Anyone else here NEVER reach for "Avocado"?

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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Took me two years to like this Avocado, and now it's ranked up there as a masterpiece.

    I missed out on the 2006 tour so I never appreciate how amazing these songs were. I think the 2008 tour pretty much converted me to love this album.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • seattlerockguy
    seattlerockguy Posts: 61
    I listen to Binaural the most, but love the self titled record the same. I listened to it so much when it came out, at least 20 times in a row non-stop that first week. It's great don't knock it.
  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    lca1630 wrote:
    I listen to Binaural the most, but love the self titled record the same. I listened to it so much when it came out, at least 20 times in a row non-stop that first week. It's great don't knock it.
    Ah...I'm listening to Binaural right now. Another great PJ album.
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
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  • zootown
    zootown Posts: 666
    I know Ill catch shit, but I feel that way about No Code. I love In my tree and who you are, followed by Hail Hail and present tense, but the rest of the album is mediocre...avocado has some gems on it (life wasted, comatose, come back, unemployable and severed hand, IMO), the only song I skip is WWS and Inside Job (sorry Mike>...)
    I hold the pain, release me!
  • TEEJAM11
    TEEJAM11 Posts: 335
    I love this album....
    Come back...... Gone.... but to each their own.....
  • Lee M
    Lee M Posts: 142
    The only reason I don't listen to it much is that I prefer hearing the live versions. I love the album, I just have fun listening to the bootlegs.
  • LloydChristmas
    LloydChristmas Posts: 224
    I've tried and tried to enjoy the album but I can't. I gave up on it. Its my least favorite by a long shot.
  • Mad Mohab
    Mad Mohab Posts: 310
    I'd say Life Wasted, Comatose, Severed Hand, Marker, Inside Job, AR and Parachutes are up with their best stuff. Big Wave would have been one of their best b-sides and gone could have been a decent christmas single. I'd like to see many more albums from them to say the least, maybe a few more songs per c.d or accompanying b-sides also, it hurts to think what gets left behind the way they cut records.
  • moho
    moho Posts: 541
    Awful album, the recording quality is awful and there is a distinct lack of depth. You just cant listen to it and notice a guitar part or vocal harmony or extra percussion part that you have never heard before like you can with ALLL the other albums. It's just a throwaway album, there seems to be no imagination that would come with a good producer.

    The songs are ok live, as they are not bad songs but there is no real 'album' feel of it like there is with the other records, it's just bland and uninspiring to listen to form start to finish.
    JUST PLAY THE F***ING NOTE!!!
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    JustOut wrote:
    I'd say Life Wasted, Comatose, Severed Hand, Marker, Inside Job, AR and Parachutes are up with their best stuff. Big Wave would have been one of their best b-sides and gone could have been a decent christmas single. I'd like to see many more albums from them to say the least, maybe a few more songs per c.d or accompanying b-sides also, it hurts to think what gets left behind the way they cut records.

    Actually, Gone was a Christmas single in 2005. B-side to Little Sister, Eddie's collaboration with robert Plant for a Hurricane Katrina Benefit.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    It's probably the only album of their's I've reached for in the past few years..
  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    I love the album...it punches you in the face right off the bat. I agree it takes a bit of a dip (tempo wise) after that...but I find all the songs solid.
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    moho wrote:
    Awful album, the recording quality is awful and there is a distinct lack of depth. You just cant listen to it and notice a guitar part or vocal harmony or extra percussion part that you have never heard before like you can with ALLL the other albums. It's just a throwaway album, there seems to be no imagination that would come with a good producer.

    The songs are ok live, as they are not bad songs but there is no real 'album' feel of it like there is with the other records, it's just bland and uninspiring to listen to form start to finish.
    i agree that the production is not up to pj standards...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • PJSEMPRE
    PJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    I am not a big fan of this album.
    I just like Life Wasted, Army Reserve, Comatose and Wasted Reprise.
    To be honest, I thought Into the Wild a better album than Avocado.
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
  • Evacuation Rules
    Evacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    For me, it's definitely their weakest album, though I have mixed feelings about it.

    The high points are really high (Unemployable, Parachutes, Comatose, Inside Job)

    And the low points are really low (Life Wasted, Severed Hand, Gone, Come Back)...some of the lamest crap PJ has ever recorded.

    For me it's not the production of the record, it's the quality of the songwriting. The crappier songs still suck as much live as they do on the album. Listening to Ed huff and puff and croak his way through WWS is a painful experience.
  • illegal pants
    illegal pants Posts: 13,471
    JWBusher wrote:
    And the low points are really low (Life Wasted, Severed Hand, Gone, Come Back)...some of the lamest crap PJ has ever recorded.

    dayum.. i'd have them as high points

    each to their own

    i'll listen to the avo maybe once a fortnight
    wah
  • pirlo21
    pirlo21 Posts: 534
    I love it. I mean, it's not in my top 3 PJ albums or anything. But i think it's great.
    Only really have a problem with 'Unemployable'. Think the start of it sounds like Status Quo !!!
    Cymru Am Byth

    PJ albums, at the moment!! -
    1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
  • Kingmidget
    Kingmidget Posts: 628
    Avocado lasted longer for me than Riot Act, but neither touch Binaural or Yield for me, regarding their later releases. Still listen to Binaural and Yield regularly. I haven't listened to the last two CDs in a long time.

    Avocado wasn't up to my expectations, but thats just me.
  • PilatesBetterman
    PilatesBetterman Posts: 306
    PJSEMPRE wrote:
    I am not a big fan of this album.
    I just like Life Wasted, Army Reserve, Comatose and Wasted Reprise.
    To be honest, I thought Into the Wild a better album than Avocado.
    a MUCH better album, that's why Ed toured the west coast first solo, so he could really feel again, lol
    "So forget the other boys because my love is real.
    Come off your battlefield."
  • Kingmidget
    Kingmidget Posts: 628
    PJSEMPRE wrote:
    I am not a big fan of this album.
    I just like Life Wasted, Army Reserve, Comatose and Wasted Reprise.
    To be honest, I thought Into the Wild a better album than Avocado.

    Funny you mention that...I've listened to ITW more than any PJ release since probably Binaural or Yield. Maybe my tastes are changing...maybe because Ed mixes it up and writes some incredible stuff vs. what I felt was marginal on the last two PJ CDs.

    Totally different genres though...hard to compare. It probably just has more to do with my love for Ed's voice and I think having it so clear and in the forefront on songs is really appealling to me. I really hope he releases more solo material....including LONGER songs.. :)

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