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Strat wrote:Im not surprised with the lack of love for Never Destination from this board but ya'll are idiots. What a great rock n roll song.

yeah, its a great song. Love it.

The only one i consider weak is Alright.

The best part of gigaton is that even the weak songs are perfectly placed and part of the bigger picture.

Like alright and retrograde.

Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm not even sure I could readily find 6 CDs.

I have had the car for about 10 years and would not be surprised if a couple of the CD’s in there have been there from day one.

Strat wrote:The best part of gigaton is that even the weak songs are perfectly placed and part of the bigger picture.

Like alright and retrograde.

yeah, i agree. I dont want to skip them.

I think Never Destination is great.

Probably my second favourite song on the record, after Dance of the Clairvoyants.

I also like Take the Long Way, Alright and Retrograde.

Not too fussed about the rest.

I don't think Gigaton is a very cohesive album as a listening experience, but I don't think that's something the band has ever done well, at least not post-Vs.

I think its their most cohesive album maybe since Vs. Their best since Binaural.

I am *still* at the point where whenever I want to listen to Pearl Jam I just listen to Gigaton (and this new track). I obviously love the other stuff but many months after its release Gigaton is still super fresh to me.

I listened through Ten this weekend.

Ten is better.

Strat wrote:Im not surprised with the lack of love for Never Destination from this board but ya'll are idiots. What a great rock n roll song.

It's a really good song.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Strat wrote:Im not surprised with the lack of love for Never Destination from this board but ya'll are idiots. What a great rock n roll song.

I love it too.

I do too, and I’ve said as much many times.

Been living with the album for 6 months so I think I'm in a position now to rate the songs without too much 'newness' factor clouding things

5*
Dance of the Clairvoyants

4.5*
Who Ever Said
Superblood Wolfmoon
Quick Escape

4*
Take the Long Way

3.5*
Alright
Seven O'Clock
Never Destination
Comes Then Goes

3*
Buckle Up
Retrograde
River Cross

I wish I dug Buckle Up, but I don't.

RockPusher wrote:I am *still* at the point where whenever I want to listen to Pearl Jam I just listen to Gigaton (and this new track). I obviously love the other stuff but many months after its release Gigaton is still super fresh to me.

This is absolutely me too.

i wish they would release another, limited edition, version of Gigaton, where tracks 5 and onward are worth listening to

VinylGuy wrote:

Strat wrote:Im not surprised with the lack of love for Never Destination from this board but ya'll are idiots. What a great rock n roll song.

yeah, its a great song. Love it.

The only one i consider weak is Alright.

You haven't lost your wife to her phone.

Strat wrote:Im not surprised with the lack of love for Never Destination from this board but ya'll are idiots. What a great rock n roll song.

I'll second this.

RockPusher wrote:I am *still* at the point where whenever I want to listen to Pearl Jam I just listen to Gigaton (and this new track). I obviously love the other stuff but many months after its release Gigaton is still super fresh to me.

Same.

Strat wrote:The best part of gigaton is that even the weak songs are perfectly placed and part of the bigger picture.

Like alright and retrograde.

Mmmhmm. Coming back the other day for my first listen in about a month, this quality of the album still really stands out.

PHATJ wrote:

RockPusher wrote:I am *still* at the point where whenever I want to listen to Pearl Jam I just listen to Gigaton (and this new track). I obviously love the other stuff but many months after its release Gigaton is still super fresh to me.

This is absolutely me too.

I still get tremendous joy from Ten - Riot Act. I've listened to Gigaton more than any other album since it's release. And I absolutely crave it over S/T - LB. Gigaton gave me a bit of distaste (this word is too strong but I'm not sure which word to use) for those albums. I have no desire to put them on at all.

But I still crave the others. And hearing Riot Act, Vitalogy, Ten and Yield again recently puts Gigaton into perspective a bit, for me.