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I don't think it has anything to do with COVID. When has Pearl Jam been in end of the year lists the last time except for maybe in Rolling Stone?

maybe it has to do with suck

Mike wrote:I don't think it has anything to do with COVID. When has Pearl Jam been in end of the year lists the last time except for maybe in Rolling Stone?

i think with every album post Riot Act. I remember Binaural being in a few lists too.

tragabigzanda wrote:How else might one explain Alanis Morisette’s perpetually sunny disposition?

actual bonafide irony

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/84 ... tic-lists/
vs a more relevant 2013 album
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/72 ... tic-lists/

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/23 ... tic-lists/
vs a more relevant 2009 album
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/3- ... tic-lists/

Criticts dont really care for modern Pearl Jam

Critics have always been split on them. Some wrote them off in the early days, some came around begrudgingly it seems.

rick malone wrote:Critics have always been split on them. Some wrote them off in the early days, some came around begrudgingly it seems.

Probably on account of that whole Nirvana v PJ bullshit. We've Kurt to thank for some of that.

Get it back should have made it on the album.

DeeDee wrote:Get it back should have made it on the album.

It’s a good song but it doesn’t fit. Gigaton’s song structures sort of kick around and meander. The aesthetic created from it gives it a somewhat spacier vibe . Get It Back is more straightforward. It would fit better on Backspacer or Lightning Bolt, which isn’t meant as an insult. More in terms of fit. I would argue instead that a song like Of the Earth would have been a perfect fit.

liebzz wrote:

DeeDee wrote:Get it back should have made it on the album.

It’s a good song but it doesn’t fit. Gigaton’s song structures sort of kick around and meander. The aesthetic created from it gives it a somewhat spacier vibe . Get It Back is more straightforward. It would fit better on Backspacer or Lightning Bolt, which isn’t meant as an insult. More in terms of fit. I would argue instead that a song like Of the Earth would have been a perfect fit.

Never Destination out, Get it Back in.

Nothing changes.

Well, it does: the album gets a little bit better.

DeeDee wrote:

liebzz wrote:

DeeDee wrote:Get it back should have made it on the album.

It’s a good song but it doesn’t fit. Gigaton’s song structures sort of kick around and meander. The aesthetic created from it gives it a somewhat spacier vibe . Get It Back is more straightforward. It would fit better on Backspacer or Lightning Bolt, which isn’t meant as an insult. More in terms of fit. I would argue instead that a song like Of the Earth would have been a perfect fit.

Never Destination out, Get it Back in.

Nothing changes.

Well, it does: the album gets a little bit better.

Thanks to the miracle of playlists, you can have your cake and eat it too!

Never Destination is a perfect fit in its spot. It provides a lighter chugging rhythm as a counterpoint to Alright and Seven O’Clock, two songs I enjoy but there needed to be a break from that heaviness thematically and the mid-tempo building going on there. It’s much needed levity.

Yeah, Never Destination is one of the better "fun rockers" they've done in awhile. Doesn't take itself too seriously, but has enough interesting turns and stops to make it interesting.

I am also surprised that Gigaton is on very few 'best of 2020' lists....NOT

I think Never Destination is below average.

Happy punk PJ is the worst PJ.

It sounds to me like a slightly stretched out MFC. I always loved that song and quite like it on this album.

I also am not ashamed to say this was my favorite album this year.

yeah, Gigaton fucking rules. I listened to it yesterday. The first 4 are up there with the best stuff they did.

Never destination rules. It’s the band having a blast and playing it loose which is a breath of fresh air after the last two albums. It’s also not punk. It’s quite rock n roll and very who like.

Love it.

Strat wrote:Never destination rules. It’s the band having a blast and playing it loose which is a breath of fresh air after the last two albums. It’s also not punk. It’s quite rock n roll and very who like.

Love it.

I mean... no.

Rearviewmirror rules, Last Exit rules, In Hiding rules, Quick Escape rules.

Never Destination doesn't rule.

Not at all.

DeeDee wrote:

Strat wrote:Never destination rules. It’s the band having a blast and playing it loose which is a breath of fresh air after the last two albums. It’s also not punk. It’s quite rock n roll and very who like.

Love it.

I mean... no.

Rearviewmirror rules, Last Exit rules, In Hiding rules, Quick Escape rules.

Never Destination doesn't rule.

Not at all.

But it does.