Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[Kevin Davis]

How do you feel about the early draft, “a man feels afraid?”

[Jorge]

Harvest has A Main Needs a Maid which is a must skip.

is it the orchestra?
or how he says Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiaiaaayad?
or the notion that a man needs a maid?

Personally I have no problem with it

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Kevin Davis]

[Farmer John]

What about the even earlier version, "You Have to Admit, It Would Be Nice to Have a Maid"?

[stip]

Getting close to 6 months currently a no-skips album. Bottom songs are 3.5 at their lowest

[stip]

1. Waiting for Stevie (top 10 catalog)
2. Setting Sun
3. Wreckage (bumped up two spots - if the ending was a little tighter it might even move ahead of setting sun)
4. Dark Matter
5. Scared of Fear (dropped a bit. Still probably 5 stars)

6. Running
7. React Respond (4.5 star songs. Running is so good at what it is)

8. Upper Hand
9. Won't tell (4.5 - 4 star range, depending on the day)

10. Something Special
11. Got to Give (these are probably 4.0 songs most days. Maybe they dip to 3.5. They aren't the ones I feel the need to hear, but I enjoy every time they're on)


Since Vitalogy gets messed up by the art/filler tracks this is actually the only pearl jam album I can give 4+ stars to everything

[RockPusher]

Gonna play follow the leader:

1. Waiting For Stevie (all-timer)
2. Setting Sun
3. Upper Hand
4. Got to Give

5. React Respond
6. Won't Tell

7. Scared of Fear
8. Wreckage

9. Dark Matter

10. Something Special
11. Running

The top 8 are songs that I pretty much wanna hear any old time. DM is just not always what I want as it can be pretty abrasive. Something Special is inoffensive. Running is a great bridge with "eh" built around it, as far as I'm concerned.

[epilogue]

5 Stars
Upper Hand
React, Respond
Setting Sun

4.5 Stars
Got To Give
Dark Matter

4 Stars
Wreckage

3.5 Stars
Waiting for Stevie
Won't Tell

3 Stars
Running

2.5 Stars
Scared of Fear

2 Stars
Something Special

[Tj]

1.Setting Sun top 10 for me.
2. Wreckage
3.Wont Tell
4.Upper Hand
5.Waiting For Stevie
6.Scared of Fear
All the above solid 5 star songs
7.Got to Give 4.5
8. Dark Matter 4
9React Respond 4
10. Running 4
11.Something Special

[Kevin Davis]

Upper Hand
Scared Of Fear
Dark Matter
Setting Sun
React/Respond
Running
Waiting For Stevie
Wreckage
Got To Give
Won’t Tell
Something Special

[stip]

it's oddly validating to see the bottom of KD's list not especially dissimilar from mine.

[Farmer John]

Without having listened to it since the week or so after it's release:

Setting Sun
React, Respond
Got to Give
Running
Wreckage
Dark Matter
Scared of Fear
Won’t Tell
Upper Hand
Waiting for Stevie
Something Special

[blueviper]

my turn

Wreckage 5
Waiting for Stevie 5
Setting Sun 5
Won't Tell 5
Dark Matter 4
React, Respond 4
Got to Give 4
Scared of Fear 4
Upper Hand 3
Running 3
Something Special 3

[Kalevi]

Someday another artist will have a hit with something special

[joostone]

My first DM ranking

-React, respond
-Setting Sun
-Got to Give
-Upper Hand
-Won't tell
-Dark Matter
-Stevie
-Scared of Fear
-Wreckage

-Running



-Something Special



Something special is the only that would have made a great b-side. It just feels out of place. Someday we will hear an DM outtake and we all go like 'damn, this should have replaced 'Something Special'

[stip]

My first DM ranking

-React, respond
-Setting Sun
-Got to Give
-Upper Hand
-Won't tell
-Dark Matter
-Stevie
-Scared of Fear
-Wreckage

-Running



-Something Special



Something special is the only that would have made a great b-side. It just feels out of place. Someday we will hear an DM outtake and we all go like 'damn, this should have replaced 'Something Special'

if Be Humble had been fully fleshed out...

[Monkey_Driven]

5 Stars
Wreckage
Setting Sun

4.5 Stars
React/Respond
Got to Give
Upper Hand

4 Stars
Won't Tell
Scared of Fear

3.5 Stars
Dark Matter
Waiting For Stevie

3 Stars
Running
Something Special

No outright clunkers, but some songs have fallen since my initial rankings.

[Jaeti]

In the moment, listening to most Dark Matter songs, I could be convinced that most of them are 4.5/5 stars. But here's my current ratings if I'm being a bit more conservative (chronological within tiers).

5 stars
Won't Tell
Waiting for Stevie
Setting Sun

4.5 stars
Wreckage
Upper Hand

4 stars
Scared of Fear
React/Respond
Running
Got to Give

3.5 stars
Dark Matter

3 stars
Something Special

[Kanta]

Waiting for Stevie (radio edit) just released as the new single!

https://open.spotify.com/track/2K1O1b3x ... gPQH74ZMEw

Seems to me like a slightly different mix. And the edit part is mostly just a fade-out where the solo would be.