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Biggest Musical Style Shift Between Records?

HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
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which album-to-next-album style shift surprised you the most?
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Cheers,

HFD




Biggest Musical Style Shift Between Records? 65 votes

Ten -> Vs.
4%
RiotAct102-feign-reluctanceHughFreakingDillon 3 votes
Vs. -> Vitalogy
3%
jonbond1779BloodMeridian80 2 votes
Vitalogy -> No Code
35%
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No Code -> Yield
6%
SteverthebelieverForiginal Sincp3iversonJojoRice 4 votes
Yield -> Binaural
18%
mcgruff10halvgibbitsCopperTomno codeMakingWavesFalling Downjeff2040F Me In The BrainbooboolisciousMatts3221Glorified KC 12 votes
Binaural -> Riot Act
3%
KC138045MedozK 2 votes
Riot Act -> Pearl Jam (Avocado)
6%
faithful2youski-bumRS151862drakeheuer14 4 votes
Pearl Jam (Avocado) -> Backspacer
15%
Father HubbardGibsoniOnlyownMymindhrd2imgnPeasant TentsLukinFanPB11041timbo1972BLACK35Planet of Sound 10 votes
Backspacer -> Lightning Bolt
0%
Lightning Bolt -> Gigaton
7%
my_waveHailHailVitalogylastexitlondoneboweddieGern Blansten 5 votes

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    drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,387
    Riot Act -> Pearl Jam (Avocado)
    Only other one I considered voting for was Vitalogy -> No Code. 
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    Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,747
    edited January 2021
    No Code -> Yield
    Hmmm
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    Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,747
    edited January 2021
    No Code -> Yield
    No Code to Yield for me. I was thinking Vitalogy to No Code but Vitalogy was the start of some experimental shit. Yield to Binaural could also be the right answer in terms of different styles 
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    RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,607
    edited January 2021
    Ten -> Vs.
    I think Vitalogy to No Code may be the most obvious, but I think Ten to Vs was very significant to set them up on the rest of their career. Daughter, Small Town, WMA, Indifference.... I am not sure any of these would work on Ten, so I think right off the bat, it showed they had no interest in Ten 2, but rather they were going to go wherever the music took them, and they have stayed true to that ever since.
    words seem so out of place.

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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Ten -> Vs.
    my choice would be Ten to Vs. as well. I absolutely LOVED Vs. the night it came out, and still do to this day, but I think it was a crazy shift away from Ten. 
    Darwinspeed, all. 

    Cheers,

    HFD




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    Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,908
    Vitalogy -> No Code
    Hmmmm, I instinctively said V-> NC, but Upon reflection it is Ten to Vs.
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    Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,908
    Vitalogy -> No Code
    Also, upon reflection, Gigaton seem more like a logical follow up to Riot Act. s/t/BS/LB are more by the numbers for them and are the real outliers in the catalog.
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    Peasant TentsPeasant Tents UK Posts: 834
    Pearl Jam (Avocado) -> Backspacer
    The move to some more pop / new wave stuff. Plus the acoustic Eddie songs on his own.  Felt like a shift in mood as well as musical direction.  I know it is not part of the question but also the new approach to touring..
    Has been my least favourite change.

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    timbo1972timbo1972 Posts: 319
    Pearl Jam (Avocado) -> Backspacer
    Peasant Tents said:
    The move to some more pop / new wave stuff. Plus the acoustic Eddie songs on his own.  Felt like a shift in mood as well as musical direction.  I know it is not part of the question but also the new approach to touring..
    Has been my least favourite change.

    Agreed. It doesn’t stand up at all in a run of albums and struggles as a stand-alone piece. 
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    PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,765
    Pearl Jam (Avocado) -> Backspacer
    Biggest musical shift is definitely Self Titled to Backspacer.

    Biggest production shift is Ten to Vs.

    Biggest mood shift is Vitalogy to No Code, with Yield to Binaural a close second (dark to philosophical then philosophical back to dark with the latter)
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    FiveBelowFiveBelow Lubbock, TX Posts: 1,184
    No wrong answers here. Evolution is the best thing about this band. If Vs would have been an attempt to duplicate Ten, I don’t know if PJ would have entered the 21st century.
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,840
    Yield -> Binaural
    Yield to binaural for the songs as well as each tour.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    Ten -> Vs.
    Faster, more aggressive, WMA, way less reverb. 
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    Ten -> Vs.
    Pearl Jam became Pearl Jam playing Ten live and then leading into the Vs era. Imagine if they had recorded Ten with Dave A. and Brendan O’? 
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    Ten -> Vs.
    Also, this bourbon is REALLY good. 
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Ten -> Vs.
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Also, this bourbon is REALLY good. 
    lol
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    Cheers,

    HFD




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    Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,747
    No Code -> Yield
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Also, this bourbon is REALLY good. 
    Whatcha dranking? 
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    Ten -> Vs.
    Foriginal Sin said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Also, this bourbon is REALLY good. 
    Whatcha dranking? 
    Four Roses Single Barrel 
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    Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,044
    Vitalogy -> No Code
    This is actually tougher than it first appeared. You could make a good argument for many of these but I think Vitalogy to No Code edges out Yield to Binaural. 
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    edited January 2021
    Ten -> Vs.
    i'm imagining the "backspacer to lightning bolt" option will forever remain at 0. LOL
    Darwinspeed, all. 

    Cheers,

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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    Ten -> Vs.
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    i'm imagining the "backspacer to lightning bolt" option will forever remain at 0. LOL

    There is a change between those records, but not as significant as the others listed.
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Ten -> Vs.
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    i'm imagining the "backspacer to lightning bolt" option will forever remain at 0. LOL

    There is a change between those records, but not as significant as the others listed.
    a little bit. kind of reminds of load/reload by metallica. 
    Darwinspeed, all. 

    Cheers,

    HFD




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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    Ten -> Vs.
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    i'm imagining the "backspacer to lightning bolt" option will forever remain at 0. LOL

    There is a change between those records, but not as significant as the others listed.
    a little bit. kind of reminds of load/reload by metallica. 
    I’ve not listened to those records before. Are they any good? 
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    Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,908
    Vitalogy -> No Code
    Yes. But they don’t sound like anything before those records, so fans hate them. There is a great hard rock record between the two and an interesting EP and maybe 4-5 that can go away. They are due for a critical reevaluation. 
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Ten -> Vs.
    Tim Simmons said:
    Yes. But they don’t sound like anything before those records, so fans hate them. There is a great hard rock record between the two and an interesting EP and maybe 4-5 that can go away. They are due for a critical reevaluation. 
    agreed. i actually really liked that era. i love when bands evolve and challenge themselves and their audience. i was a tad disappointed when they went back to their classic era. 
    Darwinspeed, all. 

    Cheers,

    HFD




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