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GTHobbesGTHobbes Posts: 128
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Not sure if this has been posted, but they're always good to Pearl Jam (3 and 1/2 out of 4 stars here). Given that they don't list Force of Nature among the tracks to download, my guess is they haven't put the album through its proper paces. Still, here's the short but sweet review:

"Pearl Jam, Backspacer
* * * ½ FRONT-LOADED ROCK VITALITY

Backspacer backtracks to the taut punk attack of 1998's Yield and the atom-collider G-force of 1994's Spin the Black Circle. The band's twin-guitar aneurysms and drum fusillades flood the grooves with fist-pumping joy in Got Some, The Fixer and Johnny Guitar while Eddie Vedder's commanding vocals, whether revving up to a rebel holler or simmering on a vulnerable croon, hold the mayhem in check. — Edna Gundersen

>Download: Got Some, Gonna See My Friend, The End, Amongst the Waves, Supersonic"

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/revi ... ston_N.htm
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    I feel like I'm posting something snarky in response to every review, even the positive ones. But Yield represents a "taut punk attack?" Really? Because nothing says punk like Wishlist, In Hiding, Low Light and All Those Yesterdays.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I feel like I'm posting something snarky in response to every review, even the positive ones. But Yield represents a "taut punk attack?" Really? Because nothing says punk like Wishlist, In Hiding, Low Light and All Those Yesterdays.

    yeah i get the feeling that some reviewers throw darts at pj albums on there wall and mention whichever one they hit.

    they clearly have no idea what they're talking about.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    long red wrote:
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I feel like I'm posting something snarky in response to every review, even the positive ones. But Yield represents a "taut punk attack?" Really? Because nothing says punk like Wishlist, In Hiding, Low Light and All Those Yesterdays.

    yeah i get the feeling that some reviewers throw darts at pj albums on there wall and mention whichever one they hit.

    they clearly have no idea what they're talking about.

    Amongst the Waves reminds me a bit of that soaring anthem from 1996's No Code, Lukin.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    slightofjeff wrote:
    long red wrote:
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I feel like I'm posting something snarky in response to every review, even the positive ones. But Yield represents a "taut punk attack?" Really? Because nothing says punk like Wishlist, In Hiding, Low Light and All Those Yesterdays.

    yeah i get the feeling that some reviewers throw darts at pj albums on there wall and mention whichever one they hit.

    they clearly have no idea what they're talking about.

    Amongst the Waves reminds me a bit of that soaring anthem from 1996's No Code, Lukin.

    i think you mean 2005's No Code.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    slightofjeff wrote:
    long red wrote:
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I feel like I'm posting something snarky in response to every review, even the positive ones. But Yield represents a "taut punk attack?" Really? Because nothing says punk like Wishlist, In Hiding, Low Light and All Those Yesterdays.

    yeah i get the feeling that some reviewers throw darts at pj albums on there wall and mention whichever one they hit.

    they clearly have no idea what they're talking about.

    Amongst the Waves reminds me a bit of that soaring anthem from 1996's No Code, Lukin.

    That made me laugh.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
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