Pearl Jam, that old grunge band from Seattle released Backspacer September 20. I went ahead and bought the thing without knowing any of the tracks and have been playing it over and over.
It has a couple songs that I really like “Unthought Known” and “Force of Nature.” There are not any songs that I dislike. The cd just doesn’t have anything that makes you want to play a song over and over again. You can go to the bands web site and listen to 30 second samples of the songs.
A “Making of Backspacer” video on Youtube. Pretty interesting.
My negative comment about the cd is the quality of the recording. The music is mushy and not very clear. I use the same car cd player that I use for everything else. The same mush quality comes through on the web site when I play the samples. What’s the deal?
All in all this is a sound but not spectacular rock CD. I give it two stars out of four. Which is still good. Better sound quality would have made it a 2.5 star cd.
Yogi, you’re so kewl!!!My kids always used to sway my musical tastes, opening my eye or ears, I guess.
Could it be the actual CD? Did you check it for issues?
The band might like to know.
cheers!
Good to know. Since Pearl Jam was uber-popular during my college years, I tend to still like them and think they are cool (and that leader singer, Eddie, is still a hottie). Maybe I’ll just see what I can find on iTunes and download the ones that I like.
Thanks for the review…I love it when I get a heads up on CDs, etc.
Now…have you gone to see Where the Wild Things Are? I need a review on it from a parent who’s seen it. Read the review in the Tulsa World (which wasn’t too good) and would like a second opinion.
I was coming over here to ask what Alyssa did. Are you taking SPB to Where the wild thing are? Hubby and I are headed out today to see it.