have pearl jam done a bad album?

dannydanny Posts: 2,279
edited December 2007 in The Porch
i honestly dont think they have some patchy songs yes but what about the rest of the songs pure magic!
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  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    yes. riot act.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    riot act. its best songs dont hold a candle to the most mediocre of their other releases.
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  • I knew some people would reply Riot Act. More than likely half the people who put that are those who believe Yield is the bands best. I love Riot Act 100% more than Yield. No they dont have a bad album.
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    I would think even Pearl Jam would admit that Riot Act wasn't their best effort.
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  • I think Avocado is a slightly lukewarm album... apart from that though, nope, they definitely haven't.
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  • RicsardRicsard Posts: 1,943
    No, they haven't!
    Their debut was invincible, second was absolutely mindblowing, the third was fantastic and the rest (incl. Riot Act and Binaural!!!) is still fuckin good IMHO.
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  • NC_IrieNC_Irie Posts: 270
    I knew some people would reply Riot Act. More than likely half the people who put that are those who believe Yield is the bands best. I love Riot Act 100% more than Yield. No they dont have a bad album.

    2 completely different releases that are incomparable IMO. I love both but on some days would pick Yield until I start listening to Riot (or any other). Thats the beauty about this band. You cannot go wrong with anything they have done.

    i will say that Yield definitely flows better for me though.

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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    NO. jesus people, get over this whole riot act bashing :rolleyes: even if it's my least fav out of the eight, to say it's a BAD album is fuckin crazy talk. you crazies.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    I knew some people would reply Riot Act. More than likely half the people who put that are those who believe Yield is the bands best. I love Riot Act 100% more than Yield. No they dont have a bad album.

    nope. i prefer no code and vitalogy to yield. even like the new one as much as yield. riot act just sucks.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    itsevobaby wrote:
    NO. jesus people, get over this whole riot act bashing :rolleyes: even if it's my least fav out of the eight, to say it's a BAD album is fuckin crazy talk. you crazies.

    it is a bad album. it's only got about 3 or 4 tracks worth hearing and even those are pretty average. on top of that is a ton of shitty filler.
  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    I knew some people would reply Riot Act. More than likely half the people who put that are those who believe Yield is the bands best. I love Riot Act 100% more than Yield. No they dont have a bad album.

    yield is in the middle of the list for me. i prefer no code, vitalogy, vs and binaural over yield.
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    it is a bad album. it's only got about 3 or 4 tracks worth hearing and even those are pretty average. on top of that is a ton of shitty filler.
    i can't agree, can't keep, save you, LBC, ghost, thumbing, you are, 1/2 full, all or none. it doesn't stand up to the other 7 albums. but 8 great songs constitutes a better than bad album. as always though, different strokes for different folks i guess.
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  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    I think with every Pearl Jam album, you can pretty much guarantee that there's gonna be some fucking amazing songs on each. Sometimes though there's some crap. Riot Act suffers from this, IMO.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i like Riot Act alot more than i like Yield. it's not even close for me.
  • i llisten to riot act less, but that dosent mean it's a shiity album....
  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,599
    Genreally, I think their last two efforts have been disappointing. There are some standout tracks on both, but that doesn't make them good albums. I was excited with pearl jam for while, but after hearing these songs live, the album production has ruined it for me. Too clean sounding..
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  • No they haven't. Anyone who considers any one of the albums bad needs to listen that album more. C'est tout.
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  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    I knew some people would reply Riot Act. More than likely half the people who put that are those who believe Yield is the bands best. I love Riot Act 100% more than Yield. No they dont have a bad album.
    nope.. I think Riot Act is their worse album (even they would say it..just look how many RA songs they played in the last 2 years! and in the Euro dates, that didn't even have a RA tour!)..but I don't put Yield in the top half of theirs either...

    frankly, most people will say RA was the low point, the ones who don't are the exception.
  • I prefer Riot Act to Avacado..... :(

    it just has more depth, apart from Come Back and Marker in the Sand nothing really moves me on Avacado...I dislike most stuff about Avacado, unfortunately i think im also constantly put off by the awful artwork.....
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  • No. Not even close. They've done some albums that some people don't like but that's the fault of their intentionally diverse output.
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  • pearl jam is horrible
    absolutely unlistenable

    I think the first two suck ass AS well
  • I prefer Riot Act to Avacado..... :(

    it just has more depth, apart from Come Back and Marker in the Sand nothing really moves me on Avacado...I dislike most stuff about Avacado, unfortunately i think im also constantly put off by the awful artwork.....


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    I take it you agree? :D
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  • Pegasus wrote:
    just look how many RA songs they played in the last 2 years! and in the Euro dates, that didn't even have a RA tour!)..but I don't put Yield in the top half of theirs either...

    frankly, most people will say RA was the low point, the ones who don't are the exception.


    look how many binaural songs were played during the ra tour
    look how many yield songs were played during the binaural tour
    'look how many no code songs were played during the yield tour

    get the point, genius

    riot act is like a high IQ... not everybody gets it
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    pearl jam is horrible
    absolutely unlistenable

    I think the first two suck ass AS well
    ........

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  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    look how many binaural songs were played during the ra tour
    look how many yield songs were played during the binaural tour
    'look how many no code songs were played during the yield tour

    get the point, genius

    riot act is like a high IQ... not everybody gets it
    I'll bet you whatever there won't be more RA songs in the next few tours.. they were in that mood at that time, but none of those songs are stand out..I am Mine is the only one that'll stay in proper rotation..and not that much either..

    07 wasn't a S/T tour as such, since they were in the same places as the previous year..less S/T songs...but even less RA ones!

    I don't hate RA btw..but it's the weakest link imo.
  • Save You kicks some serious ass.....
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  • Pegasus wrote:
    I'll bet you whatever there won't be more RA songs in the next few tours.. they were in that mood at that time, but none of those songs are stand out..I am Mine is the only one that'll stay in proper rotation..and not that much either..

    07 wasn't a S/T tour as such, since they were in the same places as the previous year..less S/T songs...but even less RA ones!

    I don't hate RA btw..but it's the weakest link imo.


    the band almost to a man admits that (riot act) is their best/most personal work

    sure go ahead and dig on pearl jam / ten and that second one...
    those are the american idols and the jerry springer shows of the pearl jam catalogue

    riot act is like pbs .... only smart people get it... and are in to it

    but i don't want to argue because i'm right
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