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Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon April 06, 2015 7:50 am
by Birds in Hell
Listening to the 2014 US boots lately, I've been surprised how well this album's songs held up for me in that context - even Future Days!
It's kind of unsettling...
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon April 06, 2015 6:54 pm
by Leatherhead
Birds in Hell wrote:Listening to the 2014 US boots lately, I've been surprised how well this album's songs held up for me in that context - even Future Days!
It's kind of unsettling...
I've found let the records play to be much better on the boots than the album.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon April 06, 2015 6:55 pm
by tommymtcom
Leatherhead wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:Listening to the 2014 US boots lately, I've been surprised how well this album's songs held up for me in that context - even Future Days!
It's kind of unsettling...
I've found let the records play to be much better on the boots than the album.
It could hardly be worse.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon April 06, 2015 6:57 pm
by LetMeSleep
Leatherhead wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:Listening to the 2014 US boots lately, I've been surprised how well this album's songs held up for me in that context - even Future Days!
It's kind of unsettling...
I've found let the records play to be much better on the boots than the album.
This thread is making me stabby.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon April 06, 2015 8:40 pm
by 96583UP
having listened to this album by incident in a CVS the other day, I am surprised by how well albums by all other bands hold up to this album
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon April 06, 2015 11:32 pm
by ridleybradout
LetMeSleep wrote:Leatherhead wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:Listening to the 2014 US boots lately, I've been surprised how well this album's songs held up for me in that context - even Future Days!
It's kind of unsettling...
I've found let the records play to be much better on the boots than the album.
This thread is making me stabby.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 07, 2015 12:07 am
by Sgt. Crackpot
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 07, 2015 8:31 am
by Got Some
Still liking lightning bolt!!!
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 07, 2015 4:07 pm
by stip
Birds in Hell wrote:Listening to the 2014 US boots lately, I've been surprised how well this album's songs held up for me in that context - even Future Days!
It's kind of unsettling...
I'm afraid to comment for fear of messing this up.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 07, 2015 11:45 pm
by verb_to_trust
I'll do it for you: Future Days still sucks
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue April 07, 2015 11:50 pm
by Rangi Guy
verb_to_trust wrote:I'll do it for you: Future Days still sucks
I still can't get behind this!
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 08, 2015 6:49 am
by Got Some
Still listening to this.
Songs that have improved: swallowed hole MFS sirens
Songs I like less: yellow moon sbm
Getaway pendulum lightning bolt mym infallible 5 stars
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 08, 2015 1:28 pm
by hlniv
Got Some wrote:Still listening to this.
Songs that have improved: swallowed hole MFS sirens
Songs I like less: yellow moon sbm
Getaway pendulum lightning bolt mym infallible 5 stars
Must be a 10 star system here
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 08, 2015 11:57 pm
by stip
Sleeping by myself is so good
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu April 09, 2015 3:46 pm
by bodysnatcher
hlniv wrote:Got Some wrote:Still listening to this.
Songs that have improved: swallowed hole MFS sirens
Songs I like less: yellow moon sbm
Getaway pendulum lightning bolt mym infallible 5 stars
Must be a 10 star system here
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu April 09, 2015 4:02 pm
by darth_vedder
It's been a year since I've listened to this album.
I just really have no desire to hear it or Backspacer. Those two albums also make me not want to hear any live shows from 2009 to today. Even if the songs are improved live, I still don't want to hear them right now. I guess at some point I'll re-listen to both LB and BS, and maybe check out some boots from their era, but I'm in no hurry.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu April 09, 2015 5:02 pm
by hlniv
darth_vedder wrote:It's been a year since I've listened to this album.
I just really have no desire to hear it or Backspacer. Those two albums also make me not want to hear any live shows from 2009 to today. Even if the songs are improved live, I still don't want to hear them right now. I guess at some point I'll re-listen to both LB and BS, and maybe check out some boots from their era, but I'm in no hurry.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu April 09, 2015 7:59 pm
by epilogue
I mean I "get" it and all. But it's weird to me. Backspacer and Lightning Bolt are far from Pearl Jam's best albums. But they're even further away from bad albums. There's a lot to like (if not LOVE) about both of them. It's weird to me that people dismiss them out of hand like they're terrible rock records or something. I mean, to each their own. But still.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu April 09, 2015 9:05 pm
by PHATJ
durdencommatyler wrote:I mean I "get" it and all. But it's weird to me. Backspacer and Lightning Bolt are far from Pearl Jam's best albums. But they're even further away from bad albums. There's a lot to like (if not LOVE) about both of them. It's weird to me that people dismiss them out of hand like they're terrible rock records or something. I mean, to each their own. But still.
I can find a lot to like (and some to love) on LB, but Backspacer just does very little for me. There are a few decent moments, but there isn't a single song on BS that I don't have at least some problems with, and the majority of the album I find to be dreadfully unoriginal and musically stale and boring.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu April 09, 2015 9:12 pm
by epilogue
PHATJ wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:I mean I "get" it and all. But it's weird to me. Backspacer and Lightning Bolt are far from Pearl Jam's best albums. But they're even further away from bad albums. There's a lot to like (if not LOVE) about both of them. It's weird to me that people dismiss them out of hand like they're terrible rock records or something. I mean, to each their own. But still.
I can find a lot to like (and some to love) on LB, but Backspacer just does very little for me. There are a few decent moments, but there isn't a single song on BS that I don't have at least some problems with, and the majority of the album I find to be dreadfully unoriginal and musically stale and boring.
I suppose that's all fair.
Maybe I don't listen to enough music to find either album offensive. Boring, that's subjective, so I can get on board with that opinion, however I may disagree. Stale? Probably, but I'm not sure there's much out there in the mainstream that isn't if we're all being completely honest.
But overall, I see what you're saying. I still really enjoy listening to LB especially.