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over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
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Now that it's October the pressing seasonal issues are hitting. So, what's the best Pearl Jam album that says Autumn like no other? Personally No Code comes to mind to fit this description best, however opinions are most welcome. I always found Pearl Jam to write very scenic music so what conveys that... fall/evolution/changing atmosphere best?
Yield!

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2006
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 41,003
    over_bends wrote:
    fall/evolution/changing atmosphere best?
    One could say that about every change of season.And I don't know which applies to what season , I think every album fits ANY season.
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  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    Avacado has always had a summer feel for me, so has riot act and yeild
    but i think No Code makes me feel like fall...maybe..
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  • allstar340allstar340 NYC Posts: 812
    over_bends wrote:
    Now that it's October the pressing seasonal issues are hitting. So, what's the best Pearl Jam album that says Autumn like no other? Personally No Code comes to mind to fit this description best, however opinions are most welcome. I always found Pearl Jam to write very scenic music so what conveys that... fall/evolution/changing atmosphere best?
    I would say Riot Act.
    dont know why, just thought that when I read "fall/evolution/changing"
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    mickeyrat wrote:
    One could say that about every change of season.And I don't know which applies to what season , I think every album fits ANY season.

    Well autumn, along with spring, are transitional seasons more so than summer and winter. Autumn has that connotation of dying and deteriorating which I probably should have mentioned.
    Yield!

    3 Decibels Doubles the Volume

    2006
  • Androgynous MindAndrogynous Mind Posts: 520
    allstar340 wrote:
    I would say Riot Act.
    dont know why, just thought that when I read "fall/evolution/changing"

    Definately Riot Act, I agree 100%.
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • Left PorchLeft Porch Posts: 846
    Good question. I'll give you all four seasons

    Winter: Riot Act-has that quiet suddle feel to it, much like winter does. Great to listen to on a snow day

    Spring: Yield- Don't have a great reason for this one, but lyrically I find it to be PJ's best work and spring is my favorite season so maybe it has something to do with that.

    Summer: Ten-Nothing better than rolling the windows down and blasting this one on the way to the beach.

    Fall:Binaural-has kind of a rustic, fall feel to it.
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  • eldarion75eldarion75 Posts: 2,488
    My first Pj show ever was in Cork, Ireland in 96 about a month after No Code came out..it's forever their autumn record for me..12 long years ago...great show..you could hear the rain on the roof in between songs.. ed goes 'we got more songs than the clouds got rain'
    very memorable night:)
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    According to this thread:
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=305296
    :)
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 41,003
    over_bends wrote:
    Well autumn, along with spring, are transitional seasons more so than summer and winter. Autumn has that connotation of dying and deteriorating which I probably should have mentioned.
    Summer is right up there as far as transition goes lots, blooming all through the season.Agriculture/farming going on. Winter is about waiting.

    still can't decide on your question.

    But I can say WINTER is WAITING for the new ALBUM!!!!!


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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=305296 :D
  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    allstar340 wrote:
    I would say Riot Act.
    dont know why, just thought that when I read "fall/evolution/changing"
    yep i definitely think riot act is a fall album. it's brown, plus cropduster reminds me of fall. i dunno, i think the feel of it is very fally.
    avocado is summer
    no code is spring, it just has an upbeat happy tone to some of the songs
    Vs also sounds like a spring album to me, dunno why..
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    riot act is the fall album
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    I was thinking Vitalogy as nothing says fall to me like Nothingman but then I realized that most of the rest of the album doesn't say any of that at all...
    Yield!

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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    over_bends wrote:
    I was thinking Vitalogy as nothing says fall to me like Nothingman but then I realized that most of the rest of the album doesn't say any of that at all...

    i think vitalogy is my winter album. hard to say.
  • allstar340allstar340 NYC Posts: 812
    I think Riot Act is winning.
    Cant Keep,Thumbing My Way, All Or None, Help Help, I Am Mine, and Ghost all remind me somewhat of the fall. The others even do. Plus the cover even reminds me of fall.
    I just envision brown when I listen to the album I guess haha
    great album by the way.
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  • nycpj23nycpj23 Posts: 9
    IK this isnt an albumn but merkin ball has a fall feel for me. Also no code, cant really explain it though
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Definately Riot Act
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Riot Act!!!!!!!!!!
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  • pc_loadletterpc_loadletter Posts: 164
    am i alone on yield?
  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    Vs. was a Fall album, so that's where I'd start
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  • LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    I say Riot Act

    I recently have been listening to it alot!

    I am finding very great songs I've never heard before!
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I disagree with Yield being more for the spring. I think Yield is better for the fall. Yield is such a good album to drive to, and I always imagine driving down a weavy road with leaves. :D

    also Fall: Vitalogy, Riot Act, No Code

    Spring: Ten

    Winter: Binaural

    Summer: Avacado, VS
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  • JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    I'd say for me it's a toss up between No Code and Yield. However, I will say that on a gorgeous fall afternoon, the studio version of Betterman just makes my day.

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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    I disagree with Yield being more for the spring. I think Yield is better for the fall. Yield is such a good album to drive to, and I always imagine driving down a weavy road with leaves. :D

    also Fall: Vitalogy, Riot Act, No Code

    Spring: Ten

    Winter: Binaural

    Summer: Avacado, VS

    This is exactly how I pictured it
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  • dotheevolution1dotheevolution1 Posts: 104
    I would have to say riot act, maybe because i hadnt listened to it in forever until i had a sudden random urge right at the beginning of fall.
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  • ovechkin8ovechkin8 Posts: 491
    pc_loadletter wrote:
    am i alone on yield?

    you win this thread. i'm shocked nobody else agrees.
  • silas23silas23 SoCal Posts: 99
    I think No Code is a fall album.....

    Riot Act is more of a winter album for me. I think because I saw them in Seattle in December 2002 and that was the 1st time I heard those songs live so I always feel winter when I hear it......
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    Riot Act. without a doubt.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    My first thought was also No Code. BUT...is it because I bought it the day it came out (August 27th) and just have memories of it from fall semester of my junior year in college and my first show on 10/2/96?
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    For me:

    Spring - Yield + Vs.

    Summer - Avocado + Ten

    Autumn - No Code, Riot Act + Vitalogy

    Winter - Binaural + Into The Wild
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    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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