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I'm sorry but Gigaton is a major triumph!

primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,326
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Best album since Yield!  It's amazing!  Thank you PJ!
Summerfest 7/8/95
Missoula 6/20/98
Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
Champaign 4/23/03
Alpine Valley 6/21/03
Missoula 8/29/05
Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
Tampa 6/12/08
Chicago 8/23/09
Indy 5/7/10
Alpine Valley x2 2011
Wrigley 2013
Milwaukee 14
Telluride 16
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    drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,387
    Fuck yeah Gigaton!
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
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    KN219077KN219077 Montana Posts: 897
    Binaural begs to differ. No way I’m taking a song like never destination over Grievance, or buckle up over Light Years. 
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    pawlowski1097pawlowski1097 Philadelphia, PA Posts: 571
    Binaural is not in the same class as gigaton and it’s not even close. Sorry 
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    PJWGIIIPJWGIII Chicago, IL Posts: 806
    edited March 2020
    Let's get some love for Josh Evans for getting this band on their feet to actively create impactful music again (with room for a lot more).
    Let's get some love for Matt Fucking Cameron just BRINGING IT on the top of his game finally on a PJ album.

    Who am I kidding, everyone else just played an awesome role too – Jeff's songs/parts were fantastic, Ed remains a powerful visionary, MIKE SOLOS, and Stone Gossard is Stone Gossard!
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    primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,326
    edited March 2020
    KN219077 said:
    Binaural begs to differ. No way I’m taking a song like never destination over Grievance, or buckle up over Light Years. 
    Grievance is a great song and there are some other good ones on there too.  But there are some duds also!  No way I'm taking Evacuation over any song on Gigaton!  As a whole Gigaton is superior.
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
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    Darth Lizard KingDarth Lizard King Posts: 76
    primussucks said:
    Best album since Yield!  It's amazing!  Thank you PJ!
    You are trying so hard to convince yourself, aren't you? So transparent.
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    primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,326
    PJWGIII said:
    Let's get some love for Josh Evans for getting this band on their feet to actively create impactful music again (with room for a lot more).
    Let's get some love for Matt Fucking Cameron just BRINGING IT on the top of his game finally on a PJ album.

    Who am I kidding, everyone else just played an awesome role too – Jeff's songs/parts were fantastic, Ed remains a powerful visionary, MIKE SOLOS, and Stone Gossard is Stone Gossard!
    This!!
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
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    primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,326
    Also I'm posting this just to take a shot at that other aweful thread lol!
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
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    ChoskaChoska Posts: 119
    I think it is their most fully realized album since Ten.
    Seattle 1992, Seattle 1992, Seattle 1993, Seattle 1995, Seattle 1996, Seattle 1998, Seattle 2001, Seattle 2002, Seattle 2005, Gorge 2006, Seattle 2009, Seattle 2013, Chicago 2016 x2, Seattle 2018 x2, San Diego 2022, Nashville 2022, Seattle 2022 - Eddie Vedder

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    kaikaikaikai Posts: 55
    PJWGIII said:
    Let's get some love for Josh Evans for getting this band on their feet to actively create impactful music again (with room for a lot more).
    Let's get some love for Matt Fucking Cameron just BRINGING IT on the top of his game finally on a PJ album.

