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Pearl Jam - Backspacer Audio CD

A fair review of the Pearl Jam "Backspacer" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Pearl Jam reviews here, or go back to the Pearl Jam tabs.

Pearl Jam Band: Pearl Jam
Title: Backspacer
Rating:
Release Date: 2009-11-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Gonna See My Friend 2: Got Some 3: The Fixer 4: Johnny Guitar 5: Just Breathe 6: Amongst The Wave 7: Unthought Known 8: Supersonic 9: Speed Of Sound 10: Force Of Nature 11: The End

Best in a long time
I actually think its better than yeild. I am on the "best since Yeild" boat. Call me crazy, I love this album. Its upbeat, catchy rock and roll with a bit of edge that we have grown to love from them but yet with new lyrical perspectives as they age.


surprisingly melodic


What's even MORE amazing is just how much of a focus on powerful, intense, and heavy alternative rock the album features. Pearl Jam was never one of the most melodic bands out there, but for this album, Backspacer, the band seemed to care especially hard about delivering great vocal melodies. This is one *extremely* heavy album, and not just by Pearl Jam's standards either. This is one powerhouse of a rock album.

Some people may complain about the shortness of the album, but when the album cooks from beginning to end with THIS much intensity, it's hard to complain about a running time a bit shorter than we've come to expect, not just from Pearl Jam, but from ALL albums nowadays. After all, compact discs can hold, what? 80 minutes of music? This album doesn't come anywhere close to that.

Overall, it's about the quality of the songwriting above everything else, and Pearl Jam has definitely proven they have the talent to write great vocal melodies, and with an album like Backspacer, they now have the songwriting to match their desire to just rock out for this one.


Not really that Pearl Jamish
When is the last time you listened to Riot Act all the way through, uninterrupted? Its a million miles away good. People are commenting that this might PJ best album since Yield. I listened to Backspacer and its maybe one of their worst, if not the worst album of their career. Even some of the all-time greats make a lousy album. Clearly, this is a forgettable album. Still love PJ and will see the show. . . .


Best PJ Album in 10 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really believe that everyone should own this album and it will go down in history as one of the greatest rock albums of this century. Every song on Backspacer is a hit! This is easily PJ's best work in over a decade.


3 good songs + filler = a typical pearl jam album
Was rather uninspired to hear the first track was about going to visit a drug dealer - how totally original. Not their best, you'd be a sucker to expect their best these days. Some good songs: "Just Breath", "Fixer", "Unknown Thought".

Some okay filler: Amongst the wave. Some wince-inducing filler: "Got Some". The rest is just filler, apart from one outright awful & unlistenable song (I assume it was a song, it may have been a recording of alley cats going at it): "The End". I use this song to scare away telemarketers. They never call back.

So, not a bad album for old men. Keep 'em coming PJ, as long as there's 3 good songs that'll stay with us, it's worth 16 bucks.

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