This is going to be a multi part series for each album. We'll move on to the next album when it seems like it's been discussed enough.
Well, yes. We love Pearl Jam. We love their albums. We have fun debating what songs are better, what albums are better and so on.
I was thinking about No Code recently and how I love each song on there from beginning to end, and yet Vitalogy is actually my favorite album, but it has several songs I dont really care for. I came to realise what the flaw for me was in No Code. There is no song on there that really stands out above the rest and says 'I am the standout track of possibly the greatest pearl jam album'. Instead, it's a collection of REALLY GOOD songs that lacks the final punch to make it outstanding.
Obviously, everyone has their take. So that got me to thinking about what I thought the single major flaw was on each album of our favorite band, here
Ten. What can be wrong with one of the best selling records of all time? The music is full of energy, the lyrics are deep yet accessible, and just about everything works perfectly. However, the production is way off base with the feel of the music. Sometimes drowned in reverb or the feeling of "too much production" takes away from what should be a hard edge live rock & roll feel. Instead it sounds like all the band members are playing in different rooms and at different times.
There are a few songs that I think the production actually does seem to benefit. Garden and Oceans seem to do well when drowned in a little of that production, and get an added dreamy feel/quality to them that compliments them well...where it really just doesnt work on the other tracks.
So, what do you think? Do you see that as the major flaw in Ten? Is there another major flaw that makes Ten less than it could be?