    Who am I kidding, everyone else just played an awesome role too – Jeff's songs/parts were fantastic, Ed remains a powerful visionary, MIKE SOLOS, and Stone Gossard is Stone Gossard!
    Yes! Absolutely no one phoned it in. Love it. 
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    pearldavidsonpearldavidson PA Posts: 1,356
    edited March 2020
    primussucks said:
    Also I'm posting this just to take a shot at that other aweful thread lol!
    the other thread isn't awful. its just a difference of opinion...but I see what you did there!
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    KC138045KC138045 Columbus, OH Posts: 2,715
    primussucks said:
    Also I'm posting this just to take a shot at that other aweful thread lol!
    I’m sorry my thread didn’t live up to your lofty standards 🙄
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    Cincinnati-2006
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    Darth Lizard KingDarth Lizard King Posts: 76
    Choska said:
    I think it is their most fully realized album since Ten.
    LoL! Yeah, sure.
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    KC2917KC2917 Posts: 871
    Choska said:
    I think it is their most fully realized album since Ten.
    You’ve apparently never heard no code. You should check it out. 
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    rider10rider10 Posts: 41
    primussucks said:
    KN219077 said:
    Binaural begs to differ. No way I’m taking a song like never destination over Grievance, or buckle up over Light Years. 
    Grievance is a great song and there are some other good ones on there too.  But there are some duds also!  No way I'm taking Evacuation over any song on Gigaton!  As a whole Gigaton is superior.
    It's funny you say that because I feel like Quick Escape is like a fully realized version of what they were going for with Evacuation.
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    byrn3535byrn3535 Posts: 127
    I'm gonna go ahead and agree with this
    Byrn, (bye - earn)
    "I wanna live my life with the volume full"
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    VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,912
    I agree - totally agree!  It is better than Yield.  Although Yield has great moments, don't get me wrong.  This one is way up there.  I'll put this right now in my personal list 3rd after Vs (1) and Ten (2).  No Code a tight 4, then Vitalogy and then the rest.  This is like Led Zep In through the out door to me.  Shows a lot of maturing.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
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    Travels WithTravels With Posts: 545
    There's not a single song on this album that I want to skip.  I can't say that about too many albums.  LOVE this one.
    “I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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    ForceofNature101ForceofNature101 Posts: 1,190
    Darth Lizard King said:
    primussucks said:
    Best album since Yield!  It's amazing!  Thank you PJ!
    You are trying so hard to convince yourself, aren't you? So transparent.
    Yes, how dare someone genuinely actually like something?
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    vitovito Chicago Posts: 1,449
    Best album since Yield!!!
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1992
    SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
    THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
    ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
    HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
    TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
    AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
    NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
    PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
    IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
    XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016 
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
    BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
    ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
    Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008

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    EarlWelshEarlWelsh Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,103
    My personal favorite since Riot Act. Second half is especially awesome but the whole thing is really beautiful. Amazing headphone record.
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    vitovito Chicago Posts: 1,449
    It absolutely is amazing with good headphones, so much going on and just great production also.
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1992
    SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
    THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
    ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
    HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
    TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
    AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
    NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
    PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
    IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
    XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016 
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
    BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
    ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
    Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008

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    Daron OshayDaron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,492
    primussucks said:
    Best album since Yield!  It's amazing!  Thank you PJ!
    Yes!
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    Edved82Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,250
    Great album. Really really enjoying it.
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
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    JPPJ84JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,440
    edited March 2020
    Gosh I love Take the long way! What an awesome song!!! Had to get that out =)
    PS: my sister is a casual fan at best... I made her listen to it and what songs did she give 5 stars straight away? 7 o‘clock and Buckle Up! 
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    THEBIBLEISTENTHEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 1,674
    Listening now, it’s a good one. Great with headphones. 
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    mace1229mace1229 Posts: 8,997
    edited March 2020
    Right now it’s my favorite since Yield. I expect that to change though, I liked LB better than BS and RA on first listen just due to the excitement of a new album, but didn’t take long to easily be my least favorite.
    I expect I’ll always like this some better than the last 2, might finish off on the level with Avocado. Which I’m happy with, I still enjoy that album. But we’ll see in a month. I’ve already listened to it about 15 times all the way through as I got a copy a week early and I’m still feeling just as strong about it.
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    stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,358
    PJWGIII said:
    Let's get some love for Josh Evans for getting this band on their feet to actively create impactful music again (with room for a lot more).
    Let's get some love for Matt Fucking Cameron just BRINGING IT on the top of his game finally on a PJ album.

    Who am I kidding, everyone else just played an awesome role too – Jeff's songs/parts were fantastic, Ed remains a powerful visionary, MIKE SOLOS, and Stone Gossard is Stone Gossard!
    Yes!
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    se7v7ense7v7en Philadelphia, PA Posts: 326
    Agreed.  30 years in
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    vedpunkvedpunk Posts: 821
    edited March 2020
    Incredible diverse, well produced album.  

    IMO - Best album since Yield
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