Red Mosquito

Man, the 2010-2019 run was dire.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

epilogue wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

epilogue wrote:You knew it was coming!

The only song on Backspacer worth listening to.

I believe you two are alone on that island.

I like a few of the songs on Backspacer. But Amongst the Waves is the best of the bunch, for sure.

epilogue wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

epilogue wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

epilogue wrote:You knew it was coming!

The only song on Backspacer worth listening to.

I believe you two are alone on that island.

I like a few of the songs on Backspacer. But Amongst the Waves is the best of the bunch, for sure.

I’ve got no problem being unique. Being a sheep in the herd was never my thing anyway.

Amongst the Waves is not a bad song. It's just a really good example of the band trying to achieve a type of slick, positive grandiosity that feels a bit more contrived when compared to the type of gritty, highly-charged grandiosity they used to achieve just by doing their thing. Who Ever Said is, in my opinion, a great example of the latter. That is unquestionably the type of Pearl Jam I prefer.

Strat wrote:I tried this. I couldn't come up with anything definitive.

A majority of songs were from Gigaton.

I love pearl jam.

Warts and all.

Yeah, my list wouldn't literally be ten songs from Gigaton, but it almost could be. There's not a single song on it that couldn't credibly appear in a post-2002 top 10.

Life Wasted, Parachutes, Come Back, Unthought Known, Lightning Bolt are the ones that would be trying to elbow out a few Gigaton tracks.

The contenders for me from this era are:
Gigaton
Cold Confession
Let It Ride
Come Back
Pendulum
Got Some

Hoping Gigaton was the start of a new, better era that goes through the 2020s.

Was it released ≥ S/T and have terrible mixing and/or production; it's a PRAMG'er
Gigaton is post-PRAMG

Post Riot Act Money Grab Top 10:
1) Come Back
2) Big Wave
3) Army Reserve
4) Speed of Sound
5) Unemployable
6) Force of Nature
7) Marker in the Sand
8) Amongst The Waves
9) Sirens
10) Life Wasted

The Town wrote:Was it released ≥ S/T and have terrible mixing and/or production; it's a PRAMG'er
Gigaton is post-PRAMG

Post Riot Act Money Grab Top 10:
1) Come Back
2) Big Wave
3) Army Reserve
4) Speed of Sound
5) Unemployable
6) Force of Nature
7) Marker in the Sand
8) Amongst The Waves
9) Sirens
10) Life Wasted

If we're not counting pre-avocado and post Gigaton then I can't do it. I couldn't even do a top 5.

JuanHamm wrote:

The Town wrote:Was it released ≥ S/T and have terrible mixing and/or production; it's a PRAMG'er
Gigaton is post-PRAMG

Post Riot Act Money Grab Top 10:
1) Come Back
2) Big Wave
3) Army Reserve
4) Speed of Sound
5) Unemployable
6) Force of Nature
7) Marker in the Sand
8) Amongst The Waves
9) Sirens
10) Life Wasted

If we're not counting pre-avocado and post Gigaton then I can't do it. I couldn't even do a top 5.

Is it the songs themselves that don't do it for you?
How much have you listened to acclaimed live versions and alternative studio versions like BrickwallHater and Spotify remasters of these?

Fair enough if you just don't like the song writing, but for me I seek out the 10 I posted on a regular basis when I'm wanting to listen to PJ.

The Town wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:

The Town wrote:Was it released ≥ S/T and have terrible mixing and/or production; it's a PRAMG'er
Gigaton is post-PRAMG

Post Riot Act Money Grab Top 10:
1) Come Back
2) Big Wave
3) Army Reserve
4) Speed of Sound
5) Unemployable
6) Force of Nature
7) Marker in the Sand
8) Amongst The Waves
9) Sirens
10) Life Wasted

If we're not counting pre-avocado and post Gigaton then I can't do it. I couldn't even do a top 5.

Is it the songs themselves that don't do it for you?
How much have you listened to acclaimed live versions and alternative studio versions like BrickwallHater and Spotify remasters of these?

Fair enough if you just don't like the song writing, but for me I seek out the 10 I posted on a regular basis when I'm wanting to listen to PJ.

I have never listened to the other mixes of Avocado. It might help,but I really don't like the way Ed sings most of the album. Backspacr and Lightning Bolt don't even really register with me at all. I don't remember the last time I listened to BS and I don't think I even made it all the way through LB once. It's just a horrible parody of Pearl Jam.

Gigaton feels like they've finally made a follow-up to Riot Act.

is this thread about the low points? If thats so:

- Lightning Bolt: the album is the weakest. Sounds horrible and half of the album is half baked.

- Lightning Bolt: the song. Its should have been a classic and its not by a long shot.

- Matt´s drums in LB: Brendan hates him.

-Brendan´s sound in both Backspacer and LB

-Avocado mastering.

Post avocado, pre Gigaton top 5

Army Reserve
Big Wave
Santa Cruz
Better Days (not sure if this counts)
Got Some

Post avocado, pre Gigaton top 5

Infallible
Amongst the Waves
Yellow Moon
Ole
Just Breathe

Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Ole

Kevin Davis wrote:Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Ole

Kevin...

Bi_3 wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Ole

Kevin...

To clarify, this is the "post-Avocado, pre-Gigaton" version...

Monkey_Driven wrote:

epilogue wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

epilogue wrote:You knew it was coming!

The only song on Backspacer worth listening to.

I believe you two are alone on that island.

we talking about Amongst the Waves? nope, I really like it too (but I like several songs on Backspacer; it doesn't work as an album for me because stuff like Supersonic utterly ruins it)

Ms Harmless wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

epilogue wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

epilogue wrote:You knew it was coming!

The only song on Backspacer worth listening to.

I believe you two are alone on that island.

we talking about Amongst the Waves? nope, I really like it too (but I like several songs on Backspacer; it doesn't work as an album for me because stuff like Supersonic utterly ruins it)

Same. I like several songs on the album but the thing just doesn't work as an album for me.

Kevin Davis wrote:Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Ole

Hideous. Just hideous.

I’ve tried to make this list several times and I just can’t do it