Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[Matters]

Daft is right. DM is a resurgence. A damn good one but still a resurgence.

[Jaeti]

Have not been able to get the Scared of Fear bridge out of my head for more than a week now.

Not a complaint.

[DDWJMUVW]

Have not been able to get the Scared of Fear bridge out of my head for more than a week now.

Not a complaint.

I love pretty much everything about that track. As far as openers go, it's among the best.

[RockPusher]

Have not been able to get the Scared of Fear bridge out of my head for more than a week now.

Not a complaint.

I love pretty much everything about that track. As far as openers go, it's among the best.

Both Stone and Mike have standout moments on it, which is a major opening statement in and of itself.

[VinylGuy]

yeah, thats a great bridge

[Lloyd Dobler]

This was a great album too.

Blessings,

Jared

[Leatherhead]

Listened to DM recently. I like to think almost the whole album is about Matt leaving the band.

[Matters]

5 stars
React, Respond
WfS
Setting Sun

4
Won’t Tell

3
SoF
Got to Give

2
Dark Matter
Running
Something Special

1
Wreckage

0
Upper Hand

[Lmdmusic]

https://youtu.be/xceIzgTXv6s?si=AprlQlkG0eBV9rKA

[Leatherhead]

5 stars
Setting Sun
Dark Matter

4
React, Respond
Scared of Fear
Upper Hand
Got to Give
Running

3
Wreckage
Won't Tell
Waiting for Stevie

2
Something Special

1


0

[epilogue]

5 stars
Dark Matter
Setting Sun
Got To Give

4 stars
React, Respond
Upper Hand

3 stars
Wreckage
Won't Tell
Waiting For Stevie
Running

2 stars
Scared of Fear
Something Special

[Got Some]

5 stars
Scared Of Fear
React/Respond
WFS
Upper Hand

4 stars
Dark Matter
Setting Sun
Wont Tell

3 stars
Got to Give
Wreckage
Running

2 stars
Something Special

[DDWJMUVW]

5 Stars
SOF
Wreckage
WFS
Setting Sun

4 Stars
R/R
Dark Matter
Won't Tell
Upper Hand

3 Stars
Running
Got to Give

2 Stars
Something Special


*Best Record Since Yield
*Top 4 all time (Ten, Vs, Yield, DM)
*Makes You easily forgive the one clunker (LB) in the catalogue

[tyweed]

5 Stars
SOF
Dark Matter
Won't Tell
WFS
Setting Sun

4 Stars
Wreckage
R/R

3 Stars
Running
Got to Give
Upper Hand

2 Stars
Something Special

[Monkey_Driven]

5 Stars
Got to Give
Setting Sun

4 Stars
Scared of Fear
React Respond
Won't Tell
Wreckage
Upper Hand

3 Stars
Dark Matter (more of a 3.5 stars song)
Waiting for Stevie (such a tasty riff, but the song needs some quiet moments)
Running

2 Stars
Something Special

[AndySlash]

https://youtu.be/xceIzgTXv6s?si=AprlQlkG0eBV9rKA

interesting, at :20 or so, you can see 'mighty humble' was listed as its own track between stevie and running on the back cover art.

[VinylGuy]

I saw a video the band posted, some kind of recap of the Dark Matter sessions, marketing and tour and at the end, in the final show of that tour they are all clearly saying goodbye to Matt, so yes they knew about his departure at the time of the tour.

also

5 stars

React Respond
Wreckage
Dark Matter
Upper Hand
Setting Sun
Stevie

4 stars

rest of the album

[Hatfield]

Working out with a few teachers at school during our planning period. The music was good and diverse. I took a chance and threw Dark Matter on. The difference in sound quality was embarrassing. Why did this happen to such an amazing album?!

[VinylGuy]

Im blasting the album, first time in a while.

I noticed Mike´s guitar in the verses of DM a lot more and i love what he is doing.

[RockPusher]

Working out with a few teachers at school during our planning period. The music was good and diverse. I took a chance and threw Dark Matter on. The difference in sound quality was embarrassing. Why did this happen to such an amazing album?!

Im blasting the album, first time in a while.

I noticed Mike´s guitar in the verses of DM a lot more and i love what he is doing.

These two comments mean something to me together. The quality of songwriting and musicianship on this album is startlingly good to me, especially all the Mike parts. If I were simply rating what the members of Pearl Jam brought to the table, I would give this album the highest grades possible. However, the quality of sound production, specifically the "loudness" issue, is completely counterproductive and makes me want to hear something like Gigaton more at times.