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After Some Time to Take In and Digest Gigaton, Where Does it Rank For You?

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Whenever something new comes out there is always the shiny new toy effect that happens, but Gigaton right off the bat felt like it was going to be a slow burn. This album is good top to bottom without any filler tracks. There really is not a bad song, just good and great songs imo. After a handful of listens initially I felt as though this was PJ's 3rd best album, and a ton more listens through this seems to hold true for me. Songs like Never Destination and Take the Long Way, which initially I thought were decent have grown on me even more, and the songs I initially was really drawn to like Seven O'Clock, DOTC, Who Ever Said, Quick Escape and Retrograde I appreciate and love even more. As you really dig into the lyrics and listen for nuances in the music, you appreciate the album even more, especially given its relevancy to the time we are facing right now. This album encompasses the array of the bands sounds. I really like Yield and No Code and Vitalogy, but for me I honestly think they have outdone them. 
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  • AKRounder85AKRounder85 Posts: 250
    Bottom 3 along with the last 2.
    12 tracks, 6 good songs.
    1st 3, take the long way, buckle up and river cross. Already stopped listening.

    Yeild and Pearl Jam are my favs.
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  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,429
    edited April 2020
    Still hard to rank for me since it is too soon but if I had to I would say best since Yield. I am not sure how much legs these songs will have yet and how they will sound live though of course. There are 10 great songs on this album with a couple of those being some of the best they have ever done and 2 good songs. Not a bad song on the album for me and thats probably a first since Vitalogy (VS if you count the filler from Vitalogy) 
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,252
    edited April 2020
    So far I think it’s their best since Binaural. It’s gonna take some time for me to start putting it ahead that. I do love it though. Every song. Top to bottom. They did a great job on this record!
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    Best since Yield.  I have it #6 on my all time list.  
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,790
    Somewhere between 1 and 11
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  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    11 :( DotC is the only song I can listen multiple times
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  • tino_11tino_11 Posts: 2,099
    At the moment, it's coming in 8th out of 11. That sounds a bit negative but it really isn't, it's got tough competition. It may push Binaural to one side and move up to 7th in time.
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  • BF89905BF89905 Posts: 1,408
    Best since Binaural
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 7,723
    Second or third best post 2000. 

    Binaural
    gigaton / s/t
    Riot Act
    Backspacer
    Lightning Bolt

  • AponeApone Posts: 587
    tino_11 said:
    At the moment, it's coming in 8th out of 11. That sounds a bit negative but it really isn't, it's got tough competition. It may push Binaural to one side and move up to 7th in time.
    Its a great album, but  would still rank it below the first 7 albums definietly and possibly below Avacado also.  It's a mile infront of lightning bolt and backspacer.
    Saying that. all tracks are still growing on me so could move up the order over time.  To think a band 30 years in can produce music of Gigatons quality and diversity is amazing.
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    My rankings for the last 20 years:

    -gigaton
    -backspacer
    -binaural
    -riot act
    -lightning bolt
    -self titled. 
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,252
    Here’s mine (last 20 years)
    Binaural 
    Gigaton
    Riot Act
    S/T
    LB 
    Backspacer
  • vaggar99vaggar99 Posts: 3,427
    Not ready to rank it yet, but I remember Jeff Ament saying something about recording their great "jazz opus" one day.  That was probably 15+ years ago.  I'd say Gigaton is getting closer to that.
  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,128
    Top 5 or 6. Best since Avocado which was the best since Yield.
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  • THEBIBLEISTENTHEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 1,872
    This is a great album and keeps getting better. I put it ahead of LB and Backspacer and it’s still climbing. This thing is easily an A . Very impressed with this. 
  • DB15740DB15740 Posts: 72
    JimmyV said:
    Top 5 or 6. Best since Avocado which was the best since Yield.
    I have a tough time ranking the albums, but I agree with this. 
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  • TN49724TN49724 Posts: 102
    edited April 2020
    Haven’t listened to it in over a week.  Tried about a week or so ago.  Too much production/kalimba/muddied vocals/drum machine or whatever the heck that is.  The second half of the album is tough to listen to.

     Quick Escape and SBWM are good, 7 o’clock is solid.  Unfortunately  it’s already out of the rotation.  it’s about what I expected.  

    Tied for last w LB
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,397
    Best since yield.  It s not s bad song but I just can’t get into take the long way.  Everything else is top notch.  
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  • GigatonofbricksGigatonofbricks Posts: 148
    too early for me to try to attempt to rank it among the other 10 albums but for me, "WES" is an absolute corker.
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  • TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,475
    I'd put it at the top of the last 20 years. There are several songs on this album that I could see being live staples moving forward. 
  • Hankj25Hankj25 Posts: 315
    I would put ahead of LB, BS and Riot Act. 

    Really close to Binural and No Code.  

    But not anywhere near Ten, VS, Yield or Avacado.  

    At this point in their careers, I think this album is wonderful and am grateful to have it. 
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  • KN219077KN219077 Posts: 1,070
    Ahead if lb and backspacer, ties with self titled. Could pass self titled, it’s just a really good album all around. Some of Ed’s best lyrics since binaural and best music since riot act.
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,352
    Some time to digest?  This is the 17th day since its release.  No one has any idea how this will wear.
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  • THEBIBLEISTENTHEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 1,872
    Who ever said is awesome. 
  • Of The AggieOf The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,528
    I listened to it a few times after it first came out but haven’t listened to it since.  Was so excited by DotC, but that is the only song I really like.  It’s about even with Lightning Bolt at the very bottom right now.  I’ve probably only listened to Lightning Bolt about 10 times ever.
  • JC29866JC29866 Posts: 85
    Gigaton feels like an album of its time, like a piece of art made by artists.  Any true PJ fan can discern the feeling of capturing lightning in a bottle (Yield etc), versus the contrived and uninspired (LB etc).
    Gigaton is lightning in a bottle 
  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    I have Vs. then Ten at the top.  I have Gigaton tied with No Code in the 3-spot.  No Code is very uneven as it has In My Tree and I'm open (both of my bookends).  Gigaton is pretty great to me throughout. Then Vitalogy, Yield and the rest.  I like all of the albums a lot.  All have great songs.  Looking across the catalog, very few turds in the punchbowl; a major one though at the end of Vitalogy.     That's why I'm here.  They are a match with my tastes. To me, Gigaton is huge, bigger than life and refreshing.  Great sound quality, added affects.  All a great bonus.
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  • se7v7ense7v7en Posts: 329
    edited April 2020
    Vitalogy
    Vs / Ten
    No Code / GIGATON /Yield
    Binaural / Riot Act
    PJ / LB / Backspacer

  • KN219077KN219077 Posts: 1,070
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    Who ever said is awesome. 
    Correct. Lots of depth to that song. Great opener
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    se7v7en said:
    Vitalogy
    Vs / Ten
    No Code / GIGATON /Yield
    Binaural / Riot Act
    PJ / LB / Backspacer

    It definitely feels like a sibling to No Code and Yield.   A cousin to everything else. 
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