I was dreading this moment; I just knew if I returned to this album I'd realise it's too consistent to not make my top 100 for 1994, and sure enough that's just what has happened.
You see, Live are deeply uncool - so uncool in fact that if you accumulated all the uncool from latter career R.E.M, Pearl Jam AND Tool (which is no insignificant amount) then you still would only be halfway to the level of uncool possessed by this band.
Yes the lyrics are hit and miss, often clunky and laughable - ... read more
'Throwing Copper' starts out on a bit of a slower note (until the ending of the track, that is), but it immediately redeems itself and picks up with 'Selling The Drama' and 'I Alone'.
A few of the tracks from this album have been getting repeat plays from me, so I figured I would give the whole album a try - since I had enjoyed everything I had heard from it. My friend @FunkySpirals told me to listen to this one next (I had her pick), so here we are. I meant to ... read more
ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ɢʀᴜɴɢᴇ ᴘʟᴜɴɢᴇ ᴡ/ ᴅᴏᴏᴍ & ꜱᴄᴏʀᴘɪ: ᴘᴀʀᴛ 1/25
(🅣🅗🅔 🅔🅓 🅚🅞🅦🅐🅛🅢🅚🅘 🅒🅗🅡🅞🅝🅘🅒🅛🅔🅢)
Oh yeah motherfuckers we’re taking a plunge in the grunge of the post.
Anyways, this album is pretty airtight in the first half with many of the riffs feeling like a breath of fresh air and the songwriting across the board being somewhat risky for what genre these ... read more
Not an incredibly diverse album… sounds like I’m listening to the same song over and over again. Nonetheless there’s some bangers, and wasn’t a terrible listen.
Has some absolutely amazing songs, so emotional, such a great voice, so powerfull a message send. With that said it's such a shame that songs like, Horse, Waitress and Stage bring it down a lot.
| 1 | The Dam At Otter Creek 4:41 | 87 |
| 2 | Selling The Drama 3:25 | 94 |
| 3 | I Alone 3:51 | 96 |
| 4 | Iris 3:59 | 91 |
| 5 | Lightning Crashes 5:25 | 91 |
| 6 | Top 2:42 | 85 |
| 7 | All Over You 3:59 | 92 |
| 8 | Shit Towne 3:48 | 88 |
| 9 | T.B.D. 4:28 | 82 |
| 10 | Stage 3:08 | 85 |
| 11 | Waitress 2:48 | 86 |
| 12 | Pillar Of Davidson 6:46 | 88 |
| 13 | White, Discussion 6:06 | 90 |
| 14 | Horse 4:16 | 80 |