Backspacer turns 15 years old

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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    edited September 2019
    I listened to side one today.  amongst the waves is PF good. 
    The 1st time I heard Unthought Known it seemed like music from the future.
    Johnny Guitar and Supersonic deserve more love.  That fuzzy guitar in the fixer?  Hell yeah.
    The End is borderline melodramatic but it occupies a place on the hard to ignore completely parallel "PJ-Jay" timeline.


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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,807
    Always happy to profess my love for this record.  Right time in my life.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    Got Some won me over live. I enjoy Just Breathe and Amongst The Waves. The End is an interesting final track. That's really it and so this one always ranks at the bottom for me. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,455
    not my fave, but I do enjoy it time to time. people saying it's their worst, you do know about LB right?
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,992
    Gern Blansten said:
    One album has to be the worst.  This one is it for me.

    Funny that my (now 19) daughter still calls that her favorite PJ album.  

    This is is my oldest boys (16) favourite album.  Maybe we’re too old to appreciate it.  
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    2025.....Raleigh N1, Raleigh N2, Pittsburgh N1, Pittsburgh N2
    2026.....????????????????????????????????????????? 
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,929
    edited September 2019
    I remember listening to Got Some (the first leaked song of BS) and thinking: What a groovy song? That scratchy voice in combination with the grunt after "What's wrong?" made me eager to hear the rest of the album. It was well worth the wait.
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  • Ukuleddie Vegger
    Ukuleddie Vegger Posts: 524
    Love Johnny Guitar, Speed of Sound, Force of Nature, Just Breathe... Only problem is it’s too short.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    not my fave, but I do enjoy it time to time. people saying it's their worst, you do know about LB right?
    Yes, but Backspacer is just so boring and uninspired. At 36 minutes or something a real halfassed effort imo.  At least LB takes some chances stylistically and has some diversity. BS songs are all among their worst and Unthought Known is easily the most overrated, plodding song with the cringiest lyrics in their catalog.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,626
    DewieCox said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    not my fave, but I do enjoy it time to time. people saying it's their worst, you do know about LB right?
    Yes, but Backspacer is just so boring and uninspired. At 36 minutes or something a real halfassed effort imo.  At least LB takes some chances stylistically and has some diversity. BS songs are all among their worst and Unthought Known is easily the most overrated, plodding song with the cringiest lyrics in their catalog.
    Both wrong. Both albums are extremely underrated
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,626
    Though the actual in store release was the 22nd. 
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  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,319
    1 album in between then and now. So sad
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Gern Blansten said:
    One album has to be the worst.  This one is it for me.

    Funny that my (now 19) daughter still calls that her favorite PJ album.  
    That award goes to riot act not backspacer.   Backspacer was great live, loved the 09/10 tours.
    i really want to see speed of sound again live. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    igotid88 said:
    DewieCox said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    not my fave, but I do enjoy it time to time. people saying it's their worst, you do know about LB right?
    Yes, but Backspacer is just so boring and uninspired. At 36 minutes or something a real halfassed effort imo.  At least LB takes some chances stylistically and has some diversity. BS songs are all among their worst and Unthought Known is easily the most overrated, plodding song with the cringiest lyrics in their catalog.
    Both wrong. Both albums are extremely underrated
    Underrated by who? They were pretty well reviewed and Backspacer is probably the most appreciated album by non fans. Every time someone mentions the genius of Unthought Known, the album gets more overrated. 
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    I never saw the problem with a PJ album where they tried for anthems/ballads/poppy tunes.  I don't want ten albums that all sound similar.  

    The “Fight to get it back again” line defines Pearl Jam to me. 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,264

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    It might be the album I listen to the least but it’s got very good songs. Interestingly I prefer the ones that seem to get bashed the most around here... Just breathe, unthought known (Gems and rhinestones being my favorite part). Also like force of Nature and The End. 
    I can’t get into The Fixer. I‘ve really tried but I honestly don’t like it 
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,626
    DewieCox said:
    igotid88 said:
    DewieCox said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    not my fave, but I do enjoy it time to time. people saying it's their worst, you do know about LB right?
    Yes, but Backspacer is just so boring and uninspired. At 36 minutes or something a real halfassed effort imo.  At least LB takes some chances stylistically and has some diversity. BS songs are all among their worst and Unthought Known is easily the most overrated, plodding song with the cringiest lyrics in their catalog.
    Both wrong. Both albums are extremely underrated
    Underrated by who? They were pretty well reviewed and Backspacer is probably the most appreciated album by non fans. Every time someone mentions the genius of Unthought Known, the album gets more overrated. 
    The fans
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  • pjfaninindiana
    pjfaninindiana Northeast Indiana Posts: 311


    Yes, but Backspacer is just so boring and uninspired. At 36 minutes or something a real halfassed effort imo.  At least LB takes some chances stylistically and has some diversity. BS songs are all among their worst and Unthought Known is easily the most overrated, plodding song with the cringiest lyrics in their catalog.


    Agreed, but I would say the same for LB as well.


  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    igotid88 said:
    DewieCox said:
    igotid88 said:
    DewieCox said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    not my fave, but I do enjoy it time to time. people saying it's their worst, you do know about LB right?
    Yes, but Backspacer is just so boring and uninspired. At 36 minutes or something a real halfassed effort imo.  At least LB takes some chances stylistically and has some diversity. BS songs are all among their worst and Unthought Known is easily the most overrated, plodding song with the cringiest lyrics in their catalog.
    Both wrong. Both albums are extremely underrated
    Underrated by who? They were pretty well reviewed and Backspacer is probably the most appreciated album by non fans. Every time someone mentions the genius of Unthought Known, the album gets more overrated. 
    The fans
    I’d say fans familiar with their capabilities would be the most accurate gauge of quality one could hope for and if anything are more prone to overrating than the opposite.
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,802
    It’s my least favorite
    but I still give it a B-

    Not crazy about Gonna see my friend, Johnny Guitar, supersonic, speed of sound, the end

    the other 6 songs are really good imo

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