Backspacer turns 15 years old

ShanKathy

I didn't appreciate Speed of Sound till I heard it live in Ottawa in 2016. It's really a lovely song.

F Me In The Brain

Love this record.  Right album, right time of life, more than the right impact for me @ a time when I so desperately was looking for something to help me harness what I was feeling.
Forever thankful to Pearl Jam for this record.
I understand many do not love it....but then again I usually place Binaural and Riot Act at the bottom of my 10 album rankings....and I know that makes people lose their fucking minds.    I love them both but I love the other 8 just a bit more usually.
To each their own!

Backspacer, thank you!

HesCalledDyer

Pearl Jam has never made a bad album.  Backspacer included.  Sure, it's short and the songs are more poppy, radio-friendly, however you want to describe them, but they don't lack substance.  They're not bad - not by any stretch.  I don't care what anyone says, it's a great album!

helplessdancer

igotid88 said:

i will never get sick&tired of this song/video
LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT

RoleModelsinBlood31

Yeah yeah yeah yeah.   Fight to get it back again. Yeah yeah yeah yeah.

cp3iverson

The Fixer is awesome.  Love that tune. 

HesCalledDyer

Love me some The Fixer!

cp3iverson

The Fixer is poppy Pearl jam at their best. Even the chorus is defiant.  Fight to get it back again.  Love that line. 

ledvedderman

Backspacer is probably my least favorite studio album, but I'm with the last few posters on The Fixer- it's easily one of my favorites on that album. If you take it for what it is and don't over analyze anything, it's just a solid song. It's probably not going to change many lives, but it is what it is. Got Some, The Fixer, Speed of Sound, Force of Nature, and The End are the tops of that album for me. 

ikiT

Digital LP Side 2 on now...

"...and evidence that you're worth keeping"

Love the way the drums on this record sound.  

Zod

I like most of it.  johnny guitar, got some, the fixer, gonna see my friend, just breathe, unthought known, supersonic and the end.   all good songs.  I think unthought known is my big takeaway from the album.

Can't believe it's been 8 years though... still feels like a new album.

TJ25487

I really like Backspacer after all these 8 years. No issues for me. I think it is a short fun filled action packed recording with some cool cover art. An astronaut playing drums in space? What could be cooler?????

ledvedderman

TJ25487 said:

I really like Backspacer after all these 8 years. No issues for me. I think it is a short fun filled action packed recording with some cool cover art. An astronaut playing drums in space? What could be cooler?????

An astronaut playing drums in space with a fedora on?

2-feign-reluctance

Happy 8th you sexy lean record you!! Wore my BS tee to work to celebrate. 

cp3iverson

Did not truly appreciate the cover until i landed this bad boy.  I know i’ll never come remotely close to some people’s PJ collections here but this is my crown jewel. 

ikiT

The typewriter keys are killer.
Amongst the Waves is a top ten song all day long.

F Me In The Brain

cp3iverson said:

Did not truly appreciate the cover until i landed this bad boy.  I know i’ll never come remotely close to some people’s PJ collections here but this is my crown jewel. 

I like it!

HesCalledDyer

Tiki said:

The typewriter keys are killer.
Amongst the Waves is a top ten song all day long.

Yesss!!!

TJ25487

ledvedderman said:

TJ25487 said:

I really like Backspacer after all these 8 years. No issues for me. I think it is a short fun filled action packed recording with some cool cover art. An astronaut playing drums in space? What could be cooler?????

An astronaut playing drums in space with a fedora on?

Hahaha! Yes, that would make Johnny Guitar Watson very proud! 

Dr. Delight

I've bagged on this record much in the past but when Lightning Bolt came out I realized that its not so bad....