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Gigaton is better than No Code on just about every level. I say just about because there may be a level I just didn’t think about, but probably not

stip wrote:Gigaton is better than No Code on just about every level. I say just about because there may be a level I just didn’t think about, but probably not

PHATJ wrote:

stip wrote:Gigaton is better than No Code on just about every level. I say just about because there may be a level I just didn’t think about, but probably not

Level 4

ghost wrote:That's because No Code is perfect.

I'm still amazed they were able to pull off No Code after Vitalogy. A perfect album.

Hatfield wrote:

ghost wrote:That's because No Code is perfect.

I'm still amazed they were able to pull off No Code after Vitalogy. A perfect album.

yeah, specially on hard was for the band that phase.

VinylGuy wrote:

Hatfield wrote:

ghost wrote:That's because No Code is perfect.

I'm still amazed they were able to pull off No Code after Vitalogy. A perfect album.

yeah, specially on hard was for the band that phase.

It's an Ed record and I trust 1996 Ed like my parents trust Jesus.

gigaton is the only record i would compare to no code. not really in terms of enjoyment as much as just being all over the place.

i'm also glad people remember how incredible hearing 'in my tree' was in 1996. i still love it now, but when it first came out, holy shit....

stip wrote:but wishlist is a 5 star song for me

17 y/o me was totally down with Wishlist, and then 32 y/o me wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong liking Sirens.

Time is weird.

Also, wow, Lightning Bolt was a long fucking time ago.
Also, I've managed not to talk about No Code at all.

stip wrote:Gigaton is better than No Code on just about every level.

dammit stip

I've never been as high on No Code as others. It has two really great songs on it but also that snoozer IMT

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I've never been as high on No Code as others. It has two really great songs on it but also that snoozer IMT

i swear to god!

I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

Hatfield wrote:

ghost wrote:That's because No Code is perfect.

I'm still amazed they were able to pull off No Code after Vitalogy. A perfect album.

It really is the best Pearl Jam album.

Mike wrote:I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

That would have been very interesting. Doubt it will ever happen.

That's the problem when you take 7 years to make an album. It needs to be a statement representing every aspect of Pearl Jam. There needs to be a punk song, an anthem, a midtempo song, a ballad, a single weird song... They can't wait 7 years and then have an album full of Buckle Ups. (I don't even think they or more than 1% of the Pearl Jam fan community would even want such a thing, that's only me and some other people on theskyiscrape)

Releasing albums more often would enable them to be more creative and not make their albums so much by the numbers I think. There wouldn't be so many expectations then.

Mike wrote:That's the problem when you take 7 years to make an album. It needs to be a statement representing every aspect of Pearl Jam. There needs to be a punk song, an anthem, a midtempo song, a ballad, a single weird song... They can't wait 7 years and then have an album full of Buckle Ups. (I don't even think they or more than 1% of the Pearl Jam fan community would even want such a thing, that's only me and some other people on theskyiscrape)

Releasing albums more often would enable them to be more creative and not make their albums so much by the numbers I think. There wouldn't be so many expectations then.

Really interesting points. Are they bound by the past?

Anders wrote:

Mike wrote:I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

That would have been very interesting. Doubt it will ever happen.

I'm hoping Stone's upcoming Painted Shield album with Mason Jennings scratches this itch. Apparently Stone wrote all the music.

I would love a relaxed album full of those songs, but you're right - it couldn't hold a seven year gap.

ghost wrote:

Anders wrote:

Mike wrote:I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

That would have been very interesting. Doubt it will ever happen.

I'm hoping Stone's upcoming Painted Shield album with Mason Jennings scratches this itch. Apparently Stone wrote all the music.

Can’t wait.

Juvenal wrote:

Mike wrote:That's the problem when you take 7 years to make an album. It needs to be a statement representing every aspect of Pearl Jam. There needs to be a punk song, an anthem, a midtempo song, a ballad, a single weird song... They can't wait 7 years and then have an album full of Buckle Ups. (I don't even think they or more than 1% of the Pearl Jam fan community would even want such a thing, that's only me and some other people on theskyiscrape)

Releasing albums more often would enable them to be more creative and not make their albums so much by the numbers I think. There wouldn't be so many expectations then.

Really interesting points. Are they bound by the past?

Yes.