Just checking in. This is where I'm at.

LB is their most challenging since No Code. And their best since Yield.

I think his point is that if you have 5 people throwing caution to the wind in 5 different directions you may not be able to produce anything. That's different than the 5 of them having a radically different vision that they share and feeling unable to pursue it because it's not what pearl jam is.

We think of pearl jam as a singular entity, and the creation process as similarly singular, but it's not.

This isn't to say they couldn't all get on the same page about doing something different and then have the pearl jam ideal hold them back, of course. I'm just expanding on what I think Toul means

Checking in, it's been a while since I've posted.

I've gotta say, tonight on Christmas eve, I had my brother in law and cousin over who are hardcore Pearl Jam fans like me, and we all got in the car, got drunk in the driveway and blasted the whole album. We were all drunk singing along. I absolutely love every single song on the album, with maybe the exception of FD.

Getaway, MYM, MFS, Sirens, Infallible, Swallowed Whole, Pendulum are all 5 star songs for me. They all grew on me in huge ways. I absolutely hated Infallible's chorus at first, and I hated Swallowed Whole too. Now they are top tier.

And the rest are at least 4 star songs. I love LTRP, Lightning Bolt, Yellow Moon, Sleeping By Myself. Just a consistently great album, song after song.

I rarely even listen to Future Days, and yes it's the rotten egg of the album, but only because it feels like it doesn't belong. Feels like an Ed solo song. But even FD I find myself singing along sometimes. It's not horrible. I kind of like it.

My only complaint for the album is that it doesn't give me enough rock. Mostly slow and mid tempo, but what is there is great. I really hope they can finally rock out hard on the next album.

Checking in, it's been a while since I've posted.

I've gotta say, tonight on Christmas eve, I had my brother in law and cousin over who are hardcore Pearl Jam fans like me, and we all got in the car, got drunk in the driveway and blasted the whole album. We were all drunk singing along. I absolutely love every single song on the album, with maybe the exception of FD.

Getaway, MYM, MFS, Sirens, Infallible, Swallowed Whole, Pendulum are all 5 star songs for me. They all grew on me in huge ways. I absolutely hated Infallible's chorus at first, and I hated Swallowed Whole too. Now they are top tier.

And the rest are at least 4 star songs. I love LTRP, Lightning Bolt, Yellow Moon, Sleeping By Myself. Just a consistently great album, song after song.

I rarely even listen to Future Days, and yes it's the rotten egg of the album, but only because it feels like it doesn't belong. Feels like an Ed solo song. But even FD I find myself singing along sometimes. It's not horrible. I kind of like it.

My only complaint for the album is that it doesn't give me enough rock. Mostly slow and mid tempo, but what is there is great. I really hope they can finally rock out hard on the next album.

Which means pj just let BOB record/produce but when it comes to final track listing suggestions. Maybe leave him out of it.

Too risky. We should just leave him out altogether to be safe.

Also, I need to thank Jorge here because the headphones he bought me for Christmas (!) really enhance the album.

Thats awesome! What kind di he get ya??

Merry xmas!

I've gotta say, tonight on Christmas eve, I had my brother in law and cousin over who are hardcore Pearl Jam fans like me, and we all got in the car, got drunk in the driveway and blasted the whole album. We were all drunk singing along. I absolutely love every single song on the album, with maybe the exception of FD.