Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
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Free Music Review: the same sentiment as my review for YIELD
Hit: 2 Stars
If you read my review of YIELD, it will apply to this album just as well - it's boring, bland and uninteresting.
If I might add, I had a great time listening to the garage band THE DETROIT COBRAS - their musical sense of ROCK N ROLL is right on par with spirit, sound production and the way RNR should be played. PJ should take some lessons from them.
Free Music Review: a must have album, an epic masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
this is the album that got me into pearl jam, and grunge in general (i had heard nirvana before, but they're nothing compared to Pearl Jam.)
1. Last Exit-amazing, one of my favorite PJ tunes, its in 5/4 time and the whole song comes together as a great intro for a great album and great piece of music...10/10
2. Spin the black circle- fast paced, and truly the first pearl jam song i ever liked (after completely blowing off ten as disinteresting) this made me go back and realize that most everything put out by these guys is amazing. 8/10
3. Not for You-great lyrics, excellent musicianship, angry vedder screaming-9/10
4. tremor christ-possibly my favorite track on this album (or last exit, i can't decide)subtle, pulsating, grungy, soft but beautiful(shouldda made the greatest hits)-10/10
5. nothing man- a little soft, but good none the less 8/10
6.whipping-very fast compared to nothingman, really straight forward, not one of the better songs on here but not bad-7/10
7.pry, to-people don't like the wierd stuff on this album but its really good, its a bit of a break and being only 45 seconds or so, its hardly noticeable, and the lyrics actually have meaning so i dont mind - 7/10
8.corduroy-very good song, excellence and it reminds me of something from "ten", or possibly "yield"-9/10
9.bugs-im not sure where they got an accordion from, but they put it to good use, the lyrics are very meaningful-8/10
10.satan's bed-very good song, fast and heavy- 10/10
11.betterman-also very good, great lyrics that tell a beatutiful and sad story... cant find a betterman...10/10
12.aye davanita-quirky little semi-instrumental, theres a little voice saying something but i dont know who or what, pretty cool, a little boring...-6/10
13. immortality-soft and possibly a little repetitive, but very good, this is the end of the album-9/10
14. hey foxymophandlemama, that's me/dirty mop-um very creepy, and wierd i dont really like it and i never listen to it, i end the album after 13 tracks and its wierd, very wierd-1/10
Free Music Review: MASTERPIECE
Hit: 5 Stars
This is truly a GREAT album.......one of the greatest of the 90's..........its dark, murky, angry, raw...GRUNGE rock at its BEST!!!!!!!
This album is the one album where eddie vedder is truly at his best vocally....the way he hits the notes, the rage in his voice, the barritone.....SHEER PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!
There a a few throw away filler tracks in here, but they are scattered towards the end of the album, to alleviate some of the intensity that this album builds.....man do i love this record!!!!!!!!
VITALOGY can NEVER be mimicked.....NEVER
If you dont own this one, go and pick it up ASAP.....and dont burn it, go and buy it....the artwork is AWESOME, its like a little 50 page book
MASTERPIECE!
Free Music Review: You got "underground" rock in my mainstream!
Hit: 4 Stars
I will state first off that I'm one of those hipster snobs who dismiss Pearl Jam's debut album, "Ten," as the whining chart-whoring pseudo-anthemizing overpriced-flannel-flying watered-down-grungifying crowd-surfer-pandering piffle that it is. If you think that makes me inherently biased (unbalanced?) this review probably won't be "helpful" to you, and you can move on the other 250 or so reviews. If you decide to hear me out, I promise to be fair, 'cause even though I may be a hipster snob, I can't deny to myself the sweet rockin' going on in "Vitalogy."
This album represents one the best meeting points between what was then called "underground" or indie rock and the "classic" rock mainstream. Thus the production quality is raw when it needs to be but polished enough so it doesn't sound sloppy. Ballads like "Better Man" and its companion piece "Nothingman" are clearly influenced by Neil Young and even "Nebraska"-era Springsteen--they're sincere & emotional but not mushy & sentimental. "Not For You," with it's lyrics about how Eddie Vedder's small table has been invaded by uninvited hordes, is a none-too-subtle complaint about Pearl Jam's status as "millions served" rock gods and a longing for the more stripped-down aesthetic of punk. That, of course, is more directly the point of "Spin The Black Circle," an old-fashioned punk barnstormer that sounds like a close cousin to SST-era Husker Du. For Vedder, the joys of vinyl are that they seem "warmer"--a symbol of "tradional values" in a rock 'n' roll sense: independence, hard work and homespun crafts are better than the shiny, sterile corporate plastic of compact discs. Never mind the fact that vinyl was just as much a product of corporate culture; Vedder just feels a pleasing wave of childhood nostalgia cradling a 12" record sleeve in his arms and watching a needle bury itself into those mysterious black grooves.
Pearl Jam may be in many ways traditionalists who long for the simple joys of just playing for the kids without corporate interference. On the other hand, the Big Corporate Evil has enabled them to reach a huge audience, which in turn helped them finance the elaborate packaging of "Vitalogy"--it's designed as a salute/satire of a very old hardcover book advising youths on good physical/mental/spiritual hygeine. The album, therefore, aims to strike a balance between the fondly-remembered rock stars of the band's own youth (the Who, Neil Young) and the more recent indie-punks that re-sparked their interest in the Power of Rock (Fugazi, Sonic Youth)--hence the title.
The album is perhaps unnecessarily padded out with unfinished or noveltly tracks like "Bugs" and "Hey Foxymophandlemama That's Me," even though they're intended to give the album a looser and more light-hearted feel. Still, some of the songs that work the best are gloomy ones like "Last Exit" and the somewhat proggy sea chanty "Tremor Christ" (whose title I dearly hope is meant more as metaphor than an endorsement). Even though it's uneven, "Vitalogy" is the work of a self-reliant, even ornery band that's in full control of their ideas--even the bad ones. It's also not their fault that they influenced the likes of true bottom-feeding whores like Stone Temple Pilots and Matchbox 20.
Free Music Review: A Product of its Time
Hit: 3 Stars
This cd is from the era when alternative rock had passed its peak but the media and music industry had not wised up to it yet so that a lot of stuff that was basically mainstream rock (Alice in Chains, Soundgarden) was being passed off as punk/grunge and existing legends were watering down their sound (anyone remember ads for the new album by the "B.H. Surfers"?). I can't exactly say Pearl Jam ripped off Nirvana, because they originated in the late, lamented Green River, along with Mudhoney, but their sound is too similar to be interesting. After listening to this cd, I can't remember any songs, except "Bugs" which is just a silly novelty song (btw for future bands, the hidden track gimmick grew old really quickly). More "substantial" songs such as "Spin the Black Circle" fail to move me as well (so what, I have a record collection too, who cares?). If you are young enough to believe the myth that punk began with the Sex Pistols, went on hiatus and then was ressurected with Nirvana, then this is the album for you. However, if you want to know the real deal, get the book "Our Band Could Be Your Life" and use it as a guide to discover real indie rock.