Pearl Jam's new album ”Dark Matter” ! Single out!

KM73780

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

Hawk123

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

Just different opinions which is allowed. 

Gern Blansten

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

Disagree....my opinion of course and I like that you consider it better.

It is the lowest ranked album to me. LB not too far above but Infallible and Pendulum put it way over BS in my mind.

Spiritual_Chaos

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

Gern Blansten

It's hard for me to rank my favorite albums but the bottom are BS/LB/Giga with Giga being above BS/LB

KM73780

Spiritual_Chaos said:

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

My point was simply that @CROJAM95 said people shit on Backspacer and I don’t get that. I apologize for speaking out ever so slightly against a Pearl Jam album. 

Gern Blansten

KM73780 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

My point was simply that @CROJAM95 said people shit on Backspacer and I don’t get that. I apologize for speaking out ever so slightly against a Pearl Jam album. 

Do about an hour of hail Mary's and we're good

lastexitlondon

I think BS and LB are the bottom 2 albums. 
Something has to be!

incognitony

Backspacer is my favorite of the 21st century albums as a whole. It has several songs that get stuck in my head. 

CROJAM95

KM73780 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

My point was simply that @CROJAM95 said people shit on Backspacer and I don’t get that. I apologize for speaking out ever so slightly against a Pearl Jam album. 

If Backspacer is your worst album, and it has crowd favorites ( poppy, yes) like Got Some, Fixer, Just Breathe, Amongst the Waves, Unthought Known, Force of Nature...Your a pretty damn good band thats fighting against your own MEGA legacy

enough said....something will always be labeled " best", " worst" ....human nature to put everything in a box

it was a fun tour and the songs i mentioned always have a nice crowd reaction

Spiritual_Chaos

People listing The Fixer

KM73780

Spiritual_Chaos said:

People listing The Fixer

Great song 

HughFreakingDillon

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan said:

Take with a grain of salt. Would also appreciate if this doesn’t get posted outside here. If it does, it will be the end of me posting info. #deadserious

from someone (not me) who has heard the album, they say it has vs. vibes. Now everyone might have a different definition of vs. vibes but that is what I was told. Recorded songs are old style pj. Album is finished but again, definition of finished can change from person to person

wow. awesome. 

Spiritual_Chaos

KM73780 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

People listing The Fixer

Great song 

No need to troll. No need. Cameron C trolled enough for the rest of eternity with the music video. 

vedpunk

I will never understand the hate for Backspacer.  Easily the most accessible album with actual melodies and hooks over the past 15 years.  I can crank the first 8 songs and not have to skip one.  Can't say that about many of the other albums over the same time period.  Plus, Unthought Known always brings the live show up a notch.   

KM73780

vedpunk said:

I will never understand the hate for Backspacer.  Easily the most accessible album with actual melodies and hooks over the past 15 years.  I can crank the first 8 songs and not have to skip one.  Can't say that about many of the other albums over the same time period.  Plus, Unthought Known always brings the live show up a notch.   

💯 

CROJAM95

Spiritual_Chaos said:

People listing The Fixer

It’s light & fun

just like you cupcake 

ceska

Gern Blansten said:

KM73780 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

My point was simply that @CROJAM95 said people shit on Backspacer and I don’t get that. I apologize for speaking out ever so slightly against a Pearl Jam album. 

Do about an hour of hail Mary's and we're good

You mean an hour of Hail, Hail's and Crazy Mary's

Tim Simmons

Co-sign The Fixer being great. 

pledgeagrievance

CROJAM95 said:

KM73780 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

My point was simply that @CROJAM95 said people shit on Backspacer and I don’t get that. I apologize for speaking out ever so slightly against a Pearl Jam album. 

If Backspacer is your worst album, and it has crowd favorites ( poppy, yes) like Got Some, Fixer, Just Breathe, Amongst the Waves, Unthought Known, Force of Nature...Your a pretty damn good band thats fighting against your own MEGA legacy

enough said....something will always be labeled " best", " worst" ....human nature to put everything in a box

it was a fun tour and the songs i mentioned always have a nice crowd reaction

Don’t forget Gonna See My Friend. That song doesn’t get the love it deserves. 

lastexitlondon

pledgeagrievance said:

CROJAM95 said:

KM73780 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

My point was simply that @CROJAM95 said people shit on Backspacer and I don’t get that. I apologize for speaking out ever so slightly against a Pearl Jam album. 

