Gigaton (studio album) by Pearl Jam
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Gigaton is ranked 11th best out of 84 albums by Pearl Jam on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pearl Jam is Ten which is ranked number 51 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,007.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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3 days ago | Fatkins | 99 | 97/100 | |
03/09/2024 15:37 | poblo | 163 | 80/100 | |
02/16/2024 02:45 | cohanmarshall | 27 | 100/100 | |
02/04/2024 21:26 | asimpkins | 2,050 | 68/100 | |
01/18/2024 16:37 | Siromynian | 1,317 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Jun20. I put this on the shelf for a while, after being a little disappointed on first listens. It did not sound like an album to wait 7 years for. I remember the first half rocked and then all the slow songs at the end was a strange mix. I was not impressed with the pop song, 'Dance of the Clairvoyants' either. I don't see doing what everyone else is doing as being different.
Anyway, like many later Pearl Jam albums, this probably requires repeated listens. So, how does it sound now? I really like the opener, 'Whoever Said?'. I was going to comment that it could be shorter, but it kept my interest throughout with some good change ups in the second half. 'Superblood Wolfmoon' rollicks along and is a decent rocker. Surprised 'Quick Escape' was a single; average song. 'Alright' has nice slow verses, though I can't help think that the keys are annoying during these slower moments and in the end the song does not really go anywhere.
I loved the start of 'Seven O'Clock' and then…
'Never Destination' was my favourite on first plays and still is. Nice to brighten the middle of the album with a rock song. This sounds so much better than anything around it; why did they not include more of these? And finally, some McReady brilliance. He is mostly wasted on this album.
'Take the Long Way' is a good album rock song but nothing to write home about. I love the guitars for the slow 'Buckle Up'. So soothing. This would make a good companion piece to their 'Last Kiss' cover; in content and style. The acoustic driven 'Comes Then Goes' is a very good slow song, there's nothing wrong with 'Retrograde' and I love the organs in 'River Cross', another good slow song. On their own, each of these songs would be an okay change of pace, but finishing with 4 slow, often meandering tracks makes it a dragged out affair to get to the end of the album. Not a bad album, but very few highlights either, making this the lowest ranked Pearl Jam album for me. A generous 2.5/5.
It starts out great, but then it starts to sound like pearl jam.
For a band that has reached the highest of highs and occasionally retraced their steps, Gigaton is a refreshing change of pace. Previous releases of Pearl Jam have yielded quality songs at the cost of sounding their age and ‘wise’. However, on Gigaton they sound angrier and younger than they have since the 90s came to an end. It’s not a perfect album, but for long time fans it should spark belief in their future endeavours.
Four stars ****
Not bad, but not spectacular either. An enjoyable album.
A respectable return to their 90's sound.
Quite enjoyable during the rockier sections but there's way too much introspective stuff on here for my liking
Not a bad album for Pearl Jam at this point in their career, but this is probably not going to be one of the albums that I'm going to be coming back to over and over again. The songs that rock hard tend to be my favorites and the end drags a bit for me.
It's the best they've sounded since Riot Act. Last Pearl Jam album I bought was self titled and I was so underwhelmed by it that I didn't get anything after it until now. Dance Of The Clairvoyants is such a killer first single IMO and people are either loving it or hating it. I love how different it is compared to anything they've done and still manages to rock your face off. The album ends with three beautiful tunes that are more like his solo stuff. Didn't expect it to slow down so much there at the end but it didn't bother me because it was pretty soothing honestly.
It's decent. I wasn't too thrilled with the singles, but they grew on me big time, and I expect the whole album to be the same. An interesting way to reinvent their sound too, their most out there release since Binaural.
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