Lightning Bolt Reviews

If they had not slowed down in the last three pieces, I would have had a hard time not further reward the return of Pearl Jam record . Lightning Bolt is a very good album, probably the best published by Eddie Vedder and company in the new millennium . Four years away from Backspacer and after the legitimate celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the milestone Ten , here is one of the most popular rock band of all time struggling with the tenth round in the studio, yet another important milestone for a group that does not really have anything to prove.

The impact of the front rattling production immediately struck in the face with the opener Getaway: the urge to turn up the volume and enjoy a song more and more urgent with each passing minute . Mind Your Manners has been likened by many to the historic Spin The Black Circle, column Vitalogy : no denying the similarities , but who twists his mouth saying that this piece knows too much already heard, happily say " fuck it " while on the pogo happy tiratissimo up-tempo . My Father's Son instead, it starts to make me seriously think of returning back twenty years , thanks to a low hyper button that opens another beautiful electric shock.

To bring me back to Earth thinks Sirens , which lowers the time and gives the time ballad that will appeal mainly to casual listeners of PJ . Mind you , it's a beautiful song , plus the longest, and joking aside is one of the best moments of the whole Eddie Vedder Lightning Bolt. With the title track is back on the road fast, rock beast and uncompromising with lethal acceleration . The surprises continue with Infallible : well-kept arrangement , sound hyper vintage keys out in a score that sometimes leads to even funk . Pendulum is definitely one of the highlights of the entire disc, with a mood absolutely borrowed from Into The Wild and a theatricality that is unlikely I would have expected after the initial slaps . With Swallowed Whole you can go in and attack sound amplifiers , but did not get too bad - maybe with a playing time than I would have appreciated it even more. Let The Records Play knows blues and Neil Young, also in this case I would have liked a jam session longer, but the track is so cool .

Here we are in what I said initially , slowing tried , wanted to end the album. That, to do what is never satisfied , leaves me a little 'bitter taste in the mouth after so much good things . Sleeping By Myself was picked last solo Eddie , rearranged and made a little ' more substantial than Ukulele Songs , but it is not indispensable. For the two (!) Pearl Jam ballad conclusive choose Yellow Moon , ( not so much craft that is unlikely to appeal to fans of all time ) and Future Days , with piano and violin to accompany the emotions of a conclusive work varied, powerful and charismatic few would have expected to hear