

These guys haven't touched songs from this album in years other than MYM
Yeah the video version was miles better than the album version. Just goes to show the impact of BoB's LB production!

There are some real stinkers on the second side of this album. Sleeping By Myself and Future Days... I can't even find words to describe them but emotionally I remember it being the first time I actually felt embarrassed by some of their output.
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VinylGuy wrote:jesus christ, all those poor people.
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man this thread reminded me that Future Days is listed as a Pearl Jam song.

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future days is a lovely autumnal love song with a shitty piano intro
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Everything is shitty about that version; mostly because it lacks PJ.

I prefer that solo Eddie version to what they did on LB
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i listened to Lightning Bolt twice this weekend and had a grand old time.

Mind your manner - sirens - lightning bolt

and

Sleeping by myself - yellow moon - future days are my two favorite stretches

Infallible is the song i most wish they’d revisit
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Infallible is the worst song on here.
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Sleeping By Myself must be the band's absolute nadir (so far).

It's like all taste went out the window on this album.
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this album has a lot of estrogen
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stip wrote:i listened to Lightning Bolt twice this weekend and had a grand old time.

Mind your manner - sirens - lightning bolt

and

Sleeping by myself - yellow moon - future days are my two favorite stretches

Infallible is the song i most wish they’d revisit
Whither My Father's Son?
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Lightning Bolt ranks last.
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It should be banished to an island and never heard from again.
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pearl jam sucks now
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i actualyl think Sleeping By Myself is a top tier song for this album. Everything else is "been there, done that" and them doing SBM.....feels like a unique offering.

Yall can fuck off.
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pearl jam sucks now
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My Father's Son gets too much credit

it's bc the rest of the album is so terrible, it is more palatable

it sounds like ass
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This is the bands worst album...by a significant margin.
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96583UP wrote:My Father's Son gets too much credit

it's bc the rest of the album is so terrible, it is more palatable

it sounds like ass
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Re: Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Jaeti wrote:
stip wrote:i listened to Lightning Bolt twice this weekend and had a grand old time.

Mind your manner - sirens - lightning bolt

and

Sleeping by myself - yellow moon - future days are my two favorite stretches

Infallible is the song i most wish they’d revisit
Whither My Father's Son?
i just realized i forgot it :(. I was enjoying it much more than usual. i wish the verse lyrics were bettee
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