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Generally favorable reviews- based on 115 Ratings
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Positive: 92 out of 115
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Mixed: 18 out of 115
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Negative: 5 out of 115
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Feb 12, 2023One of the most underrated albums of the last decade. Refreshing. Astonishing
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Dec 5, 2018
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Apr 22, 2017
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May 25, 2016with the exception of getaway, the first few tracks are kinda forgettable, however after that there are much better songs such as sirens or let the records play. Some of these songs are just fantastic and classics, but i can´t get over the fact that even the good ones have a repetitive pattern to them. But the nevertheless this is a good pearl jam album, not my favorite, but pretty solid
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Nov 28, 2015
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Sep 15, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Feb 17, 2014Great rock music. The songwriting is quite beautiful. And it's always a pleasure to hear Eddies voice again. Sure there some forgettable tracks here and there, but there's some really excellent stuff in this album. Getaway, Infallible, Pendulum, Sleeping By Myself, and Future Days are my favorite.
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Feb 15, 2014http://bit.ly/1eZXaVj Lightning Bolt well makes up for the 4 year wait for a new album from the guys. Filled with classic edgy and fast tracks that Pearl Jam are known for and gentle acoustic songs that Vedder writes and performs so well. While at times the songwriting gets a bit boring and McCready starts showing off, it never takes away too much of the quality of this excellent album
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Feb 12, 2014
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Oct 24, 2013
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Oct 23, 2013
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Oct 22, 2013Extremely well balanced album and IMO a little better than Backspacer, which was more in-your-face but less balanced. This is a very good group effort i.e. all band members participating in a significant way. For the folks who are still longing to the Pearl Jam of the first 3-5 records, get to know the "grown up" Pearl Jam. Give it time and you'll learn to love it.
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Oct 21, 2013
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Oct 19, 2013The most generic rock record I've heard in a long time. Pearl Jam actually sound like a band with families, two cars and a mortgage. They're like a band of dads that get together in their board shorts on Sundays in Eddie's garage and dusts off their instruments.
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Oct 19, 2013
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Oct 18, 2013
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Oct 17, 2013Not even close to some of Pearl Jam's best work
A really lazy effort .Ten,Vs.,Vitalogy and even latter works like Riot Act are better then this album -
Oct 17, 2013Best album since a long time. Sirens, Infallible, Lightning Bolt, Pendulum, MYM above all are real gems bearing the classic PJ intensity but also new sounds and feelings. It might be the most exciting album since No Code
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Oct 16, 2013At this stage in there career, Pearl Jam really have nothing to prove to anyone and Lightning Bolt reflects that. It's not particularly dark or edgy and the band is more focused on their craft than with making any major statements. And that's ok. There's nothing wrong with a perfectly respectable rock record from a band that is transitioning smoothly to middle age.
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Oct 16, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 16, 2013
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Oct 15, 2013
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Oct 15, 2013This album will go greatly under-appreciated of course, as is the case with most of PJ's very solid catalog. But there's no doubt about it, this is probably the best PJ I've heard since Binaural, and maybe even Yield.
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Oct 15, 2013
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Oct 15, 2013Once a great rock band, Pearl Jam has settled into a pattern of retreaded guitar riffs, middling songwriting and FM soft rock theatrics. There's really no reason to revisit this album; it's simply an expression of a band merely existing to pay the bills and to relive the glory days. But we'll always have the live shows and "Vitalogy."
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Oct 15, 2013Their best album since Binaural. Sirens is gorgeous. MYM rocks!!. Pendulum is haunted. Infallible pure genius. Yellow Moon really shine in dark. LB continues PJ legacy. Keep going guys!!. Spin/RS review is a joke!!!
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Oct 15, 2013
Awards & Rankings
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Dec 19, 2013The problem is that Pearl Jam at this point is just repeating itself--or others.
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MagnetDec 18, 2013Lightning Bolt is only more competent than Foo Fighters, Vedder and Co.'s rival for the planet's straightest rock band. [No. 105, p.57]
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Under The RadarDec 4, 2013Lightning Bolt finds Pearl Jam sounding more comfortable in its collective skin and with its collective influences than perhaps even before. [Nov-Dec 2013, p.92]