A review that Riot Act deserves

dreamweaver
dreamweaver New York Posts: 736
edited January 2009 in The Porch
http://www.answers.com/topic/riot-act-album
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  • DroppinTheLeash
    DroppinTheLeash Posts: 34
    amen
  • arq
    arq Posts: 8,101
    at last some love to riot act what an awesome album!
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
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  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    it's sad that this album doesn't get the love it deserves usually but this review is pretty spot on. i love this album and i'm glad someone out there knows how great riot act truly is. and it's funny, i've had ghost in my head for the past hour or so :P
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    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    When i recently copied my Pearl Jam collection onto my computer (Windows media player) for safe keeping you can click 'album info' and that same review comes up. I checked the review for all the studio albums and they were all great!!!!! However nothing came up for Yield and they only gave it 2 stars!!!!! All other albums were well reviewed and got at least 4 stars!!!!!
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  • SolarWorld
    SolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Nice find. I agree with the reviewer's thoughts on Yield as well.

    Green Disease needs to be a "track pick".
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    one of my most favorite albums
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  • nukeboot
    nukeboot Posts: 1,465
    Nice props for Matt, but some credit is due to Boom in terms of
    filling out PJ's sound on Riot Act. I've always been a big fan of the
    B3 and the dimensions it adds to music. I can't imagine songs like
    Love Boat Captain without it.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    A real & proper review would be getting drunk & ripping this pile of bile to shreds.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • funnygirl
    funnygirl Posts: 529
    I love this album....Glad to see positive reviews..... :D
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    You love it? Are you serious? That album is horrible.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    I don't hate it as much as Fanch (nice avatar by the way), but I don't like much it at all. A lot of people don't like either Riot Act or 8, but I consider the Avocado to be a complete 180 from Riot Act. So much more energy and Eddie acts like he give a damn. Great story telling and more Mike is always a good thing.

    Riot Act = dull, lifeless, uninspired, complete with non-sensical lyrics. Eddie sounded tired and drained and like he wasn't even trying. Mike? You there? Save You and the solo in All or None are about it. 1/2 is OK I guess. Too many filler songs and spoken word nonsense. I don't like Bush either, but is Bushleaguer the best they could come up with? Have you read the lyrics? What the fuck? Same goes for Cropduster, Ghost and the awful Get Right. This album has two great songs (I Am Mine, All or None), three OK songs (Can't Keep, LBC and Save You), and a bunch of stuff I could care less about ever hearing again.

    I think they know it too because they even mentioned wanting to put out a better effort than Riot Act and how many Riot Act songs get played on tour now?

    However, that is just my personal view and I will not bash anyone who loves it. That is what makes us all PJ fans. I love Avocado. Think it is in their top 3. Others hate it. To each their own.
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    fanch75 wrote:
    You love it? Are you serious? That album is horrible.
    says the Buckcherry fan
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    edited January 2009
    double post.
    Post edited by fanch75 on
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    I like music with some balls & good times behind it. Sue me. The same reason I like the Crue, Oasis, and a bunch of other bands. Where is soulsinging and his story about how he heard these two indie rock snobs discussing the artistic merits of some song with a dog barking (on vinyl, of course)?
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,938
    WE ARE JA-MI-LY!!!!!!!!!
    BASHING RIOT ACT NEVER GETS OLD TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • funnygirl
    funnygirl Posts: 529
    I don't hate any of PJ's albums....I love songs from each....Actually, over the years my taste in their songs have changed. Songs that I kinda didn't like 5-10 years ago, I am starting to love now!!
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Flagg wrote:
    I don't hate it as much as Fanch (nice avatar by the way), but I don't like much it at all. A lot of people don't like either Riot Act or 8, but I consider the Avocado to be a complete 180 from Riot Act. So much more energy and Eddie acts like he give a damn. Great story telling and more Mike is always a good thing.

    Riot Act = dull, lifeless, uninspired, complete with non-sensical lyrics. Eddie sounded tired and drained and like he wasn't even trying. Mike? You there? Save You and the solo in All or None are about it. 1/2 is OK I guess. Too many filler songs and spoken word nonsense. I don't like Bush either, but is Bushleaguer the best they could come up with? Have you read the lyrics? What the fuck? Same goes for Cropduster, Ghost and the awful Get Right. This album has two great songs (I Am Mine, All or None), three OK songs (Can't Keep, LBC and Save You), and a bunch of stuff I could care less about ever hearing again.

    I think they know it too because they even mentioned wanting to put out a better effort than Riot Act and how many Riot Act songs get played on tour now?

    However, that is just my personal view and I will not bash anyone who loves it. That is what makes us all PJ fans. I love Avocado. Think it is in their top 3. Others hate it. To each their own.

    I agree with all of this (including the love for 8). I bought riot act as I was having a Pearl Jam renaissance, as I loved YIELD but fell off after that (I didn't even buy Binaural at the time of its release). riot act was such a disappointment.
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  • alphawolf
    alphawolf DelMarVa/Big Sky Posts: 647
    possibly my favorite PJ album
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    How? God, why? Just to be different? It's like saying that Sweet Lew is Pearl Jam's answer to Stairway to Heaven.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,938
    fanch75 wrote:
    How? God, why? Just to be different? It's like saying that Sweet Lew is Pearl Jam's answer to Stairway to Heaven.
    hey fanch....

    im gonna sound really fucking gay here......and i apologize.....

    but i have missed you the last 6 months.....hehehehehehe

    fuck riot act........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....

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