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  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,181
    Joins Binaural and Riot Act in the band of albums not quite as good as the first 5 but easily better than the rest. 
    'F*** the pessimists. F*** 'em.' Eddie Vedder
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,809
    React, Respond
    tino_11 said:
    Joins Binaural and Riot Act in the band of albums not quite as good as the first 5 but easily better than the rest. 
    I find it significantly better than those 2.  I was concerned the newness was having me rank it higher than it should...and now I'm starting to wonder if the newness has me raking it lower than it will end up.  It's a top 5 album for sure for me.  Maybe top 4.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Waiting For Stevie
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Wreckage
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • jimjam1982
    jimjam1982 AZ Posts: 1,471
    Waiting For Stevie
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Much better then anything since Vs. Not as many great songs as vitalogy but it doesn't have 4 filler tracks either. So overall, better.
  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,018
    Waiting For Stevie
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    They can both be great :)
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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    edited May 2024
    Waiting For Stevie
    Ranking the songs is so tough. I had Waiting for Stevie on top after a few listens but I’m not sure, there’s too many good ones. Today I’m thinking:

    Scared of Fear
    Waiting for Stevie (they’ve tried their whole career not to write something like this; yet they finally did it, 90s throwback). 
    Won’t Tell (a single if there ever was one)
    React, Respond
    Got to Give (very underrated!)
    Running (love that seague from Stevie; wish the song went longer)
    Setting Sun
    Upper Hand (just like the others more atm)
    Dark Matter (music on this is 🔥)
    Wreckage (really warming to it)
    Something Special (actually don’t mind it; something has to be last)
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Waiting For Stevie
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    For me I skip god s dice, evacuation and sleight of hand.  I skip insignificance every other listen.  ;)
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,935
    Got to Give
    mcgruff10 said:
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    For me I skip god s dice, evacuation and sleight of hand.  I skip insignificance every other listen.  ;)
    I don't skip anything, but "Gods' Dice" is not particularly good, and "Soon Forget" is a trifle. And I know at least one person who skips "Writer's Block": Bill Simmons based on the fact that he was apparently completely shocked to learn that Eddie Vedder uses a typewriter.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,874
    Scared of Fear
    mcgruff10 said:
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    For me I skip god s dice, evacuation and sleight of hand.  I skip insignificance every other listen.  ;)
    Damn mike


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • chrisr211977
    chrisr211977 Posts: 93
    Wreckage
    Got To Give is a masterpiece.
    I don't believe nothin', even if it's true.
    "That's a vibe" - Ryan Miller

    9/11/2022 - Madison Square Garden, New York
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Waiting For Stevie
    lastexitlondon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    For me I skip god s dice, evacuation and sleight of hand.  I skip insignificance every other listen.  ;)
    Damn mike
    Rob, don't get me started on riot act!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • shetellsherself
    shetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    Upper Hand
    Still upper hand 
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  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,018
    Waiting For Stevie
    chrisr211977 said:
    Got To Give is a masterpiece.
    It was in my top 3 from first listen, now settling in the middle, but that is not too shabby.
    Randall's Island 9/29/96, Continental Arena 9/8/98, MSG 9/10/98, Jones Beach 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 8/25/00, Nassau Coliseum 4/30/03, MSG 7/8/03, 7/9/03, Continental Arena 6/1/06, 6/3/06, MSG 6/24/08, 6/25/08, Spectrum 10/30/09, 10/31/09, MSG 5/20/10, 5/21/10, PJ20 9/3/11, 9/4/11, Charlottesville 10/29/13, Charlotte 10/30/13, Global Citizen 9/26/15, Raleigh 4/20/16 :( Baltimore 3/28/20 :( Austin 9/18/23, 9/19/23, Forum 5/21/24, Baltimore 9/12/24, Fenway 9/17/24, Nashville 5/6/25, 5/8/25
  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,018
    Waiting For Stevie
    mcgruff10 said:
    lastexitlondon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    For me I skip god s dice, evacuation and sleight of hand.  I skip insignificance every other listen.  ;)
    Damn mike
    Rob, don't get me started on riot act!
    LOL. God's Dice and Evacuation okay, but skipping insignificance is blasphemy!
    Randall's Island 9/29/96, Continental Arena 9/8/98, MSG 9/10/98, Jones Beach 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 8/25/00, Nassau Coliseum 4/30/03, MSG 7/8/03, 7/9/03, Continental Arena 6/1/06, 6/3/06, MSG 6/24/08, 6/25/08, Spectrum 10/30/09, 10/31/09, MSG 5/20/10, 5/21/10, PJ20 9/3/11, 9/4/11, Charlottesville 10/29/13, Charlotte 10/30/13, Global Citizen 9/26/15, Raleigh 4/20/16 :( Baltimore 3/28/20 :( Austin 9/18/23, 9/19/23, Forum 5/21/24, Baltimore 9/12/24, Fenway 9/17/24, Nashville 5/6/25, 5/8/25
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Wreckage
    So I put on my PJ playlist for the drive down and put it on shuffle. My streaming service only played one DM in 5 hours....
    WRECKAGE!!!!!!!
    That's because it's the best.  ;)
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Waiting For Stevie
    spankyMP said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    lastexitlondon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    For me I skip god s dice, evacuation and sleight of hand.  I skip insignificance every other listen.  ;)
    Damn mike
    Rob, don't get me started on riot act!
    LOL. God's Dice and Evacuation okay, but skipping insignificance is blasphemy!
    Only every other time! Lol 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • southp
    southp Posts: 304
    Setting Sun
    I’m not picking favourites but I can at least break DM down into tiers. It’s all subjective of course. 

    Tier 1 - Put these right alongside the classic set list staples. 
    Dark Matter
    Setting Sun
    Waiting for Stevie
    Wreckage 

    Tier 2 - Solid, love some parts, still excited to hear them. 
    Scared of Fear
    React Respond
    Running
    Won’t Tell

    Tier 3 - Already finding myself skipping them, don’t need to hear them live. 
    Upper Hand
    Got to Give
    Something Special 


  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,444
    Still the best:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGXkIZ2eYhg
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,444
    BF25394 said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    northerndragon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    23scidoo said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    BF25394 said:
    schaefferlax said:
    Setting Sun and Dark Matter are the best on the album, and better than anything they've put out since Avocado, including Avocado. 
    So you're actually saying you think it's better than anything they've put out since Riot Act.
    Since yield.  
    come on Mike!!..better than Binaural, Riot Act and Avocando??..no way IMO..nice record but not great..
    Plenty of skip songs on those three.  Nothing will
    ever top their first five albums but I do feel Dark matter is number six.
    What do skip on Binaural????????????????? :o
    Except for maybe Evacuation sometimes. You've lost the plot dude. 

    I like DM a lot but come on.
    For me I skip god s dice, evacuation and sleight of hand.  I skip insignificance every other listen.  ;)
    I don't skip anything, but "Gods' Dice" is not particularly good, and "Soon Forget" is a trifle. And I know at least one person who skips "Writer's Block": Bill Simmons based on the fact that he was apparently completely shocked to learn that Eddie Vedder uses a typewriter.
    I don't know what "trifle" means. But I imagine it means "cute and charming", because that is what the song is. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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