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| 2.5 average | Chino smoking it up! | April 2nd 20 | This is a good Bruce Springsteen album...oh wait...well PJ is happy and healthy for music's sake.
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| 3.5 great | MIguel202020 | April 4th 20 | Em gigaton, os pearl jam empenham-se musicalmente em não se repetir, mesmo que isso cause indignação em muitos dos seus fãs. Os tempos actuais são de mudanças à escala mundial, Eddie vedder e os outros sabem disso, e expressam-no liricamente e não só em grande parte das canções de gigaton. Até mesmo quando a banda joga seguro, como em Superblood Wolfmoon ou Never Destination, a sensação que fica no ouvido depois da primeira audição é de falhanço, mas com o tempo começam a notar-se pormenores de produção que fazem de gigaton um álbum diversificado e surpreendente a cada nova rotação.
Um solido 7 em 10.
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| 3.0 good | Antonius | April 13th 20 | I never had the chance to delve deep into Pearl Jam's work, therefore I am not in a place to position this album in their discography. Musically, it is divided into an energetic first half with groovy moments and chunky riffs, whereas the second part contains some smooth, pleasant ballads. Lyrically is very solid and Vedder's vocals are unassailable. Recommendations: "Seven O'Clock", "Dance of the Clairvoyants", "Who Ever Said", "Quick Escape".
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| 3.5 great | CookieLinda | April 5th 20 | My first impressions on Gigaton reminded me of No Code. Like the album released in 1996, this one is also musically diverse but somehow inconsistent. Some songs have no bridge or chorus, and many of them go beyond their ideal length. I hope it will grow in me over time, but time is something that I don't have much to listen to music these days.
Although, I do like Buckle Up. It makes my 7-month daughter smile.
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| 2.0 poor | Ebola | April 5th 20 | this sure is an album! it’s got guitars and drums and even vocals
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| 4.0 excellent | BrownyAndaCa | April 5th 20 | It was challenging at the beginning, but after a couple of listens on gigaton, i noticed something different from the last albums from pearl jam, and that is the lyrics department. Eddie Vedder really takes a big step forwards to became the last greatest lyricist in rock and roll, and he uses current themes like climate changes, human migration and even trump presidency, to prove us that he deserves to be compared to Dylan or Springsteen. the other band members also try to improve the band music and each of them contribute with their best performance in a long time.
Highlights: Dance of the Clairvoyants, Superblood Wolfmoon and Retrograde
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| 3.5 great | TiaClarinda | April 5th 20 | Pearl Jam is the only rock band formed in the early 90s that dont have a really really bad album in their discography. Sure, there are some albums more experimental or consistent than others, but they never released a album capable of alianate or divide their fan base, like Amnesiac, Zeitgeist or Ratitude. I do think the album starts quite strong with tracks like Who ever said and Quick Escape, but then it goes a little off the rails in the middle section, only to recover in the end with a trio of beautiful ballads.
Some people might complain about the album inconsistency, but i think Gigaton is just another solid pearl jam album.
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| 3.5 great | VoZeCiDaLia | April 4th 20 | Gigaton is not a disaster or even a new masterpiece. It falls right in between of those categories, like most albums the band have been releasing since vitalogy in 1994. There is mid-tempo songs with anthemic chorus, a pair of fast ones to pump up the blood, and of course, a couple of reflective and introspective acoustic ballads. The album lenght might scare occasional fans, but the songs have enough diversity to keep everyone interested for a dozen of listens.
Dance of the clairvoyants and Seven O Clock have potential to become interesting jams on their live shows.
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| 3.0 good | Gossardon | April 4th 20 | It was a matter of time until a new album by pearl jam start receiving many users ratings under 2.5 on this site.. It happened to Dylan, Bowie, Springsteen, U2 and even Kanye. Its the sign of times but since everything above 3.0 can be considerered relatively positive, we can assume that eddie and the boys still have a couple of good albums in them. Already counting with this one.
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| 4.0 excellent | Deadwing2112 | March 28th 20 | Gigaton provides as much fan service as Pearl Jam will ever permit. And in the end, it is as close to the band's Who's Next as we will probably receive. The earlier single release for Dance of the Clairvoyants caused ripples for its overdubs and disco lite bass yet indicated a willingness for a veteran band to exhibit experimentation. The track list unsurprisingly is a take down on the current state of affairs. The anarchistic anger and consequential activism is rejuvenated in Eddie Vedder's lyrics with the band itself showing punch and energy seemingly a bit lost since the days of Yield. For the greying PJ fans, enjoy this one for what it is.
