Backspacer

by E.D. Kain on September 18, 2009

Peter Suderman doesn’t like Pearl Jam’s latest album. 

In all honesty – other than their excellent live album “Live on Two Legs” – I haven’t liked a Pearl Jam album since “Vitalogy”.  Oh, they’ve had some great songs on some of their later albums.  “No Code” is about half good. “Yield” maybe a third of the songs were decent.  But when I listen to Pearl Jam these days it’s pretty much just their first three excellent releases and a few scattered later songs.  I keep hoping for a comeback, but less and less as the years pass.

Here’s their latest music video. (For a long time they didn’t make videos.)

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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a tech blog at Forbes. Visit his politics blog here. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant. You can also contact him via email.

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1 ChrisWWW September 18, 2009 at 10:19 am

I quite like their new album. It’s not as good as their first four albums (No Code is actually my favorite of the bunch), but it’s their best offering in quite a while. Other than the song “Speed of Sound” it’s a solid punk’esque album from start to finish.

2 E.D. Kain September 18, 2009 at 10:31 am

I haven’t listened to the entire thing, actually. I should have mentioned that. I just feel totally underwhelmed by all their recent efforts.

3 ChrisWWW September 18, 2009 at 11:14 am

E.D.,
Yeah, I figured you hadn’t since it isn’t officially out yet. Also, I would agree that Pearl Jam’s recent efforts haven’t been a good representation of what they’re clearly capable of creating. I just think that Backspacer is good despite the shift in style.

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