If Backspacer is your worst album, and it has crowd favorites ( poppy, yes) like Got Some, Fixer, Just Breathe, Amongst the Waves, Unthought Known, Force of Nature...Your a pretty damn good band thats fighting against your own MEGA legacy

enough said....something will always be labeled " best", " worst" ....human nature to put everything in a box

it was a fun tour and the songs i mentioned always have a nice crowd reaction

Don’t forget Gonna See My Friend. That song doesn’t get the love it deserves. 

I love that one

CROJAM95

^ I think they are all good
the ones I rolled off are the obvious ones

hell Johnny guitar is a guilty pleasure

 supersonic & speed of sound are my bottom 2

the end is too heavy for me, as the lyrics remind me of my dad who lost his battle w/ cancer in 2007 @ only 55 years old… this being the 1st album after it…. The part

It's my fault now
Having caught a sickness in my bones
How it pains to leave you here
With the kids on your own
Just don't let me go

eats me up…. Sums up the hardest few years gone thru

DM282158

lastexitlondon said:

pledgeagrievance said:

CROJAM95 said:

KM73780 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

KM73780 said:

I don’t understand people “shitting on” Backspacer but not Lightning Bolt. Backspacer is better. 

I don’t understand people ”shitting on” Lightning Bolt by saying it is worse than Backspacer. Lightning Bolt is better. 

My point was simply that @CROJAM95 said people shit on Backspacer and I don’t get that. I apologize for speaking out ever so slightly against a Pearl Jam album. 

If Backspacer is your worst album, and it has crowd favorites ( poppy, yes) like Got Some, Fixer, Just Breathe, Amongst the Waves, Unthought Known, Force of Nature...Your a pretty damn good band thats fighting against your own MEGA legacy

enough said....something will always be labeled " best", " worst" ....human nature to put everything in a box

it was a fun tour and the songs i mentioned always have a nice crowd reaction

Don’t forget Gonna See My Friend. That song doesn’t get the love it deserves. 

I love that one

One of my all time favorite PJ tracks. Banger of a song to kick off an album 

Spiritual_Chaos

Never liked the harsh production nor Eddies "having a bad cold" singing on Backspacer. Always reminding me of listening to early days overly compressed MP3s. Also the cover artwork with that style and the digital coloring, I found to be very bad. 

I do find Gonna See My Friend, Got Some, Unthought Known and Force of Nature to be great songs though. I guess you can throw in Just Breathe too.

lastexitlondon

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Never liked the harsh production nor Eddies "having a bad cold" singing on Backspacer. Always reminding me of listening to early days overly compressed MP3s. Also the cover artwork with that style and the digital coloring, I found to be very bad. 

I do find Gonna See My Friend, Got Some, Unthought Known and Force of Nature to be great songs though. I guess you can throw in Just Breathe too.

Just breathe??? Oh my

lastexitlondon

CROJAM95 said:

^ I think they are all good
the ones I rolled off are the obvious ones

hell Johnny guitar is a guilty pleasure

 supersonic & speed of sound are my bottom 2

the end is too heavy for me, as the lyrics remind me of my dad who lost his battle w/ cancer in 2007 @ only 55 years old… this being the 1st album after it…. The part

It's my fault now
Having caught a sickness in my bones
How it pains to leave you here
With the kids on your own
Just don't let me go

eats me up…. Sums up the hardest few years gone thru

I hear you there, that's awfully sad and so very young.  It's a very sad song.

pjl44

It could be that people are shitting on a German pressing of the album which is generally considered complimentary 

devonfz

Man, I love both these albums, and I wish they would play more songs off them all the time, including Johnny guitar, including sirens, including getaway, including my father’s son including force of nature I think they all are great live and kick ass. I’ve said it before I wish they do a tour where they do 90% of the songs from binaural to present maybe three or four old ones.

goldrush

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan said:

Take with a grain of salt. Would also appreciate if this doesn’t get posted outside here. If it does, it will be the end of me posting info. #deadserious

from someone (not me) who has heard the album, they say it has vs. vibes. Now everyone might have a different definition of vs. vibes but that is what I was told. Recorded songs are old style pj. Album is finished but again, definition of finished can change from person to person

As much as would love this to be true, they just aren’t that band anymore. Ed’s voice is different now, Matt has a very different vibe to the old school PJ sound. They’ve evolved over the decades - 2023 PJ couldn’t write Ten, just like 1991 PJ couldn’t have written Gigaton. 

For the record, I love both and I’ll be very happy to be proved wrong!

Loujoe

joejamison said:

Article I just read says Andrew Watt is a fan club member with over 50 shows under his belt. Does he post here?

Hi