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Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 9:03 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:stip wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I listened to this yesterday for the first time in a couple weeks. It's still a REALLY great album! But with a little distance, the wheat is starting to separate from the chaff.
What is your chaff?
SBWM - Flat out don't like it.
Quick Escape - I'm really torn on this. Loved it out of the gate, but it's becoming sort of tiresome. Really looking forward to the live version. Tracks like 1/2 Full and Help, Help went from meh to amazing once I heard them live.
Never Destination - I enjoy it, but they do it better elsewhere in the catalog. Wish Ed had kept quiet during the bridge.
Buckle Up - Meh.
River Cross - This one really depends on my mood. Sometimes it really hits me, sometimes it really bores me.
Does not compute.
REALL great album yet 5 of the tracks you generally dont like!
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 10:03 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 10:12 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:Strat wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:stip wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I listened to this yesterday for the first time in a couple weeks. It's still a REALLY great album! But with a little distance, the wheat is starting to separate from the chaff.
What is your chaff?
SBWM - Flat out don't like it.
Quick Escape - I'm really torn on this. Loved it out of the gate, but it's becoming sort of tiresome. Really looking forward to the live version. Tracks like 1/2 Full and Help, Help went from meh to amazing once I heard them live.
Never Destination - I enjoy it, but they do it better elsewhere in the catalog. Wish Ed had kept quiet during the bridge.
Buckle Up - Meh.
River Cross - This one really depends on my mood. Sometimes it really hits me, sometimes it really bores me.
Does not compute.
REALL great album yet 5 of the tracks you generally dont like!
I really like Never Destination and maybe Quick Escape! I just don't know if they'll have much staying power. An album's got to be really strong for me to listen all the way through these days; way to easy to make a playlist of the songs I really want to hear and skip the rest.
#bantheplaylist
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 10:49 pm
by Ms Harmless
THE GAPING MAW
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 10:54 pm
by Thurman Murman
RockPusher wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I listened to this yesterday for the first time in a couple weeks. It's still a REALLY great album! But with a little distance, the wheat is starting to separate from the chaff.
Retrograde really sticks out.
As a highlight, yes!
Definitely starting to agree that it's better than its reputation around here...
I've come around on it! Its still bottom third for this album...but i like it more than anything on the back half of Lightning Bolt.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 11:01 pm
by Farmer John
Ms Harmless wrote:THE GAPING MAW
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 11:29 pm
by FlatSideofaDog
It's still every bit as good as Yield.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 11:42 am
by Got Some
I love Retrograde it has overtaken Comes Then Goes as my fav “ballad” from the album.
Never Destination rocks I can’t get this out my head atm.
Ed delivers So many great lines on that one. The last bridge/outro for example.
Current Rankings
Who Ever Said
SBWM
Quick Escape
DOTC
Retrograde
Never Destination
Comes Then Goes
Seven Oclock
River Cross
Take The Long Way
Buckle Up
Alright
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 11:44 am
by Anders
Having Buckle Up that low is borderline a bannable offense.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 11:48 am
by BootsToAsses
Is Seven O'Clock still a favourite around here?
I still don't understand the love for it. It has some nice moments but after Retrograde it's the other song I like the least.
Still, my complaints are minor because I love the whole album really.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 11:50 am
by Anders
If I put Seven O'Clock on by itself, I don't think it's great. But when I listen to the album, the time it's on, just breezes by. Fits in really well.
Take The Long Way might be the opposite. One of my favorites, but sometimes feels a bit jarring on the album.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 12:23 pm
by stip
Got Some wrote:I love Retrograde it has overtaken Comes Then Goes as my fav “ballad” from the album.
Never Destination rocks I can’t get this out my head atm.
Ed delivers So many great lines on that one. The last bridge/outro for example.
Current Rankings
Who Ever Said
SBWM
Quick Escape
DOTC
Retrograde
Never Destination
Comes Then Goes
Seven Oclock
River Cross
Take The Long Way
Buckle Up
Alright
I like seeing SBWM so high
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 12:54 pm
by Bammer
Strat wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Strat wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:stip wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I listened to this yesterday for the first time in a couple weeks. It's still a REALLY great album! But with a little distance, the wheat is starting to separate from the chaff.
What is your chaff?
SBWM - Flat out don't like it.
Quick Escape - I'm really torn on this. Loved it out of the gate, but it's becoming sort of tiresome. Really looking forward to the live version. Tracks like 1/2 Full and Help, Help went from meh to amazing once I heard them live.
Never Destination - I enjoy it, but they do it better elsewhere in the catalog. Wish Ed had kept quiet during the bridge.
Buckle Up - Meh.
River Cross - This one really depends on my mood. Sometimes it really hits me, sometimes it really bores me.
Does not compute.
REALL great album yet 5 of the tracks you generally dont like!
I really like Never Destination and maybe Quick Escape! I just don't know if they'll have much staying power. An album's got to be really strong for me to listen all the way through these days; way to easy to make a playlist of the songs I really want to hear and skip the rest.
#bantheplaylist
Team Strat.
Spin the album.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 1:14 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I listen to the album about once a day. It's a nice album, settling in around the ST/Riot Act/No Code grouping for me.
Vitalogy/Binaural/Vs./Yield
Ten
ST/Riot Act/No Code/Gigaton
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 1:52 pm
by Juvenal
Ok, finally got around to rating this bitch:
Who Ever Said: A Frankenstein song, with no pitchfork-wielding (or Pitchfork-reading) villagers in sight. Love the grumpy chords (started at "all in the delivery...") which resurface a few times throughout. Catchy-as-fuck chorus. IT'S ALIVE! 5 stars.
SBWM: "Will the defendant please stand? We've all done some crazy shit when we're off our tits on drink and drugs but son, you gotta calm down. Stop headbutting this girl's hand. Restraining Order for 2 years, and stop wanking in the bushes." 4 stars.
DotC: I want an axe to break the ice, living in a shotgun shack. Let the water hold me down, drowning in the river. 5 stars.
Quick Escape: The Sandman issue #45, Shep Cayce. 5 stars.
Alright: Mibra skeleton, fleshed out and has a great rack. A-cup elder sister Pendulum is jealous as fuck. 4 stars.
Seven O'Clock: Monday-Friday verses, Saturday night chorus. Will hopefully grow on me. 3.5 stars.
Never Destination: Dad, stop drinking so much coffee, Jesus Christ. 3 stars.
Take The Long Way: Oh Mr Ambassador, with this Soundgarden you are spoiling us. 4 stars.
Buckle Up: "Thanks for coming, not a bad turn out, eh? Yeah mother had been sick for a while, and that slip in the bathroom really finished her off. Ah she was never happy... What's that? Yeah I'm the sole inheritor. At least I was there with her so she wasn't alone when she, y'know... Now, at least, we're- sorry, she's at peace." 4.5 stars.
Comes Then Goes: A starry night campfire song. Well done Edward. 4 stars.
Retrograde: Lightning Bolt and Into The Wild had a daughter, and she was beautiful. 4 stars.
River Cross: It just aint grasping me, team. It's like The Oregon Trail and I keep losing half of my fucking oxen trying to ford it. 2.5 stars.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 2:15 pm
by Jorge
Good post
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 2:17 pm
by Ms Harmless
theplatypus wrote:Good post
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 3:23 pm
by stip
seven oclock and never destination were my favorites, but well done Juves
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 3:38 pm
by EJ
theplatypus wrote:Good post
yeah, he pretty much nailed this review
love the Never Destination one
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 3:51 pm
by Jorge
I don't agree with several of the takes but I'm into the presentation