Pearl Jam – Backspacer
I’ll probably get a lot of shit from some Pearl Jam fans, but I think this newest album is the best since Ten, I know it’s a little pop oriented, but I’m fine with that, I’m getting kind of tired of everybody trying to be “indie” and all that shit. Anyway, I think this new album has everything that made all the previous albums great and made this album phenomenal.
Gonna See My Friend and Got Some seem to blend together to me, not that they sound the same but they seem like bookend songs about getting some drugs, when I was a young guy and into that kind of stuff when I would go “score” I would tell people I was going to see my friend, and if I was holding then my other friends would just as if I “got some”, of course I sure I’m way off base with the true meaning of these two songs but that’s the imagery I get when I hear them.
The songs Just Breath through Force of Nature reminds me of the albums between Vitalogy and Riot Act (No Code, Yield, and Binaural), if they were on those albums those albums would’ve been even better, seriously.
The End is THE BEST song I’ve heard from Pearl Jam in a long time, it’s so emotionally raw and orchestra in the back lends to that perfectly, and the way it just stops at the end is gut wrenching. If you’ve ever lost someone unexpectedly then you probably shouldn’t listen to this track.
Thanks you Pearl Jam, thank you for remaining true to your music no matter where it takes you, lord knows that I’ve bitched about it often enough, and thank you for especially for this album.
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Pearl Jam - The End
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