Challenge the recency bias/new albumitis: Rerank Dark Matter

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[VinylGuy]

i dont remember my original ranking but 5 starts for me!!

give me more babyyyyy

[Jaeti]

Still five stars.

[VinylGuy]

haha fuck you Trag

[epilogue]

I had it at three when it dropped and I think that's still the correct grade.

[blueviper]

5 stars still!

[Sloppy Dupree]

I think it was a 4 when it came out, but I say 3 now.

[tommy]

4 then and 4 now. A very good late-period album.

[Kevin Davis]

3 stars.

Most of the songs are pretty good, but I really dislike the way it sounds and don't find myself revisiting it very often as a result (in fact I'm not sure I've played it at all since last summer). Last time I ranked the albums I had it second from the bottom, ahead of only Lightning Bolt.

[Monkey_Driven]

I wish 3.5 was an option. With this scale I'd bump it up on the strength of the live performances, but down if it's just the studio album itself.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Ello Sailor]

haha fuck you Trag

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Monkey_Driven]

I wish 3.5 was an option. With this scale I'd bump it up on the strength of the live performances, but down if it's just the studio album itself.

This thread is about the album, and not the tour cycle

I'd say it's a strong 3.49 then. I like most of the songs, but there's something missing here. The production robs it of a certain kind of character that defines the group's strongest albums.

[epilogue]

I like most of the songs, but there's something missing here. The production robs it of a certain kind of character that defines the group's strongest albums.

Well said. Can't argue with any of that.

[Chris_H_2]

ah yes, the 5-star, perfect album. we're talking the likes of the Beatles' Revolver, Radiohead's OK Computer and Kid A, Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the Beach Boys' Smile, Nick Drake's Pink Moon, the Velvet Underground's eponymous album, the Talking Heads' Remain in Light, and . . . checks notes . . . ah yes, Pearl Jam's Dark Matter.

[Farmer John]

ah yes, the 5-star, perfect album. we're talking the likes of the Beatles' Revolver, Radiohead's OK Computer and Kid A, Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the Beach Boys' Smile, Nick Drake's Pink Moon, the Velvet Underground's eponymous album, the Talking Heads' Remain in Light, and . . . checks notes . . . ah yes, Pearl Jam's Dark Matter.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[McParadigm]

just make a better poll

[joostone]

I like it just as much as a year ago.

But I hate Serban Ghenea even more than a year ago.