Fanviews / reviews

vito

Everyone hears songs differently but, I definitely agree that because most everyone has 3 tiers of different songs solidifies the point that we have been given a great album! Just getting to River Cross and I hear no filler and honestly not a single song I will be skipping. After 1 listen of BS and LB I knew there was 3-4 songs on both albums that I never had to hear again. Big shout out to Josh Evans the album sounds amazing! I will be happy to slot this gem in at #6 behind the first 5 which, to me in whatever order can never be anything but the first 5. Now let's get this damn virus extinct and get the boys back on the road playing these songs live. Stay safe everyone.

vito

One last thought and I really hate doing this and it actually bothers me when everyone says they hear Zeppelin here and Rage there and on and on and on but, jesus does Eddie sound like Peter Gabriel on River Cross? Especially when he's crooning 'Can't hold me down' I love it anyways!!

byrn3535

Full album review on YT (click pic)

https://youtu.be/5n7tvZE_ZEQ

PJ5a1

Get Right would like a chat with all of you! THE WORST SONG !

this record is amazing.  Thanks to the boys for putting this together. It’s on another level from anything they’ve released in some time.  

Share the light won’t hold us down. 

tbergs

Is you don't like Comes Then Goes, you may be dead inside. Damn that is a beautiful song. It's In to the Wild era Eddie sounding music. Love the guitar and his vocals.

Smarter_Than_U

On first listen, I like the first four songs and the last four songs a lot. They are experimental and keep the listener on their toes but not alienating at all. Production is well done- songs flow perfectly from one to the next through the whole album. The middle songs feel to me a little like dad rock /lighting bolt esque. Predictable and rely too heavily on uninteresting power chords and vocal ticks/tricks that have become cliche for EV. Maybe the middle songs will grow on me w/future listens. But I’ll take 8 new cool PJ songs any day! Night night. 

ruggs1996

Very original album. Never heard production on a PJ album like this. Literally sounds like them live and it's amazing.

drakeheuer14

It’s everything I wanted. I would have ordered the songs differently, but all around I love it. 

Pendulum into Retrograde to open my next show please! 

cutz

Think tickets  for shows just got more difficult.

rcharest17

Smellyman said:

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mcgruff10 said:

TJ25487 said:

mcgruff10 said:

I have eaten crow and must admit DOTC is fucking awesome kick ass song.  It is so different yet refreshing at the same time. 

Chew slowly my friend! Taste that shit. hahaha!  I was never a big fan of "You Are" but DOTC is great. The ending is hauntingly good. 

You are is still imo the worst song ever written by pearl jam. 

Future Days would like a word

I will take your You Are, Future Days and raise you Hitchhiker 

Lost Dogs don't count!

Hitchhiker still better though. 

Smellyman said:

D-Rod said:

Smellyman said:

mcgruff10 said:

TJ25487 said:

mcgruff10 said:

I have eaten crow and must admit DOTC is fucking awesome kick ass song.  It is so different yet refreshing at the same time. 

Chew slowly my friend! Taste that shit. hahaha!  I was never a big fan of "You Are" but DOTC is great. The ending is hauntingly good. 

You are is still imo the worst song ever written by pearl jam. 

Future Days would like a word

I will take your You Are, Future Days and raise you Hitchhiker 

Lost Dogs don't count!

Hitchhiker still better though. 

D-Rod said:

Smellyman said:

mcgruff10 said:

TJ25487 said:

mcgruff10 said:

I have eaten crow and must admit DOTC is fucking awesome kick ass song.  It is so different yet refreshing at the same time. 

Chew slowly my friend! Taste that shit. hahaha!  I was never a big fan of "You Are" but DOTC is great. The ending is hauntingly good. 

You are is still imo the worst song ever written by pearl jam. 

Future Days would like a word

I will take your You Are, Future Days and raise you Hitchhiker 

Abe Froman

Just listened for the first time. Wow!  I can’t wait to listen again as I got a shipping notification that vinyl will arrive tomorrow!  

rcharest17

Whoever is talking smack about You Are needs to get their head checked...

stratmad

It’s been a long time since a song moved me to tears of sadness, anger and hope. 

River Cross 

stratmad

Have to say also Who Ever Said didn’t go the way I anticipated it to. Probably the best album opener since Can’t Keep. 

gettingright

After 2 listens:

Tier 1: SBWM, DotC, Quick Escape, 7 O’clock, long way, who ever said, river cross, retrograde
Tier 2: Alright, Buckle Up, Comes Then Goes
Tier 3: Never Destination (that chorus just sounds to me like an alt-country rock song; the rest of it is cool, though)

axellaire8

PJWGIII

Instant Reaction Thoughts...

- Stephen Hyden's review was the most accurate IMO.
- Album Opener/Closer pairing is up there with the all time great PJ pairings
- DOTC was a great outlier single pick, and the lyrics resonate even more now
- The videos are a really cool art exploration and it was a fun way to get introduced to the album, but I can't wait to listen to it straight up ASAP

Listening to BS Podcast right now.

axellaire8

axellaire8 said:

Review in Belgium. Pearl jam at the top of their art!!!

JPPJ84

^^ cool, my school French is rusty af but I could read that

PJammin'

tbergs said:

Is you don't like Comes Then Goes, you may be dead inside. Damn that is a beautiful song. It's In to the Wild era Eddie sounding music. Love the guitar and his vocals.

That’s an amazing song. The lyrics are deep and heartbreaking too if you listen to what he’s revealing.