Running

[Strat]

I’ll give Trag this one. The production 100% is getting in the way of this song.

i cant hear a single CYmbal or Crash ring out

No decay or reverb tails at all on both songs so far...air-tight production, sounds like maybe no ambient mics so far? Is that off-base?

I'm sure they used room mics when tracking, but none of it's there in the mix

Fucking producer makes one of the greatest drummers of his generation sound like a plug-in. Does this mean I hate Pearl Jam?

[stip]

ran back to my office for a quick first listen. Fast, fun, low ambition song. Bridge is really cool but not sure it fits. Basically co-signing what McP said until I have a chance to actually dive into it. 3 star song.

[Thurman Murman]

3 star song for me....SBWM was initially a 3 star song for me that i bumped to 4 after the album came out so there may be hope yet.

[Ms Harmless]

time to turn off the "imagine this album, but produced like Vitalogy" part of my brain

I have zero problems with the songs I'm hearing so far

I would love to do that sometimes, trust me. I can't help it...These are the things that hit my ears first

it does help that I listen to a lot of other music that has what Trag would call "modern production"; I don't know who produces Sleep Token but hopefully they cross paths with Pearl Jam one day

[VinylGuy]

Song credits

Associated Performer, Vocals, Background Vocalist, Guitar, Piano: Eddie Vedder
Associated Performer, Baritone Guitar, Bass, Guitar: Jeff Ament
Associated Performer, Guitar, Piano: Mike McCready
Associated Performer, Guitar: Stone Gossard
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion: Matt Cameron
Associated Performer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano: Josh Klinghoffer

[Strat]

Definitely didnt need a third guitar player on this one

[DDWJMUVW]

I’ll give Trag this one. The production 100% is getting in the way of this song.

i cant hear a single CYmbal or Crash ring out

No decay or reverb tails at all on both songs so far...air-tight production, sounds like maybe no ambient mics so far? Is that off-base?

I'm sure they used room mics when tracking, but none of it's there in the mix

Fucking producer makes one of the greatest drummers of his generation sound like a plug-in. Does this mean I hate Pearl Jam?

I can hear Matt all over DM and Running. One can certainly take issue with the way he sounds (tonally, etc), but his presence is more evident here than it has been in a while, at least to me.

[Thejambi]

I’ll give Trag this one. The production 100% is getting in the way of this song.

Yeah. If this is how it sounds on the album, I'm in the same line.

what is happening right now? I thought we'd need to live with the album for like two years before the tides started turning

Ha. I wasn’t in love with how Dark Matter sounded but the production somewhat suited it. This is just a wall of mush.

[Ms Harmless]

I really think we need to dial down "one of the greatest drummers of his generation" with Matt

that's Tomas Haake

[Jorge]

Is there a part where Ed sings "potato!"

[VinylGuy]

Im actually warming up with the production a lot...im loving how fucking heavy those last 30 seconds are

[Strat]

Song credits
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion: Matt Cameron

[Release_Me]

I think this is a grower. The bridge makes it that way for me. Had it been frenetic throughout, I couldn't listen to it on repeat like I have been. That and the fact that I like the melody more and more on repeated listens helps.

Also, this might work very well on the album given its placement between mellower/more mid-tempo songs.

[stip]

Is there a part where Ed sings "potato!"

Yes! if that turns out to be true it becomes a five star song

[dprival78]

Definitely didnt need a third guitar player on this one

the second pianist cancels one of them out

[oneway23]

C'est La Vie, baby. Kinda reminding me of Mark Ronson's work on Queens of the Stone Age's Villains so far.

Song credits

Piano: Eddie Vedder
Piano: Mike McCready
Piano: Josh Klinghoffer

Photo of them all cozy on the bench together, please.

I really think we need to dial down "one of the greatest drummers of his generation" with Matt

that's Tomas Haake

One of...one of...Love Tomas as well. Definitely

[Thejambi]

I really think we need to dial down "one of the greatest drummers of his generation" with Matt

that's Tomas Haake

Both of these statements can be true.

[Ms Harmless]

C'est La Vie, baby. Kinda reminding me of Mark Ronson's work on Queens of the Stone Age's Villains so far.

Song credits

Piano: Eddie Vedder
Piano: Mike McCready
Piano: Josh Klinghoffer

Photo of them all cozy on the bench together, please.

I really think we need to dial down "one of the greatest drummers of his generation" with Matt

that's Tomas Haake

One of...one of...Love Tomas as well. Definitely

[Ms Harmless]

I really think we need to dial down "one of the greatest drummers of his generation" with Matt

that's Tomas Haake

Both of these statements can be true.

you're right I just need to mention Tomas Haake at least once a day

[Ms Harmless]

I really actually do like this song

POTATO! POTATO!