Rank the Backspacer Tracks

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  • Hmmm, tough

    Classics
    1. Unthought Known
    2. Got Some
    3. Just Breathe
    4. Amongst the Waves

    Really Like 'Em
    5. Force of Nature
    6. Supersonic
    7. The End
    8. Gonna See My Friend

    OK
    9. Speed of Sound
    10. The Fixer

    Meh
    11. Johnny Guitar (Clashy and growing on Me)
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  • pkh43pkh43 Posts: 253
    Johnny Guitar
    just breathe
    gonna see my friend
    the end
    got some
    force of nature
    amongst the waves
    supersonic
    the fixer
    unthought unknown
    speed of sound
  • FatalFatal Posts: 821
    I've been listening to this album non-stop for a couple of weeks now, so i'm starting to feel like the immediate euphoria is wearing off and i can actually get a handle on this tracks. As a whole, this is, IMO, the bands best album since Yield.

    1. The End *****
    2. Unthought Known **** 1/2
    3. Force of Nature **** 1/2
    4. Amongst the Waves **** 1/2
    5. Just Breathe ****
    6. Gonna See My Friend ****
    7. Got Some ****
    8. Johnny Guitar ****
    9. Speed of Sound ****
    10. The Fixer *** 1/2
    11. Supersonic ***

    The End, for me, the best Pearl Jam track since Do the Evolution. I still get chills listening to that one.

    I was familiar with Unthought Known from the Ed shows last year, but the band takes this one to a whole other level here. Force of Nature and Amongst the Waves are, to me, totally new yet classic Pearl Jam all at the same time.

    I would say that Speed of Sound has probably grown on me like no other song in the last few days. Like many i listened to the demo version many times before hearing the full band. Initially i didn't like it at all, but now i love the full band version. I could see this one climbing even higher up the list.

    Supersonic is definitely the worst track on the album, but as far as worst tracks on a Pearl Jam album go, this might just be their best since the very early days.

    All in all, i think this is just stunning work by the band.
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  • Got Some 5/5
    Force of Nature 5/5
    The End 5/5
    Johnny Guitar 4.5/5

    Just Breathe 4/5
    Gonna See My Friend 4/5
    Amongst The Waves 4/5
    The Fixer 4/5
    Speed Of Sound 4/5

    Supersonic 3.5/5
    Unknown Thought 3/5
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Unthought Known
    Force of Nature
    Just breathe
    Gonna See My Friends
    Got Some
    Johnny Guitar
    The Fixer
    The End
    Supersonic
    Amongst The Waves
    Speed of Sound
    NERDS!
  • unthought known
    force of nature
    amongst the waves
    johnny guitar
    the end
    just breathe
    the fixer
    got some
    gonna see my friend
    supersonic
    speed of sound
    NO TIME TO BE VOID OR SAVE UP ON LIFE, YOU GOT TO SPEND IT ALL!!!!!!!
  • Will change daily as the songs soak in...

    Love:
    1. Unthought Known
    2. Amongst the Waves
    3. Just Breathe
    4. The End

    Like:
    5. Got Some
    6. Force of Nature
    7. Speed of Sound

    Don't Mind:
    8. Supersonic
    9. The Fixer

    Not really into (yet):
    10. Gonna See My Friend
    11. Johnny Guitar
    the sorrow grows bigger, when the sorrow's denied
  • the album is growing on me, thankfully....but still not full-out love, and idk if that will ever happen. still pretty solid, but we shall see...


