What took so long?..
Why did Pearl Jam go 11-12 years without working with Brendan O'Brien, I'm being honest and not just riding the wave of excitement surrounding the new album's release. Backspacer is the best album since Yield, it's the first album since Yield that everything "fits". And the album flows in such a way that it encourages the listener to listen from start to finish, I feel the last 3 albums have been more compiliations of various studio recordings than a complete album.
Backspacer has a flow and a theme throughout, something the earlier albums had and something the last three lacked. The best Pearl Jam tell stories, they have themes.
Backspacer has a flow and a theme throughout, something the earlier albums had and something the last three lacked. The best Pearl Jam tell stories, they have themes.
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That said, I'm excited as all get out that they brought Brendan back. In that interview he mentioned he'd love to work with them again, and I think the feeling is mutual. I sure hope they keep having him produce. his influence is so obvious and I for one think he made some really excellent contributions to this album in terms of arrangement and instrumentation. Keep Brendan around!
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He wasnt tht far of a departure from BoB....Tchad Blake, now him they pulled out of left field
Im curious to see how they would sound with someone like RICK REUBEN behind the helm.....
That is true about Adam, but he only did two records. Though I agree that he was not a drastic change from Brendan.
Rick is great and has produced some amazing albums, but I have a hard time picturing him doing a PJ album. But who knows, maybe he'd kill it and it would be great. Who knows?
5/30/06 - Washington, DC
6/22/08 - Washington, DC
10/31/09 - Philadelphia, PA
8/5/16 - Fenway Park
Temple of the Dog - 11/5/2016 - Philadelphia, PA
7/1/2018 - Prague
7/3/2018 - Kraków
7/5/2018 - Berlin
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