Riot Act: How has your view of it changed after 14+ years?

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,142
edited April 2017 in The Porch
We haven't had a Riot Act thread in awhile and I'm curious as to how fans' feel about that album after over 14 yeas since it's release. Let's do a quick poll and see what'cha all think. Riot Act is one of those PJ albums that seems to have a distinct love it or hate it reaction amongst fans.

I'll say for the record it is one of my favorites. It's the album that got me re-interested in Pearl Jam again after a few years of not paying much attention to the band.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

Riot Act: How has your view of it changed after 14+ years? 187 votes

Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
51%
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Like it better than I used to.
33%
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Have always been neutral on this one.
8%
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Like it less than I did early on.
2%
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Didn't care for it then, don't care for it now.
4%
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,350
    Like it better than I used to.
    I appreciate it a little more but can't say I love it. I do like they put a lot of songs on the album. Seems like pulling teeth to get songs together now.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,408
    Didn't care for it then, don't care for it now.
    I like a few songs but definitely my least favorite pearl jam album. Riot act is the weakest link lol.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • lotsalemon
    lotsalemon Boston Posts: 2,739
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.

    Loved it the minute I threw it in my CD player.

    Listened to it on infinite repeat while I was getting our new house ready to move into. Skimcoating and painting walls, trim....I will always love Riot Act!
    However, I will not always love skimcoating and painting trim. Walls, I don't mind too much.
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,909
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I've always felt that Riot Act is one of their more rewarding records. Yes, they may have better records, but I can always seem to find something new to appreciate with RA.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    edited April 2017
    Like it better than I used to.
    They were too political back then skipped my area shows and didn't listen to the album either. The album is the last great one they made.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,142
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Wow! More favorable votes in the early running than I would have expected. When the the curmudgeons get off work? :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    This album is pretty damn good. There are some weaker songs, sure, but there are some that are absolutely, brilliantly indispensable.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • pearldavidson
    pearldavidson Posts: 1,936
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Riot Act is my 3rd favorite PJ album. I LOVE it.
  • erocshifty
    erocshifty Posts: 1,170
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Loved it then, listened to it a couple of weeks ago for the first time in a while and love it even more.
    "It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014 
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Have always been neutral on this one.
    I honestly feel like I would love this album if it opened with Save You and Can't Keep was relegated to Lost Dogs status.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,142
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    ledvedderman said:

    I honestly feel like I would love this album if it opened with Save You and Can't Keep was relegated to Lost Dogs status.

    I have to admit I hard a bit of a hard time getting into this song at first and it's a bit out of sync with most of the record, but then I started hearing in it what seems to me the closest thing PJ has done approaching jazz touches and I like that. It's sort of lounge-like number that starts off like a warmup before the stormy "Save You" kicks in.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • whoanelly15
    whoanelly15 Posts: 742
    Like it better than I used to.
    goldrush said:

    I've always felt that Riot Act is one of their more rewarding records. Yes, they may have better records, but I can always seem to find something new to appreciate with RA.

    This! Well said.

    Other than Save You, it didn't grab me at the time of release. There are some skips on there for me - Help, Get Right, maybe bushleaguer - but Thumbing, Green Disease and You Are are so, so good.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,563
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I picked the answer that best reflects how I've felt about it after the first few years passed. I initially liked it, but was a tad disappointed. An album that gets a lot of hate and is relegated to the discard pile with Binaural, but I think musically and lyrically is a great album. Some of my favorite tunes are on this album. The second half of this album is fantastic from You Are on. It has aged beautifully and is even more relevant now. I would gladly take another RA style album from them.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Shyner
    Shyner Posts: 1,226
    Like it better than I used to.
    it's my favorite album from PJ tied with Ten of course
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 44,142
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I will do cartwheels when RA finally gets re-released on vinyl and, at last, I can finally hear it in glorious analog (or at least as close to analog as it will get)!!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,467
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    What a deep fuckin' record. I think its my 2nd fave after Vs.
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  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Have always been neutral on this one.
    ^^^Really the most appropriate choice, I suppose.
    Sometimes I listen to it and think its great. Other times I listen to it and feel the songs just don't hold up as well compared to the releases prior to it.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,503
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    I mean, it's Pearl Jam, after all.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,925
    edited April 2017
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Hit me like a brick from the first time I heard I am Mine on the television and listened to the album.
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    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Definitely a fan and have always liked it.
    Yep
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.

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