My music service just got this in. I'll be checking it out and return with a rating. Lot's of buzz around this one. We'll see. Nice review, Poet.This Message Edited On 05.04.06

No ten! Not even close. It reminds me of Vitalogy. 5 incredible songs and the rest are fillers.This Message Edited On 05.04.06

Album Rating: 3.5

^What songs on Ten would you consider filler? :confused:

Oceans? thats really about it, even though its not a bad song.

I figured someone would come to my defense.
The intro and outro from Ten could only be considered fillers.
Since he's an AFI fan he/she was probally 4yrs old when Ten came out. Listen to it AGAIN for the first time.

"Krash i think they took out your review because everyone said it sucked and asked for it to be deleted"

-Flea is Godly


Not quite pal, the Mods told me it put it out too early.

And to answer someone's question, yes it does have a folding case.

Album Rating: 3.0

meh, I agree with SOP, I only like half of Ten. People rave about it, but it's not a patch on Vs, and I actually prefer the new album to it.



Once

Oceans

Garden

Release

Deep

^^These tracks are so sub-par compared to nearly any track on Vs.

Album Rating: 2.5

the new album is inferior to the first five for the same reason binaural and riot act are: the guitar tone is now rock n' roll fuzz compared to a metallic hard rock edge, vedder's lyrics have gone from quality social and psychological commentaries to pretentious rubbish, matt cameron's snare sounds like a cereal box and, crucially, pearl jam don't care about pushing the boundaries anymore, which is what all music should aim to do, whether its overtly prog or just improving an old style. i don't think there's any filler on ten but at the same time vs. is better.

Maybe we need to agree on what a filler song is. Jerry Lee Lewis style. All kill no fill.

Just because YOU don't like a song doesn't make it a filler song. Bugs, W.M.A, those chant songs. Those are fillers.

Stupid mop, Pry to, Lukin, Arc...

clear as mud

Album Rating: 2.5

apart from bugs, everyone one of those songs you've mentioned is not filler. w.m.a- political statement. stupid mop-experimentation with a song (the whole song musically played backwards, lyrics replaced with profound voice recording) pry to- terse, deliberately anti-'good' song about eddie's dislike of the media, lukin- anger crystallised in a short punch of a song, arc- another experiment, this time with how eddie's vocals sound layered. just because a song is short, or doesn't conform to conventional song structure, or isn't what the critics would rate, doesn't mean it is filler. in fact, i feel fillers are either:



a) songs which lack any kind of originality and were 'commissioned' by label/producer/even the band themselves in order to build up the track numbers or ensure a certain style is included: they don't write the song because they want to, but because they feel they have to



b) songs which are experimental but lack any sort of passion

I guess you would never know a filler unless you are "in" with the band. This Message Edited On 05.05.06

good points joh soxe. anything that is short in time (e.g. under 2mins) always seems like a filler to me. I guess you would never know a filler unless you are "in" with the band.

good points joh soxe. anything that is short in time (e.g. under 2mins) always seems like a filler to me. I guess you would never know a filler unless you are "in" with the band.

Its a pretty good album, havent listened to it all the way through yet though.

Album Rating: 5.0

This album seriously surprised me from start to finish. It is some of the best work i have heard from them.

Album Rating: 2.5

i just couldnt get into this album, and I enjoyed some past Pearl Jam albums

I thought Ten was the best CD and now this one is second.This Message Edited On 05.19.06

Album Rating: 3.5

^If thats true, this album would have to be very very good. Because Vitalogy, VS., and Riot Act were all great.

Album Rating: 4.5

no doubt about it, ten was their best album and always will be. Vitalogy and Yield are my other favorite pearl jam albums. Their new self-titled is awesome, and also a favorite of mine. it brings out the old, stripped-down sound of grunge/hard rock of the 90's and it's not all that polished, which makes it all the more entertaining. great album by a legendary band.

Dull, lifeless, need I go on?

Mind you, lately I have been engulfed in the atmosphere of Devin Townsend's "Ocean Machine" and listening to something like Pearl Jam afterwards is a slight step down. Just a tad.