"Spring (Among the Living)" download?!?

[BigHerm]

Stevie, please tell me the correct order of MMJ albums from best to worst so that I don't make a fool out of myself and misstate the obvious facts.  I want to make sure I'm viewed as "one of us" and not some clueless idiot outsider.  Thanks in advance.

That's easy

Tennessee fire
At dawn
It still moves
Z
The waterfall
Evil urges
Circuital

Everyone agrees, right?! 😉


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[Drizzler]

Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man.

Who gives a shit, man.  I like all the albums.  They're all different.  Choosing the best one would be like choosing your favorite kid or something.  I mean, you could, but it's just hurtful and doesn't make sense.

I like a lot of the songs from each of the albums, and they all have some sort of meaning to me.  I would hope the same for the rest of the forum.

I'm sure Jim isn't trying to make music to divide us from one another, but rather connect us all.  So instead of hating or ranking albums, just enjoy and not over analyze so much.  It's possible that you may be disregarding someones feelings when you call their favorite album or song the worst, especially when it may have changed their life in some way....just sayin.

[MMJCOBRA]

My current order (it does change from time to time)

Okonokos (cheating but I don't care)
At dawn
It still moves
Z (at dawn thru Z may just depend on my mood at the time)
Circuital
Evil Urges (EU and Circuital sometimes are flip flopped)
Tennessee Fire (would be much higher based on songwriting but not a fan of the super low fi recording)

But really, I love them all and ranking them is almost pointless as a test of fandom.  I still listen to each album regularly and that's why they are my favorite band...well, that and they are the best damn live band on the planet.

I do think the Waterfally will challenge for a spot on the upper half of this list based off of my first few listens.  On second thought, I did enjoy firguring out this list. 

[walterfredo]

Thank you Drizzler

[Stevie]

Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man.

Who gives a shit, man.  I like all the albums.  They're all different.  Choosing the best one would be like choosing your favorite kid or something.  I mean, you could, but it's just hurtful and doesn't make sense.

I like a lot of the songs from each of the albums, and they all have some sort of meaning to me.  I would hope the same for the rest of the forum.

I'm sure Jim isn't trying to make music to divide us from one another, but rather connect us all.  So instead of hating or ranking albums, just enjoy and not over analyze so much.  It's possible that you may be disregarding someones feelings when you call their favorite album or song the worst, especially when it may have changed their life in some way....just sayin.

While I appreciate your positivity, I think it's certainly acceptable to debate or analyze these types of things.  If you don't want to be part of that discussion that's up to you.  Personally, analyzing and comparing the songs and the albums helps keep things interesting for me.  But i still know how to step back and take it in at face value when i want to. 

I should state though that the worst jacket album is still better than a lot of the other stuff out there.  They have set the bar extremely high. 

[MMJCOBRA]

I should state though that the worst jacket album is still better than a lot of the other stuff out there.  They have set the bar extremely high.


Amen brotha!

[Penny Lane]

Aside from the fact that i strongly disagree with most of his opinions and tastes regarding past Jacket albums and songs (for example, he claims evil urges is the worst mmj album and that four out of five mmj fans would agree... Circuital anyone??), he makes Jim sound like a very pessimistic guy.  Not a fan of the article.

Jim doesn't sound pessimistic, he sounds his age and experience. Most people over 35, especially those who've had physical trauma, deal daily with physical pain (and breakups, etc), let alone someone who makes their living physically performing. In most interviews I've heard or read, Jim rides the line of spirituality and a real world foot in the ground. Pain is life, it's art and it's music. I think this is a candid, refreshing glimpse into Jim's life.

[Fully]

Aside from the fact that i strongly disagree with most of his opinions and tastes regarding past Jacket albums and songs (for example, he claims evil urges is the worst mmj album and that four out of five mmj fans would agree... Circuital anyone??), he makes Jim sound like a very pessimistic guy.  Not a fan of the article.

Jim doesn't sound pessimistic, he sounds his age and experience. Most people over 35, especially those who've had physical trauma, deal daily with physical pain (and breakups, etc), let alone someone who makes their living physically performing. In most interviews I've heard or read, Jim rides the line of spirituality and a real world foot in the ground. Pain is life, it's art and it's music. I think this is a candid, refreshing glimpse into Jim's life.

Yes,  it is refreshing to read of Jim being human and not spouting talking points to describe an album. As fans, we know and respect all that Jim has put into his career and artistry. Most of us realize that those things come with a price. I would much prefer for them to have a good personal life and good health than to give up those things just to rock out harder at a show. I was thinking after seeing Jim be much less physical onstage Tuesday night that I would much prefer more jacket shows with less jumping and head shaking by Jim than for him to suffer the results of all those years of performing so intensely. The music still rocked just as transcendent as ever. Good health and spirit matters, particularly for someone who has put so much joy out into the universe.

[jo_mama]

Tropics will be the best song live. Spring and The River are runners up.

[FetusTree]

Just a reminder: I was serious abt giving you a <25 dollar prize if you guess the metascore of waterfall right, home slices and home skillets and gangstas, like one of those official bootlegs or a T-shirt or a copy of them in 2002 at the 930 club or something so guess away

[BigHerm]

83


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[dookie shoot bandit]

86

[Stevie]

Tropics will be the best song live. Spring and The River are runners up.

I think you could make a case for The Waterfall, Thin Line, and Only Memories Remain as well. 

What an album!

[jo_mama]

Tropics will be the best song live. Spring and The River are runners up.

I think you could make a case for The Waterfall, Thin Line, and Only Memories Remain as well. 

What an album!

Something about "only memories remain" that makes me think I have heard it before. I kind of feel like it doesn't have anything that clearly makes it stand out as a classic. Big Fan of Waterfall!! Thin Line has to grow on me.

[DayDrinkin]

Metacritics = 77

[AlwxanderD10]

81

[Tutofqueens]

80

[e-stone]

Something about "only memories remain" that makes me think I have heard it before. I kind of feel like it doesn't have anything that clearly makes it stand out as a classic.

after several listens to the album, i kinda feel this way too.  i can't help but feel a little let down after all the talk of this being up there with Dondante or Steam Engine.

i reserve the right to change my mind after seeing this live, of course.

[Stevie]

The dondante comparisons came after obh2.  When they played it in mexico there was a lengthy instrumental lead in and an extended jam added to the end.  Its not as explosive as steam and its not as intense as dondante but i think the comparisons were made simply because its a longer jam-ready track and i think many of us assumed at the time that it would be that one track on the album to get the "every live rendition is unique" treatment.  Now, many of us have heard the rest of the album and its clear that other tracks could also fill that role, but OMR still feels like a track that is begging to be modified maybe moreso than any other on the album.  But there is only one Dondante :)

[TomcarLpatriCk]

*This is most likely a dumb question: How have so many people already heard the new album? Did pre-orders already come in or is it something else?!