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lecherouslittlestump · **Joined:** Mon July 08, 2013 10:39 am **Posts:** 1055

This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

liebzz · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm **Posts:** 7652

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

I’m on this ship. I had this on in the car the last few days and I still find it to be a fantastic album. Nearly the entire first half is canonical Pearl Jam to me and the second half is also full of gems.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 7:56 pm

The Spotify mix is the only version of this album that doesn't give me a headache.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36303

liebzz wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

I’m on this ship. I had this on in the car the last few days and I still find it to be a fantastic album. Nearly the entire first half is canonical Pearl Jam to me and the second half is also full of gems.

yeah the first half is so good.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 8:13 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

liebzz wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

This is a great album. EV's voice still in top form. The band sound heavy and angry. None of the sheen or slickness that came with the next two albums. Their last great album IMO.

I’m on this ship. I had this on in the car the last few days and I still find it to be a fantastic album. Nearly the entire first half is canonical Pearl Jam to me and the second half is also full of gems.

yeah the first half is so good.

Comatose through Big Wave is a hell of a run. Lots of variety in there too.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 8:24 pm

Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 8:33 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:

Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

Drop WWS, Gone, and Inside Job. Add Of the Earth. End the album with Wasted Reprise. That would be a phenomenal album.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 8:35 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

Drop WWS, Gone, and Inside Job. Add Of the Earth. End the album with Wasted Reprise. That would be a phenomenal album.

I'd take off Comatose rather than WWS. And I don't mind Inside Job. But I do love adding Of The Earth.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 8:36 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Cut the first three tracks and S/T extends their damn near perfect 7 album run.

Drop WWS, Gone, and Inside Job. Add Of the Earth. End the album with Wasted Reprise. That would be a phenomenal album.

I'd take off Comatose rather than WWS. And I don't mind Inside Job. But I do love adding Of The Earth.

I ride or die for Life Wasted. I adore that riff.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36303

I would take Gone out and place it as a b side. And add Of The Earth yeah.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 8:40 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

I would take Gone out and place it as a b side. And add Of The Earth yeah.

This would work too. Maybe add Inside Job as another b-side. That song just goes on and on.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 8:43 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

I would take Gone out and place it as a b side. And add Of The Earth yeah.

The only reason I'd advocate for removing Gone is that I loved it as a special Fan Club single track. I was bummed that it ended up on the album only because it felt special as FC single. Otherwise, though, I adore it.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36303

yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

epilogue · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 11:15 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

Fuck you, champ. Marker is amazing!

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 11:22 pm

Marker, Unemployable, and Parachutes are the standouts to me these days.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36303

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

Fuck you, champ. Marker is amazing!

I like it enough, i think Matt´s work is stellar, i love ed, love the ending...but its not a song i need to hear. I would say its my least favorite from the album.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sun January 06, 2019 11:46 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

yeah i liked the demo and i really liked when i first heard the band version. Its a good example on how PJ take a demo and makes it its own thing.
But i think it could work better as a b side and leave that space for Of The Earth, which is a monster really.

Beside that, i love all the album, even songs like Big Wave (the fun song) or Marker (a should have been great but its not song).

Fuck you, champ. Marker is amazing!

I like it enough, i think Matt´s work is stellar, i love ed, love the ending...but its not a song i need to hear. I would say its my least favorite from the album.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36303

what do you like so much about the song?

PHATJ · **Posted:** Mon January 07, 2019 1:18 am

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Marker, Unemployable, and Parachutes are the standouts to me these days.

Those three plus Army Reserve and Come Back. :thumbsup:

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Mon January 07, 2019 1:21 am

PHATJ wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Marker, Unemployable, and Parachutes are the standouts to me these days.

Those three plus Army Reserve and Come Back. :thumbsup:

So, like half the album?

Army Reserve is good too. Come Back is hit or miss for me.

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