    that said, first and foremost, and a definite LOVE...
    Just Breathe

    and then the rest...
    Unthought Known
    Got Some
    Amongst the Waves
    Gonna See My Friend
    The End
    Speed of Sound
    Supoersonic
    Force of Nature
    The Fixer
    Johnny Guitar



    and this is quote odd for me, especially for pearl jam...but while the songs i really like the lyrics are strong, for a lot of the other tunes, i find the lyrics and the lyrical delivery/phrasing is what holds me back a lot more than the music. not at all usual...
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • 1) The Fixer - yeah, that's right...I picked the single. I just love it.
    2) Just Breathe
    3) Got Some
    4) Unthought Known
    5) Amongst the Waves
    6) Speed of Sound
    7) Gonna See My Friend
    8) Supersonic
    9) Force of Nature
    10) Johnny Guitar
    11) The End - I know a lot of people love this song, but I'm just not feeling it for some reason. I think it's just so incredibly sad that I can't get into it. There are other sad songs (or parts of songs) on this record but it's all tinged with hope and optimism, but the heart of this song is death, sadness, and hopelessness. I can see how it could be considered a great song, but it's uncomfortable to me.
    "Darkness comes in waves, tell me, why invite it to stay?"
  • Despite The Fixer kind of setting me up for the sound of this one, I have to say that it's over all floored me in just how different it is. Not to say that's bad, I'm just still adjusting to some of the sound of this album. That said there's some great tracks on here.. one or two I'm not so keen on.

    1) Got Some (great rocker and is killer live)
    2) Just Breathe (best of a new direction that is being taken)
    3) Unthought Known (great sprawling number in the vein of No Code or Binaural)
    4) The End (This is Eddie's 'The Long And Winding Road' as far as I'm concerned. I got kind of misty eyed listening to this while reading it in my office just now)
    5) Amongst the Waves (great build up and flowing number and loving the solo!)

    At the moment sorting out the positions of the top five as I absorb them, but my favorite tracks of the album so far.

    6) Supersonic (Great fun and I love the middle break down. I want a shirt that says 'I Wanna Live My Life with the Volume Full'... it's pretty much how I feel :) )
    7) Gonna See My Friends (bad ass riff.. but does the volumn drop off for anyone else in like the last minute?)
    8) The Fixer (Good fun, and translates really well live)

    I'm still working with the next three tracks

    9) Speed of Sound (It's growing on me little by little, but a few detracting elements)
    10) Johnny Guitar (interesting story line, but musically not really there for me)
    11) Force of Nature (Hmmmm, yeah, this one will take a while to grow on me. It sounds too much the theme song for an 80s action film.)
    I wanna live my life with the volume full!

    2000 Toronto
    2003 Montreal
    2005 Ottawa
    2009 Berlin
  • glbglb Posts: 356
    1) Amongst The Waves
    2) Unthough Known
    3) Got Some
    4) Force of Nature
    5) Johnny Guitar
    6) Just Breathe
    7) Gonna See My Friend
    8) Supersonic
    9) The Fixer
    10) The End
    11) Speed of Sound

    ...something like that
    "I've got things to do and things to say in my own way..."
  • Unthought Known
    Amongst the Waves
    Just Breathe
    Got Some
    The End
    Gonna See My Friend
    Speed of Sound
    Force of Nature
    Supersonic
    The Fixer
    Johnny Guitar
  • Unthought Known
    Just Breath
    The End
    The Fixer
    Gonna See My Friend
    Got Some
    Johnny guitar
    Amongst The Waves
    Supersonic
    Force Of Nature


    Speed Of Sound - Only track i don't like (No i never listened to the demo)
  • This is tough so early, and will change a lot once i really dig into the lyrics and meanings, but here goes...

    1. Just Breathe - The best lyrics in a PJ song in a long, long, long time. I can't get enough of this song. Ironically, this "Into the Wild"ish song is my favorite, and I never really got into Into the Wild at all.

    2. Force of Nature - Thought it was a throwaway at first, and i'm not into the guitar that starts the song, but it goes striaght up from there. The chorus is perfectly catchy, and the guitar solo at the end sounds very Ten-ish.

    3. Gonna See My Friend - Sure, Pearl Jam had some great aggressive songs on the last album, but this is as ferocious as they've sounded since Vitalogy.

