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Guess The Pitchfork Score

mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,982
edited October 2013 in The Porch
Every album release they treat Pearl Jam as irrelevant has-beens and Pearl Jam's music doesn't really fit their demographic, yet for some reason they keep taking the time to review their albums.

So what mundane score will they give Lightning Bolt?

I'm going with 5.7
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  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I'm going with 2.3 just because it is a random number and they will find a way to pick on songs like Sirens and Sleeping by Myself.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,749
    6.6
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,982
    eeriepadave wrote:
    6.6

    damn, that's some optimism....they gave Ten a 6.7
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,749
    mookeywrench wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    6.6

    damn, that's some optimism....they gave Ten a 6.7

    i just picked a random number :lol:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I'm honestly hoping they give LB a zero because I think it would be hilarious. Pitchfork is so silly... they're ok for new music recommendations but the reviews are extremely masturbatory.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,749
    eeriepadave wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    6.6

    damn, that's some optimism....they gave Ten a 6.7

    i just picked a random number :lol:


    that's right i remember seeing some of pitchfork's other (non-PJ) albums which i liked a lot and they gave them horrible scores. Probably 6.6 is being way generous :lol:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    4.8
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Yet, If Pearl Jam collaborated with Animal Collective for Lightning Bolt and it sounded exactly the same, they'd give it an 8.0.
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,982
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    Yet, If Pearl Jam collaborated with Animal Collective for Lightning Bolt and it sounded exactly the same, they'd give it an 8.0.

    Animal Collective!? That's so 2010
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  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    Yet, If Pearl Jam collaborated with Animal Collective for Lightning Bolt and it sounded exactly the same, they'd give it an 8.0.

    Animal Collective!? That's so 2010

    haha... Sorry... I am out of the hipster loop these days.
  • False_BeliefFalse_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    Weird how this particular review seems to have disappeared from their current site huh?

    http://web.archive.org/web/200103052313 ... ield.shtml

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  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    False_Belief wrote:
    Weird how this particular review seems to have disappeared from their current site huh?

    http://web.archive.org/web/200103052313 ... ield.shtml

    That was from before Pitchfork turned into a hipster haven.
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,953
    mookeywrench wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    6.6

    damn, that's some optimism....they gave Ten a 6.7

    to be fair, that was the Legacy Edition reissue
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,953
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    Yet, If Pearl Jam collaborated with Animal Collective for Lightning Bolt and it sounded exactly the same, they'd give it an 8.0.

    I think p4k is pretty ridiculous sometimes, but this line of thinking is just silly.
  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
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    :? :wtf:
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,982
    5.0 it is
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  • KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    Do they rate on a 1-10 scale? Then my guess is something around 4.8.

    Edit: Just saw this -
    mookeywrench wrote:
    5.0 it is

    My guess wasn't half bad then, eh? :mrgreen:
    Bern - September 13, 2006
    Berlin - August 15, 2009
    Lisbon - July 10, 2010
    Berlin - June 26, 2014
    Zurich - June 23, 2022

    http://www.last.fm/user/Kloddz
  • SZ303389SZ303389 Posts: 453
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Every album release they treat Pearl Jam as irrelevant has-beens and Pearl Jam's music doesn't really fit their demographic, yet for some reason they keep taking the time to review their albums.

    So what mundane score will they give Lightning Bolt?

    I'm going with 5.7

    it deserves a 0.9, and the .9 is for the lame version of sleeping by myself. sorry folks...just admit it.
    ShawnZ
  • SZ303389SZ303389 Posts: 453
    omg it actually get worse with each listen
    ShawnZ
  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,402
    SZ303389 wrote:
    omg it actually get worse with each listen


    what exactly were you expecting? and why are you still listening to it? Annnnnd why didn't you just create a new thread for this instead?
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • bicyclejoebicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    Pitchfork nailed it on this one.
    Love:

    "Pearl Jam on record have essentially been reduced to the rock ‘n’ roll version of wearing sweatpants: they’ve given up trying to impress anyone, so they may as well be comfortable. "

    That about sums up LB
    My Pearl Jam Road: 10/22/90 Seattle | 12/22/90 Seattle, Moore Theater | 9/29/92 Seattle, Magnusson Park, Drop in the Park | 9/5/93 The Gorge, with Neil Young and Blind Melon | 7/20/06 Portland, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with Sleater-Kinney | 7/22/06 The Gorge, 10/21/06 Mountain View, Shoreline Ampitheatre, Bridge School Benefit | 9/21/09 Seattle | 9/22/09 Seattle | 9/26/09 Portland, OR | 7/14/2011 Eddie Vedder, Portland, OR | 11/29/13 Portland, OR
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,953
    For a change, their write up is actually pretty fair. The sweatpants line is pretty spot on.

    That being said, I enjoy LB more than a 5.0
  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    thefixer9 wrote:
    4.8

    I was supper close....
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,853
    They rate all Pearl Jam right around 5. Oh well, I think its more like 8.5+ Best New Music 8-)
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • estarr31estarr31 Posts: 628
    We're talking about Pitchfork here, guys. If this album was made by a 21 year old dropout living in Brooklyn it would have had a 7.6 rating.
    Mansfield 6/30/08 -  Wrigley Field 7/14/13 -  Worcester I 10/15/13 -  Global Citizen 9/26/15 -  MSG II 5/2/16 -  Fenway I 8/5/16 -  Fenway II 8/7/16 -  Fenway II 9/4/18 - LA I 5/6/22 - LA II 5/7/22 - MSG 9/11/22 - Nashville 9/16/22 - St. Paul I and II 8/31/23-9/2/23 - Napa 5/25/24 - MSG I 9/3/24 - MSG II 9/4/24 - Hollywood FL I 4/24/25 - Hollywood FL II 4/26/25
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,749
    thefixer9 wrote:
    thefixer9 wrote:
    4.8

    I was supper close....


    :clap: Tell him what he's won, mookeywrench.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    Lots of failed musicians around here & putting out reviews at the moment.
    Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
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