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Anders wrote:

evenslow wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

joostone wrote:Allmusic review is in...

https://www.allmusic.com/album/gigaton-mw0003349970

that's a very well-written review

erlewine gets it!

2,5 stars for Yield, 4 for Lightning Bolt, 4 for Gigaton. He's clueless on an endless amount of albums.

Anders wrote:

ridleybradout wrote:

mikejasond wrote: I don't know. To me, Do the Evolution, Wishlist, and Given to Fly are the obvious standouts. I also really enjoy Low Light. But the rest of the album while good doesn't seem to be top-level. All Those Yesterdays is very good as well. In Hiding too, though a step below those others. The other half of the album seems a step below that.

Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, MFC sort of especially stand out as throwaway tracks or fillery experimentation. And that's not even including Red Dot.

I don't think it's a bad album, it's a good album, but I still think each individual song on Gigaton shows more love than these, or creativity in a successful way. (Pilate is creative but I don't find it that successful. Not bad, just underwhelming).

I can definitely see saying you LIKE Yield better than Gigaton, or that it IS better than Gigaton. But Superblood Wolfmoon is a song I like less than most of the Yield songs, yet I think that it comes off as bigger/more important than most of the Yield songs because it got so much love, even just the little touches like that section coming out of the bridge that was in the preview (and Id say its one of the weakest songs on this album and the most cuttable).

I don't know how to word it but I just don't think there's been a Pearl Jam album POSSIBLY since Ten where every track feels this worth listening to. We probably have Josh to thank for this honestly because its probably mostly production that makes every song sound so IMPORTANT. There's a gravity to each one that calls for your attention. In fact, that is sort of how Ten felt too, even if in a totally different way.

stip wrote:also nice job correctly identifying the best songs on yield

Except that he forgot Brain of J even exists

Can't see Faithfull mentioned.

stip wrote:also nice job correctly identifying the best songs on yield

Spoiler: show

including brain of J would have been acceptable

Bammer wrote:I am gonna go back and read everyone’s early impressions of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt now.

Bammer wrote:I am gonna go back and read everyone’s early impressions of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt now.

Ms Harmless wrote:I've now bought this album in like 6 different formats

the hi-res sounds amazing

JuanHamm wrote:Is it possible that we're all experiencing some coronavirus induced mass delusion?

Bammer wrote:I am gonna go back and read everyone’s early impressions of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt now.

Ms Harmless wrote:Lightning Bolt is a decent bunch of songs produced, arranged and performed badly

JuanHamm wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:Lightning Bolt is a decent bunch of songs produced, arranged and performed badly

So it's actually a logical extension of Avocado, not Backspacer.

Ms Harmless wrote:I've now bought this album in like 6 different formats

the hi-res sounds amazing

Thurman Murman wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I've now bought this album in like 6 different formats

the hi-res sounds amazing

Ok newb questions here.

1) Where are you buying hi-res music?

2) Are there portable music devices people recommend that can handle hi-res?

FlatSideofaDog wrote:

Bammer wrote:I am gonna go back and read everyone’s early impressions of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt now.

Been meaning to do this, too.