I don't have a least favourite song on Gigaton. Do you?

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  • PA Jammer
    PA Jammer Tamaqua, Pa. Posts: 341
    Buckle Up
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  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,672
    edited April 2020
    Buckle Up ruins the flow just like Pry to, Help, Help, Parachutes, Speed of Sound, and Sleeping by Myself. Why does Pearl Jam always do that?
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  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,204
    River cross, it’s so close to being the best song on the album in some ways but just falls flat when you think it’s going to soar
  • DC107850
    DC107850 Mexico Posts: 3
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Buckle up 
    Alright 
    Retrograde
    River Cross

    Go with Retrograde
    I agree.
  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    Take the Long Way
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Comes then goes...for now.  Just seems redundant musically and too long.  I’ll spend more time with the song.
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  • BS43924
    BS43924 Posts: 1
    Take the long way
  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,208
    Buckle Up for sure. The only other song that hasn't clicked with me yet is River Cross but give it time. 

    Interesting that people are mentioning Alright and Retrograde, those are in my top tier of the album for sure.
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  • Dvdpenny72
    Dvdpenny72 Seattle Posts: 118
    pledgeagrievance said:
    Never Destination. They could write I’m that in their sleep. They have a dozen songs like it in their catalogue. Not sure we needed another one. Closest thing to a skip for me. Take the long way runner up. 
    Glad someone else said it. It's grown on me a lot, but if I had to pick it's never destination. Adversely Take the long way is one of my favorites so that goes to show how subjective this topic is......
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 23,041
    Buckle Up 
    I thought this was a joke when I heard it for the 1st time
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  • Gigatonofbricks
    Gigatonofbricks Philadelphia, PA Posts: 148
    what dreams said:
    Take the Long Way

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,864
    Retrograde is still the only one that hasn’t clicked for me yet
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  • Whywhyzed
    Whywhyzed Posts: 270
    Buckle Up is edgeing towards skip territory. I've tried. Sounds like a rejected idea from the 2nd side of Moonlander, but obv the band disagrees.  Hardto believe the same guy that wrote Black, In Hiding, Thin Air, and countless other ones.... And this is his main contribution 

    Ofc this is all IMO. Just love Gigaton, overall. What a gift in a dark and shitty time.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,620
    Yes but I'm not sure if it's Take The Long Way or River Cross. Like a lot/love everything else. 
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  • mschostok
    mschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    edited April 2020
    Comes then Goes. To me, it just doesn’t fit on the airy and atmospheric album. After buckle up (which is one of my favs actually), the album would have felt better with another rocker in its place to pick thinks back up before the slower retrograde and river cross. river cross is second for me, I think the kalimba kind of ruins the song, it’s very distracting, I just wanna hear Ed and the organ. 
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  • docsredarmy99
    docsredarmy99 Posts: 34
    edited April 2020
    I agree with the OP.

    I think it's a very consistent album & I don't feel the need or want to skip any tracks although if pushed I would start the album at the 5th song. It's Pearl Jam to me & very welcome at this time. 
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,472
    Buckle up, but their worst song is still better than most acts.
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  • otter
    otter Posts: 772
    Buckle up reminds me of wishlist sort of. I love every song on Gigaton. It’s so great. I have nothing bad to say. But I bettcha “quick escape” was originally “gigaton”
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  • otter
    otter Posts: 772
    the only thing I hate is I downloaded to my iPhone and I can’t just let it play
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  • elevation622
    elevation622 Posts: 926
    Retrograde minus the awesome outro, sounds way too much like Sirens to me which I hated.  But 11/12 is pretty good!

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