Lightning Bolt v King Animal v The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

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edited November 2013 in Other Music
The three remaining bands of the 'big four' grunge bands have released albums in the last year or so...how would you order them? And why?

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  • Posts: 1,759
    Lightning Bolt.... Because I keep listening to it over and over...
    Vanishing Point ...Because Mudhoney!
    King Animal..... Because I haven't heard the whole album yet, but I did see SG this past summer.
    The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.... Because I'm not sure that I'll ever listen to this album..
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  • Posts: 194
    Lightning Bolt takes it comfortably, for me. Good variety of songs, but still cohesive and as always, Eddie has a way with words that just connects with me.

    King Animal comes second. Solid all the way through, and some very good songs. Doesn't quite match up with their best efforts, but then that is a tall order.

    Dinosaurs brings up the rear. It's quite samey, and as a consequence it's a harder listen front to back than the above albums, but there is a lot of great stuff in there. Surprising how much I enjoy it now, compared to my first underwhelming listen.

    So glad all these guys are still putting records out. All worthy additions to their respective catalogues.
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  • Posts: 14,010
    1) King Animal
    2) Lightning Bolt







    354) Devil

    and it's not a knock against the "new" AIC. I loved BGWTB. But Devil is just crap.
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  • Posts: 3,270
    Lightning Bolt, because PJ is still my favorite band.

    King Animal, because it's a damn good album but I don't listen to it too often for some reason. (I think I'll spin it right now that I'm thinking about it.)

    Dinosaurs, because I've never listened to nor do I have any plans to. Yes, I'm one of those people that won't listen to it because it's not Layne. :?
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  • Posts: 1,165
    seems to be a mostly unanimous order, but jshin made a good point, vanishing point should be on the list, great album
    I don't mean to offend anyone, a lot of what I say should be taken with a grain of salt... that said for most of you I'm a stranger on a computer on the other side of the world, don't give me that sort of power!
  • Posts: 11,432
    Lightning Bolt
    King Animal











    AIC Is The Devil For Dropping that Load of Crap Here



    LB keeps at a pretty high level throughout most of the album, them trails off at the end. Not closing with Yellow Moon is an unforgivable sin.

    King Animal is solid, but I don't think any song is truly great.

    AIC is really a one note affair and really lacks the melody that makes other AIC records great.


    Don't give a crap about Mudhoney.


    I'm waiting for Tool's new one and it'll likely top all of these.
  • Posts: 14,010
    DewieCox wrote:
    I'm waiting for Tool's new one and it'll likely top all of these.

    it's going to be the same thing they've released the last 3 albums.
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    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
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    it's going to be the same thing they've released the last 3 albums.

    If you're speaking from a quality standpoint, right on and exactly my point.
  • HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    of these 3, Lightning Bolt by a mile.

    In my opinion, King Animal is ok & the AIC album is horrible. AIC is not AIC (again, in my opinion) without Layne.
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  • Posts: 14,010
    DewieCox wrote:



    If you're speaking from a quality standpoint, right on and exactly my point.

    releasing the same songs in different packaging is not quality. it's boring.
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  • Posts: 991
    Lighting Bolt by a mile. King Animal is boring, only great song is "A Thousand Days Before" and there's a few other passable ones. The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is the worst album ever released by the big Grunge four. Shocking how terrible it was after Black Gives Way to Blue had some really inspired stuff on there.
  • Posts: 953
    Agree with other posters..

    LB
    KA
    Dinos.

    Although I do enjoy dinos more than other people seem to. and KA is a great comeback album and possibly better then LB.
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  • Posts: 5,642
    King Animal easily. Still great a year later. Half of Lightning Bolt is throw away. I'd happily take another soundgarden album over Pearl Jam right now. I feel their next album could be even better than KA but with Pearl Jam I'm not so sure. The AiC album was very disappointing, I liked Black Gives Way to Blue but this album is just boring bar two songs.

    So:

    KA

    LB

    TDPDBH

    If we were to include Mudhoney it would be after King Animal.
  • everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    Lightning Bolt - because it's a really fucking great record!

    King Animal - A good comeback but I couldn't pick a single track that stands up to 90s SG

    Vanishing Point - cos I love Mudhoney too :D

    Devil whatever - is just an awful album. In terms of the 'big names' of the 90s, it's on a par with Weiland's Christmas album for me!
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  • The ATX Posts: 1,550
    King Animal - Blows both of the others away

    The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Not as good as BGWTB but I really do like it

    Lightning Bolt - Utter crap
  • Posts: 14,010
    Of The Aggie wrote:
    Lightning Bolt - Utter crap

    :shock:

    I don't like Sirens or Future Days, but utter crap?? Seriously? what did you think of Backspacer?
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    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
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    releasing the same songs in different packaging is not quality. it's boring.

    :thumbdown:
  • Posts: 6,834
    King Animal is my faourite, then Lightning Bolt, then AIC - which I was really diappointed with.
  • England Posts: 1,683
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
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    it's going to be the same thing they've released the last 3 albums.

    Agreed.

    Tool were better in the nineties.
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  • Oviedo, FL Posts: 938
    WOW!!! Such disdain and hatred for Dinosaurs!!!???

    As a lover of all things 'Big 4' (PJ, AIC, SG, Nirvana), I loved all 3 albums and they are all about equal to me.

    If I had to rank I guess I'd put LB first, cuz they are PJ and it's a great album.

    As far as the SG and AIC releases, that's a really tough call, but I guess if I had to keep one album over the other it would be SG's (just because it was their triumphant return).

    Back to AIC...I thought it was just as good of an album as Black Gives Way to Blue. I love both of those, and don't even miss Layne too much.

    How can you deny songs such as...

    Hollow, Pretty Done, Stone, and Phantom Limb just to name some of my favorites???

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