Red Mosquito

E.H. Ruddock wrote:5 stars gets thrown around all Willy nilly on this board

For real.

Birds in Hell wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:5 stars gets thrown around all Willy nilly on this board

For real.

This album is legitimately one of the band's most impressive statements, at least to my ears.

But hey, I'm only one person.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:5 stars gets thrown around all Willy nilly on this board

hey rudd

It will never not be funny to me when people rate things using decimal values other than 0 or 5

LoathedVermin72 wrote:It will never not be funny to me when people rate things using decimal values other than 0 or 5

You don’t know that. People can change.

Last ratings I ever post on here.

Clearly doing it all wrong!

I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

their light made *us* stars

lol "call the Pearl Jam hotline to preview the album"

I thought we might get a decent quality stream

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

Yeah, agreed. 5 means best of the best, 4 is for excellent/great.

stip wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Actually makes think about how essential those spacey guitar atmospherics are to the album’s sparkle. Kudos to Mike.

There are elements where he tries to add those elements on Lighting Bolt (song and album) and they get flattened out by the albums production.




I haven't had the chance to listen to Gigaton all day. About to. Looking forward to it!

Yeah, I love this early stage with a new album when I carve a slot out for at least one listen every day. Although, today it'll be two slots.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:It will never not be funny to me when people rate things using decimal values other than 0 or 5

ha.ha

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

So we're ranking them against everything ever or just their own catalogue?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

And you assume that’s the correct number because..?

McParadigm wrote:When that band from your youth re-emerges in 2020

The GIF cuts just before Indy gets punched though...does that represent Coronavirus?

Really interesting how a few songs are improved on the back end.
Who Ever Said, Retrograde, and even DOTC all get better in the second half (some just start from a better place).
I appear to be in the distinct minority in that I'm not really feeling Alright.
And I have much more love for Seven O'Clock than the average bear.

So . . .

DOTC
Quick Escape
Seven O' Clock
Who Ever Said
Comes Then Goes
River Cross
Take the Long Way
SBWM
Never Destination
Buckle Up
Retrograde
Alright

darthvedder81 wrote:

McParadigm wrote:When that band from your youth re-emerges in 2020

The GIF cuts just before Indy gets just punched though...does that represent Coronavirus?

It also cuts out before Indy learns he and his dad fucked the same girl what does that part represent

IndioShoeThrower wrote:Really interesting how a few songs are improved on the back end.
Who Ever Said, Retrograde, and even DOTC all get better in the second half (some just start from a better place).
I appear to be in the distinct minority in that I'm not really feeling Alright.
And I have much more love for Seven O'Clock than the average bear.

So . . .

DOTC
Quick Escape
Seven O' Clock
Who Ever Said
Comes Then Goes
River Cross
Take the Long Way
SBWM
Never Destination
Buckle Up
Retrograde
Alright

I love Alright and 7 O'clock

The album is a solid 4.

5 is too much and 3 is not enough.

So far, standouts for me are Quick Escape (their best SONG in forever), Seven O'Clock, Who ever said?, DOTC and Retrograde. Comes then goes is very good, too. River Cross could have been better, even being really good. Alright and Buckle up are good. SW has grown on me, and the other two rockers are the average rockers from PJ (not bad, but far from great).

All in all, great effort by the guys, I'm really happy with how Gigaton has panned out.

And last but not least: wtf is the problem with Stone? He's being non existent the last decade or so.

Brett wrote:

RAG319 wrote:If you call 585-207-3275, the identity of the leaker will be revealed.

LOL, a Rochester area number? Who's it for?

It's for the Jamily!