This song has it all,the perfect album opening song of all PJ albums ,just gets better and better kickarse guitars,Jacks drumming and Ed just crunches it Hope it gets to open a show this tour
This song has it all,the perfect album opening song of all PJ albums ,just gets better and better kickarse guitars,Jacks drumming and Ed just crunches it Hope it gets to open a show this tour
McCready botching the count-in!
"Somewhere in between / There and here / I got lost / I got scared..."
The other ones are great too. Go, Brain of J, etc.
I would like to mention how unique Release is though! I can't think of a song that ends an album as well as that one does AND starts a show as well as that one does. It's amazing how well it works for both. If there is one PJ song I always come back to, it's that one.
"Red Rover, Red Rover, Mike McCready – Take Over!!" - E.V.
Ten Club "Ambassador" (recap-writer) - DEEP.pearljam.com 2018: Chicago 2 (Wrigley Field) 8/20 | 20(20)22: St Louis 9/18 | 2023: Chicago 2 (United Center) 9/7, Indianapolis (Deer Creek) 9/10
EV: 2018: CURE Benefit Show (Chicago - Navy Pier) 10/15
Overall they have done a great job of choosing album openers, here's my rankings
1. Go
2. Brain of J
3. Sometimes
4. Once
5. Last Exit
6. Can't Keep
7. Getaway
8.Breakerfall
9. Life Wasted
10. Gonna See My Friend
Solid ordering. I'd just move Last Exit up to #2. I really like Sometimes but it's greatness lies in what follows it (Hail Hail).
100%. Sometimes to Hail Hail is one fo the greatest 1 2 punches you can ever get on an album. Great song but what makes it amazing is the transition from that to Hail Hail punching you right in the face. I second moving Last Exit up, it deserves credit!
"Red Rover, Red Rover, Mike McCready – Take Over!!" - E.V.
Ten Club "Ambassador" (recap-writer) - DEEP.pearljam.com 2018: Chicago 2 (Wrigley Field) 8/20 | 20(20)22: St Louis 9/18 | 2023: Chicago 2 (United Center) 9/7, Indianapolis (Deer Creek) 9/10
EV: 2018: CURE Benefit Show (Chicago - Navy Pier) 10/15
1. Last Exit 2. Sometimes 3. Brain of J 4. Go 5. Life Wasted 6. Once 7. Can’t Keep 8. Breakerfall 9. Getaway 10. Gonna See My Friend
I really love the opening track on all their albums. Last Exit is my favorite though. Great intro to a fantastic album. Sometimes is also perfect into my favorite record of all time.
The sound of Last Exit is so rocking. Plus, it begins the best opening 5 song run to any of their albums. Next, you get the raw STBC, the funky NFY and then another solid guitar cruncher with Tremor Christ before they finally take the foot off the gas for the beautiful Nothing Man. Hell, even Whipping is pretty solid. I love the lyrics on that magnificent album. Whenever they decide to play this album front to back it's going to be outstanding.
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Release
Can't Keep
I'd say are in the pantheon.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
McCready botching the count-in!
isn't Release an album closer?!
Brain of J
Can't Keep
Those are the cream of the crop.
2022: Berlin, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam II
Lisbon '06 (x2)
Katowice '07
London '07 '09 (x2), '10
MSG NY '08 (x2)
Manchester '09 '12
Belfast '10
PJ20 Alpine '11 (x2)
Leeds '14
i'm confused now, are we talking albums or shows?
That snare, than that guitar, than that voice.
Gets me amped up every time.
The other ones are great too. Go, Brain of J, etc.
I would like to mention how unique Release is though! I can't think of a song that ends an album as well as that one does AND starts a show as well as that one does. It's amazing how well it works for both. If there is one PJ song I always come back to, it's that one.
Ten Club "Ambassador" (recap-writer) - DEEP.pearljam.com
2018: Chicago 2 (Wrigley Field) 8/20 | 20(20)22: St Louis 9/18 | 2023: Chicago 2 (United Center) 9/7, Indianapolis (Deer Creek) 9/10
EV:
2018: CURE Benefit Show (Chicago - Navy Pier) 10/15
RIP: Andy, Kurt, Chris
Overall they have done a great job of choosing album openers, here's my rankings
1. Go
2. Brain of J
3. Sometimes
4. Once
5. Last Exit
6. Can't Keep
7. Getaway
8.Breakerfall
9. Life Wasted
10. Gonna See My Friend
Ten Club "Ambassador" (recap-writer) - DEEP.pearljam.com
2018: Chicago 2 (Wrigley Field) 8/20 | 20(20)22: St Louis 9/18 | 2023: Chicago 2 (United Center) 9/7, Indianapolis (Deer Creek) 9/10
EV:
2018: CURE Benefit Show (Chicago - Navy Pier) 10/15
RIP: Andy, Kurt, Chris
2. Sometimes
3. Brain of J
4. Go
5. Life Wasted
6. Once
7. Can’t Keep
8. Breakerfall
9. Getaway
10. Gonna See My Friend
I really love the opening track on all their albums. Last Exit is my favorite though. Great intro to a fantastic album. Sometimes is also perfect into my favorite record of all time.