Not sure where it's going to fall at this point, but DM seems destined to be in the 1st tier of post-2000.albums along with Avocado, Binaural, and Gigaton.
Binaural Riot Act Avocado Dark Matter Gigaton Backspacer Lightning Bolt
I concur.
1993 - Dallas ~~~ 1995 - Red Rocks I & II | Austin ~~~ 1998 - St Louis | Kansas City | Dallas | Raleigh | Atlanta | Birmingham | Greenville | Knoxville | Virginia Beach ~~~ 2000 - New Orleans | Memphis | Nashville | Noblesville | Cincinnati | Columbus | Houston I & II | Dallas | Las Vegas | LA | San Diego | San Bernardino | Sacramento | San Francisco ~~~ 2003 - OKC | San Antonio | Houston | Dallas | Little Rock | Camden I & II | MSG I & II ~~~ 2004 - Boston I & II | St Louis ~~~ 2005 - Gorge | Vancouver | Kitchener | London | Hamilton ~~~ 2006 - Las Vegas | Gorge I & II | Honolulu ~~~ 2008 - MSG I & II ~~~ 2009 - Seattle I & II | Vancouver | Portland | ACL | Philly I-IV ~~~ 2010 - Kansas City | St Louis ~~~ 2011 - PJ20 I & II ~~~ 2013 - Wrigley | Dallas | OKC ~~~ 2014 - ACL I | Tulsa | Moline | St Paul | Milwaukee | Denver ~~~ 2022 - OKC ~~~ 2023 - FW I & II | Austin I & II ~~~ 2024 - Seattle I & II [80]
Binaural Riot Act Avocado Dark Matter Gigaton Lightning Bolt
Backspacer
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Binaural Riot Act Avocado Dark Matter Gigaton Backspacer Lightning Bolt
I concur.
This seems right, though I'm only half way through my first listen to DM. I know I've never listened to either of the last 3 on the list once I was done seeing shows for that tour. Hope that isn't the case for DM, but we'll see. I play the first 2 semi regularly, which is like once or twice a year.
Avocado Binaural Dark Matter Gigaton Backspacer Lightning Bolt Riot Act
Kansas City 7.03.98
St. Louis 10.11.00
Kansas City 10.12.00
St. Louis 4.22.03
Kansas City 6.12.03
St. Louis 10.5.04
Kansas City 5.3.10 Phoenix (EV) 4.13.12
Phoenix (EV) 11.4.12
Phoenix 11.19.13
Wrigley 1 8.20.16 Seattle 1 8.8.18 Phoenix 4.11.20 Phoenix 5.9.22 Indianapolis 9.10.23 Los Angeles 1 5.22.24 Indianapolis 8.26.24
Vitalogy 10/10 No Code 10/10 Ten 10/10 Vs 10/10 Yield 9.5/10 Binaural 8.5/10 Dark Matter 8/10 S/T 7.5/10 Riot Act 7.5/10 Gigaton 7/10 Backspacer 7/10 Lighting Bolt 6.5/10
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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
Binaural Riot Act Dark Matter Gigaton Avocado Backspacer Lighting Bolt
I think this is my list as well.
If backspacer and lightning bolt went out of print and disappeared off the face of the earth I wouldn't miss them at all. Particularly lightning bolt. I went back to listen to it for the first time in years while gearing up for the new album and couldn't get through it. Was even worse than I remembered. I do still like Pendulum though, so at least it had that.