    4. Got Some - This could easily be number 2, but I think its a tad over-produced. Could just be I really got into the Conan performance and the "making of" video, but I'm not into the background harmonies. Other than that, though, I love it, especially the way it builds more and more energy towards the end. Really love the "Let's Go!" at the end.

    5. Unthought Known - This one could raise or fall dramatically, it hasn't sunk in enough yet. But the "gems and rhinestones" and "rival" lines are just so epically awesome that it needs to be up here. I like the piano in this song, whereas on a song like LBC, i thought it seemed overly dramatic.

    6. The Fixer - Its tough to rate this and "Supersonic" against the rest of the album, because I've heard them so much. But I like this song even better in the context of the album, and its just a great pick-me-up song.

    7. Amongst the Waves - Love the guitar in the last minute or so. Not a huge fan of the first verse. Like the chorus.

    8. Supersonic - Similar to The Fixer - just a good pick-me-up. Not a thing wrong with the song - not deep, but quick and fun.

    9. Johnny Guitar - This one could move up too...don't have a problem with it at all, just think some of the others are better. I appreciate the diversity in this song though, and I think they hit what they are going for. The fact that this is so low speaks to how solid I think this album is....

    10. The End - From a critical point of view, this may very well be the 2nd best song on the album...but I have a feeling I won't want to listen to it that much simply because its so sad (i'm having the same problem with the new "Antlers" album as well).

    11. Speed of Sound - Not a fan of the slow "Gone"-ish build (one Gone is enough) but it diversifies it enough to not be a straight copy. I do like the "but this night has been a long one" lyric. I do like what it builds to and that it doesn't try to go overboard with the pay-off.


    It would be fun to do this 2 months from now to see how everything has changed....
    I am right by your side...
  • Got Some
    Just Breathe
    Force of Nature
    Unthought Known
    Amongst the Waves
    Supersonic
    The Fixer
    Gonna See my Friend
    Johnny Guitar
    The End
    Speed of Sound

    Force of nature, Unthought Known, and Amongst the Waves are all very close in my ranking...gave me the hardest time trying to rank this album.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • 1-Amongst the Waves
    2-Got Some
    3-Johnny Guitar
    4-The Fixer
    5-gonna see my friend
    6-Just Breathe
    7-Force of Nature
    8-Supersonic
    9-Speed of sound
    10-Unthought known
    11-the end

    so far...
  • crazygeocrazygeo Posts: 2,380
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    by Black Diamond » 21 Sep 2009 09:35

    Hmmm, tough

    Classics
    1. Unthought Known
    2. Got Some
    3. Just Breathe
    4. Amongst the Waves

    Really Like 'Em
    5. Force of Nature
    6. Supersonic
    7. The End
    8. Gonna See My Friend

    OK
    9. Speed of Sound
    10. The Fixer

    Meh
    11. Johnny Guitar (Clashy and growing on Me)

    exactly right..although Fixer grabs in the "pop" generation!!!
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  • 1. Amongst The Waves
    2. Just Breathe
    3. Unthought Known
    4. Got Some
    5. Force of Nature
    6. The End
    7. Gonna See My Friend
    8. Supersonic
    9. Speed Of Sound
    10. Johnny Guitar
    11. The Fixer
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    1. Unthought Known
    2. Force of Nature
    3. Got Some
    4. Just Breathe
    5. Amongst The Waves
    6. Supersonic
    7. Gonna See My Friend
    8. Speed of Sound
    9. The End
    10. Johnny Guitar
    11. The Fixer
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • not4u10not4u10 Posts: 238
    Unthought Known
    Speed of Sound
    Force of Nature

    Amongst the Waves
    Got Some
    Johnny Guitar
    Supersonic

    Gonna See My Friend
    Just Breathe

    The Fixer
    The End

    Spaces represent a drop off, but I must say this album is really good. Every song has its good parts, although I am just not into the Fixer or the End much. Unthought Known, Speed of Sound, and Force of Nature are just terriffic in my opinion.

