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Riot Act: How has your view of it changed after 14+ years?

brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
edited April 2017 in The Porch
We haven't had a Riot Act thread in awhile and I'm curious as to how fans' feel about that album after over 14 yeas since it's release. Let's do a quick poll and see what'cha all think. Riot Act is one of those PJ albums that seems to have a distinct love it or hate it reaction amongst fans.

I'll say for the record it is one of my favorites. It's the album that got me re-interested in Pearl Jam again after a few years of not paying much attention to the band.
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Riot Act: How has your view of it changed after 14+ years? 187 votes

Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
51%
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Like it better than I used to.
33%
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Have always been neutral on this one.
8%
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Like it less than I did early on.
2%
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Didn't care for it then, don't care for it now.
4%
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    bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,539
    Like it better than I used to.
    I appreciate it a little more but can't say I love it. I do like they put a lot of songs on the album. Seems like pulling teeth to get songs together now.
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,888
    Didn't care for it then, don't care for it now.
    I like a few songs but definitely my least favorite pearl jam album. Riot act is the weakest link lol.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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    lotsalemonlotsalemon Boston Posts: 2,734
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.

    Loved it the minute I threw it in my CD player.

    Listened to it on infinite repeat while I was getting our new house ready to move into. Skimcoating and painting walls, trim....I will always love Riot Act!
    However, I will not always love skimcoating and painting trim. Walls, I don't mind too much.
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    goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,286
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I've always felt that Riot Act is one of their more rewarding records. Yes, they may have better records, but I can always seem to find something new to appreciate with RA.
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    buck502000buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    edited April 2017
    Like it better than I used to.
    They were too political back then skipped my area shows and didn't listen to the album either. The album is the last great one they made.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Wow! More favorable votes in the early running than I would have expected. When the the curmudgeons get off work? :lol:
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    This album is pretty damn good. There are some weaker songs, sure, but there are some that are absolutely, brilliantly indispensable.
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    pearldavidsonpearldavidson PA Posts: 1,356
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Riot Act is my 3rd favorite PJ album. I LOVE it.
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    erocshiftyerocshifty Posts: 1,170
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Loved it then, listened to it a couple of weeks ago for the first time in a while and love it even more.
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    ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,755
    Have always been neutral on this one.
    I honestly feel like I would love this album if it opened with Save You and Can't Keep was relegated to Lost Dogs status.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    ledvedderman said:

    I honestly feel like I would love this album if it opened with Save You and Can't Keep was relegated to Lost Dogs status.

    I have to admit I hard a bit of a hard time getting into this song at first and it's a bit out of sync with most of the record, but then I started hearing in it what seems to me the closest thing PJ has done approaching jazz touches and I like that. It's sort of lounge-like number that starts off like a warmup before the stormy "Save You" kicks in.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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    whoanelly15whoanelly15 Posts: 737
    Like it better than I used to.
    goldrush said:

    I've always felt that Riot Act is one of their more rewarding records. Yes, they may have better records, but I can always seem to find something new to appreciate with RA.

    This! Well said.

    Other than Save You, it didn't grab me at the time of release. There are some skips on there for me - Help, Get Right, maybe bushleaguer - but Thumbing, Green Disease and You Are are so, so good.
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,243
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I picked the answer that best reflects how I've felt about it after the first few years passed. I initially liked it, but was a tad disappointed. An album that gets a lot of hate and is relegated to the discard pile with Binaural, but I think musically and lyrically is a great album. Some of my favorite tunes are on this album. The second half of this album is fantastic from You Are on. It has aged beautifully and is even more relevant now. I would gladly take another RA style album from them.
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    ShynerShyner Posts: 1,226
    Like it better than I used to.
    it's my favorite album from PJ tied with Ten of course
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I will do cartwheels when RA finally gets re-released on vinyl and, at last, I can finally hear it in glorious analog (or at least as close to analog as it will get)!!
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,143
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    What a deep fuckin' record. I think its my 2nd fave after Vs.
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    rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,353
    Have always been neutral on this one.
    ^^^Really the most appropriate choice, I suppose.
    Sometimes I listen to it and think its great. Other times I listen to it and feel the songs just don't hold up as well compared to the releases prior to it.
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I mean, it's Pearl Jam, after all.
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,018
    edited April 2017
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Hit me like a brick from the first time I heard I am Mine on the television and listened to the album.
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    Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Yep
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I must be dreaming! All these RA fans. Sweet! :smiley:
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
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    treestrees Columbus OHIO Posts: 1,808
    I think since Matt joined Yeild.even though Matt didn't help make yeild. Binural and Riot act are there best album's I like everything they are doing on the album


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    cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,640
    Riot Act brings me back to a really fun time in my life. So it transports me. The album itself is one that i never have the urge to play. "You Are" is about the only one im still into.
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    TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,460
    Like it better than I used to.
    Like it better than I used to.

    It is a deep dark record similar to No Code so it took me a long while to appreciate. It has some of my favorite lyrics on it:
    "and the young they can lose hope because they can't see beyond, today the wisdom that the old can't give away."
    "Constant recoil!!!! Sometimes life don't leave you alone, mmmmm........"
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    graham1978graham1978 Posts: 51
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I like Riot Act. Although there are a few songs on here that I think sound way better live: 'You Are' and '1/2 Full' spring instantly to mind. Also, 'Down' should have been on this album.
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    EB218946EB218946 Posts: 3,833
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    What a deep fuckin' record.

    ^This.
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I feel like Help Help would be much more loved if he had sung it with a full voice rather than the restrained falsetto he uses. I'd like to hear it sung an octave lower, I think it would really be elevated.
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    JojoRiceJojoRice Kennesaw, GA Posts: 3,931
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I remember buying this on cd the day it was released and listening to it over and over. It was my senior year of high school. Several great gems on Riot Act. I am Mine, Cropduster, Get Right, Ghost, Save You, Can't Keep.
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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,855
    Like it better than I used to.
    But it's still my least favorite. There's just too much. I'd much prefer if a few songs got cut.

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