Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[Leatherhead]

fuck i love this album more and more...Right now, Infallible might be my favorite.

It really is a great album. I still listen to it at least once a day. And seeing a lot of the songs live in Dallas and OKC didn't hurt. When those opening notes of Pendulum came on and filled the arena standing second from the rail.....chills man, serious chills.

And Infallible sounds amazing live. How I imagined it on the leak of the soundcheck we had.

Doesn't this just make you more annoyed at the studio version? They made some bizarre decisions for this song.

But it makes me really excited for the forthcoming "Black Market Lightning Bolt." If only they can nail 'em all sometime throughout the tour.

[Lament]

Lightning Bolt came in at #44 in Q's Top 50 albums of 2013. Arctic Monkeys came in 1st. Bands who have passed the twenty year mark were well-represented beyond just Pearl Jam; Manic Street Preachers at #6, My Bloody Valentine at #12, Suede at #22, Pet Shop Boys at #30, Primal Scream at #49, and Mazzy Star at #50.

Other appearance which may be of note to various RMers; QOTSA at #14, Janelle Monae at #31 (BULLSHIT!), Kurt Vile at #36, The National at #37, Sigur Ros at #45, and The Strokes at #47. No CHVRCHES.

Here's the full list...

Spoiler: show

1. Arctic Monkeys - AM
2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
3. David Bowie - The Next Day
4. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
5. Jon Hopkins - Immunity
6. Manic Street Preachers - Rewind the Film
7. Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
8. Bill Ryder Jones - A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart
9. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
10. Haim - Days Are Gone
11. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'
12. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
13. Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time
14. Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
15. Foals - Holy Fire
16. Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
17. Matthew E White - Big Inner
18. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
19. Factory Floor - S/T
20. Biffy Clyro - Opposites
21. Palma Violets - 180
22. Suede - Bloodsports
23. Disclosure - Settle
24. Empire of the Sun - Ice on the Dune
25. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
26. Kanye West - Yeezus
27. Bill Callahan - Dream River
28. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
29. Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
30. Pet Shop Boys - Electric
31. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
32. Savages - Silence Yourself
33. Parquet Courts - LIght Up Gold
34. Prefab Sprout - Crimson Red
35. Devendra Banhart - Mala
36. Kurt Vile - Walkin on a Pretty Daze
37. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
38. Goldfrapp - Tales of Us
39. Alunageorge - Body Music
40. Run the Jewels - S/T
41. Neon Neon - Praxis Makes Perfect
42. These New Puritans - Field of Reeds
43. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
44. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
45. Sigur Ros - Kveikur
46. James Blake - Overgrown
47. The Strokes - Comedown Machine
48. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum
49. Primal Scream - More Light
50. Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day

[Lament]

Lightning Bolt is #40 in Rolling Stone. Vampire Weekend is #1 in their list.

Here's that whole list...

Spoiler: show

1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
4. Paul McCartney - New
5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
6. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
7. Lorde - Pure Heroine
8. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
9. Arctic Monkeys - AM
10. John Fogerty - Wrote a Song for Everyone
11. Parquet Courts - Tally All the Things That You Broke
12. Jake Bugg - S/T
13. Disclosure - Settle
14. Drake - Nothing Was The Same
15. Atoms for Peace - AMOK
16. David Bowie - The Next Day
17. Danny Brown - Old
18. Ashley Monroe - Like a Rose
19. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
20. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
21. Sky Ferreira - Night Time My Time
22. Phoenix - Entertainment
23. My Bloody Valentine - MBV
24. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
25. Elton John - The Diving Board
26. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
27. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
28. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
29. Bombino - Nomad
30. Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob
31. Haim - Days Are Gone
32. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
33. Pusha T - My Name is My Name
34. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
35. Best Coast - Fade Away EP
36. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
37. The So-So Glos - Blowout
38. Kurt Vile - Walkin on a Pretty Daze
39. Keith Urban - Fuse
40. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
41. J Cole - Born Sinner
42. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
43. Savages - Silence Yourself
44. Valerie June - Pushin' Against a Stone
45. Avicii - True
46. Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
47. MIA - Matangi
48. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
49. The Flaming Lips - The Terror
50. Beck - Song Reader

[Norah]

I gotta listen to that Bowie record.

[malice]

I gotta listen to that Bowie record.

i agree, friend.

[WtOB?]

I gotta listen to that Bowie record.

i agree, friend.

i thought it sucked.

[malice]

I gotta listen to that Bowie record.

i agree, friend.

i thought it sucked.

don't make me turn this car around, junior

[WtOB?]

I gotta listen to that Bowie record.

i agree, friend.

i thought it sucked.

don't make me turn this car around, junior

i just don't want you to get your hopes up and have your heart broken.

[hlniv]

Holy shit. I bought new headphones today (only cheap ones again, alas) and this album sounds great through them. Give me another drink and I'll probably cry at "Sirens" again.

What the hell have you been listening with?? Just your shitty laptop speakers, yea?

No, headphones from the laptop and MP3 player. But headphones vary a lot, man; finding a good cheap pair is a real experimental business.

I need to get a good cheap pair. What brand/model did you go with? You seem to like them

[Norah]

Guys, spend some money on your headphones. You won't regret it.

[Birds in Hell]

Guys, spend some money on your headphones. You won't regret it.

Agreed.

I can't overstate what a difference a decent pair of headphones will make to your enjoyment of music.

I shudder at the thought of people listening through those little earbud thingies.

[harmless]

Holy shit. I bought new headphones today (only cheap ones again, alas) and this album sounds great through them. Give me another drink and I'll probably cry at "Sirens" again.

What the hell have you been listening with?? Just your shitty laptop speakers, yea?

No, headphones from the laptop and MP3 player. But headphones vary a lot, man; finding a good cheap pair is a real experimental business.

I need to get a good cheap pair. What brand/model did you go with? You seem to like them

The box says 'NOTE - in-ear headset - noise isolating headphones.' Apparently made by OTLtech in the UK, who I've never heard of.

[McParadigm]

Buy

Better

Headphones

[harmless]

Can I have some money please?

[McParadigm]

Can I have some money please?

You're a writer. Of course you can't.

[harmless]

Can I have some money please?

You're a writer. Of course you can't.

[McParadigm]

So Vitalogy turned 19 on Friday, eh?

Seems like a good reason to sell some things and buy some headphones though.

[Heathen]

So Vitalogy turned 19 on Friday, eh?

Seems like a good reason to sell some things and buy some headphones though.

Maybe he can preemptively sell his Lightning Bolt tattoo.

[hlniv]

Lets say I wanted to spend 60 bucks on some headphones. What are your recommendations? To listen to LB with, of course. ( to stay on topic )

[Jorge]

Lets say I wanted to spend 60 bucks on some headphones. What are your recommendations? To listen to LB with, of course. ( to stay on topic )

Here, these are really good and on sale for 50 bucks. I can vouch for these personally. You're gonna have a tough time finding others that are as good, for that price range.