Where does lightning bolt rank pearl jam albums

Despite deploying an excellent chorus and lyrical themes of surveillance culture, which could be distilled as 'We are listening to everything you do, but should you leak any information we deem secret we will crucify you, so mind your manners'. The next song and first single 'Mind Your Manners' is less successful. Fast, aggressive and melodic, with an interesting set of lyrics concerning freedom of (and, more importantly, from) religion. The new album begins in customary Pearl Jam fashion with an opening salvo of aggressive Rockers, the first of which 'Getaway' really works. Now that you are aware of my starting position, I will attempt to objectively rate the new album 'Lightning Bolt'. Awkward, seemingly out of place bridges and middle 8s seem to appear frequently, though I can usually find something to like in every Pearl Jam song. This is not to say that I can't be objective, a subtle change in songwriting style around the time of Yield always jarred with me a little and some albums definitely have problems, self-titled/Avocado has some issues for me, as does Backspacer. In summation, my attachment to this band will allow me to forgive any minor miss-steps. To this day I can't stand bands licensing songs to adverts or cross promoting albums with mobile phones (IвЂ™m looking at you Jay-Z). I took their DIY and 'Under no circumstances sell out' ethic to heart. I have followed their career obsessively, through the height of their popularity (Vs., Vitalogy, which is my favorite PJ album), their experimental stage (No Code), through their later career (Yield, Binaural and on). Through my experiments and changes in taste, however, I have retained an abiding love of Pearl Jam.

Now I have an insatiable appetite for new music in many different genres and I consider myself a passionate music fan. 'Ten' was the first album that truly spoke to the (13 year old) me, the first album that showed me music could be 'for me', and that certain bands and albums could be identifiably mine. Review Summary: Pearl Jam's latest is an effective rumination on mortality and being grateful for what you have, with an unusually aggression eschewing second half which may surprise you.

Where does lightning bolt rank pearl jam albums