Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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Rank Dark Matter

5 Stars
119
56%
4 Stars
65
31%
3 Stars
19
9%
2 Stars
2
1%
2 Star
1
0%
%#*! Andrew Watt
5
2%
 
Total votes: 211

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pearl jam sucks now
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This def beats discussing the Mike Tirico head fake clip from the chiefs dolphins game and folks complaining about MM’s over use of the pentatonic scale.

I’d much rather read angry posts about inauthenticity or producshuuuuunnnnn.


I say it’s…..time to plant seeds of reconstrucshuuunnnnnn.
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Ranking the albums... is just fucking stupid
Why I oughtta...
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Has someone already posted this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pearljam/s/nexJZhla7o
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Album sales are a totally different thing now. People as a majority listen to music differently now most people experience vastly different Then we at rm do. We are complete outliers. I think it will sound like Earthling which is fine. I'm not sure this band is self aware.
1.they don't like 10
2. They didn't want Black to be a single
3. Stone wasn't happy with Vitalogy and No Code
4. When Mike was on the verge of pentatonic demigod status he was shut out of Vitalogy.
5.Ed had writers block on Vs. Um Rearviewmirror Indifference Blood Elderly the freaken melody on Leash.
6 Sad Fatal In the Moonlight excluded
7.ruining two great ideas Infallible and Let the Records play
8. Dennis Rodman
9 most likely the first 11 album was better than the second
10. High fiving white guys
11.Hats
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ABNorman wrote:
Ranking the albums... is just fucking stupid
Why I oughtta...
Have they never internetted before?
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DDWJMUVW wrote:This def beats discussing the Mike Tirico head fake clip from the chiefs dolphins game and folks complaining about MM’s over use of the pentatonic scale.

I’d much rather read angry posts about inauthenticity or producshuuuuunnnnn.


I say it’s…..time to plant seeds of reconstrucshuuunnnnnn.
nobody is angry though, dude. You gotta figure this world out here or its gonna be a long one for ya!
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Tj wrote:Album sales are a totally different thing now. People as a majority listen to music differently now most people experience vastly different Then we at rm do. We are complete outliers. I think it will sound like Earthling which is fine. I'm not sure thus band is self aware.
1.they don't like 10
2. They didn't want Black to be a single
3. Stone wasn't happy with Vitalogy and No Code
4. When Mike was on the verge of pentatonic demigod status he was shut out of Vitalogy.
5.Ed had writers block on Vs. Um Rearviewmirror Indifference Blood Elderly the freaken melody on Leash.
6 Sad Fatal In the Moonlight excluded
7.ruining to great ideas Infallible and Let the Records play
8. Dennis Rodman
9 most likely the first 11 album was better than the second
10. High fiving white guys
11.Hats
:lol:
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Has someone already posted this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pearljam/s/nexJZhla7o
Want to give a shout out to KurtLeon and Benwrestlin over on Reddit. Hope we are entertaining!
is benwrestlin a former RMer. I remember KurtLeon. nice guy
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Jaeti wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
scrub12 wrote:A simple search shows Jeff said that about the album back in June 2023. So more than a few months ago.
That’s surprising but ok

But I still am extremely skeptical that were the band run democratically, there would be enough support for it to sound as awful as it does.
I think the theory thrown out yesterday that maybe they never cared all that much holds some water. They've made 11 albums, a handful of which we generally agree are very well produced. That could just be dumb luck.
Yeah I’ve honestly been thinking this too for the last couple days
I feel like Binaural and S/T were very specific choices. Alas, they didnt like the finished product of binaural and didnt chase it all the way.

The remaining albums seem to have been left up to the producer in charge, the main one having once created the standard for much of our eras rock music. Then he got old/lazy/and maybe also lost his hearing/started caring more about radio play and staying relevant.
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stip wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Has someone already posted this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pearljam/s/nexJZhla7o
Want to give a shout out to KurtLeon and Benwrestlin over on Reddit. Hope we are entertaining!
is benwrestlin a former RMer. I remember KurtLeon. nice guy
Wasn't he also in and out of jail?
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stip wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Has someone already posted this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/pearljam/s/nexJZhla7o
Want to give a shout out to KurtLeon and Benwrestlin over on Reddit. Hope we are entertaining!
is benwrestlin a former RMer. I remember KurtLeon. nice guy
Idk but they mentioned feeling bad for “spying” on us.
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Strat wrote:
DDWJMUVW wrote:This def beats discussing the Mike Tirico head fake clip from the chiefs dolphins game and folks complaining about MM’s over use of the pentatonic scale.

I’d much rather read angry posts about inauthenticity or producshuuuuunnnnn.


I say it’s…..time to plant seeds of reconstrucshuuunnnnnn.
nobody is angry though, dude. You gotta figure this world out here or its gonna be a long one for ya!
Ironically, you’re the one who seems disillusioned and unhappy.


Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt….
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DDWJMUVW wrote:
Strat wrote:
DDWJMUVW wrote:This def beats discussing the Mike Tirico head fake clip from the chiefs dolphins game and folks complaining about MM’s over use of the pentatonic scale.

I’d much rather read angry posts about inauthenticity or producshuuuuunnnnn.


I say it’s…..time to plant seeds of reconstrucshuuunnnnnn.
nobody is angry though, dude. You gotta figure this world out here or its gonna be a long one for ya!
Ironically, you’re the one who seems disillusioned and unhappy.


Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt….
You have seen me type over and over again that im still obsesed with pearl jam? love them? plan on seeing them? like DM and the snippets, and excited for the album? Right?

You can hold two opposing thoughts in your head ! Production sucks, songs are great! I love pearl jam!

You can get there. I promise.
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bodysnatcher wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:
Mike wrote:
Val wrote:I’m cleansing the palate with Brian Eno’s Music for Installations.

These clips are driving me crazy. And the waiting.
Waiting for friday so I have new Waxahatchee and Adrianne Lenker records to make the wait easier
Love both of those so much. Seeing Big Thief live is still one of the best concerts I’ve been to
I’m sorry you’ve had such bad concert experiences
Do you genuinely dislike Big Thief or just looking to pick a fight?
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lol. Who started that? Be honest.
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I believe they meant Jorg
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What’s worse, us on this message board posting about shitty production or people posting on another message board about us posting on a message board about shitty production?
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