What Is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Lightning Bolt

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed October 19, 2016 9:53 pm

theplatypus wrote:"Swallowed Whole" is the best song in the album

Modern day Pearl Jam in a nutshell.

Post by **Jorge** » Wed October 19, 2016 9:54 pm

I disagree completely

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed October 19, 2016 9:55 pm

theplatypus wrote:I disagree completely

I was referring more to our disagreement about its quality.

Post by **Jorge** » Wed October 19, 2016 9:56 pm

I DISAGREE WITH THAT TOO.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed October 19, 2016 9:57 pm

pearl jam sucks now

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Wed October 19, 2016 10:18 pm

It may just be the best song on the album. It's not the best performance though.

LoathedVermin72 · Wed October 19, 2016 11:30 pm

I'm not sure "Swallowed Whole" actually exists

Post by **epilogue** » Wed October 19, 2016 11:46 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I'm not sure "Swallowed Whole" actually exists

It's weird how much we agree on Pearl Jam.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Wed October 19, 2016 11:47 pm

Swallowed Whole is awful

Post by **epilogue** » Wed October 19, 2016 11:48 pm

Keep going guys. I'm so close.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu October 20, 2016 12:16 am

On last listen I'd say Swallowed Whole is the best track on the album.

Getaway is the performance of the album, the last minute or so has great energy.

The verses of Infallible are the most interesting.

LoathedVermin72 · Thu October 20, 2016 12:18 am

Getaway, My Father's Son, and Sleeping by Myself are the only songs I find memorably good.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu October 20, 2016 12:18 am

"Swallowed Whole" is one of two-and-half songs worth listening to in LB. Everything else ranges from mediocre ("Getaway", "Lightning Bolt") to irredeemable garbage ("Infallible", "Future Days")

LoathedVermin72 · Thu October 20, 2016 12:19 am

Actually I like Future Days too.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu October 20, 2016 1:57 am

I still have no idea how to feel about Swallowed Whole, sometimes I enjoy it, sometimes I find it terrible, that alone might make it more interesting than most of the album for me though.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu October 20, 2016 2:01 am

The first 4 tracks are amazing, the energy of Getaway, MYM and FS are remarkable, and Sirens is classic pj....then its just ok, flawed songs that could have been great until Pendulum, which i adore.

Sleeping By Myself and Yellow Moon are also high points.

Leatherhead · Post by **Leatherhead** » Thu October 20, 2016 2:17 am

chewm wrote:I still have no idea how to feel about Swallowed Whole, sometimes I enjoy it, sometimes I find it terrible, that alone might make it more interesting than most of the album for me though.

I'm always feeling this way too.

Pine tree · Post by **Pine tree** » Sat October 22, 2016 1:35 am

Overall it sounds tired
MYM sounds forced and has a bad mix. The band sounds like they just woke up
The Goo Goo Dolls detour on Sirens (yikes!) and and that cringe worthy solo (I love Ed's voice/melody on this song though)
Not enough Stone songs
Relying too much on the same linear Pearl Jam formula
Audio flub on Swallowed Whole at 1:13-1:14 and the recycling of the Habit riff on the outtro
Ed ruined another great Stone tune (Bushleaguer would be the other one) with dumb lyrics about a record
The sound on Sleeping By Myself sounds extra Christmassy
BOB piano playing
Fast, unnatural volume drop on Pendulum at 1:00 -1:01
Overall sappiness of Future Days
"Can I get a reprieve?" and the "Cannot forget your hiding..." parts on My Father's Son--it kills the song for me
The too-kid friendly artwork
The index finger looking thing on the album cover

bada · Post by **bada** » Sat October 22, 2016 2:53 am

I like Getaway, Mind Your Manners, Swallowed Whole and sometimes Yellow Moon.

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Sat October 22, 2016 5:23 am

The bridge to Yellow Mooon is top notch. Stuff like that gives me hope. They were always great at delivering a solid bridge.

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