Is it a good full-length record? It remains up for debate even to this day. Although the music is certainly engaging, there is little harmony between the various tracks, save for a gimme-gimme add-on in the form of live cut "Roadhouse Blues," which reminds us of the power and the chemistry that the band had together when doing songs and not backing a poetry reading. However, 1978's "An American Prayer" is credited to both Jim Morrison and The Doors as separate entities, as the band simply provides musical accompaniment for Morrison's detailed and sometimes hypersexualized spoken word poetry. Although he died in July 1971, no less than three Doors albums were released after that: 1971's "Other Voices" and 1972's "Full Circle" each featured the other members doing their own songs and vocals without Jim. There are few things linear about The Doors' career arc, and that's largely because Jim Morrison was assuredly not a linear person. Although reviews were mixed and the album was a bit more rock-based than jam-based, fans still embraced it, and although the Grammys failed to include Moore on the In Memoriam reel that year, "Big Whiskey" still ended up getting a nomination for Album of the Year. were crushed by the news, which is why "Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King" was designed as a tribute to Moore, as "GrooGrux" was a made-up word to describe the kinetic energy shared among Moore, Tim Reynolds and Tim Wicks. Yet when he was in an ATV accident in 2008, his healing and re-hospitalizations are what ultimately led to his passing in August of that year. LeRoi Holloway Moore was one of the band's founding members and a dynamite saxophonist whose fingerprints are all over DMB'd discography. While Dave Matthews is the chief songwriter and figurehead for the Dave Matthews Band, even he knows the "Band" part of the equation is what made the group what it is today, as DMB is a tight, eclectic unit of profoundly talented musician who often elevate Matthews' songs to new heights.
A saving grace came with the Jackson estate's second stab at a posthumous record, as 2014's "Xscape" at least featured some raw takes of songs like "Love Never Felt So Good" that rank among his greatest recorded works. That's bad." He wasn't wrong: The resulting album, with dated Akon collaborations (Akon saying his own name is the first word you hear on this record), subpar ballads and guest verses that make no sense (50 Cent sounds just as confused as to why he's here) all add up to a record that simply shouldn't have been released. How you gonna release Michael Jackson when Michael Jackson ain't here to bless it?. Heck, even the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, who himself worked on some remixes for the 25th-anniversary re-release of "Thriller," said in interviews that "I don't think that should ever come out. While it was rumored that Jackson was working on material for a new record before his passing in 2009, tracks "in the can" didn't necessarily mean they were worthy of release. But judged on their own merit rather than on legacy, you'd be hard-pressed to find a stinker in the bunch.Holy moly, this is a bad record.
And there have certainly been a few dips in quality, particularly around the middle portion of their career (the experimental changes to their sound didn't always go well). Sure, a few have failed to live up to the lofty expectations set in place by the monster success of Ten, which happens to any band who comes out of the gate that strong. Their fans are devoted, and with good reason: Eddie Vedder and his crew haven't made a truly "bad" record in the last 25 years. Pearl Jam now plays their brand of arena rock to a more condensed audience, but make no mistake, they've been putting out consistently solid albums even as they've stayed away from the spotlight. They coexisted, sure, but ask any diehard fan of the genre, and they'll tell you there were definitive sides to be taken: As it was with the Beatles and Stones decades earlier, you were either a Nirvana person or you were a Pearl Jam person. Dating back to their prominence in the early 90s, Eddie Vedder was never "the guy." He was cast into the often mythical shadow of Kurt Cobain, who was generally considered the figurehead of the burgeoning grunge movement. They're not really a mainstream rock band, but their rabid fanbase shouldn't be misconstrued as a "cult following," either.
Despite becoming one of the best-selling bands of all time, Pearl Jam still remain something of a paradox.
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