Riot Act Revisited

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  • jethrojam420
    jethrojam420 Foxborough MA Posts: 1,075
    Riot Act is a phenomenal album. LIVE.

    I think the boys give it more live than they did in the studio.

    And I could say this about every song they ever made, but I feel it to be really true for Riot Act more than any other album.
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  • CAVSTARR313
    CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    jethrojam420 wrote:
    Riot Act is a phenomenal album. LIVE.

    I think the boys give it more live than they did in the studio.

    And I could say this about every song they ever made, but I feel it to be really true for Riot Act more than any other album.
    I think Ed sings the songs better live than on the album.. I think even Stone or Jeff said so much on an interview before "avocado" came out.. it was mentioned that Ed was trying to record the songs with more of the intensity he has live.. I cant believe sony dropped them after this one.. I would bet they are kicking themselves now..
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  • choop
    choop Posts: 1,060
    ^ sony didn't drop them, pearl jam fulfilled their contract and then moved on. i think they had a decent relationship with a couple of people at Sony even after that, but those folks left and is probably one of the reasons we haven't seen further reissues after ten/vs/vitalogy.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Must not have been that poor of relations, b/c S/T came out on a different subsidiary of Sony, in J Records. Surely any record company would feel lucky to have them, so I think they just felt it was time for a little more independence, though they've had distribution deals with both of the last 2.


    Riot Act is a solid album and has some cool stuff. Ed's subdued vox aside, it may be their best sounding album.
  • jethrojam420
    jethrojam420 Foxborough MA Posts: 1,075
    Caveeze wrote:
    jethrojam420 wrote:
    Riot Act is a phenomenal album. LIVE.

    I think the boys give it more live than they did in the studio.

    And I could say this about every song they ever made, but I feel it to be really true for Riot Act more than any other album.
    I think Ed sings the songs better live than on the album.. I think even Stone or Jeff said so much on an interview before "avocado" came out.. it was mentioned that Ed was trying to record the songs with more of the intensity he has live.. I cant believe sony dropped them after this one.. I would bet they are kicking themselves now..
    sony still owns the rights to Pearl Jam's most profitable albums. So I sure they arent too worried.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    See? 11 years later & people come around. It will be the same for Backspacer. Just wait until 2020. :lol:
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    jethrojam420 wrote:
    Riot Act is a phenomenal album. LIVE.

    I think the boys give it more live than they did in the studio.

    And I could say this about every song they ever made, but I feel it to be really true for Riot Act more than any other album.
    I agree particularly when it comes to Bu$hleaguer. SO much better live! Although even on the album that chorus is awesome. :) I Am Mine also has more intensity live... although half of that I think might be my impression of the video. it's like Ed made a point of looking emotionally dead in that - never understood that.
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  • retropony
    retropony Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 352
    I revisited it last night as well........and it was good!.......Again!
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