Backspacer: Official Album Thread

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Everyone loves Backspacer, but how much?

5 Stars:
7
4%
4 Stars:
30
18%
3 Stars:
78
47%
2 Stars:
32
19%
1 Star:
20
12%
 
Total votes: 167

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I count 7 good songs on this album
The rest is blah
overall could've been a great EP
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I still have a love affair with this album.
Unthought Known is a top 5 Pearl Jam song
Just Breathe top 15
I really like it as a complete album front to back as far as rankings it is hard to figure out.
Definitely better than everything post Riot Act pre Dark Matter
Out of nostalgia sake the first 2 albums are on a up tick
So maybe it is sitting around 5th
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The left the best song off the album.
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Certainly not Of the Earth.
Pendulumorphisis? That might have been the best song. It was recorded for Backspacer, right?
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Matters wrote: Tue September 22, 2026 2:19 am Certainly not Of the Earth.
Not a fan?

I’m still amazed how good it is.
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Birds in Hell wrote: Tue September 22, 2026 4:56 am
Matters wrote: Tue September 22, 2026 2:19 am Certainly not Of the Earth.
Not a fan?

I’m still amazed how good it is.
Spenno gets it
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Of the Earth is one of the best songs they've ever made.
That version from Third Man Records is SO GOOD!!
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Clem gets it
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I didn’t mean to suggest I don’t like it. I do. I just like about half of Backspacer more.
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Clem Halibut wrote: Tue September 22, 2026 3:20 pm Of the Earth is one of the best songs they've ever made.
That version from Third Man Records is SO GOOD!!
The outro on that version is a bit overlong for my taste but the studio recording was spot on. Would have made a good counterpoint to the spritz quotient on the album.
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OTE was the version of pj from this era I wanted, needed
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