Oh god Pearl Jam is a great album!

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  • Fitz
    Fitz Posts: 169
    I love it, playing it now and some songs are still growing on me.
    "First of all, there’s the palpable camaraderie and good feeling you get from the entire band as they smile and nod at each other, and huddle together in various formations throughout the show --- They look like they really like each other. They look stoked!"
  • Dirty Frankk
    Dirty Frankk Posts: 4,274
    I love Avocado album, definitely one of my favorite beside Ten off course.

    I can't believe that people like more Riot Act and Binaural, they are so lame.
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    LIFE WASTED, BLOOD on the PORCH, LAST KISS is a WISHLIST DEEP DOWN NOTHING AS IT SEEMS WHY GO COME BACK ALIVE SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE and SMILE.
  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    it's definitely a strong album, but i prefer the route the took in Binaural.
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  • Sanquiii
    Sanquiii Posts: 34
    Alto CD Es!
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  • Clarice
    Clarice Posts: 256
    randaldoesjersey wrote:
    No, it's actually kind of weak. But I really love "Comatose" and a few others.

    It´s a great, great album...´has the soul of PJ and Ed is in great form..I love all the songs,the energy, the sound.. Severed Hands is one of the best. WWS idem...Come back is one political moment, great song, no doubts. wathever, the time just helps them...as a whisky, no?
  • chris01
    chris01 Posts: 559
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    Its a good album - Its no Ten or Yield!!!

    Throw in Vs and i wholeheartedly agree.
  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    webberf1 wrote:
    Seriously, its their best. Just listening to it for the first time in a couple of months and its amazing how much it fills you with ENTHUSIASM.

    so great

    It's a great album. I love it.
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  • HermanBloom
    HermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Agreed; it's the best
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  • AiCPearlJamWeen
    AiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    I got so bored of the album so quick. Thank god for bootlegs. I never listen to PJ's studio shit anyways.
  • Army & Navy
    Army & Navy Posts: 120
    I'm not sure Pearl Jam has aged that well...Its way better than Riot Act, and probably better than Binarual, but still not up there with the first 5.

    I love certain songs though - WWS, Severed Hand, Unemployable

    Others are pretty good - Army Reserve, Marker, Come Back, Inside Job

    but there's some not so good stuff - Comastose, Life Wasted, Gone & Big Wave
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    Dirty Frankk wrote:
    I love Avocado album, definitely one of my favorite beside Ten off course.

    I can't believe that people like more Riot Act and Binaural, they are so lame.
    i like more binaural for sure, and i am the farthest thing from lame on earth, bub!
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    i loved this album when it came out... but the honeymoon was over short after. don't get me wrong, there are some great tracks on there, but it's a far far far cry from their best.
  • tama_drummer91
    tama_drummer91 Posts: 205
    It is their best. The last 3 albums have been my favorites. Avocado is indeed my favorite. Incredible album.
    My first PJ show to witness was at Bonnaroo. How is that for lucky?
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    singularity wrote:
    i loved this album when it came out... but the honeymoon was over short after. don't get me wrong, there are some great tracks on there, but it's a far far far cry from their best.

    I would have to agree, the novelty of it being 'heavier' than RA and Binaural soon wore off... :(

    IMO it's no way near as good as Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Binaural or RA, it's just not interesting enough...there's just something missing and I cant put my finger on it...I hardly listen to it, like Ten (hate the production, love the songs)....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    I would have to agree, the novelty of it being 'heavier' than RA and Binaural soon wore off... :(

    IMO it's no way near as good as Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Binaural or RA, it's just not interesting enough...there's just something missing and I cant put my finger on it...I hardly listen to it, like Ten (hate the production, love the songs)....

    i would def. place it above riot act... but you are dead on. couldn't agree with you any more about ten.
  • SpinningBombs
    SpinningBombs Posts: 270
    hmm I love "Pearl Jam." cant really understand how someone would like RA more than PJ. RA never really defines itself for me. The message gets lost somewhere along the line...my ranking would have to be something like:

    Yield
    PJ
    Binaural
    No Code
    VS
    Vitalogy
    Ten
    RA

    Oh, and Army & Navy- Life Wasted has to be one of my favorite PJ songs ever. It's amazing how music does different things for different people.
    "P-E-A-R-L J-A-M is priceless to me."
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Anybody who doesn't like this record must be lacking a pulse. In my opinion it's their best album since Yield and one of the best collections of songs they've ever put to tape. It's much more focused and cohesive than Riot Act or Binaural and it's full of tasty melodies and catchy hooks that jam their little barbs into your brain and refuse to let go. I loved it when it came out, and I still love it today. My ranking of their studio albums looks like this:

    Yield
    Pearl Jam
    Vs.
    Vitalogy
    Ten (this album would be higher if it weren't for the lousy production)
    No Code
    Riot Act
    Binaural
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    -Tom Waits
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Anybody who doesn't like this record must be lacking a pulse. In my opinion it's their best album since Yield and one of the best collections of songs they've ever put to tape. It's much more focused and cohesive than Riot Act or Binaural and it's full of tasty melodies and catchy hooks that jam their little barbs into your brain and refuse to let go. I loved it when it came out, and I still love it today. My ranking of their studio albums looks like this:

    Yield
    Pearl Jam
    Vs.
    Vitalogy
    Ten (this album would be higher if it weren't for the lousy production)
    No Code
    Riot Act
    Binaural

    and anyone listing no code in their bottom three doesn't lack a pulse...? i've hated binaural for so long, but in the past year, it finally hit me. definitely not their worst work by any means. that title belongs to riot act.
  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    i say, here here *smatter of applause*

    i think it's an amazing album, raw, emotive, well produced. their best since yield. not to say i don't like binaural & riot act, both great pieces of work in their own right, just think avocado holds more of punch when it intends it.

    i think the world is their oyster for the next one too, ed's solo work is really gonna bring something new & fresh to the table. really excited to hear where it's going to take them.
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  • walkunafraid
    walkunafraid Posts: 2,655
    "Pearl Jam" is a tricky album. It ranks as my #1 favorite PJ album, but I can see why others wouldn't see it the same way. It's a very cerebral album; it's not as catchy or blatantly addictive as some of PJ's other work, but it has so much fucking depth to it that it ages incredibly well. It's also the band's most socially/politically conscious album, thus it carries with it a certain urgency that many people overlook.

    Anyway, since everyone else is doing it, here's my current rankings:

    Pearl Jam
    Yield
    Vs.
    No Code
    Ten
    Vitalogy
    Riot Act
    Binaural
    Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ

    “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus

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