Red Mosquito

This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

lecherouslittlestump wrote:This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

I’m on this ship. I had this on in the car the last few days and I still find it to be a fantastic album. Nearly the entire first half is canonical Pearl Jam to me and the second half is also full of gems.

The Spotify mix is the only version of this album that doesn't give me a headache.

liebzz wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

I’m on this ship. I had this on in the car the last few days and I still find it to be a fantastic album. Nearly the entire first half is canonical Pearl Jam to me and the second half is also full of gems.

yeah the first half is so good.

VinylGuy wrote:

liebzz wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

I’m on this ship. I had this on in the car the last few days and I still find it to be a fantastic album. Nearly the entire first half is canonical Pearl Jam to me and the second half is also full of gems.

yeah the first half is so good.

Comatose through Big Wave is a hell of a run. Lots of variety in there too.

Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

durdencommatyler wrote:Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

Drop WWS, Gone, and Inside Job. Add Of the Earth. End the album with Wasted Reprise. That would be a phenomenal album.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

Drop WWS, Gone, and Inside Job. Add Of the Earth. End the album with Wasted Reprise. That would be a phenomenal album.

I'd take off Comatose rather than WWS. And I don't mind Inside Job. But I do love adding Of The Earth.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

Drop WWS, Gone, and Inside Job. Add Of the Earth. End the album with Wasted Reprise. That would be a phenomenal album.

I'd take off Comatose rather than WWS. And I don't mind Inside Job. But I do love adding Of The Earth.

I ride or die for Life Wasted. I adore that riff.

I would take Gone out and place it as a b side. And add Of The Earth yeah.

VinylGuy wrote:I would take Gone out and place it as a b side. And add Of The Earth yeah.

This would work too. Maybe add Inside Job as another b-side. That song just goes on and on.

VinylGuy wrote:I would take Gone out and place it as a b side. And add Of The Earth yeah.

The only reason I'd advocate for removing Gone is that I loved it as a special Fan Club single track. I was bummed that it ended up on the album only because it felt special as FC single. Otherwise, though, I adore it.

yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

VinylGuy wrote:yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

Fuck you, champ. Marker is amazing!

Marker, Unemployable, and Parachutes are the standouts to me these days.

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

Fuck you, champ. Marker is amazing!

I like it enough, i think Matt´s work is stellar, i love ed, love the ending...but its not a song i need to hear. I would say its my least favorite from the album.

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

Fuck you, champ. Marker is amazing!

I like it enough, i think Matt´s work is stellar, i love ed, love the ending...but its not a song i need to hear. I would say its my least favorite from the album.

what do you like so much about the song?

Monkey_Driven wrote:Marker, Unemployable, and Parachutes are the standouts to me these days.

Those three plus Army Reserve and Come Back.

PHATJ wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:Marker, Unemployable, and Parachutes are the standouts to me these days.

Those three plus Army Reserve and Come Back.

So, like half the album?

Army Reserve is good too. Come Back is hit or miss for me.