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Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 3:47 am
by Tj
It is so rad that this album is getting the hate it deserves
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 7:56 am
by igotworms
tragabigzanda wrote:guitar_davey wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I would honestly be surprised if I ever listen to this entire album again.
Many of us here would be surprised if you listened to any entire Pearl Jam album ever again.
? I listen to Vs - Riot Act all the damn time, and S/T gets some fair play too
S/T is my dark horse. I listen to that more than almost any PJ album other than Yield.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 4:56 pm
by Leatherhead
Gigaton haters are nuts.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 5:02 pm
by VinylGuy
every record of this band had haters, like really fierce haters...so its not new.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 5:41 pm
by stip
riot act had a pretty bum reputation around here when it came out
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 6:37 pm
by VinylGuy
remember Binaural? well, even No Code at the time...
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 8:59 pm
by warehouse
half the people on here didn't even know who pearl jam was when 'no code' came out. i feel like the overall opinion at the time was pearl jam trying to be less commercial and more experimental on 'no code', but if you ask this board today is probably #1 or #2 behind 'yield'.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 9:44 pm
by VinylGuy
oh yeah today yes
im talking about PJ fan based in 1996 and onwards.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 9:51 pm
by Bi_3
stip wrote:riot act had a pretty bum reputation around here when it came out
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 10:17 pm
by elliseamos
No Code was pretty pivotal in my life personally. I was 15 in 1996. Lots of shit going down for me & my brother.
On the heels of Merkinball/Mirrorball? It was huge for me.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Wed March 22, 2023 10:19 pm
by elliseamos
This album, gigaton, probably gets a point from me because of the pandemic and everything swirling around my life at the time.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Thu March 23, 2023 7:11 am
by igotworms
VinylGuy wrote:remember Binaural? well, even No Code at the time...
I wasn't a hater exactly, but at the time I definitely felt that Vitalogy and No Code were hugely underwhelming after Ten and Vs.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2023 6:02 pm
by Thurman Murman
I more or less discovered that there were actually people talking online about Pearl Jam at some point post No Code and prior to Yield being released. It wasn't universal, but at that time No Code was definitely considered by the majority to be the bands weakest release to date. Then at some point in the next couple of years the online majority were talking about it being the bands best.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2023 6:03 pm
by Thurman Murman
It still strikes me that Gigaton is the only Pearl Jam release that is a significant improvement over the album that preceded it.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2023 6:37 pm
by dimejinky99
Thurman Murman wrote:It still strikes me that Gigaton is the only Pearl Jam release that is a significant improvement over the album that preceded it.
Since no code
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2023 7:23 pm
by Monkey_Driven
dimejinky99 wrote:Thurman Murman wrote:It still strikes me that Gigaton is the only Pearl Jam release that is a significant improvement over the album that preceded it.
Since no code
wait, what?
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2023 9:39 pm
by Thurman Murman
Monkey_Driven wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:Thurman Murman wrote:It still strikes me that Gigaton is the only Pearl Jam release that is a significant improvement over the album that preceded it.
Since no code
wait, what?
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2023 10:00 pm
by elliseamos
Thurman Murman wrote:It still strikes me that Gigaton is the only Pearl Jam release that is a significant improvement over the album that preceded it.
Because everything leading up to Lightning Bolt was so good.
Is what you mean?
I'd say Backspacer was the first one to not meet the level of the album prior. I like parts of it, but the lows for me are lower than Pearl Jam: The Album.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Sat March 25, 2023 1:50 am
by Thurman Murman
elliseamos wrote:Thurman Murman wrote:It still strikes me that Gigaton is the only Pearl Jam release that is a significant improvement over the album that preceded it.
Because everything leading up to Lightning Bolt was so good.
Is what you mean?
I'd say Backspacer was the first one to not meet the level of the album prior. I like parts of it, but the lows for me are lower than Pearl Jam: The Album.
I just mean that the jump in quality from Lightning Bolt to Gigaton is so significant its like nothing we've ever seen from a new Pearl Jam release.
Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
Posted: Sat March 25, 2023 3:45 am
by McParadigm
Yeah, he’s right. The quality jump is unique (in this career) because it is substantial.