Hi, I tried searching for a thread dedicated to this record, but got an error message (i emailed the address on the message), so please feel free to make fun, give me wedgies and merge it. I mean, I'm assuming there was a thread for this record, right?
Anyway, I'm hit and miss when it comes to side project/solo releases. I love Bayleaf but have yet to have Moonlander really "hit me." Sidebar regarding Moonlander - what are some favorite tracks? Is it like a lot of PJ albums - where the track list isn't too hot but the music is?
Okay, so Jeff really impressed me with this release. "Just Like That" has this ramshackle, post-punk, barely written feel to it. Not sure if it's a great album opener, though. The next track, "Give Me A Reason" would work better, I think. "Bulldozer" reminds me a LOT of God's Dice, even down to the pace and placement of the bridge and the way it goes back into the final verse.
I won't get into it track-by-track, but some early favorites include "Bulldozer," "Life of a Salesman," and "Doubting Thomasina."
I'm going to spin this one a few more times and digest it before getting into his 2012 follow-up, but for those who have heard that one and/or both Jeff solo records, what's the consensus on While My Heart Beats?
Jeff Ament - Tone
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Heaven / Hell has gotten a more positive response. Do you still listen to the album ImOnTheInternet?
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There was a thread (which apparently I started) about Tone at the time of its release, it's in the archived version of RM: http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... =1&t=77779
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They should put this on vinyl. Maybe for the delayed Record Store Day!
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Thought this thread was gonna be about his killer bass tone 
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Tone is a weird one for sure. Its been a while since i listened but i liked it more that While My Heart Beats. Heaven Hell is my favorite from Jeff.
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Agreed. But I do love The Forest from this album.VinylGuy wrote:Tone is a weird one for sure. Its been a while since i listened but i liked it more that While My Heart Beats. Heaven Hell is my favorite from Jeff.
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oh yeah The Forest is so fucking good.liebzz wrote:Agreed. But I do love The Forest from this album.VinylGuy wrote:Tone is a weird one for sure. Its been a while since i listened but i liked it more that While My Heart Beats. Heaven Hell is my favorite from Jeff.
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Curious, do you still stand by this?Birds in Hell wrote:There was a thread (which apparently I started) about Tone at the time of its release, it's in the archived version of RM: http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... =1&t=77779
spenno wrote:Guess we just have different tastes, I'd easily say Into The Wild is better than anything Radiohead or Thom Yorke have ever done.
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Ah, no.theplatypus wrote:Curious, do you still stand by this?Birds in Hell wrote:There was a thread (which apparently I started) about Tone at the time of its release, it's in the archived version of RM: http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... =1&t=77779spenno wrote:Guess we just have different tastes, I'd easily say Into The Wild is better than anything Radiohead or Thom Yorke have ever done.
I think this was before I "rediscovered" Radiohead?
I'd never really listened to Kid A, Amnesiac, etc. until some point in time, maybe six or seven years ago (perhaps before).
I'd written the band off on the basis of their overwrought 90s stuff.