Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

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ggl wrote:
Gigalogy84 wrote:Dark Matter has finally descended from its number one position to number three on the mainstream rock charts. I’m glad it had a great run. It could bounce back to one but given its now Foo Fighters topping the chart and Green Day holding at number two I don’t see it going to number one again. Time for the new radio single!! Is Running getting any radio play at all? If not they should release a new song now.
It's still sitting at #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart for the fourth week in a row (the below is reflecting charts dated April 6, 2024):

"Dark Matter" (7 weeks)

Alternative Airplay (18-10-10-10-9-7-7)
Mainstream Rock Airplay (17-6-3-1-1-1-1)
Rock & Alternative Airplay (6-1-2-1-1-2-3)
Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (46-28-31-31-35-37-43)
Hot Hard Rock Songs (3-1-2-2-2-3-2)
Canada Rock (10-3-2-1-1-1-1)
Adult Album Alternative (Triple A) (39-26-22-19-20-19)

I pulled this from here: https://community.pearljam.com/discussi ... the-charts

Oh interesting! I was looking at Mediabase. It’s number three on this chart. I don’t have access to Billboard and always thought they were similar. I guess not! https://www2.mediabase.com/mbapp/Accoun ... 811be6d84a
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Ms Harmless wrote:absolutely insane that they haven't given us anything else yet
They gave us 2 songs. I prefer to wait and be surprised by the full album. Let's not give in to anxiety.
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Hypnosomnia wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:absolutely insane that they haven't given us anything else yet
They gave us 2 songs. I prefer to wait and be surprised by the full album. Let's not give in to anxiety.
I don't have anxiety over Pearl Jam lol
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https://x.com/pearljam/status/177526423 ... PQo4iKQC4g


Hey all - breaking news. Listen to “running”.
"For me, it's all about the time we're having just playing the songs. So if it's kind of a mindless good time, then....."
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haha I just saw and jumped for joy
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What's the likelihood that they ride this Running thing all the way to the to the finish line?

Couldn't be
We still make records to be listened to — not that everyone will listen to a record track one to twelve in a row or side A or Side B — but we still make 'em in case somebody does want to listen to it like that, that's how we make em…
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We can make it. I hope they continue to deny us.
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oneway23 wrote:What's the likelihood that they ride this Running thing all the way to the to the finish line?

Couldn't be
Seems highly likely.

They’re edging the absolute f**k out of us and they know it.
"For me, it's all about the time we're having just playing the songs. So if it's kind of a mindless good time, then....."
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Jaeti wrote:We can make it. I hope they continue to deny us.
they can't deny me
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pearl jam sucks now
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DDWJMUVW wrote:
oneway23 wrote:What's the likelihood that they ride this Running thing all the way to the to the finish line?

Couldn't be
Seems highly likely.

They’re edging the absolute f**k out of us and they know it.
If they follow the same release schedule as Gigaton (and it kinda looks like they are) we might get a 3rd single a couple of days before official release day.
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Taylor Swift has not released so much as a snippet from any song from her album coming out on the 19th…and she’s selling 4 different versions of the album, each with a different bonus track. So if you want them all you gotta buy it four times (thank God for Spotify or my daughters would force me to be the proud owner of all four of these). Pearl Jam could learn a thing or two about milking their fans from TS…
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Homeboyd wrote:Taylor Swift has not released so much as a snippet from any song from her album coming out on the 19th…and she’s selling 4 different versions of the album, each with a different bonus track. So if you want them all you gotta buy it four times (thank God for Spotify or my daughters would force me to be the proud owner of all four of these). Pearl Jam could learn a thing or two about milking their fans from TS…
besides "get it back", PJ don't seem to have any left overs for bonus tracks no more
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I will never understand why they don't do b-sides anymore.
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DDWJMUVW wrote:https://x.com/pearljam/status/1775264239433007126?s=46&t=hkPNtPUg-OrEPQo4iKQC4g


Hey all - breaking news. Listen to “running”.
I came on here to say the exact same thing but from their instagram post.
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Really feels like we’re not getting another single before the album drops.
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Hypnosomnia wrote:I will never understand why they don't do b-sides anymore.
because they give us everything they record now
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Buby wrote:
DDWJMUVW wrote:
oneway23 wrote:What's the likelihood that they ride this Running thing all the way to the to the finish line?

Couldn't be
Seems highly likely.

They’re edging the absolute f**k out of us and they know it.
If they follow the same release schedule as Gigaton (and it kinda looks like they are) we might get a 3rd single a couple of days before official release day.
yeah probably.

Is still weird we didnt get a video for DM though.
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Ms Harmless wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:I will never understand why they don't do b-sides anymore.
because they give us everything they record now
Or at least everything they finish. Stone said they were choosing which songs to keep from the first session when they started at Shangri-La.
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VinylGuy wrote:
Buby wrote:
DDWJMUVW wrote:
oneway23 wrote:What's the likelihood that they ride this Running thing all the way to the to the finish line?

Couldn't be
Seems highly likely.

They’re edging the absolute f**k out of us and they know it.
If they follow the same release schedule as Gigaton (and it kinda looks like they are) we might get a 3rd single a couple of days before official release day.
yeah probably.

Is still weird we didnt get a video for DM though.
At your local movie theatre on 4/16 :P

Also, looking at the Gigaton releases again, they're definitely following that same path.
1st single 2 months before release.
2nd single 1 month before release.
3rd single a couple of days before album release day (and no way the whole thing doesn't leak before the 3rd single).
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