Mad Season or Temple Of The Dog?

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  • glorified G is here
    glorified G is here Posts: 419
    intodeep wrote:
    I like Mad Season but I would go with TOTD easily.

    Anyone ever wonder how these two albums have two of mike's best extended solo's and nowhere on any pearl jam album have they ever let him jam like this? (november hotel & reach down)

    Complete Bullshit. Unleash Mike on the next album.

    I agree! what Mike does on non-PJ albums deserves to be incorporated into the band. Unless mike holds back some unique styles. Across the boards, what Mike brings to songs is emotion!
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  • sherm
    sherm Seattle, Wa Posts: 708
    Layne, enough said.
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  • greenspirit
    greenspirit Posts: 64
    All I can say is November Hotel, Mike is on fire here like no other song.

    Mad Season all the way.
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    This thread made me go out and re-purchase Mad Season. I haven't had that disc in forever. I ran right down to the store on lunch and bought it.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • glorified G is here
    glorified G is here Posts: 419
    Stone Is God wrote:
    This thread made me go out and re-purchase Mad Season. I haven't had that disc in forever. I ran right down to the store on lunch and bought it.
    Good deal! I'm fortunate enough to play it on vinyl when in the mood! It is an album that sounds better on a turntable. The bass is sooo deep, and the rest is mesmorizing!
    7/28/1992 Lollapalooza Cincinnati, 9/22/1996 Toledo, 8/20/2000 Cincinnati, 6/24/2006 Cincinnati, 8/5/2007 Lollapalooza Chicago @ Grant Park, EV solo 8/21/2008 Chicago @ Auditorium Theater
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    gregory1 wrote:
    Good deal! I'm fortunate enough to play it on vinyl when in the mood! It is an album that sounds better on a turntable. The bass is sooo deep, and the rest is mesmorizing!

    Lucky bastard. They were one of the bands that was responsible for changing me from a rap fan to rock. I remember when I saw "Live at the Moore" for the first time. I was floored. Awesome.
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  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I love TOTD but I have to go with Above for these 3 reasons

    1. Layne and Mike is an insane combo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2. November Hotel
    3. Layne, Lanegan, Long Gone Day and a saxophone = Absolute beauty
  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    I love them both an awful lot but TOTD. Juuuuuuust.
  • Grunge100
    Grunge100 Posts: 178
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    I love TOTD but I have to go with Above for these 3 reasons

    1. Layne and Mike is an insane combo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2. November Hotel
    3. Layne, Lanegan, Long Gone Day and a saxophone = Absolute beauty

    +1. Layne's voice is godlike.
    Light green to green, dark green, brown..
    Every life is falling down
    Brown to black, it's coming back
    Dies to be part of the ground
    Seed to seedling, root to stem
  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I know I have asked this before but if anyone could hook me up, or know where I can find the Live at the Moore dvd it would be much appreciated.
  • glorified G is here
    glorified G is here Posts: 419
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    I know I have asked this before but if anyone could hook me up, or know where I can find the Live at the Moore dvd it would be much appreciated.
    I picked up a burned copy off ebay for $10 that seems recorded from VHS, but overall quality is good with the sound being very good! Well worth it that way.
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  • Fluttermoth
    Fluttermoth Posts: 24
    I'd have to pick ToTD...it reaches peaks that I don't find in MS, much as I love it. Above always seems a little on one level to me.
  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    mad season for me. two great albums though.
    november hotel is the clincher.
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  • llamaranger
    llamaranger Posts: 12
    gotta be ToTD for me, I just can't imagine another song in the world that makes me happier than Say Hello To Heaven. Seriously, when it get to the crescendo at the end im grinning like a buffoon, now matter how in appropriate it might be at the time.

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  • JimFletcherPearlJam
    JimFletcherPearlJam Posts: 381
    I know it's a bit weird to chime in 14 years later, but I have to go with Mad Season. I mean, Above is simply badass. It grips me and doesn't let go. It leaves me wanting more. I can't say I ever truly felt that way when listening to Temple of the Dog. It's obviously all great stuff though. 
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,759
    mensane said:
    EASY...

    Mad Season.

    One of the best albums by ANY band of all time.
    True^^
    I didn't know this music (aside from hunger strke) existed til they reissued them on vinyl. Love Mad Season and listen to it more than TOD. CC has a great voice too, but it's (intentionally?) harder on the ears than Layne. Prefer the smoothness of his voice more often than getting screamed at. :/
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    ToTD, going away.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,813
    edited November 2022
    Mad Season for me, and it's not close. 

    I love TOTD, but Above is on a whole other level. 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,623
    Merkin Baller said:
    Mad Season for me, and it's not close. 

    I love TOTD, but Above is on a whole other level. 
    Agree here. I listen to Layne more here than AIC even. 
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