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%
 
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pearl jam sucks now
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BoltofLightning wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
BoltofLightning wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
2. the organ ambience from that Twitter clip isn't on the album
That wasn’t the opening music before the first song?
I am pretty sure it is.
I really don't think so
Isn’t this it?

https://x.com/pearljam/status/1778170389417299971?s=46
no, that one *is* on the album

this one isn't

https://twitter.com/PearlJam/status/175 ... Ckqgw&s=19
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tragabigzanda wrote:
bluestate wrote:Also... don't piss on everyone's fun today Trag
? I made one reasonable criticism in like 40 pages. Are you guys really that sensitive to your jamily camaraderie?
I for one am looking forward to reading your thoughts on the actual release…it will be interesting to see how the production affects these songs. Can’t really discern much of anything production-wise from this leak.
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I could be wrong but I felt there was an excessive amount of Ed trying to hold notes that he can't hold anymore, that we've become accustomed to.
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Guys, we should be free to say the album sucks.
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The album doesn't suck
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
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It’s a very fragile sense of enjoyment if it’s ruined by the very gentle criticism offered so far.
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Man, I love it. Plenty of good stuff on here.
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pearl jam sucks now
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So when are we getting a HQ leak? 150 record stores across the globe have a digital copy….
"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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404 Error
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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DDWJMUVW wrote:So when are we getting a HQ leak? 150 record stores across the globe have a digital copy….
I think someone said it was a link to a stream…so probably not an easy job to rip a copy (for most people).
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DeeDee wrote:Image
he looks like he's enjoying himself in his bright colours
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Record store said they couldnt play it again due to the limited access to the stream
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the album would be much better if it had been mixed by a boomer who never washes though
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Need to know...How many genuinely duckwalk-able moments are on this album?
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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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:the album would be much better if it had been mixed by a boomer who never washes though
Gender jokes aren’t not cool, but ageism is cool? Just trying to understand the guidelines
haha OK
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