One thing I don't like about the last 2 albums...
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The first few songs are all heavy and the rest aren't with the exception of one. I think they should mix thhe songs up better. It's not the songs themselves but the order. I'm sure I'm not the only one here thinking this right?
5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
8/7/08, 6/9/09
8/7/08, 6/9/09
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it seems like they have their first slow/mid-tempo paced song somewhere towards the middle of the album and from then on, they weave the fast songs and slow songs and mid-tempo songs together,
back to my first paragraph though, i like the idea of setting up an album like a concert set list, but i agree with you in that it just doesn't work the way i'd like it to
I never looked at it that way but you could be right. Either way it doesn't work on an album. They are good songs but I don't like the "punch you in the face then dull it down" song order.
8/7/08, 6/9/09
"With our thoughts we make the world"
But almost every PJ album does this. The first three definitely do. Yield sort of does. And Binarual tries to.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
binaural does it, I'll admit to that. But yield definitely doesn't. There are only 2 straight up heavy song on Yield. There's DTE and brain of J, and there spread apart fine.
8/7/08, 6/9/09
well maybe Yield doesn't but the first song definitely gets the show started. The real thing that needs to be addressed is why does every single album end with a slow song? Inside Job goes uptempo at times, but other than that it's usually somber stuff.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
Because it's the best way that Pearl Jam can conclude what message they've just sent to you...
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Totally agree. It feels like it starts off so energetically that it starts to run out of steam towards the end.
Like a boxer using up all his energy going for an early knockout, but ending up going the distance. Which is odd for such a short album.
i disagree with the OP that Avocado was like that too. I think Avocado is possibly their most coherent album. I think it flows beautifully from start to finish
96: Cork, Dublin
00: Dublin
06: London, Dublin
07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
09: Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
11: San José
12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
Just off the top of my head, how about this for Backspacer? Swap Force of Nature and Amongst the Waves, and move Got Some to between Unthought Known and Supersonic.
So...
Gonna See My Friend
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe
Force of Nature
Unthought Known
Got Some
Supersonic
Speed of Sound
Amongst the Waves
The End
I remember somewhere seeing an alternative sequence for Yield that was semi-official, I think, and it was much more effective, and flowed much more smoothly. does anyone else remember this?
96: Cork, Dublin
00: Dublin
06: London, Dublin
07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
09: Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
11: San José
12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2