NEW PEARL JAM ALBUM “LIGHTNING BOLT” AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

groovyf · October 2013

Rocking out to the download right now... (bet the CD lands on my desk today too). No matter, I'm digging the new sounds.

agsilver78 · October 2013

NoochKF wrote:

agsilver78 wrote:

The worst bit about all of this - look back at the press cuttings, or even PJ20, you'll see the band standing tall before Ticketmaster complaining about profiteering in concert arranging worldwide.

Yet here we are, a bunch of dedicated fans, many of whom are paying several times over for a single record and all because the band's own fan club can't get copies to us despite advance payment being made. I don't believe in paying over and over for the same record just to get it early when the fan club claims to be there for us - especially when it charges a fee!!!

I refuse to deal with iTunes - they are killing the art of the record. Millions of us want a physical product, to the point PJ produces vinyl despite that era being long gone for many.

The makeweight? That we get access to a digital download direct from the fan club as well as an eventually-delivered CD.

And yet here I sit, waiting for access from the fan club allegedly set up for us to get more for our favourite band - extracting dues along the way - while iTunes users and Amazon purchasers freely sit and listen to their copies ahead of the pearljam.com mandated "official" release date and time.

Really, really disappointed to be treated like a number for the sake of a few bucks by a band that claims to care. It really shouldn't be this hard, guys.

The record comes out in 3 hours. You can listen to it in 3 hours. How old are you?

NoochKF - I guess actually reading the post was too difficult for you to handle. At the point where I'd posted, it was a full 8 hours til release time in the UK, and I was referring to the length of time it had already been available where I'm based, in the UK>

The record has been available internationally since Friday, in the UK since Saturday. Quite a number of fans rightly feel aggrieved that having paid the 10C premium, we are forced to pay twice for the record to get it on the day the "man in the street" can pick it up (up to three full days ahead of the "pearljam.com" date of 15.10). It's crazy to advance sell a record and then make it available in different territories on different days - and leave premium-paying fan club members to wait.

But I guess trolling folk is fun for you, so good luck with that.

agsilver78 · October 2013

Guys, it's another cracking record - Yellow Moon the absolute stand-out for me so far, on top of Mind Your Manners (which I spent last night learning to play, while waiting for the countdown to end!).

Really like Let the Records Play, too - Stone's becoming one of the all-time greats at finding a lick that just grooves without really trying. In the same spirit as Moonlander, that track's destined to be one of my favourites too.

LKPJ1991 · October 2013

Another amazing record - nice work boys... loving Mind your manners, Lightening Bolt, infallible,Pendulum, future days so far.. the others are sure to follow suit soon enough. Like many of you, i have waited until today to listen to the new album and i'm not disappointed..!!! Have loved PJ since the beginning and still digging their style

and changes of direction - guess like the rest of us a band has to evolve and change!! Embrace it!

Twiggy57 · October 2013

agsilver78 wrote:

Guys, it's another cracking record - Yellow Moon the absolute stand-out for me so far, on top of Mind Your Manners (which I spent last night learning to play, while waiting for the countdown to end!).

Really like Let the Records Play, too - Stone's becoming one of the all-time greats at finding a lick that just grooves without really trying. In the same spirit as Moonlander, that track's destined to be one of my favourites too.

This is the first time I listened on youtube to the other songs then the already released 4 known songs.
THey are indeed very, very mellow: Yellow Moonlander, Pendulum and Infallible............now I will go and listen to them again now............grow songs......grow on me pleaseeeee

10Joyce · October 2013

LIGHTNING BOLT was only released today here in Brazil. As many of you, i have waited until today to listen to the new album while a few day ago was released for iTunes users....and yes I was really disappointed as a recent member of the fan club ( although have been a fan since the first time i saw them during Pinkpop 92).
But i must confess....now the smile is back on my face!!! Really like it!! Great job guys!!
P.S. I just loved the 4 promo interviews !!

JV130312 · October 2013

Anyone know if there is a difference between the store version and 10c version of the cd?

axellaire8 · October 2013

Great album guys, il love it!!!
After my first listenning, the song that blasted me is "Infaillible", my heart is going to explose with this song!
Thank you

:corn: :corn: :corn: :corn: :corn: :corn:

bruus · October 2013

Just bought the digital download of Lightning Bolt.
Please excuse my French, but HTF can you call 16bit@44.1kHz 'high resolution WAV file'?
That's just crappy CD quality - NOT Hi-Res :evil:
Since Ten, Vitalogy and Vs. has been released as 24bit@96kHz (Ten only 24@88), I really had expected (or at least hoped), that this brand new album would be available in this nice format as well - especially since it has a dedication to Uncle Neil!
If I was a nasty person, I would suspect that you want us to by the album once again when it (shortly, hopefully) is released in real Hi-Res.
There are words for strategies like that - none of them very nice, I'm afraid :nono:

Jossie · October 2013

TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY HURRAY!

sward · October 2013

Hmm. Tactical error. Only have an Ipad and bought the 10c version. What can I do to play them?

