Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[Jorge]

"Swallowed Whole" and "My Father's Son" are the best songs in this album.

[KurtLeon]

"Swallowed Whole" and "My Father's Son" are the best songs in this album.

[gardenparty]

Swallowed whole
Let the records play
Lightning Bolt
Future days

These are all duds for sure. I get some enjoyment out of the rest of the songs but track listing and production certainly make it tough for me to listen to the album in full

[Kaius]

I think Yellow Moon and Sleeping By Myself are the only tracks I'm not embarrassed to like.

[stip]

the general lack of consensus about what the best songs are on Lighting Bolt and Backspacer continues to be fairly striking. It means something, but I'm not sure what.

[stip]

I've decided that I'd rank backspacer ahead of lighting bolt, although Mind Your Manner is my favorite song from both albums.

[Thejambi]

Swallowed Whole is excellent you nobs.

[EJ]

Swallowed Whole is excellent you nobs.

Agreed. Its one of the very few that have had some staying power from this album.

[darth_vedder]

Swallowed Whole is excellent you nobs.

Not it's not. My Father's Son is pretty cool though.

[darth_vedder]

I think Yellow Moon and Sleeping By Myself are the only tracks I'm not embarrassed to like.

Those two would make my LB EP:

LB
MYM
MFS
Pendulum
SBM
YM

I can do without the rest of the album.

[WaitingForBluey]

"Swallowed Whole" and "My Father's Son" are the best songs in this album.

[WaitingForBluey]

I really don't get the disdain for Swallowed Whole. It sounds like classic PJ to me. In the same vein as MFC or something like that....

[Coach]

I really don't get the disdain for Swallowed Whole. It sounds like classic PJ to me. In the same vein as MFC or something like that....

I like it a lot. Pearl Jam covers R.E.M. That's the vibe I get.

[VinylGuy]

Getaway, mym, mfs, and yellow moon are all A songs.

Then sirens and lb..and sw too are great.

BUT future days is their worst song ever.

[Tj]

Somehow this album has had good staying power. I still listen to it alot, but I will say it lacks greatness. Getway is as good as a boring Pearl Jam song can be so in that regard it is a logical extention of The Fixer. MYM is 5 star song trapped in 4 star production less would have been more. MFS is nice. Sirens well we all hear them don't we. Lightbolt this song is so confusing I guess it the versus are amazing in fact the the first Verse is epic. The second is good the outro verse/ bridge thing again epic. Then the chorus blows chunks all over the whole thing. Infalliable
smells like teen spirit and not in a good way this could have been a Taylor Swift and Kayne West duet. Pendulm goes back and forth. Swallowed Hole is cool. Let the Records play has grown on me even though it sounds like a Shania Twain song. The next two are magic, but not in away I need to hear much. I don't hate Future Days and I liked it alot live. The organ is much better ya I said it Boom made a song better.

[hlniv]

What

[hlniv]

BS/LB LP-

1. Pendulum
2. GSMF
3. My Fathers Son
4. MYM
5. Got Some
6. Swallowed Whole
7. Sleeping By Myself
8. Yellow Moon
9. The End

[Tj]

BS/LB LP-

1. Pendulum
2. GSMF
3. My Fathers Son
4. MYM
5. Got Some
6. Swallowed Whole
7. Sleeping By Myself
8. Yellow Moon
9. The End

I dig it man, but I go this way
Pendulum
MYM
GSMF
My Fathers Son
Unthought Known
Sirens
Swallowed Whole
Just Breathe
Let The Records Play
Johny Guitar
Force of Nature
Yellow Moon
Sleeping by Myself

[LetMeSleep]

Getaway
MFS
Infallible
Pendulum
Swallowed Whole
Yellow Moon

That is a sorrowful bunch of keepers. But if there were much stronger tracks around them it'd make a very good album.

[Release_Me]

Getaway, MFS, Infallible, Pendulum and YM are all great. MYM and Sirens are very good. All the rest are good or above average. The only one I don't care for is FD. This hasn't changed from when the album was released. Overall, LB is still 4th on my rankings.

The songs I don't like as much as I did when it was first released: LB, LTRP.
The songs I like better now: Sirens, SW.