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74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critics What's this?

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 286 Ratings

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  • Summary: Adam Kasper again co-produced the band's belated follow-up to 2002's 'Riot Act.' It is Pearl Jam's eighth studio album overall.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    Pearl Jam hasn't sounded as alive or engaging as they do here since at least Vitalogy, if not longer.
  2. Prefix Magazine
    90
    Strikes with a magnificent urgency.
  3. Blender
    60
    Tighter and more energized than anything the band has done since Vitalogy. [Jun 2006, p.142]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 167 out of 192
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 192
  3. Negative: 16 out of 192
  1. Ravenous
    9
    Finally regaining some of their original inspiration, Pearl Jam surprises everyone with this innovative album, one that actually keeps getting better as it goes along. Nothing they've done since Vitalogy has been anywhere near this good.… Expand
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  2. ADog
    5
    I feel that the Pearl Jam I fell in love with years ago is now the Pearl Jam I pretend to love now. I think they were to me something honest, visceral. Listening to Pearl Jam was musical experience that was totally unique and captivated attention. Pearl Jam now is cerebral, calculatedly political and nothing that I look forward to listening to anymore. No chance that Pearl Jam will reconnect with the incredible sound and energy they once had. Time to sit on the "porch" and "rock" in the easy chair. Please don't make another album it just hurts now.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ChristophM
    3
    I don't like it. Gone are the soaring melodies and the too large for life guitar riffs, instead replaced by a choppy, garage band sounding album that seems as uneven as Binaural but with every rhythm accompanyment sounding like "Spoonman" instead. Damnit Matt Cameron. I am happy to listen to all of their albums up to Yield but no further, and that's good enough for me.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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