Album Rating: 5.0
There's only one PJ release I have rated that isn't a 5, and that's Backspacer. Even though I love it from start to finish, there's just a quality to it that I can't quite put my finger on that makes it not a 5 for me. I have 30 PJ releases (studio, boots, and live) and I can truly say I could listen to my entire collection in order and enjoy every second of it.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I never saw Pearl Jam as having a "form", so it was always odd to me when people were expecting a certain musical direction from them on an album. I see them as sort of a Led Zeppelin type of group, where they don't ascribe to any one genre, and I think that's something they aimed to do (noted in their documentary, if I recall correctly). One track could be hard rock, the next could be a folky country song, but it's still Pearl Jam all the same, and for that reason, to me, it's wonderful.
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