“No Post Millennium Tunes”

strummers

Stephen Flow wrote:

fuck no Binaural is amazing.

+1

LikeAnOcean

They could keep releasing albums like Riot Act and Avocado, and I would be more than thrilled. I think their later albums are more interesting. I don't connect with Ten like I did when I was a teenager anymore. I've been listining to it a lot this past week since the remix leak. While its awesome, I feel more at home with their latest work.

aNiMaL

Yeah, I couldn't disagree more too. I think "Pearl Jam" is almost as good as YIELD. And Riot Act and Binaural are WAAAAY better than the credit they get.

Some people say they haven't made a good tune since Vitalogy.

You know what opinions are like.

SOLAT319

BH71937 wrote:

i can't say i disagree.. their albums up to and including yield are of a different caliber... i do like each of the albums after that, but not with quite the same passion...

This is exactly how I feel too. Well, I could actually swap Yield with Riot Act.

SOLAT319

aNiMaL wrote:

Some people say they haven't made a good tune since Vitalogy.

well, yeah you know what they say about Vitalogy too don't you?
VITALOGY IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE!!!

Razor Face

washedinblack91 wrote:

i personally think from no code on is when pearl jam got really good. don't get me wrong i like ten-vitalogy, they're just.... i dunno, not the greatest albums. they just arent, for me anyway.

I completely agree. Of course it's all a matter of opinion. No two people's taste in music are exactly the same. For me, I thought that they matured a lot with No Code and it has escalated form there. Binaural has extremely sentimental ties for me and I've always thought of it as one of the best "mood music" albums I own. I do agree with a lot of people that Riot Act was one of their weaker albums, but hey, that's my opinion, as is the fact that "Avocado" kicks so much ass it's ridiculous.

I think a lot of people miss the old style that they founded themselves on, and rightly so, it was one of a kind, ground breaking, ass kicking, passionate music that people hadn't been used to. (In my opinion, especially after the wash that was the 80's) Now I'm only 27, so I was a bit young to be getting on the bandwagon when PJ had just got in their groove, but I listened to my brother's Ten album over and over again until it hurt, and I loved the hell out of that, VS, and Vitalogy. Do I miss the old style, hell yes! Do I think they've grown, as a band, into something far more classic and far more "all encompassing" (to steal from Eddie), yes!
I love their old style, but they'll never put that kind of sound out again. They've changed, times have changed, music has changed (and please don't think I'm some guy who rides the new music scene, I'm the guy whose tag here is an Elton John song from '71)
I'd never knock the early stuff. It's genius and awe inspiring, but I love their post-Vitalogy albums in a way that I don't think I could love any other modern band's music. I think that years of experience (Don't forget that they're one of the few real rock bands from that era who can last 18 years and counting) have left them with a sound that won't date itself and will prove that they can be counted up there with the legends like "The Who" and "Zep".

My naive two cents.