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Listening to Gigaton (Tour Edition) on Apple Music now. Had a blast so far. Been several months since I heard the full album last. Near the end of the regular album now, and looking forward to hearing the live versions, which works like a second "disc" here. No live version of Comes Than Goes though.
Who Ever Said was a real highlight for me yesterday, also Quick Escape and Take The Long Way. Always a fan of Buckle Up, and there’s no denying that DOTC is a top class song.
Retrograde and the end of the album in general, felt like the worst of the listening experience.
The live version of the album on Apple Music had some real highs and lows. The backing vocals (Ament?), were rough in a few places.
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Gigaton
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 6:33 pm
AnalLog
Joined: Fri January 04, 2013 8:54 pm Posts: 1471
Liebzz' funny post about our collective amnesia when it comes to complaining about sound, which I am guilty of, had me put on Gigaton this morning. First I ran with it, then I listened again on a walk to work.
I absolutely love this album. Some of being a fan is hoping the band will meet your expectations and they did that on Gigaton. This album feels like the logical extension of Yield. Effortless, surprising, great lyrics and touches all the bases. I love how Josh Evans helped them sound.
The arrangements of songs helps them live longer. The extra ending on WES, the great middle section of Quick Escape>one more verse>then that monster ending. Never Destinations BRY nod and then the Tom Petty coda.
What really stuck out today was: WES is my favorite opener since BoJ. Superblood Wolfman is such a great song and I was ready to throw it away 4 years ago. Never Destination is my favorite Ed rocker in a while and I can't get enough of it. Finally, Comes Then Goes is EXACTLY what I would hope Ed could produce so late in his career. He knocked that way beyond the fences.
I'm gonna going back to this a lot over the next 2 weeks!
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Gigaton
Posted: Tue April 09, 2024 7:35 pm
The worst
Joined: Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm Posts: 40172
Hatfield wrote:
Liebzz' funny post about our collective amnesia when it comes to complaining about sound, which I am guilty of, had me put on Gigaton this morning. First I ran with it, then I listened again on a walk to work.
I absolutely love this album. Some of being a fan is hoping the band will meet your expectations and they did that on Gigaton. This album feels like the logical extension of Yield. Effortless, surprising, great lyrics and touches all the bases. I love how Josh Evans helped them sound.
The arrangements of songs helps them live longer. The extra ending on WES, the great middle section of Quick Escape>one more verse>then that monster ending. Never Destinations BRY nod and then the Tom Petty coda.
What really stuck out today was: WES is my favorite opener since BoJ. Superblood Wolfman is such a great song and I was ready to throw it away 4 years ago. Never Destination is my favorite Ed rocker in a while and I can't get enough of it. Finally, Comes Then Goes is EXACTLY what I would hope Ed could produce so late in his career. He knocked that way beyond the fences.
I'm gonna going back to this a lot over the next 2 weeks!
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Gigaton
Posted: Thu April 11, 2024 3:16 am
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Joined: Sun January 14, 2024 6:23 am Posts: 56
It’s such a pleasant listen regardless of the actual songs on the record and how each of us views them. As said above, the intro/outro of Who Ever Said, the ice breaker type sound at the end of Superblood Wolfmoon that leads into Dance, the musical bridge of Never Destination that has shades of how the jam of Rearviewmirror would play out live (though less Ed here would be nice), the ending of Retrograde.
This album has an ambience and continuity to it that harkens back to some of Pearl Jam’s best albums. Vitalogy had a feeling of cohesiveness of sound. Same with Yield and Binaural. There is a coloration of sound on Gigaton that makes it feels complete even if someone feels it isn’t their finest collection of songs.
It gave me hope after what I would consider were two sterilized offerings and why I have trepidation for what’s coming next week.
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Gigaton
Posted: Thu April 11, 2024 7:24 am
She / Her
Joined: Sun January 26, 2020 12:10 pm Posts: 12368 Location: Warwickshire, UK
mattyv1908 wrote:
It’s such a pleasant listen regardless of the actual songs on the record and how each of us views them. As said above, the intro/outro of Who Ever Said, the ice breaker type sound at the end of Superblood Wolfmoon that leads into Dance, the musical bridge of Never Destination that has shades of how the jam of Rearviewmirror would play out live (though less Ed here would be nice), the ending of Retrograde.
This album has an ambience and continuity to it that harkens back to some of Pearl Jam’s best albums. Vitalogy had a feeling of cohesiveness of sound. Same with Yield and Binaural. There is a coloration of sound on Gigaton that makes it feels complete even if someone feels it isn’t their finest collection of songs.
It gave me hope after what I would consider were two sterilized offerings and why I have trepidation for what’s coming next week.
this right here is exactly the reason why I rank Gigaton as the Eighth Wonder of the World (alongside Ten thru Riot Act); S/T thru Lightning Bolt just don't have that cohesiveness, though S/T comes very close
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Gigaton
Posted: Thu April 11, 2024 1:08 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Mon July 08, 2013 5:47 pm Posts: 2322
Ms Harmless wrote:
mattyv1908 wrote:
It’s such a pleasant listen regardless of the actual songs on the record and how each of us views them. As said above, the intro/outro of Who Ever Said, the ice breaker type sound at the end of Superblood Wolfmoon that leads into Dance, the musical bridge of Never Destination that has shades of how the jam of Rearviewmirror would play out live (though less Ed here would be nice), the ending of Retrograde.
This album has an ambience and continuity to it that harkens back to some of Pearl Jam’s best albums. Vitalogy had a feeling of cohesiveness of sound. Same with Yield and Binaural. There is a coloration of sound on Gigaton that makes it feels complete even if someone feels it isn’t their finest collection of songs.
It gave me hope after what I would consider were two sterilized offerings and why I have trepidation for what’s coming next week.
this right here is exactly the reason why I rank Gigaton as the Eighth Wonder of the World (alongside Ten thru Riot Act); S/T thru Lightning Bolt just don't have that cohesiveness, though S/T comes very close
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