THE WILD CARD= RIOT ACT (02) "RA saw PJ retreat to their Vitalogy days, with just the right amount of burly art rock that hits the listener hard"
AVOID= YIELD (98) "despite one non status quo moment on the spoken word "push and pull me", its a rather straightforward effort"
I'm far more concerned with the fact that the article encourages listeners to get riot act. in what world would you recommend that album to anyone? even if it's not on the avois list... you classify that as a positive wild card over no code or binaural?
The latest RIP IT UP magazine in NZ is a Pearl Jam special...Eddie is guest editor (but i should stress I would have to use this term loosely, its basically just a small excerpt on ed).....There is a great article on the whole band...a small piece on ed talking about the history of Alive, STBC, off he goes, last kiss and The Fixer...a page of great ed quotes....a review of Backspacer giving it 4/5 and piece that I guess you could call "the essential pearl jam by writer Gina Williams"....
So heres Miss Williams guide to PJ...and I quote....
START HERE= TEN (91) "its complex arrangements recall great years of yore such as Hendrix and Zep, yet it is self-aware enough not to fall into stadium rock territory"
THEN GET= VS. (93) "a band clearly learning to deal with their newly acquired fame"
THE WILD CARD= RIOT ACT (02) "RA saw PJ retreat to their Vitalogy days, with just the right amount of burly art rock that hits the listener hard"
AVOID= YIELD (98) "despite one non status quo moment on the spoken word "push and pull me", its a rather straightforward effort"
ADVANCED LISTENING= Bootlegs "hundreds to wade through"
End of quotes...back to me...wow is all i can say....AVOID YIELD....one word...WRONG.....!!!
Must say for most PJ fans i think theres really nothing new in this PJ edition of Rip It Up...Pretty disappointing.
Peace and Love from NZ, Joe
um....and where's NO CODE?!
:?
bizarre to say the least!
There's nothing in the PJ catalog that should be avoided. I honestly can't name an absolute favorite album, though Vitalogy holds a special place since it was the first one I bought back when I was all of 13 :P
THE WILD CARD= RIOT ACT (02) "RA saw PJ retreat to their Vitalogy days, with just the right amount of burly art rock that hits the listener hard"
AVOID= YIELD (98) "despite one non status quo moment on the spoken word "push and pull me", its a rather straightforward effort"
I'm far more concerned with the fact that the article encourages listeners to get riot act. in what world would you recommend that album to anyone? even if it's not on the avois list... you classify that as a positive wild card over no code or binaural?
I disagree. I love Riot Act. It's amazing, in fact, I love it more than Yield.
There's nothing in the PJ catalog that should be avoided. I honestly can't name an absolute favorite album, though Vitalogy holds a special place since it was the first one I bought back when I was all of 13 :P
Very true. All the albums are great and that's exactly why Pearl Jam is the best - they are unmatched in quantity and quality.
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I'm far more concerned with the fact that the article encourages listeners to get riot act. in what world would you recommend that album to anyone? even if it's not on the avois list... you classify that as a positive wild card over no code or binaural?
Lets all get torches and pitchforks and track her down :evil:[/quote]
LMAO! makes me think of the Dusseldorf poster!
I have been in 10C since 1994.. and while I love them all... Yield is my "Sgt. Pepper""
(whatever the hell THAT is suppose to mean..)
Funky, groovy, epic hard rock album...
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
um....and where's NO CODE?!
:?
bizarre to say the least!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
"No Way" should anyone avoid Yield. It's my favorite album of all time!!! :x
Her view on Yield, not so much ...
I disagree. I love Riot Act. It's amazing, in fact, I love it more than Yield.
Very true. All the albums are great and that's exactly why Pearl Jam is the best - they are unmatched in quantity and quality.