Backspacer or Avocado

Toronto_PJ_fan
Toronto_PJ_fan Posts: 56
edited January 2010 in The Porch
Apologies if this has been discussed before (I did a brief search), but do you like Backspacer as much as Avocado?
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  • Thierry Henry
    Thierry Henry Posts: 2,657
    Backspacer for me.
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  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    I prefer Backspacer to S/T.
  • pjfanman
    pjfanman Posts: 84
    Backspacer by a leg...both quality albums.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
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    I vote for Avocado.
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  • jets521
    jets521 Posts: 804
    ya i have to go Avocado.

    the drumming on Unemployable, Marker plus rockers like Severed Hand and Comatose..even Life Wasted. Plus Inside Job...its just an all around more complete album to me.

    Backspacer is also solid and I do enjoy it, but there are more songs on BS that i just legit skip each time. i cringe when i hear Just Breathe, The Fixer and The End. Although I will say the Fixer is a great song in concert.
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  • Steveo
    Steveo Posts: 352
    definitely Avocado
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  • CantKeepMeHere
    CantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    Avocado was in my truck cd player for more than 12 months - listened to it everyday - seemed like a real long time between Roit Act and Avocado - I love it

    Backspacer has not been out as long but it is till in my truck cd player right now - I am sure it will be there till the philly boots get here so....

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  • BackPackSoul
    BackPackSoul Posts: 136
    hard to compare, 2 different things for me,
    couldn't be Backspacer without being Avocado first
    it's a path, a long road...
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    I just question our modern needs

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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,474
    Avocado although I like Backspacer a lot
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  • CantKeepMeHere
    CantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    Avocado VS BackSpacer can be broken down as such:

    Group #1
    Life Wasted
    World Wide Suicide
    Comatose
    Severed Hand
    vs
    Gonna See My Friend
    Got Some
    The Fixer
    Johnny Guitar

    Group #2
    Marker In The Sand
    Unemployable
    Big Wave
    vs
    Amongst The Waves
    Unthought Known
    Supersonic

    Group #3
    Parachutes
    Gone
    Wasted Reprise
    Army Reserve
    Come Back
    Inside Job
    vs
    Just Breathe
    Speed of Sound
    Force of Nature
    The End

    I honestly think when you stack them up cluster vs cluster they are very very competitive with one another - Avocado just comes out a tad bit ahead
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  • Drum Machine89
    Drum Machine89 Posts: 2,157
    It's Backspacer for me i think, :)
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  • markin ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    Avocado.

    BS has worn a bit thin on me. :(
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Avocado all the way. Backspacer is not a great record.
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    really need too listen backspacer songs live for answer that
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  • Drum Machine89
    Drum Machine89 Posts: 2,157
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Avocado all the way. Backspacer is not a great record.

    I think it should have been abit longer, but short was what they were going for.
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  • Mindless Drifter
    Mindless Drifter Posts: 210
    backspacer!!!!
  • CantKeepMeHere
    CantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Avocado all the way. Backspacer is not a great record.


    Fenway is correct - Backspacer it is not a GREAT album - it is damn good and the path to BackSpacer has been great - the songs on Backspacer are good and really good and there are a couple that are great


    AVOCADO IS A GREAT ALBUM with great songs and it has some of the best track order decisions thus far -
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    for the time being its Backspacer for me...... love the optimistic vibe going on there in most of the songs.
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  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,900
    for me it's backspacer by miles. have not listened to avocado recently and i might stick to that for a while. was not feeling that album that much. vitalogy and yield are spinning alot these days for me though. (and the new spoon)
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    May 30th wrote:
    for me it's backspacer by miles. have not listened to avocado recently and i might stick to that for a while. was not feeling that album that much. vitalogy and yield are spinning alot these days for me though. (and the new spoon)

    yeah, Yield and Vitalogy are getting alot of attention from me at the moment too.
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