Riot Act: Official Album Thread

[Ello Sailor]

I don't think I will. It has some good songs, but favorite album? Fuck off.

[tommy]

I don't think I will. It has some good songs, but favorite album? Fuck off.

You will

[Ello Sailor]

Stop telling me I will! I won't! No Code 4 lyfe!

[tommy]

Stop telling me I will! I won't! No Code 4 lyfe!

Give it time - you'll get there.

[Ello Sailor]

[Leatherhead]

Green Disease is a 5 star song.

[Ms Harmless]

Green Disease is a 5 star song.

yup

[Monkey_Driven]

I always listed to this album around the first cold snap of fall/winter. It struck me that we will likely never hear most of these songs live again. This realization made me very sad. Matt just owns this thing.

[wease]

I always listed to this album around the first cold snap of fall/winter. It struck me that we will likely never hear most of these songs live again. This realization made me very sad. Matt just owns this thing.

That was one of the first things I thought of when he left. Of course, they were practically already dropped anyway, but still…

[epilogue]

Green Disease is a 5 star song.

There was a stretch where it was my favorite song on the album when it first dropped. Still love it. Definitely 5 stars

[Matters]

Save You and I Am Mine will probably be played a few more times. Maybe an LBC or 1/2 Full once in a blue moon. Other than that RA probably is mostly retired. Can’t Keep is such a great show opener but they’ve only played it twice in the last ten years.

[Hatfield]

Green Disease is a 5 star song.

There was a stretch where it was my favorite song on the album when it first dropped. Still love it. Definitely 5 stars

A top song at Hershey 2003. 5 Stars without a doubt.

[DDWJMUVW]

Green Disease is a 5 star song.

Wow - no. Weakest song on the record I believe.

Cropduster, You Are, Get Right, Can't Keep - 5 stars

[epilogue]

Sure, why not? It's been a minute:

Help Help
Cropduster
I Am Mine
Can't Keep
Green Disease
All Or none
You Are
Thumbing My Way
1/2 Full
Love Boat Captain
Save You
Ghost
Get Right
Arc
Bu$hleaguer

[Monkey_Driven]

Thumbing My Way is the only song that I skip on the album and it's not even bad. A respectable 3 star song.

[Leatherhead]

Green Disease is a 5 star song.

Wow - no. Weakest song on the record I believe.

Cropduster, You Are, Get Right, Can't Keep - 5 stars

You couldn't be more wrong.

[BootsToAsses]

Loved this record from day one! Feels a tad too long but I don't actively dislike any song.

I Am Mine
Green Disease
1/2 Full
Can't Keep
Help, Help
All Or None
Love Boat Captain
Ghost
You Are
Save You
Cropduster
Bu$hleaguer
Thumbing My Way
Get Right
Arc

[DDWJMUVW]

Green Disease is a 5 star song.

Wow - no. Weakest song on the record I believe.

Cropduster, You Are, Get Right, Can't Keep - 5 stars

You couldn't be more wrong.

I'm curious...what do you like about that track?

To me, it's extremely pedestrian. The vocal melody in the verses goes nowhere (it's meandering and weak). The chorus is only slightly better, but it's reminiscent of something that belongs in a Disney movie.

The "G. R. EE. D. " refrain is really, really cringe. Not the message itself, but the delivery. Also, it would fit much better in a song with the harmonies of say, a Bu$hleaguer.

Luckily, GD is bordered by two of the stronger tracks on this record. There aren't many "skip every time" songs in the catalog, but this is surely one of them for me. Come to think of it, I could pull greed disease (and maybe arc since it's a filler) off the record and Riot Act would be an end to end classic.

[Jaeti]

Ghost and You Are are two songs that I was lukewarm on for a long, long time, but in recent years I've come to think are both pretty great. They're two of the most significant long-term risers in my estimation.

[Ms Harmless]

song for song, I struggle to think of a more consistently great PJ album than Riot Act