Avocado: 2013

CitizenRick
CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
edited September 2013 in The Porch
Just listened to ST from front to back 3 times in a row for the 1st time in at least 2 years. HOLEY TOLEDO! Do you know what bands would give to make an album like that today?! Andf it's not even a top 5 Pearl Jam album IMHO.

I'm so grateful (and proud) that I picked this band as my chauffeurs through life. They have made my world a better place to live. That's all anyone can ask of 5 dudes who have no knowledge of their (my) existence.

I love how music plays the role of a time machine. This album came at a crucial time for me. My love life, my career, my self search ... ect. From Life Wasted to Inside Job ... it's a journey through truth, justice and the PJ way. Avocado has really stood the test of time for me.

Life Wasted
WWS
Comatose
Severed Hand
Marker in the sand
Parachutes
Unemployable
Big Wave
Gone
Wasted Reprise
Army Reserve
Come Back
Inside Job

We are the luckiest fans in the world!
"Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
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  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    I dig that passion! Play it loud and play it often
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  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    evsgjamm wrote:
    I dig that passion! Play it loud and play it often

    Right on, man!

    It's weird, I'm almost afraid of playing full albums these day's. Reliving the emotional jouney is tough sometimes. :D
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,677
    Thumbs up here too, Rick. ST/Avocado is a great record!
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  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    I hear ya. I had the same thing happen to me, but from an entirely different "band" called Neverending White Lights. Stumbled on it by fluke in 2005 during a tough time and that fucking album changed the way I dealt with my stuff at that time. I played it on full blast for 3 straight days; even when I left the house, I left it cranked over the surround sound. I slept with it cranked, I ate with it cranked, I lived... with that first album titled "Act I - Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies" and I'm glad I did. Now though? I have stopped listening to it entirely. BUT it's still one of my most favorite and most certainly memorable and "effective" albums of my life. Music is life's band-aid.
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    2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    evsgjamm wrote:
    I hear ya. I had the same thing happen to me, but from an entirely different "band" called Neverending White Lights. Stumbled on it by fluke in 2005 during a tough time and that fucking album changed the way I dealt with my stuff at that time. I played it on full blast for 3 straight days; even when I left the house, I left it cranked over the surround sound. I slept with it cranked, I ate with it cranked, I lived... with that first album titled "Act I - Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies" and I'm glad I did. Now though? I have stopped listening to it entirely. BUT it's still one of my most favorite and most certainly memorable and "effective" albums of my life. Music is life's band-aid.

    A fuckin men!
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Totally with you, bro.
  • given2fly23
    given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 6,042
    I agree. This album has aged very well.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Not gonna slag on S/T, as it's a pretty cool album, but there's no shortage of albums as good or better since its release.

    I think almost every PJ album has aged really well. I think one could argue against Ten and Vs b/c the overall sound, but they're so full of great songs they attain a timeless quality. Backspacer was instantly accessible, but the lack of depth, musically and lyrically, has made it easy to wear on.
  • TheLuckyOnes
    TheLuckyOnes Posts: 476
    evsgjamm wrote:
    I hear ya. I had the same thing happen to me, but from an entirely different "band" called Neverending White Lights. Stumbled on it by fluke in 2005 during a tough time and that fucking album changed the way I dealt with my stuff at that time. I played it on full blast for 3 straight days; even when I left the house, I left it cranked over the surround sound. I slept with it cranked, I ate with it cranked, I lived... with that first album titled "Act I - Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies" and I'm glad I did. Now though? I have stopped listening to it entirely. BUT it's still one of my most favorite and most certainly memorable and "effective" albums of my life. Music is life's band-aid.

    I relate to that 100%. Happened to me totally unexpectedly with Nada Surf's The Weight is a Gift. A band i had never heard of except for (crappy) song, and that album really grabbed me and spoke to me about loss, relationships, maturing, and letting go. I should probably listen to it again right now actually....

    i wish a PJ album would hit me that hard again...No Code was the last one to hit me as a united whole of an album, for me personally. I love Yield and all of the rest after, but none of 'em have been life-changing (tho many of the songs alone are...)

    cheers
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    given2fly23 wrote:
    I agree. This album has aged very well.

    This!

    It's the last studio cd that I actually will play along side live boots only.
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  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,320
    evsgjamm wrote:
    I dig that passion! Play it loud and play it often


    can't help but play it loud. its completely brickwalled. good tunes though!
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  • WhyGo91
    WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    CitizenRick wrote:
    Just listened to ST from front to back 3 times in a row for the 1st time in at least 2 years. HOLEY TOLEDO! Do you know what bands would give to make an album like that today?! Andf it's not even a top 5 Pearl Jam album IMHO.

    I'm so grateful (and proud) that I picked this band as my chauffeurs through life. They have made my world a better place to live. That's all anyone can ask of 5 dudes who have no knowledge of their (my) existence.

    I love how music plays the role of a time machine. This album came at a crucial time for me. My love life, my career, my self search ... ect. From Life Wasted to Inside Job ... it's a journey through truth, justice and the PJ way. Avocado has really stood the test of time for me.

    Life Wasted
    WWS
    Comatose
    Severed Hand
    Marker in the sand
    Parachutes
    Unemployable
    Big Wave
    Gone
    Wasted Reprise
    Army Reserve
    Come Back
    Inside Job

    We are the luckiest fans in the world!

    Amazing passion! I Love it! :D and might I just add, that Inside Job might be my all-time favorite closer of any album that they have. I love Release, but I love it as a stand alone song, Inside Job is just an amazing way to end such a flawless album as Avocado...if that makes any sense haha. I also really love All Those Yesterdays from Yield, that's a great closer too :)
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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    "chauffeurs" :D I love that description!

    Definitely a rockin album. I wish they would play it in its entirety at shows! :lol:
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  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    gonna do the same tomorrow at work cheers
    danny d
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Over on the "Play Minnesota" thread, we've been typing out S/T's guitar riffs phonetically... :lol:

    Great, great album.
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  • mrpink90
    mrpink90 Posts: 415
    to me its easily their best album since yield. love it.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Been listening to it a lot again lately. Although I still prefer Backspacer. ;)
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    SENROCK wrote:
    "chauffeurs" :D I love that description!

    Definitely a rockin album. I wish they would play it in its entirety at shows! :lol:

    I smiled at that description too. :D
    I need to put on S/T soon - its been too long..
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,776
    This album is absolutely fantastic - sometimes I actually feel like I get a major craving for it, and I can't get it off my mind until I listen to the whole album a couple of times.... currently seeking it on vinyl, which is turning out to be harder than expected. There seems to be a surge in popularity for this album.
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  • DH62179
    DH62179 Posts: 312
    I shall listen to this album in it's entirety now as well. I like Severed Hand more all the time, all the guitars in that song, that's what Backspacer was missing. :problem:

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