    The order will probably change by tomorrow!
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  • Laf9124Laf9124 Posts: 342
    Got Some
    Unthought Known
    Force of Nature
    Gonna See My Friend
    Supersonic
    Just Breathe
    Amongst the Waves
    The End
    The Fixer
    Johnny Guitar
    Speed of Sound
  • Preliminary Listing as these lists Never stay the same.

    1. Amongst the Waves
    2. Force of Nature
    3. Unthought Known
    4. Just Breathe
    5. Got Some
    6. The Fixer
    7. Gonna See My Friend
    8. Supersonic
    9. Johnny Guitar
    10. The End
    11. Speed of Sound
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    1. Got Some
    2. Force of Nature
    3. Just Breathe
    4. Amongst the Waves
    5. The End
    6. Unthought Known
    7. The Fixer
    8. Supersonic
    9. Gonna See My Friend
    10. Johnny Guitar
    11. Speed of Sound
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    ok ... i've done my dozen or so listens ...

    1. Unthought Known
    2. The End
    3. Got Some
    4. Force of Nature
    5. Amongst The Waves
    6. Just Breathe
    7. The Fixer
    8. Gonna See My Friend
    9. Supersonic
    10. Johnny Guitar
    11. Speed of Sound
  • 1. Force of Nature
    2. Unthought Known
    3. Just Breathe
    4. Got Some
    5. Amongst the Waves
    6. Johnny Guitar
    7. Supersonic
    8. Gonna See My Friend
    9. Fixer
    10. Speed of Sound - Demo
    11. The End
    12. Speed of Sound - album

    Want to hear Leaving Here connected to Gonna See My Friend live.
    And I'm not living this life without you, I'm selfish and clear
    And you're not leaving here without me, I don't wanna be without
    My best... friend. Wake up, to see you could have it all
  • LOVE:
    1. Unthought Known
    2. Just Breathe
    (1 and 2 are interchangeable in rankings....and 1, 2 and 5 are such an amazing trio!)
    3. Got Some
    4. Gonna See My Friend
    ( 3and 4 are interchangeable in rankings as well)
    5. Amongst the Waves

    Really LIKE, for very different reasons exclusive of each other:
    6. Supersonic - fun!
    7. The End - heart-wrenching!

    OK to dislike:
    8. Speed of Sound - just doesn't 'grab' me really
    9. Force of Nature - don't think the music/lyrics jive well somehow
    10. The Fixer - dislike lyrics, music is good
    11. Johnny Guitar - dislike vocal phrasings more than anything
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • Unthought Known-Slimply "perfect" Pearl Jam song. You will be no ones rival!
    Force of Nature- Great Groove
    Got Some- Great rocker
    Just Breathe- I can see why Eddie played it on the solo tour
    Amongst the Waves- Beautiful song
    The Fixer- Radio Staple
    Johnny Guitar-Love the changes in the song. I dont know why people hate it
    Gonna see my Friends- Awesome way to start the album
    The End-Actually dig the song!
    Speed of Sound- I cannot get into this song at all! I wish I could. Maybe in Time!
  • Unthought Known
    Got Some
    Force of Nature
    Amongst the Waves
    Gonna see me friend
    Just Breathe
    Johnny Guitar
    The Fixer
    The End
    Supersonic
    Speed of Sound
  • Got Some
    Just Breathe
    Amongst the Waves
    Force of Nature
    Gonna See my Friend
    Johnny Guitar
    The End
    Unthought Known
    The Fixer
    Supersonic
    Speed of Sound
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  • fall by the waysidefall by the wayside Jericho, VT Posts: 757
    Force of Nature
    Johnny Guitar
    Unthought Known
    Amongst The Waves
    Just Breathe
    The Fixer
    Supersonic
    Gonna See My Friend
    Got Some
    The End
    Speed Of Sound (wtf! demo is soooo much better!)
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