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| 3.5 great | ignorethefashion | March 26th 20 | I enjoyed this more than I expected to. It's far from a complete listen, but a few tracks sound like peak-era PJ. Quick Escape is such a jam. They need to hand the keys to Ament more often.
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| 3.5 great | paradoxical | March 21st 20 | Eddie sounds great but most of the songs sound same-y.
Standout tracks: Seven O'Clock, Retrograde
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| 0.0 | SandwichBubble | January 23rd 20 | Greetings beings of the past.
I have travelled from a distant time far into the future to inform you that yes:
a Pearl Jam album in 2020 will in fact be awful.
Also sell all your stock in Disney, just a friendly tip.
I will take my leave now, farewell.
Edit: I see the cyberpolice is just as strict in your time as they are in mine, pastdwellers.
Just know that this is truly a 1.0 and please don't let it hit the Billboard Hot 100 like it
did in my timeline. Fight the power, rage against the machḭ̌n̮e, ̬͉͛͊̾a͈̰̻͗̉̚nd͉ͪ d͎̜̗um̱̼ͨ̊p͎͍ ͚͍̠ͪ͐͋y̞̆o͉̤͊ͨụ͎̀̂r̽̊ co̥͕ke̟ͣ ̦ͅin ̖̺̤̄ͯ̄ẗ̥̙̑h̞̅e ͭ͌̅ocͯͤ̉eͫ̽aͦ͊n̟̺ͬ͂.͊̑|͗̐|͍̜̯ͤ̓͑--͊̐͊-̟̉|͓́ͪͅ|_͓ͫ_̬̂-̼̍-̖͖̽͆-͌̐̊|_̃̿̚_͓̤͕ͧͮ̚|̄̾|̖̠̲ͮ̊̏|͉__̙͓ͥ̎-̱̫͎ͦ̊̃-̺̝̺͐̔̂-̌́̇|̿̚|̱͔--̥͖̱ͯ̋ͩ-ͥͬ||ͯ_͔̭̪_-͔̽-͚̅-̞̓|ͣͅ_͉̖̳̎ͭ͌_̣͍͆̄|||͇̐-͔̝̘̒̈́̀-͖̟ͩͫ-̭̺͖̇̏͗||̈ͥ̒_̱̯̻_́-
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| 0.0 | redith1982 | January 22nd 20 | That single is TERRIBLE! I think Pearl Jam needs to retire now.
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| 0.0 | DoctorSpaghetti0 | January 22nd 20 | The single sounds like Spoon meets the Breeders. It has some 90's influence, but they are retaining their more minimalistic output
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| 2.5 average | tysly | July 3rd 25 |
| 2.5 average | El Olam | August 24th 24 |
| 3.5 great | CRX | May 14th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Zalr | April 19th 24 |
| 3.0 good | pt3 | April 19th 24 |
| 3.5 great | bSmith | March 12th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | foxxxy | July 26th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Lex24 | April 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vojtino | March 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sniffy | February 4th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | December 9th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Sowing STAFF | October 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Xhoven | October 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | jsaadia | September 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Yoni91 | August 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dwap | August 12th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Paint | July 27th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Adol | June 29th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Zeuzo | June 28th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Dylan | June 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | igi78 | May 14th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Wolfe | April 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Mojito | April 27th 20 |
| 2.5 average | mvdu | April 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Host78 | April 18th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | April 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | mRA | April 7th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Coast | April 7th 20 |
| 2.5 average | KBP37 | April 6th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Mac | April 6th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Macck | April 3rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Fenix | March 31st 20 |
| 2.5 average | chris. | March 30th 20 |
| 3.0 good | thawey | March 30th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | March 30th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Marci | March 29th 20 |
| 3.0 good | ACVPV | March 29th 20 |
| 3.5 great | virpi | March 29th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Brabiz | March 28th 20 |
| 3.0 good | wicio | March 27th 20 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | March 27th 20 |
| 3.0 good | neikos | March 27th 20 |
| 2.5 average | ArtBox | March 27th 20 |
| 2.5 average | doofy | March 27th 20 |
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