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I’m just glad that Gigaton feels closer to Ten-Riot Act than it does to Avacado-Lightning Bolt. It’s not that albums 8,9 and 10 were bad but they felt removed from what I loved most about previous PJ albums: Depth, atmosphere, unique to the band, challenging to the listener, etc. Gigaton brought that back. Combine that with how much I enjoyed Earthling and I’m more optimistic about a future album than I’ve been for almost 2 decades.
I’m just glad that Gigaton feels closer to Ten-Riot Act than it does to Avacado-Lightning Bolt. It’s not that albums 8,9 and 10 were bad but they felt removed from what I loved most about previous PJ albums: Depth, atmosphere, unique to the band, challenging to the listener, etc. Gigaton brought that back. Combine that with how much I enjoyed Earthling and I’m more optimistic about a future album than I’ve been for almost 2 decades.
I totally agree with this. The difference between those two eras is huge
I’m just glad that Gigaton feels closer to Ten-Riot Act than it does to Avacado-Lightning Bolt. It’s not that albums 8,9 and 10 were bad but they felt removed from what I loved most about previous PJ albums: Depth, atmosphere, unique to the band, challenging to the listener, etc. Gigaton brought that back. Combine that with how much I enjoyed Earthling and I’m more optimistic about a future album than I’ve been for almost 2 decades.
Question: which album has risen the most in your rankings compared to when you first heard it? For me, it’s Riot Act. I’ve come to love it more over time.
Question: which album has risen the most in your rankings compared to when you first heard it? For me, it’s Riot Act. I’ve come to love it more over time.
Binaural. I have always loved it, but it now floats between #1 and #4 depending on my mood.
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Vitalogist wrote:
Question: which album has risen the most in your rankings compared to when you first heard it? For me, it’s Riot Act. I’ve come to love it more over time.
the problem is I tend to mostly overrate new Pearl Jam (usually a top 3 record for a while), and then they settle to their 'proper' ranking. So in that respect Binaural and Riot Act probably dropped the most. No Code has always been at the bottom for me.
Question: which album has risen the most in your rankings compared to when you first heard it? For me, it’s Riot Act. I’ve come to love it more over time.
I think, at least compared to how I felt about it shortly after its release, the S/T record's climbed the most. I don't know if it reaches the heights of the earlier stuff, but I definitely view it way more favorably than I used to. No Code is probably the only other record that tends to vascillate pretty heavily in my rankings (it's been my least favorite pre S/T album at times, and at other times I think it's their best). Everything else is pretty well-established either at the top of the heap (Vitalogy, Yield, Binaural) or the bottom (Backspacer, LB).
I think, at least compared to how I felt about it shortly after its release, the S/T record's climbed the most. I don't know if it reaches the heights of the earlier stuff, but I definitely view it way more favorably than I used to. No Code is probably the only other record that tends to vascillate pretty heavily in my rankings (it's been my least favorite pre S/T album at times, and at other times I think it's their best). Everything else is pretty well-established either at the top of the heap (Vitalogy, Yield, Binaural) or the bottom (Backspacer, LB).
No Code and S/T are also the only PJ albums where I’ve really experienced a shift in how I thought about them over time compared to my initial impressions of them.
Backspacer, which I rated comically highly when it came out, has fallen in my rankings quite a bit, but I don’t really enjoy the songs less now than I did then, if that makes sense — some perspective on their relative greatness in the band’s catalog has taken hold, but in actually listening to the music, I still hear many of the songs the same way. Not sure if that makes sense.
I think, at least compared to how I felt about it shortly after its release, the S/T record's climbed the most. I don't know if it reaches the heights of the earlier stuff, but I definitely view it way more favorably than I used to. No Code is probably the only other record that tends to vascillate pretty heavily in my rankings (it's been my least favorite pre S/T album at times, and at other times I think it's their best). Everything else is pretty well-established either at the top of the heap (Vitalogy, Yield, Binaural) or the bottom (Backspacer, LB).
No Code and S/T are also the only PJ albums where I’ve really experienced a shift in how I thought about them over time compared to my initial impressions of them.
Backspacer, which I rated comically highly when it came out, has fallen in my rankings quite a bit, but I don’t really enjoy the songs less now than I did then, if that makes sense — some perspective on their relative greatness in the band’s catalog has taken hold, but in actually listening to the music, I still hear many of the songs the same way. Not sure if that makes sense.
In summary, you don’t like Binaural less, you just like other Pearl Jam albums more.
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