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Early Impressions
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 Post subject: Re: Gigaton: Official album thread
PostPosted: Fri April 09, 2021 9:53 am 
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I listened to this yesterday for the first time since (if my iTunes is accurate) October last year.

It felt like a fairly average Pearl Jam album with a few notable highlights, which I mean as a considerable compliment given the period of relentless awfulness which preceded it.

I really, really enjoyed Who Ever Said, Dance of the Clairvoyants, Take the Long Way and River Cross.

I thought Quick Escape, Alright, Never Destination and Retrograde weren't bad.

I didn't much care for the rest but I also didn't think any of them were an embarrassment to the band's catalogue, just not my thing.


How about Buckle Up?

I usually like Stone's songs a lot but that one is a real miss for me.

I would definitely rank Get It Back among the best songs from the sessions.

Makes me wonder what other, better songs got shelved in favour of your Buckle Ups and Seven O'Clocks.

I really, really disliked how deflating SBWM is in the tracklisting, coming straight out of Who Ever Said. Two Vedder songs back to back was a terrible choice, especially when the second is so weak. Should've been a b-side, at best.


I agree with a lot of your thoughts on both Pearl Jam, but for me Buckle Up is a five star song.

I do like Get It Back. I think very few would rank it last, if it had been included on the album.


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Birds in Hell wrote:
I listened to this yesterday for the first time since (if my iTunes is accurate) October last year.

It felt like a fairly average Pearl Jam album with a few notable highlights, which I mean as a considerable compliment given the period of relentless awfulness which preceded it.

I really, really enjoyed Who Ever Said, Dance of the Clairvoyants, Take the Long Way and River Cross.

I thought Quick Escape, Alright, Never Destination and Retrograde weren't bad.

I didn't much care for the rest but I also didn't think any of them were an embarrassment to the band's catalogue, just not my thing.

I would not have pegged river cross as a song you would be into

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also I'm in love with everything from 2:30 onwards on WES, "home is where..."

it just gets more and more awesome

I still don't like those synthy guitars but meh


Thats one my favorite parts of the album

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I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)

I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.

Ed didn’t so why should stip


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I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)

I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.

Ed didn’t so why should stip

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Listened to the first half of this through my cell-phone speaker today while I was out on the driveway assembling some chairs. Even at that level of sound quality, those first six songs are batshitcrazygood.


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it's a hell of a run. According to the ranker Gigaton actually pulled ahead of Vs.

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Yeah, sometime last summer I think I worked out that, tentatively, at least, Gigaton 1-6 was my favorite six-song stretch in the catalogue. I think I kept that to myself for fear that, say, sometime around now I'd look back and feel foolish. But, so far, I don't.


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Jaeti wrote:
Yeah, sometime last summer I think I worked out that, tentatively, at least, Gigaton 1-6 was my favorite six-song stretch in the catalogue. I think I kept that to myself for fear that, say, sometime around now I'd look back and feel foolish. But, so far, I don't.


I really like 1-8 and enjoy the kick up after 7 O'clock into ND and TTLW (the outro, as we know, is excellent)- as a great way to finish side B on the vinyl. This also makes the final side / 4 tracks a lot more enjoyable. I didn't get the vinyl straight away and the way the songs are sequenced for the medium is really well considered.


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Jaeti wrote:
Yeah, sometime last summer I think I worked out that, tentatively, at least, Gigaton 1-6 was my favorite six-song stretch in the catalogue. I think I kept that to myself for fear that, say, sometime around now I'd look back and feel foolish. But, so far, I don't.


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Rank is a good word for this


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Rank is a good word for this

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I'm giving this the first front-to-back spin in a couple of months.

I still love this record, especially for the times we're in. I think it's always going to be among my PJ favourites. :heartbeat:


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Jaeti wrote:
Yeah, sometime last summer I think I worked out that, tentatively, at least, Gigaton 1-6 was my favorite six-song stretch in the catalogue. I think I kept that to myself for fear that, say, sometime around now I'd look back and feel foolish. But, so far, I don't.


At the very least i think the 1-6 run on Gigaton is their best since No Code.

For me the album loses a bit of momentum with the ND and TTLW double shot. I think both songs are totally fine (I like Get It Back better than both), but i think the album would benefit from one of them being cut and released as a b-side.


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I hope the band has a way of getting feedback that a lot of die-hards absolutely adore this album.

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I hope the band has a way of getting feedback that a lot of die-hards absolutely adore this album.


isn't that "B" poster boom?


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I'm gonna go nuts if the next album is as good as Gigaton.


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I'm gonna go nuts if the next album is as good as Gigaton.

Wait...what if it’s better!?


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Because if the lyrics to Sirens were in a song similar to Come Back it would be great...and if the music was set to lyrics similar to NAIS it would be amazing. The two together though cause a cringe.


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