Thoughts on new album ?

A rusty sign

I love it ..

october22

it's real good.

bigbadbill

As my mom would say, "It's neat!"

danny

im waiting till monday but i think it will be awesome

ForceofNature101

Best one since Binaural in my opinion!

yellowledbetterman80

i think its pretty good and gets better with each listen. i feel it will scare of the casual pj fan wanting to hear Alive,Black, Better Man etc. overall it has it has a lot of depth. it be interesting to see how the sound played live

faithfullale

Like it !! Songs they played in Pitt sounded really good live in my opinion.

SM10080

I'll come out and say it. I was completely disappointed.

Chrisilein

SM10080 wrote:

I'll come out and say it. I was completely disappointed.

You are joking, right?

CanNotStay

Chrisilein wrote:

You are joking, right?

:fp:

SM10080

Chrisilein wrote:

SM10080 wrote:

I'll come out and say it. I was completely disappointed.

You are joking, right?

No. No, I'm not. That album had absolutely no teeth. Nothing grabs you and pulls you in.

ForceofNature101

SM10080 wrote:

Chrisilein wrote:

SM10080 wrote:

I'll come out and say it. I was completely disappointed.

You are joking, right?

No. No, I'm not. That album had absolutely no teeth. Nothing grabs you and pulls you in.

Maybe for you, for me this album pulls me in quite a bit.

The songwriting is very strong on this one. Especially on tunes like Infallible that are just badass

The Waiting Trophy Man

SM10080 wrote:

No. No, I'm not. That album had absolutely no teeth. Nothing grabs you and pulls you in.

You're not playing it LOUD ENOUGH!!

stratmad

You know how they said Avocado was a return to form. And then they said Backspacer was a return to form.

THIS, imho, is a return to form.

mfc2006

This album is all teeth, in my opinion. Fantastic album...love it.

The Waiting Trophy Man

It gets better with every spin. Headphones help. Playing it loud helps even more. And now seeing the artwork completes it. Starting to agree with those saying it's the best album since Binaural. I'm finding that as soon as I finish listening to it, I start all over again - I haven't done that in a long time.

gecko

I love it. There is so much richness, harmonies, space, great solos, singing, almost forgot lyrics, the record just keeps on giving. Diverse songs, yet the record feels compact and with its own character.
And yes, the louder, the better.

Saw Pendulum from tonight's concert on Youtube, and it is already owning the room.

SM10080

gecko wrote:

I love it. There is so much richness, harmonies, space, great solos, singing, almost forgot lyrics, the record just keeps on giving. Diverse songs, yet the record feels compact and with its own character.
And yes, the louder, the better.

Saw Pendulum from tonight's concert on Youtube, and it is already owning the room.

If that's owning a room, I'm Eddie Murphy.

october22

SM10080 wrote:

gecko wrote:

I love it. There is so much richness, harmonies, space, great solos, singing, almost forgot lyrics, the record just keeps on giving. Diverse songs, yet the record feels compact and with its own character.
And yes, the louder, the better.

Saw Pendulum from tonight's concert on Youtube, and it is already owning the room.

If that's owning a room, I'm Eddie Murphy.

Holy shit! It's Eddie fucking Murphy!!!

Eddieshometown

Great lyrics and Ed's voice is insane. Especially like Getaway, Sirens, Pendulum, and Infallible.

gecko

SM10080 wrote:

gecko wrote:

I love it. There is so much richness, harmonies, space, great solos, singing, almost forgot lyrics, the record just keeps on giving. Diverse songs, yet the record feels compact and with its own character.
And yes, the louder, the better.

Saw Pendulum from tonight's concert on Youtube, and it is already owning the room.

If that's owning a room, I'm Eddie Murphy.

Hi Eddie.
I was surprised how good of an opener it is. Watch the crowd, especially towards the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eZxnruZb5Y&sns=tw

boyo79

Cd arrived this morning. Currently on third listen. Love it. Getaway is brilliant, good opener. Feel Getaway/MYM/My Father's Son and Sirens don't flow that well. Lightning Bolt through to Let The Records Play is fantastic. Pendulum is IMO one of the best songs they have released in the last 10 years. Infallible is insanely good. Even like Sleeping By Myself but will probably tire of that quickly.

Love that its Jeff and Stone heavy in terms of songs they wrote.

Cracking album, it has everything Backspacer lacked and I really think they stepped out of their comfort zone with this album. Welcome back Pearl Jam!

YLed2

It's a very good, deep album. And like a lot of others have said, I feel it's their best album since Binaural. You can tell that the band felt they needed to turn a complete 180 after making Backspacer and step outside of their comfort zone a bit, and they did that. The guitar from everyone is insanely good, and it's so nice to see the return Mike McFuckincready with some nasty solos. Ed's lyrics are great and his voice sounds the strongest/best it has in a while.

Getaway is a great, rocking opener. Like boyo said, the first four songs don't necessarily flow the greatest from a track listing standpoint. The back-to-back tracks Pendulum and Infallible is unreal. These two songs are masterpieces IMO. Yellow Moon is fantastic and different - it provides such a dark kind of tone and imagery, but the sound is upbeat. Just a solid album. I hate to say it, but MYM could very well be my least favorite song on the album. I even liked Sleeping By Myself more than MYM.

Best songs I feel are Infallible, Pendulum, Yellow Moon, Getaway, and Sirens. I also feel these will be some of their best live songs. Let The Records Play is kind of a cool, different bluesy tune that I enjoy. Mike will spin off the planet playing his solo live.

Trailchef

refined..
ghostly..
dynamic..
tidal..
reflecting..
rooted..
passionate..

and this by far is the best album to stick in your ear when setting out on a trail run....by the time pendulum hits I am unearthed....

boyo79

YLed2 wrote:

I hate to say it, but MYM could very well be my least favorite song on the album.

I get that feeling too. Struggling to get into My Father's Son, think the intro is straight from Soundgarden's 'Dusty'.

Tim Simmons

I don't really like the production, but the songs are good. Better than Backspacer and RA, as good as s/t, but still in the lower half of their catalog.

YLed2

boyo79 wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

I hate to say it, but MYM could very well be my least favorite song on the album.

I get that feeling too. Struggling to get into My Father's Son, think the intro is straight from Soundgarden's 'Dusty'.

Same thoughts on My Father's Son. That and MYM are the biggest two that I have found myself really struggling to get into so far.

Tim Simmons

I agree that MYM may be the worst song on this. Fathers Son is great musically, but the vocal melody with it makes the song kinda a mess.

Stephen Flow

My Fathers Son is a favorite of mine...very interesting song. Love getaway, infallible, pendulum, swallowed whole, sleeping by myself and yellow moon especially.

mr.mac

I love it!

The Akkus

Start to finish, one of my favorite albums ever so far. Nothing seems forced, the lyrics are magical and the band seem to have matured DECADES since BS. Almost sounds like, finally, after all of these years, the band has been able to perfectly blend all of their influences.