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Old 11-06-2012, 01:12 PM   #91
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eh, not awful.

 
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Old 11-06-2012, 02:37 PM   #92
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pretty fucking dull. What is the point of this band (this applies to SP as well I guess....)

 
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Old 11-06-2012, 03:17 PM   #93
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Oceania is definitely better than those songs

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 07:21 AM   #94
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By Crooked Steps is fantastic. Shits all over Oceania.

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 04:55 PM   #95
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no way man, those songs are weaksauce

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 05:01 PM   #96
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I've heard the album. It's pretty solid. Been Away Too Long, Non State Actor, By Crooked Steps, Blood on Valley Floor, Bones of Birds, Attrition, Halfway There, Worse Dreams and Rowing are all great songs. The rest of material is just decent. Rowing is a straight up blues song with very soulful singing. Easily the best track on the album.

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 05:57 PM   #97
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They only doing for the money, which is why they put so much effort into an excellent, super tight album which is better than anything Billy put out since Zwan.

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Old 11-07-2012, 06:00 PM   #98
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I've heard the album. It's pretty solid. Been Away Too Long, Non State Actor, By Crooked Steps, Blood on Valley Floor, Bones of Birds, Attrition, Halfway There, Worse Dreams and Rowing are all great songs. The rest of material is just decent. Rowing is a straight up blues song with very soulful singing. Easily the best track on the album.
That's 9/13 being great, the rest decent. Not too terrible if you ask me.

I'm on my first listen and enjoying it A LOT so far.

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 06:09 PM   #99
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Actually I think its a toss up between Bones of Birds and Rowing for best song off the album. Bones of Birds is very touching and heart-wrenching. Better than most of Down On The Upside. Didn't think Chris still had it in him to write something like that.

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 06:18 PM   #100
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The whole band sounds great, but to me this sounds like a Kim Thayil album. He really shines here. Matt is also fantastic, though I like it more when it plays a but more loose like on Down on the Upside and his first two albums with Pearl Jam.

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 06:23 PM   #101
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To me this still feels like Chris dominated the songwriting. Kim doesn't really stand out on this very much. I would even say Matt is more distinctive on this album than Kim is. The psychedelia that was apparent on DOTUS and Superunknown is all gone.

 
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Old 11-07-2012, 06:27 PM   #102
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I don't know. I hear a lot of the Asian influences Kim always brought to the table.

It will be interesting to see the credits.

Halfway There is the song that comes closes to Cornell's solo stuff. It's his version of Beatles pop. The song has a good spot on the album. His voice sounds excellent, btw. This albums makes me want to see this band play live.

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 04:04 AM   #103
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His voice sounds excellent, btw. This albums makes me want to see this band play live.
Yep...they still sound fantastic live...Matt Cameron is THE man >>>




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Old 11-08-2012, 04:10 AM   #104
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soundgarden? more like toiletgarden

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 01:11 PM   #105
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This is really boring as fuck. Oceania shits all over this album. And Chris's voice is trash. Soundgarden was always a second tier grunge band.

These are just...really...tiring songs.

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 02:41 PM   #106
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oceania sucks just as much as this

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 03:31 PM   #107
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Not that this current output is anything to write home about...but how in the hell could Soundgarden be considered a "second tier" grunge band from a historical perspective? They were one of the early hard rock grunge bands (from the mid-80's), the guys knew their instruments well, and Chris's voice had great range, projection, and strength.

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 05:15 PM   #108
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This new album is definitely a step above Oceania. It's a solid B while Oceania is nothing better than a C.

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 06:23 PM   #109
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shut your damn mouth

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 07:14 PM   #110
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I wouldn't even call Soundgarden a grunge band like I wouldn't call Alice In Chains a grunge band either, honestly.

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 07:46 PM   #111
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what the fuck is grunge, that's not a real thing, I thought we all realized this when we were 16

none of these bands are stylistically alike, other than heavy abrasive guitar music. They get lumped together cause they were in the same "scene" or whatever

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 08:53 PM   #112
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grunge is a myth

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 08:53 PM   #113
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what the fuck is grunge, that's not a real thing, I thought we all realized this when we were 16

none of these bands are stylistically alike, other than heavy abrasive guitar music. They get lumped together cause they were in the same "scene" or whatever
Grunge: 90s bands that use power chords and stuff.

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 09:02 PM   #114
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it's like they invented a label cause the people in the bands were all friends or something

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 09:02 PM   #115
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seattle acquaintance-core

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 09:23 PM   #116
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the album is better than i expected to be honest.

 
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Old 11-08-2012, 09:44 PM   #117
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it's like they invented a label cause the people in the bands were all friends or something
Same thing with "Indie".

 
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Old 11-09-2012, 12:06 AM   #118
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This new album is definitely a step above Oceania. It's a solid B while Oceania is nothing better than a C.
This album is just garbage. Oceania is way better than this crap. Soundgarden sucked then, still suck now.

 
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Old 11-09-2012, 12:14 AM   #119
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you're a fuck, soundgarden were one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time

 
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