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

JV267526
JV267526 Posts: 203
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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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  • AKRounder85
    AKRounder85 Phila 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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  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    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 Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,389
    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!
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Best since Yield.  I have it #6 on my all time list.  
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,751
    Somewhere between 1 and 11
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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,198
    11 :( DotC is the only song I can listen multiple times
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  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,190
    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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  • BF89905
    BF89905 Posts: 1,449
    Best since Binaural
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,135
    Second or third best post 2000. 

    Binaural
    gigaton / s/t
    Riot Act
    Backspacer
    Lightning Bolt

  • Apone
    Apone Posts: 589
    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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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    My rankings for the last 20 years:

    -gigaton
    -backspacer
    -binaural
    -riot act
    -lightning bolt
    -self titled. 
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,389
    Here’s mine (last 20 years)
    Binaural 
    Gigaton
    Riot Act
    S/T
    LB 
    Backspacer
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    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.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,608
    Top 5 or 6. Best since Avocado which was the best since Yield.
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  • THEBIBLEISTEN
    THEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 2,023
    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. 
  • DB15740
    DB15740 Westfield MA 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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  • TN49724
    TN49724 Posts: 106
    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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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,173
    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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  • Gigatonofbricks
    Gigatonofbricks Philadelphia, PA 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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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    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. 

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