BACKSPACER is the best album since...

my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
edited September 2009 in The Porch
No Code

has there EVER been a 9th studio release this fucking good? seriously?

brilliant record that gets better with every spin... first spin was "OK"... ever since then i cant get enough
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  • Black10Black10 Posts: 160
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out
  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,610
    Hard to say, but it is currently 6th for me. Behind, ten, vs, vitalogy, no code & binaural. It might top binaural eventually.
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    Agree with both points. But what do I know, I really liked S/T.
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    HeavyHands wrote:
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    Agree with both points. But what do I know, I really liked S/T.

    Agree and agree.

    And I like it a lot more than No Code. I have never been a No Code guy. I don't like the spoken word stuff he does, or Mankind, or Habit. And I am bored of Hail, Hail. It has some of the greatest songs this band has ever recorded (Present Tense, In My Tree) but as a whole I am not a big fan.
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  • Let me settle this silly argument once and for all, as I am wise beyond me years...


    Backspacer is WITHOUT QUESTION, UNDENIABLY, and WITHOUT A DOUBT Pearl Jam's best album since........




























    Their last one!...;) ;)
  • SpagsSpags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,052
    I'm gonna go with.... sliced bread!
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  • EVER!!!!

    Nah, I'll go with Yield...for now.
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  • My two cents...

    Ten through Yield are the best of the lot.

    From Binaural to Backspacer they're good/really good but not as great as the others. With Backspacer being the best of the four.
    So yeah, I would say the best album since Yield.

    BTW, I think Binaural is the worst of the lot (still a good album...!). Now feel free to insult me :D
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    Now feel free to insult me :D

    No thanks. :)
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  • *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    Here I am.

    i would say that Backsapcer is like Finchers Panic Room, a great and tight movie that doesn't try to be more than it is. Riot Act is Zodiac, a bit harder to get into maybe but a masterpiece.

    Or Bergmans Wild Strawberries (Backsapcer) to Persona (Riot Act).

    Or Tarantinos Kill Bill (Backsapcer) to Inglourious Besterds (Riot Act)

    or Neil Youngs Everybody's Rockin' (Backspacer) to Neil Young S/T (Riot Act)

    or NIN's Pretty Hate Machine (Backspacer) to The Fragile (Riot Act)

    or Kate Moss (Backspacer) to Jennifer Connely (Riot Act)
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Binaural
  • KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    Hesitating between Yield and Binaural...
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  • Judging by my own response to the songs, I'd say that Backspacer is definitely their weakest effort. Seems they took the parts I wasn't thrilled about on the previous release and ran with it.

    The result is that I think it sounds bland, mostly. Critics rave, sales soar, but they have stopped sounding interesting to me. (Although listening to Supersonic right now ups my opinion of that one slightly) The biggest disappointment is that there's not a single song that makes me stop and take notice so far. As for their more ballady songs, they have gone downhill on the last 2 albums. A slight improvement on the rockers though.

    I dunno, I was kinda jazzed about the folksy direction they were headed on Riot Act, and I'm a bit disappointed that they have instead opted for a more pop punk approach. The slow numbers suffering badly in the process.

    I dont hate it, I almost wish I did. It's just very even and only mildly interesting. It breaks my heart as a 15 years diehard fan, that I dont really feel anything about the songs. I'd rather they'd tried a twist with the music and challenged themselves and me, and fall completely on their faces, rather than make a bland album.

    I'm gonna give it some more spins before I discard it completely, but I'm doing so more out of a sense of duty rather than anticipation. As I said, I dont hate it, and it's not bad. It's just not that good either.

    (be gentle with me)

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  • Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    **Knocks Black10 to ground and applies the boots liberally**
    ;)
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  • Black10Black10 Posts: 160
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    **Knocks Black10 to ground and applies the boots liberally**
    ;)

    **reverses rebornFixer's knockdown, puts him in the million dollar dream till he falls asleep, shoves a $100 bill in his mouth, and say's "how's your Riot Act doing now" ;)
  • Black10 wrote:
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    **Knocks Black10 to ground and applies the boots liberally**
    ;)

    **reverses rebornFixer's knockdown, puts him in the million dollar dream till he falls asleep, shoves a $100 bill in his mouth, and say's "how's your Riot Act doing now" ;)

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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Best since No Code.
  • Black10Black10 Posts: 160
    Warning to other posters ... Don't mess with Black10 ... His bodyguard Virgil will jump your ass from behind.

    Virgil's got my back...if need be. Although lately I've felt like dumping his ass for Bobby "The Brain" Heenan...we'll see.
  • dustinparduedustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    has anyone else seen this?
    google "i was still here, but not anymore"

    says it is a backspacer b-side. all these links, but i haven't been able to actually download it. but i'm also apprehensive about random torrents
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  • Let me settle this silly argument once and for all, as I am wise beyond me years...


    Backspacer is WITHOUT QUESTION, UNDENIABLY, and WITHOUT A DOUBT Pearl Jam's best album since........




























    Their last one!...;) ;)
    the biggest truth ever :D
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • and how in the hell people dont see what masterpiece is BINAURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    riot act :D sorry i jus love it so much!
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    edited September 2009
    *edit*
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  • JM144705JM144705 Philadelphia Posts: 448
    Chris cornell's scream... Oh, oh wait just Pearl Jam? Then i would go with Binaural. 8-)
  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,398
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    HAHAHAHAHA Word.

    I'm still not sure if I like it better than Binaural though. This is definitely the best first impression I've gotten from an album since Yield though.
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