Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[stip]

I'd take Bushleaguer off. After that it's hard to say. Depending on the day I might single out Thumbing My Way, Green Disease, Help Help, even LBC. Lots of decent songs on Riot Act for me. After the run of my favorites

Can't Keep
Save You
Cropduster
Ghost
I Am Mine
Get Right (Ruddo wore me down and I trained myself to ignore the lyrics. This song is a blast)

They're all bunched up in the pretty decent category. They work better for me on the album than as isolated songs since Riot Act is a real vibes record, but it also starts to wear me down towards the end.


There is the additional issue (for me) that Down and Undone are not on there. They would lighten the album (and I think their exclusion is thematically significant). Plus Undone is probably my favorite song from these sessions after I Am Mine

[Anders]

[Vindicator]

Other Side should have been on Riot Act as well. Great song

[stip]

Other Side should have been on Riot Act as well. Great song

what would you have pulled to make room?

[Jaeti]

Get Right (Ruddo wore me down and I trained myself to ignore the lyrics. This song is a blast)

This has kind of been my journey with this song lately. Trying to ignore the lyrics. I enjoy it more now.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Get Right (Ruddo wore me down and I trained myself to ignore the lyrics. This song is a blast)

Now i need your help getting this played in Baltimore

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[stip]

Sign campaign? It's been 21 years.

[stip]

Get Right (Ruddo wore me down and I trained myself to ignore the lyrics. This song is a blast)

Now i need your help getting this played in Baltimore

How many 12x18 posters would it take to hold a stip song request?

Just one. We'd use QR codes.

[Vindicator]

Other Side should have been on Riot Act as well. Great song

what would you have pulled to make room?

I could do without Arc, and maybe Bu$leaguer. Looking at it now and Riot Act is 15 songs but only 54 minutes. I wouldn't mind adding a few more tracks, but then again I rarely listen to the album in its entirety, even though I think every song is solid.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Ms Harmless]

GD is fuckin' great guys.

[VinylGuy]

Not sure why are we retracking RA but im alright with what we got. Ohterside and Undone are very good too, maybe Undone could have been a part of the album and Get Right works better as a b side? not sure. Down is an example of that, it really works better as a b side.

[Vindicator]

Not sure why are we retracking RA but im alright with what we got. Ohterside and Undone are very good too, maybe Undone could have been a part of the album and Get Right works better as a b side? not sure. Down is an example of that, it really works better as a b side.

I think it just shows how strong the Binaural / Riot Act era was.

[digster]

I think I'm most averse to retooling Riot Act's tracklisting more than any other one of their records, because I feel like trying to whittle it down would undercut what makes it a unique album in their catalog. It's the kind of album I wish every band would do once.

[Farmer John]

GD is fuckin' great guys.

[guitar_davey]

GD is fuckin' great guys.

[Jorge]

Too many songs that are just ok on Riot Act - only a handful truly great. It’s my favorite start to finish listen of my lesser Pearl Jam albums, but it’s too long.

Three songs too long to be precise.

Bu$hleaguer (would make a great b side)
green disease (trash)
Arc (should be secret track)

Agree re: "Arc" and "Bushleaguer"

Keep "Green Disease," it's good

Lose "I Am Mine," save it for the Shrek 2 soundtrack

[Fattie_Vedder]

Other Side should have been on Riot Act as well. Great song

[McParadigm]

Bushleaguer and Green Disease are good strong b-side material. LBC is a chore.