DarthOverlord · October 2013

I would try and upload the mp3s to your Amazon or Google Music accounts, then you can play it from those iOS apps.

Of course you can always sync the tunes onto the iPad using iTunes but I assume that is not possible at the moment.

OffSheGoes76 · October 2013

Damn! Ordered the 10c version. LB is out in Belgium since yesterday. Still haven't got my copy :( . Maybe tomorrow???

VMA · October 2013

The 10C exclusive content (video) was leaked by a dummy.
http://youtu.be/OY_0wF5e-1Y

sward · October 2013

DarthOverlord wrote:

I would try and upload the mp3s to your Amazon or Google Music accounts, then you can play it from those iOS apps.

Of course you can always sync the tunes onto the iPad using iTunes but I assume that is not possible at the moment.

Thanks. Good idea on the google music. Will try that though I doubt I can upload the file since I can't access it on here. No, my macbook is on the fritz so just have the ipad going at this time. Ugh!

Cheo Ramirez · October 2013

Im missing my last job, hating my actual job, only because the server is crap, downloading 10c version will took 5 hours, arghhhhhhhh.

And thinking about downloading on itunes, but it will cost me 11 bugs more, could i stand 5 hours...

Also i cant download itunes on my work laptop.

PLEASE: HOW CAN I COPY MP3 FROM A LAPTOP TO AN IPHONE??? THKS

Given2Fly2012 · October 2013

There's only one form of unconditioned love for me... the one for my own child. Well, LB, together with BS, is just the confirm that I can't love all the songs PJ wrote/composed. I like a lot 3/12 of their last album. The rest is not that interesting for me. Nothing new, no goose bumps, no fun. It's my own taste and opinion, I'm disappointed because I don't think they are really evolving, they used to compose a kind of music which had a universal character that can work perfectly even today, for my ears at least. I have the impression PJ are really stuck in the 90s or even in the 80s with the newest things.

Foolwolf · October 2013

agsilver78 wrote:

The record has been available internationally since Friday, in the UK since Saturday. Quite a number of fans rightly feel aggrieved that having paid the 10C premium, we are forced to pay twice for the record to get it on the day the "man in the street" can pick it up (up to three full days ahead of the "pearljam.com" date of 15.10). It's crazy to advance sell a record and then make it available in different territories on different days - and leave premium-paying fan club members to wait.

But I guess trolling folk is fun for you, so good luck with that.

For some time I have had a gnawing feeling disrupting my joy for the coming album. Today, it all came to light - had I skipped being a 10C member, not wanting to show my support via pre-ordering - I could have gotten the damn album on my way home from work. Now, I waited to finally hear it as intended - one album - my CD player - no iTunes (The love of iTunes isn't that great outside US - by the way) and no early streams to disrupt the joy.

But alas, I did pre-order the album - and I still don't have it.

Fortunately - I can download it due to being such a fan I wanted the extra with download

- just too bad that I "have" to. But it is at least a small comfort. IMHO I think that a nice gesture to fans would've been to ship them out earlier for the pre-orders.

Ernie Vedder · October 2013

It's ok. Sometimes you find yourself being told to change your ways
There's no way
Mine is mine and yours won't take its place
Now make your getaway!

CC55781 · October 2013

bruus wrote:

Just bought the digital download of Lightning Bolt.
Please excuse my French, but HTF can you call 16bit@44.1kHz 'high resolution WAV file'?
That's just crappy CD quality - NOT Hi-Res :evil:
Since Ten, Vitalogy and Vs. has been released as 24bit@96kHz (Ten only 24@88), I really had expected (or at least hoped), that this brand new album would be available in this nice format as well - especially since it has a dedication to Uncle Neil!
If I was a nasty person, I would suspect that you want us to by the album once again when it (shortly, hopefully) is released in real Hi-Res.
There are words for strategies like that - none of them very nice, I'm afraid :nono:

I downloaded every version including from the Digital Download and the content included with the vinyl purchase. Nothing is over 16/44.1. I hope this is just an oversight and we actually get a high resolution version (with less dynamic range compression?).

NEW PEARL JAM ALBUM “LIGHTNING BOLT” AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

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