BACKSPACER is the best album since...

my2hands
my2hands Posts: 17,117
edited September 2009 in The Porch
No Code

has there EVER been a 9th studio release this fucking good? seriously?

brilliant record that gets better with every spin... first spin was "OK"... ever since then i cant get enough
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  • Black10
    Black10 Posts: 160
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out
  • Niko80
    Niko80 Posts: 1,613
    Hard to say, but it is currently 6th for me. Behind, ten, vs, vitalogy, no code & binaural. It might top binaural eventually.
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    Agree with both points. But what do I know, I really liked S/T.
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    HeavyHands wrote:
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    Agree with both points. But what do I know, I really liked S/T.

    Agree and agree.

    And I like it a lot more than No Code. I have never been a No Code guy. I don't like the spoken word stuff he does, or Mankind, or Habit. And I am bored of Hail, Hail. It has some of the greatest songs this band has ever recorded (Present Tense, In My Tree) but as a whole I am not a big fan.
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  • vedderoffdead
    vedderoffdead Posts: 688
    Let me settle this silly argument once and for all, as I am wise beyond me years...


    Backspacer is WITHOUT QUESTION, UNDENIABLY, and WITHOUT A DOUBT Pearl Jam's best album since........




























    Their last one!...;) ;)
  • Spags
    Spags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,077
    I'm gonna go with.... sliced bread!
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  • T-Bone 82
    T-Bone 82 Posts: 422
    EVER!!!!

    Nah, I'll go with Yield...for now.
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  • cippociappo
    cippociappo Posts: 692
    My two cents...

    Ten through Yield are the best of the lot.

    From Binaural to Backspacer they're good/really good but not as great as the others. With Backspacer being the best of the four.
    So yeah, I would say the best album since Yield.

    BTW, I think Binaural is the worst of the lot (still a good album...!). Now feel free to insult me :D
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    cippociappo wrote:
    Now feel free to insult me :D

    No thanks. :)
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,964
    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    Here I am.

    i would say that Backsapcer is like Finchers Panic Room, a great and tight movie that doesn't try to be more than it is. Riot Act is Zodiac, a bit harder to get into maybe but a masterpiece.

    Or Bergmans Wild Strawberries (Backsapcer) to Persona (Riot Act).

    Or Tarantinos Kill Bill (Backsapcer) to Inglourious Besterds (Riot Act)

    or Neil Youngs Everybody's Rockin' (Backspacer) to Neil Young S/T (Riot Act)

    or NIN's Pretty Hate Machine (Backspacer) to The Fragile (Riot Act)

    or Kate Moss (Backspacer) to Jennifer Connely (Riot Act)
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Binaural
  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    Hesitating between Yield and Binaural...
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  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,802
    Judging by my own response to the songs, I'd say that Backspacer is definitely their weakest effort. Seems they took the parts I wasn't thrilled about on the previous release and ran with it.

    The result is that I think it sounds bland, mostly. Critics rave, sales soar, but they have stopped sounding interesting to me. (Although listening to Supersonic right now ups my opinion of that one slightly) The biggest disappointment is that there's not a single song that makes me stop and take notice so far. As for their more ballady songs, they have gone downhill on the last 2 albums. A slight improvement on the rockers though.

    I dunno, I was kinda jazzed about the folksy direction they were headed on Riot Act, and I'm a bit disappointed that they have instead opted for a more pop punk approach. The slow numbers suffering badly in the process.

    I dont hate it, I almost wish I did. It's just very even and only mildly interesting. It breaks my heart as a 15 years diehard fan, that I dont really feel anything about the songs. I'd rather they'd tried a twist with the music and challenged themselves and me, and fall completely on their faces, rather than make a bland album.

    I'm gonna give it some more spins before I discard it completely, but I'm doing so more out of a sense of duty rather than anticipation. As I said, I dont hate it, and it's not bad. It's just not that good either.

    (be gentle with me)

    Peace
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    **Knocks Black10 to ground and applies the boots liberally**
    ;)
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 17,031
    Muse "The Resistance" ;)
    hippiemom = goodness
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Muse "The Resistance" ;)

    :lol:
  • Black10
    Black10 Posts: 160
    rebornFixer wrote:
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    **Knocks Black10 to ground and applies the boots liberally**
    ;)

    **reverses rebornFixer's knockdown, puts him in the million dollar dream till he falls asleep, shoves a $100 bill in his mouth, and say's "how's your Riot Act doing now" ;)
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Black10 wrote:
    rebornFixer wrote:
    Black10 wrote:
    Yield.

    *sits back and waits for team riot act to come out

    **Knocks Black10 to ground and applies the boots liberally**
    ;)

    **reverses rebornFixer's knockdown, puts him in the million dollar dream till he falls asleep, shoves a $100 bill in his mouth, and say's "how's your Riot Act doing now" ;)

    Warning to other posters ... Don't mess with Black10 ... His bodyguard Virgil will jump your ass from behind.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Best since No Code.
  • Black10
    Black10 Posts: 160
    rebornFixer wrote:
    Warning to other posters ... Don't mess with Black10 ... His bodyguard Virgil will jump your ass from behind.

    Virgil's got my back...if need be. Although lately I've felt like dumping his ass for Bobby "The Brain" Heenan...we'll see.

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