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epilogue · **Posted:** Thu March 06, 2025 4:06 pm

I haven't listened to this album in full in several months. My ranking hasn't changed. I've cooled on every song except the title track, so maybe I'd bump everything else down a half star?

taffer · **Joined:** Sun April 07, 2013 7:28 am **Posts:** 294

Scared of Fear 5/5
React, Respond 5/5
Wreckage 1/5
Dark Matter 5/5
Won't Tell 1/5
Upper Hand 5/5
Waiting for Stevie 5/5
Running 5/5
Something Special 1/5
Got to Give 1/5
Setting Sun 4/5

tragabigzanda · **Joined:** Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm **Posts:** 51632

pearl jam sucks now

blueviper · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 2:03 pm **Posts:** 4034

stip wrote:

just about a year out this is still my go to album.

WFS - 5
Wreckage - 5
Dark Matter - 5
Setting Sun - 5
SoF -4.5
RR-4
Running - 4
Upper Hand-4
Wont Tell -4
Something Special -3.5
Got to Give -3.5

Truly one of their best

I'd put Won't Tell a few spots higher, but this is close to mine.

Sloppy Dupree · **Joined:** Thu January 09, 2025 1:49 pm **Posts:** 491

Is there going to be a Dark Energy album?

Leatherhead · **Joined:** Fri August 09, 2013 4:38 am **Posts:** 4224

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... ygm0Drh1NF
This redux I found on Youtube sounds a lot better than the album.

Ms Harmless · **Posted:** Tue March 11, 2025 5:35 pm

Sloppy Dupree wrote:

Is there going to be a Dark Energy album?

Vitalogy already exists

Sloppy Dupree · **Joined:** Thu January 09, 2025 1:49 pm **Posts:** 491

Ms Harmless wrote:

Sloppy Dupree wrote:

Is there going to be a Dark Energy album?

Vitalogy already exists

Good point! Now I’m going to think of it as “Vital Energy”

Juvenal · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 2:31 am **Posts:** 929

Enthusiasm still hasn’t dimmed for this one, which bodes well for Juvenalian posterity (cf Lightning Bolt. Sorry Stip).

A highlight is definitely RR’s campy chorus. Ridiculous.

McParadigm · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am **Posts:** 22393

Juvenal wrote:

A highlight is definitely RR’s campy chorus. Ridiculous.

I was thinking about this chorus earlier while listening to the B-52’s

Got Some · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 11:39 am **Posts:** 1958

5 stars
upper Hand
Scared of fear
Setting sun
Waiting For Stevie

4 stars
React/Respond
Won’t Tell
Dark matter
Running
Got to give
Wreckage

3 stars
Something special

Leatherhead · **Joined:** Fri August 09, 2013 4:38 am **Posts:** 4224

Is there a newest version of a DM Live comp?

joostone · **Posted:** Fri March 14, 2025 11:16 am

tragabigzanda · **Joined:** Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm **Posts:** 51632

pearl jam sucks now

washing machine · **Posted:** Fri March 14, 2025 6:46 pm

Wild that I've been listening to this a full year already and only just realized that "Waiting for Stevie" is a Ramones cover.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Fri March 14, 2025 7:10 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:

now that's a version of the album I can get excited about! Ed sounds like he's really struggling on the Got to Give chorus, and I'll never get on board with Running, but otherwise those all sound awesome.

Most of the songs sounded better at the end of the year (in Australia and the 2nd US Leg). I wonder if there is a comp with some of those performances floating around.

Farmer John · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 9:25 pm **Posts:** 6281

washing machine wrote:

Wild that I've been listening to this a full year already and only just realized that "Waiting for Stevie" is a Ramones cover.

I thought it was an Andrew Watt cover.

washing machine · **Posted:** Fri March 14, 2025 7:47 pm

Farmer John wrote:

washing machine wrote:

Wild that I've been listening to this a full year already and only just realized that "Waiting for Stevie" is a Ramones cover.

I thought it was an Andrew Watt cover.

Technically you're right, but it's from the Watt era when he toured with The Ramones so I'm counting it that way.

Leatherhead · **Joined:** Fri August 09, 2013 4:38 am **Posts:** 4224

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

now that's a version of the album I can get excited about! Ed sounds like he's really struggling on the Got to Give chorus, and I'll never get on board with Running, but otherwise those all sound awesome.

Most of the songs sounded better at the end of the year (in Australia and the 2nd US Leg). I wonder if there is a comp with some of those performances floating around.

I agree, sounds much better. Sure Eddie might struggle a little, but to me he somehow sounds younger.

Leatherhead · **Joined:** Fri August 09, 2013 4:38 am **Posts:** 4224

The problem with DM is that it's too easily digestible. Like, if I wanted to turn a Foo Fighters fan onto Pearl Jam, I would show them this album.

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