Red Mosquito

Birds in Hell wrote:I haven't felt like listening to Pearl Jam in a good while.

they bust their nut in the beginning of the year now it feels like the barren desert of 2019 all over again

jesus..pj fans...never happy.

We still talking about this?

Trag GTFO I am trying to be the last poster on every thread in page 1 of active topics

I've been on some other stuff lately. About time to spin this one again. I think it's been about two weeks since I've listened to anything from it.

yeah, i might listen to it too.

Yeah it’s been a while (see the Grateful Dead thread).

VinylGuy wrote:i think its their best since Binaural.

Also, while Binaural is better, Gigaton´s flow is great. I dont want to skip any of the songs.

This is where I’m at too.

PHATJ wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:i think its their best since Binaural.
Also, while Binaural is better, Gigaton´s flow is great. I dont want to skip any of the songs.

This is where I’m at too.

Me too (kinda).
The thing about Binaural is that I don't skip the last track, and I'll skip "River Cross" like 2 out of 3 times.

Binaural has higher highs (nothing on Gigaton touches Sleight of Hand or Insignificance, for example) but it also has much lower lows.

I prefer Gigaton.

Yeah, its a very different beast. Much more difficult i would say.

durdencommatyler wrote:Binaural has higher highs (nothing on Gigaton touches Sleight of Hand or Insignificance, for example) but it also has much lower lows.

I prefer Gigaton.

20 years in, I’ve come to believe that Binaural doesn’t have any lows.

The sessions that produced Binaural are exceptional. I wish the album as delivered had the space of sound and willingness to play with overdubs and song structures that defines Gigaton, because it would have fit their ambitions. And obviously I wish Gigaton had some of Binaural’s qualities, as well.

I also don’t consider the track listing that came out of those sessions to be a best case scenario for the material they had or how the songs might have engaged with each other.

durdencommatyler wrote:Binaural has higher highs (nothing on Gigaton touches Sleight of Hand or Insignificance, for example) but it also has much lower lows.

I prefer Gigaton.

I agree that Gigaton has a higher floor, but when I think about its ceiling, it is way the hell up there. The songs I love on it, I loooooooooooooove. We'll see if it stays this way over time, but currently for me Gigaton>Binaural.

McParadigm wrote:The sessions that produced Binaural are exceptional. I wish the album as delivered had the space of sound and willingness to play with overdubs and song structures that defines Gigaton, because it would have fit their ambitions. And obviously I wish Gigaton had some of Binaural’s qualities, as well.

I also don’t consider the track listing that came out of those sessions to be a best case scenario for the material they had or how the songs might have engaged with each other.

I think this is right.

After it came out, this board was saying Lightning Bolt was better than Vitalogy. A poll was done on here that said Lightning Bolt was the best rock album of the past 30 years. I distinctly remember someone even saying that Lightning Bolt was so good that it nullified PJ's entire discography because it was deemed inadequate compared to the majesty of Lightning Bolt. Also remember that weird weekly thread where people would post videos of themselves worshipping a Lightning Bolt CD?

So forgive me if I take these "Gigaton is their best album since Binaural hurrr hurrrr hurrr" ramblings with a pinch of salt. In 6 months it'll be on a dumpster heap along with Lightning Bolt and Backspacer.

lecherouslittlestump wrote:After it came out, this board was saying Lightning Bolt was better than Vitalogy. A poll was done on here that said Lightning Bolt was the best rock album of the past 30 years. I distinctly remember someone even saying that Lightning Bolt was so good that it nullified PJ's entire discography because it was deemed inadequate compared to the majesty of Lightning Bolt. Also remember that weird weekly thread where people would post videos of themselves worshipping a Lightning Bolt CD?

So forgive me if I take these "Gigaton is their best album since Binaural hurrr hurrrr hurrr" ramblings with a pinch of salt. In 6 months it'll be on a dumpster heap along with Lightning Bolt and Backspacer.

lecherouslittlestump wrote:After it came out, this board was saying Lightning Bolt was better than Vitalogy. A poll was done on here that said Lightning Bolt was the best rock album of the past 30 years. I distinctly remember someone even saying that Lightning Bolt was so good that it nullified PJ's entire discography because it was deemed inadequate compared to the majesty of Lightning Bolt. Also remember that weird weekly thread where people would post videos of themselves worshipping a Lightning Bolt CD?

So forgive me if I take these "Gigaton is their best album since Binaural hurrr hurrrr hurrr" ramblings with a pinch of salt. In 6 months it'll be on a dumpster heap along with Lightning Bolt and Backspacer.

nop.

Its their best since Binaural.