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Universal acclaim- based on 241 Ratings
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Positive: 213 out of 241
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Mixed: 22 out of 241
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Negative: 6 out of 241
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DonalMOct 25, 2009I'm a huge PJ fan, but this is hugely disappointing drivel. Its one of those albums, and I don't come across many, where I couldn't find any reasons to have a second listen. Since it was Pearl Jam, it got a second listen, and a third, but it still sounds like a whole album of filler. Its now out of the CD player and I don't know if it will go back in.
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Awards & Rankings
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Backspacer, Pearl Jam's ninth album, backspaces to that boyish spirit, with the shortest, tightest, punkiest tunes they've ever banged out.
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For the first time in years, Pearl Jam are seizing the moment rather than wallowing in it.
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UncutThe commitment that Vedder brings to all this material, from the rowdiest thrashing to the schmaltziest ballad makes this feel like a unified and ultimately convincing project. [Oct 2009, p.90]