Was at the London Astoria (2006) when they played most the album for the first time ever. Ill never forget when they started Army Reserve and Jeff's bass line just totally floored me. Amazing album!
"Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"
28/09/04 - Boston, 20/04/06 - London [\\mm//Astoria\\mm//] - 18/06/07 - Wembley Arena, 11/08/09 - London [\\mm//Shepherds Bush Empire\\mm//],18/08/09 - 02 Arena, 25/06/10 - Hyde Park, 26/06/12 - Amsterdam, 27/06/12 - Amsterdam, 08/07/14 - Leeds,11/07/14 - Milton Keynes, 13/06/18 - Amsterdam, 18/06/18 - London 02 Arena, 17/07/18 - London 02 Arena, 08/08/22 - Hyde Park, 9/08/22 - Hyde Park - 25/08/22 - Amsterdam, 29/07/24 - London {*Tottenham Stadium TBC*}
Great album and and exciting period of the bands history. Definitely felt like a comeback album, from the energy of the music to the marketing of the album. Pearl Jam were voluntarily in a magazine! On TV! Had a music video! It definitely felt like they ripped back into the scene and we were all thrilled to have them back.
The ‘06 was nuts. It’s like the band finally shook off the weight of their early fame, disappointments in politics, personal problems etc. They came back and wanted to have fun again. Definitely the best tour from the 2000s.
I loved the album at the time and had it as my #2 (after Vitalogy). I think the individual songs are great but looking back the album doesn’t fell very cohesive. Will have to give the BoB mix a shot.
Maybe it’s nostalgia but I would still rank this one pretty high. Fifth at the lowest.
DC '03 - Reading '04 - Philly '05 - Camden 1 '06 - DC '06 - E. Rutherford '06 - The Vic '07 - Lollapalooza '07 - DC '08 - EV DC 1 & 2 '08 (Met Ed!!) - EV Baltimore 1 & 2 '09 - EV NYC 1 '11 (Met Ed!) - Hartford '13 - GCF '15 - MSG 2 '16 - TOTD MSG '16 - Boston 1 & 2 '18 - SHN '21 - EV NYC 1 & 2 '22 - MSG '22
Really loved this album and the promotion for it. They had been so reclusive and there was a lot of openly moody tracks on Binaural and Riot Act that it was fun to see some just straight forward rockers and a lead single that was scorching. Probably the pinnacle of promotion for a PJ album. They did the AOL sessions, music video, SNL, that awesome Letterman set, Jools Holland, the CD came with that NYE boot offer and then the amazing DVD package the next year. The 10 year anniversary special on Sirius back in '16 was pretty awesome to hear and really made me appreciate the album more. A solid musical album I still enjoy. Love that I finally got the LP when it was reissued a few years back. Great tour, but I got the short straw because PJ was teaming with Petty when they came to MN so I only got a half set, but I did get to see Petty so I thank them for that opportunity.
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28/09/04 - Boston, 20/04/06 - London [\\mm//Astoria\\mm//] - 18/06/07 - Wembley Arena, 11/08/09 - London [\\mm//Shepherds Bush Empire\\mm//],18/08/09 - 02 Arena, 25/06/10 - Hyde Park, 26/06/12 - Amsterdam, 27/06/12 - Amsterdam, 08/07/14 - Leeds,11/07/14 - Milton Keynes, 13/06/18 - Amsterdam, 18/06/18 - London 02 Arena, 17/07/18 - London 02 Arena, 08/08/22 - Hyde Park, 9/08/22 - Hyde Park - 25/08/22 - Amsterdam, 29/07/24 - London {*Tottenham Stadium TBC*}