What do people think of "Avocado"

The Juggler

CE202890 wrote:

LongRd. wrote:

- Love Boat Captain - The reason why Boom should not be in the band.

Probably in my top ten favorite PJ tracks.......

yikes :shock: :shock: ---what else is in your top ten?!?!

The Juggler

primussucks wrote:

Take Big Wave, Army Reserve & Come Back off this record and you've got a great one! I would definately love to hear some of the songs left off this record that would have likely made it a great record. (Of The Earth, Cold Confession, 2x4) I really believe that Ed sometimes sabatoges albums. He is the one that decides the final tracklisting. Xzibit A. Binaural-Seriously how can you leave Sad & Fatal off this record and put Evacuation on it????????????????? Xzibit B. Riot Act-Help,Help & Get Right and he shelves Down & Otherside?????? Don't tell me these songs don't fit with the others Ed!

i agree with all your points except about avocado!

bigbadbill

I heard it's a good source of potassium, along with bananas.

Roeghmann

I really like the album - not in my top 2 but in the bundle beneath. However there is one song I skip at every listen. Big Wave is awful, mabye their worst song ever, and that song makes the total picture blur a bit - for me at least.

I was just listening to the album while reading this thread - and now I am looking so much forward to the new album.

dave grolsch

I have got to be honest i dont really like saying negative things about my fave band,but Avocado is just an ok album,not up there with the rest of the back catalogue.
It sounds rushed,forced even-imo :oops:
I played it quite a lot just before the gigs,but i just dont bother with it now.
My least fave pj record,but i,m sure the next one will be great

Music For Rhinos

i've said many things about avocado, both positive and negative.

now, i will just say this:

the fact that there has been and is so much debate as to whether this is a good album and the fact that opinions of it are extremely divided/mixed says a lot...and not in a good way.

i never listen to it.

Jammalambo

stickfig13 wrote:

This album does next to nothing for me...

I think that some of the songs on the album are some of the most boring songs in the catalog. Parachutes and Big Wave are right up there with Evacuation for me. Someone mentioned that they don't stand the test of time and I agree. They seem tired and slow to me.

I don't need a bunch of 40+ men trying to make a killer rock album.....So the "return to the rock" thing is not good to me. Some of the best PJ songs are slow and build (see Lowlight, Of a girl, Immortality)


Honestly, the only studio album I listen to is Vitalogy. To me it's the only album that really shows the punk influences of the band the most.

AMEN to this! (except I regularly listen the first 7 albums)
More introspective and experimental songs, please, we don't need other 2-3 minutes punkish songs that Eddie seems to like so much nowadays.. PJ already written the best punk song they could write (spin, spin..)
Alrigh, enough bitching, I'm sure the next album will be great

Mad Mohab

I think its a true classic

CanadianEH

The day I realized how much I liked this album is the day I was coming home from camping in the middle of nowhere. Stereo cranked, windows down, no one around for miles, not a care in the world (except if my truck would make it home).

sagapo1

I'm so partial to this band, it's hard to say.
I do like it. I'm just glad we get a little of everything on every record. Everyone has their favorite records. They're creative enough not to keep repeating themselves.
Really, Pearl Jam can do no wrong in my eyes.

soulsinging

robcascie wrote:

AMEN to this! (except I regularly listen the first 7 albums)
More introspective and experimental songs, please, we don't need other 2-3 minutes punkish songs that Eddie seems to like so much nowadays.. PJ already written the best punk song they could write (spin, spin..)
Alrigh, enough bitching, I'm sure the next album will be great

I couldn't agree more. Their punkish songs BLOW.

elderman

It is better than the previous two but not as good as the first six!
I still think its great, say 8 out of 10.

SOLAT319

Oooh, how much fun we will have bitching about it once the new one is released. Can't wait!

Music For Rhinos

1. there are some decent to good songs on it.

2. overall, it is their weakest album and i stress the word album.

3. if you look at the evolution of the band studio-wise, they evolved further with each and every record until avocado, which was a step backward. in other words, they regressed.

eldarion75

i would rather my favourite band broke uo now than release anything like that sack of shit record ever ever again....sssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
record....

Stephen Flow

Avocado is good, it's def not my favorite but probably not my least favorite either...

... I think the stand out tracks are Severed Hand, Marker in the Sand, & Inside Job... I really do like Parachutes & Come Back even though many people don't...

I really think they played it safe with that album, however.

lowlight79

I love this album and I never will stop. It felt like a breath of fresh air.

knik

I for one, love this album. The only song that bores me at times is 'Gone'.

Thoughts_Arrive

It's a great, solid album start to finish.
Probably 2 songs on there that I can skip but the rest are amazing.

Rossum20

Not a fan of Avocado...comes in at the bottom at #8 when ranking my PJ albums