Way too early to put a good ranking on Dark Matter. Got to let it breathe and evolve and see where it’s taken in a live setting. To me a song like Retrograde didn’t really stand out to me listening to Gigaton but after hearing it live it really jumped up the chart for me. So right now while I dig every song after 3 days let’s let ‘em evolve
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Riot Act
Binaural
Avocado
Backspacer
Dark Matter
Gigaton
Lightning Bolt
Riot Act
Avocado
Dark Matter
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
Avocado
Dark Matter - this might move ahead of Avocado, too early to say
Riot Act
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
Riot Act
Dark Matter
Gigaton
Avocado
Backspacer
Lighting Bolt
Montreal 98, 00, 03, 05, 11
Toronto 03, 06, 11
Ottawa 05, 11
Quebec 05; Saratoga 00; Boston 04; Toledo 04
Albany 06; Honolulu 06; Hartford 08
Costa Rica 11
London (Ont.), Hartford 13
Quebec, Fenway 1 + 2 16; London 18
EV Montreal (2), Berkeley II, Albany, Boston, London (UK)
Dark Matter
Binarual
Riot Act
Gigaton
Lightning Bolt
Avocado
Backspacer
2007 Venezia
2010 London
2012 Oslo
2014 Milano
2018 Milano
2018 Krakow
2019 Barolo (Ed)
2022 Berlin
2022 Frankfurt
2022 Krakow
2024 London
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Riot Act
Avocado
Dark Matter
Gigaton
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
gigaton
self titled
binaural
backspacer
lb
riot act
Avocado
Binaural
Dark Matter
Gigaton
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
Riot Act
St. Louis 10.11.00
Kansas City 10.12.00
St. Louis 4.22.03
Kansas City 6.12.03
St. Louis 10.5.04
Kansas City 5.3.10
Phoenix (EV) 4.13.12
Phoenix (EV) 11.4.12
Phoenix 11.19.13
Wrigley 1 8.20.16
Seattle 1 8.8.18
Phoenix 4.11.20
Phoenix 5.9.22
Indianapolis 9.10.23
Los Angeles 1 5.22.24
Indianapolis 8.26.24
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2022 Ottawa 09/03
2016 MSG 1 & 2
2013 Brooklyn (10/18, 10/19) Philadelphia (10/21, 10/22)
2012 Atlanta 09/22
2009 Albany 06/08 (Eddie Solo)
2008 Bonnaroo 6/14
2006 Albany 05/12
2005 Philadelphia 10/03
2000 Saratoga Springs 08/27
After a few more listens, I can easily see DM jumping over Avocado though.
Binaural
Avocado
RA
DM - almost certainly to move up or down within a month though.
BS
Gigaton
LB
1. Pearl Jam
2. Riot Act
3. Gigaton
4. Lightning Bolt
5. Binaural
6. Dark Matter
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
No Code 10/10
Ten 10/10
Vs 10/10
Yield 9.5/10
Binaural 8.5/10
Dark Matter 8/10
S/T 7.5/10
Riot Act 7.5/10
Gigaton 7/10
Backspacer 7/10
Lighting Bolt 6.5/10
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
If backspacer and lightning bolt went out of print and disappeared off the face of the earth I wouldn't miss them at all. Particularly lightning bolt. I went back to listen to it for the first time in years while gearing up for the new album and couldn't get through it. Was even worse than I remembered. I do still like Pendulum though, so at least it had that.
Dark Matter
Avocado
Riot Act
Backspacer
Binaural
Lightning Bolt
2. Binaural
3. Gigaton
Dark Matter
Lightning Bolt
Binaural
Backspacer
Riot Act
Gigaton
Riot Act
Dark Matter
Binaural
Gigaton
L.B
Backspacer
Riot Act
Avocado
Gigaton
Backspacer
Dark Matter
Lightning Bolt
Dark Matter
Binaural
Riot Act
Good, not great
Self-titled (a bit overrated, but solid addition to the catalog
Gigaton (first half of this album is great, back half fizzles out)
Meh
Backspacer (going through the motions)
Ughh
Lightning Bolt (I'd like to forget that this one exists)
Riot Act
Backspacer
Dark Matter
Binaural
Lightning Bolt
Gigaton
Avacado
Dark matter
Riot Act
Gigaton
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer
Chicago 8-18-18
Chicago 8-20-18
St. Louis 4-4-20
Denver 4-9-20
Denver 9-22-22
Noblesville 9-10-23
Vancouver 5-6-24
Seattle 5-30-24
EV
Chicago 2-9-22
Tempe 2-26-23