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Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:39 pm
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Listened the other day. It's fine as a chapter in their career. The mid section of JB > AtW > UK > SSonic is just brutal though. UK shines in that bunch and the catharsis of the piaon instrumental break feels genuine. Feels. But there's not enough feels. SoS can't help bring the album back though FoN does a great try. There's a fair mini album here GSMF/GS/TF/JG/SoS/FoN but on an album there's just not enough substance.
As has been said repeatedly, good try that would have benefited from more releases around it. It isn't strong enough to stand tall on it's own.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 5:38 pm
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It's funny cos I hate when pearl jam get struck with mid tempoitis like unemployable or infallible but force of nature has that goin on too yet I love it.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 11:32 pm
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Why the love for Amongst the Waves? It's a slog to get through, the guitars sound weak and Eddie sounds terrible. Lighting Bolt (the song) works so much better as a big anthem.
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Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 11:34 pm
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lecherouslittlestump wrote:
Why the love for Amongst the Waves? It's a slog to get through, the guitars sound weak and Eddie sounds terrible. Lighting Bolt (the song) works so much better as a big anthem.
I'm with you. Its a piss poor song.
I do believe backspacer will have a renaissance among us in time. Not so much S/T tho
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat March 25, 2017 1:01 am
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dimejinky99 wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:
Why the love for Amongst the Waves? It's a slog to get through, the guitars sound weak and Eddie sounds terrible. Lighting Bolt (the song) works so much better as a big anthem.
I'm with you. Its a piss poor song.
I do believe backspacer will have a renaissance among us in time. Not so much S/T tho
There's already many of us ( ) who recognise S/T as a great Pearl Jam record.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat March 25, 2017 1:11 am
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Birds in Hell wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:
Why the love for Amongst the Waves? It's a slog to get through, the guitars sound weak and Eddie sounds terrible. Lighting Bolt (the song) works so much better as a big anthem.
I'm with you. Its a piss poor song.
I do believe backspacer will have a renaissance among us in time. Not so much S/T tho
There's already many of us ( ) who recognise S/T as a great Pearl Jam record.
Cool. I was saying you'll all come around to backspacer in time.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat March 25, 2017 1:15 am
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dimejinky99 wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:
Why the love for Amongst the Waves? It's a slog to get through, the guitars sound weak and Eddie sounds terrible. Lighting Bolt (the song) works so much better as a big anthem.
I'm with you. Its a piss poor song.
I do believe backspacer will have a renaissance among us in time. Not so much S/T tho
There's already many of us ( ) who recognise S/T as a great Pearl Jam record.
Cool. I was saying you'll all come around to backspacer in time.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat March 25, 2017 1:16 am
what on earth am I talking about
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LetMeSleep wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:
Why the love for Amongst the Waves? It's a slog to get through, the guitars sound weak and Eddie sounds terrible. Lighting Bolt (the song) works so much better as a big anthem.
I'm with you. Its a piss poor song.
I do believe backspacer will have a renaissance among us in time. Not so much S/T tho
There's already many of us ( ) who recognise S/T as a great Pearl Jam record.
Cool. I was saying you'll all come around to backspacer in time.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat March 25, 2017 3:54 am
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LetMeSleep wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:
Why the love for Amongst the Waves? It's a slog to get through, the guitars sound weak and Eddie sounds terrible. Lighting Bolt (the song) works so much better as a big anthem.
I'm with you. Its a piss poor song.
I do believe backspacer will have a renaissance among us in time. Not so much S/T tho
There's already many of us ( ) who recognise S/T as a great Pearl Jam record.
Cool. I was saying you'll all come around to backspacer in time.
Backspacer's biggest problem? It has bad songs. A lot of them. Just a bunch of boring, bad songs that I have no desire to ever hear again. There is little or nothing that could change my dislike.
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I do like the idea of them just releasing EPs now. Like every two years, give or take, release an EP with 3 to 6 songs.
) who recognise S/T as a great Pearl Jam record.
