Because I'm reading "The Master And Margarita" this time. Pearl Jam read it when they produced Yield. So I'm trying to get some atmosphere from the Yield era. After Mikhail Bulgakov's novel I'm going to read "Ishmael".
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I read Ishmael mainly because of Pearl Jam and the whole "more to life" vibe. I was greatly disappointed to be honest. Way too simple and almost boring.
Ten,Vs,Yield or Binaural...Everything else has obvious flaws.
Vitalogy-too many weird tracks
No Code-bad tracklist
Riot Act-tracks are too good live to deny Ed's performances are a little weak
S/T and BS are missing something that every previous PJ album had, something unexplainable.
They could never quite recapture the energy that went into that album (although Avocado was a nice try). Only one song that you could even say isn't great, arguably (Rats).
I'll vote for Avocado as most underrated album, especially around here. (I know that wasn't the question.)
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13; WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I read Ishmael mainly because of Pearl Jam and the whole "more to life" vibe. I was greatly disappointed to be honest. Way too simple and almost boring.
Thank you for the feedback.
Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
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(with No Code not far behind)
Vitalogy-too many weird tracks
No Code-bad tracklist
Riot Act-tracks are too good live to deny Ed's performances are a little weak
S/T and BS are missing something that every previous PJ album had, something unexplainable.
Think I'll go with Binaural
They could never quite recapture the energy that went into that album (although Avocado was a nice try). Only one song that you could even say isn't great, arguably (Rats).
I'll vote for Avocado as most underrated album, especially around here. (I know that wasn't the question.)
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16