Gigaton is a masterpiece!

pjhawks said:

The Juggler said:

rahjiim said:

Well, I don't really like buckle up, but so far I haven't skipped it. Which is remarkable these days. I'm trying to remember the last time that happened. 

So which albums are usually considered masterpiece? Beatles Stg. Pepper? I'd skip 3-4 songs, but absolutely love the rest. Same with Exile on Main Street. Or Springsteen's Born to Run? I hate tenth avenue freeze-out. 

There are songs, even on PJ's best albums, people skip.

This is either their best or one of their best albums in the last twenty years. Bottom line .

I don't skip anything on VS.  Ten I skip Oceans which I always have.

  

JPPJ84 said:

pjhawks said:

The Juggler said:

rahjiim said:

Well, I don't really like buckle up, but so far I haven't skipped it. Which is remarkable these days. I'm trying to remember the last time that happened. 

So which albums are usually considered masterpiece? Beatles Stg. Pepper? I'd skip 3-4 songs, but absolutely love the rest. Same with Exile on Main Street. Or Springsteen's Born to Run? I hate tenth avenue freeze-out. 

There are songs, even on PJ's best albums, people skip.

This is either their best or one of their best albums in the last twenty years. Bottom line .

I don't skip anything on VS.  Ten I skip Oceans which I always have.

  

i've skipped oceans since I first got the cassette of Ten. One of my least favorite PJ songs.  just can't get into it.  thought it even sucked live.

pjhawks said:

The Juggler said:

rahjiim said:

Well, I don't really like buckle up, but so far I haven't skipped it. Which is remarkable these days. I'm trying to remember the last time that happened. 

So which albums are usually considered masterpiece? Beatles Stg. Pepper? I'd skip 3-4 songs, but absolutely love the rest. Same with Exile on Main Street. Or Springsteen's Born to Run? I hate tenth avenue freeze-out. 

There are songs, even on PJ's best albums, people skip.

This is either their best or one of their best albums in the last twenty years. Bottom line .

I don't skip anything on VS.  Ten I skip Oceans which I always have.

I didn't say all albums. No Code is usually my favorite and they could have easily left Mankind off. 

jimjam1982 said:

It's really good. Several months in we can say its probably not going to be considered a masterpiece. Alright and Comes Then Goes are very skippable tracks. 

I literally skip to get to those songs. I’d say your right, excellent and masterpiece are different. It is excellent.

The album is just really fantastic. If a non fan asked me what are your favorite PJ songs ever or songs a newbie should listen to, i feel like this album has so many contenders.  

mschostok said:

Does anybody else feel like Superblood Wolfman could almost be a Foo Fighters song? Not sure why I just thought of that but wanted to get others input 

I could maybe see that.

I will say that I was not a big fan of this song at the outset, but I now really like it. I like it's quirkiness. 

I dont know about a masterpiece, but after 3 months of listening to it, im confident in saying it's a great album, and fits in nicely with their best work. At this point with lightning bolt and backspacer, the initial excitement of new pj had worn off and I accepted that to my ears, those albums were mediocre at best. I lost faith that pj had it in them to deliver an album of quality to match their their glory years which in my mind is the 91-2003 period.

With gigaton they delivered. If this album finished as strong as the first 4 tracks start, I might be willing to call it a masterpiece. However, while I do find redeeming qualities in every track, it does get a little spotty in the back end.

Id argue that who ever said is as good of a track as the band has every recorded.

This album is only going to get better once these songs join the live rotation. Those first four tracks should be live staples for the years to come.

T-Bone 82 said:

Been listening every day since Day 1. I think it's an incredible record. If it hasn't faded by now in my rotation, it's a  winner!

Totally, 3 months in and I'm still incessantly listening. I think I stopped listening to Lightning Bolt front to back after a week.

Chasing Footsteps said:

Lifted said:

I dont know about a masterpiece, but after 3 months of listening to it, im confident in saying it's a great album, and fits in nicely with their best work. At this point with lightning bolt and backspacer, the initial excitement of new pj had worn off and I accepted that to my ears, those albums were mediocre at best. I lost faith that pj had it in them to deliver an album of quality to match their their glory years which in my mind is the 91-2003 period.

With gigaton they delivered. If this album finished as strong as the first 4 tracks start, I might be willing to call it a masterpiece. However, while I do find redeeming qualities in every track, it does get a little spotty in the back end.

Id argue that who ever said is as good of a track as the band has every recorded.

This album is only going to get better once these songs join the live rotation. Those first four tracks should be live staples for the years to come.

I am completely with you!

Agree on all accounts. I'd add Seven O'clock to the staples rotation giving it 5 total which is outstanding. 
I've been thinking about it's final ranking in my mind and I simply give it 41/2 out of 5 stars. Using the Rolling Stone magazine scale where 4 stars means Excellent and 5 means Classic. 

halv said:

I seem to be one of the few that love Buckle Up. Sure, it's not a classic, but I like the tenderness of it. It's like a lullaby. 

You're not alone. I love this song.