In continuing my quest to get all the Pearl Jam's official studio album on vinyl (original pressing), I get to cross Lightning Bolt off the list today. This one doesn't have a repress/reissue as of today so its still the original pressing and its still quite easy to find new from online stores. I wanted to jump on this one since its easily attainable. Pearl Jam has always put some great thoughts on their album packaging. And as far as Lightning Bolt is concern, it holds true as well. It is not however, my favorite album packaging/artwork design out of all Pearl Jam albums (No Code is my favorite), but it won a Grammy for its artwork. Now, for the downer. The album arrived 3 weeks after I ordered it. 3 weeks! Not sure what happened there but it was a third party seller from Walmart. But the length of time it took to arrive wasn't the biggest issue. The biggest issue was that it came damaged. Three of the four corners were bent. One of them is severely bent. Seems like it was dropped and stepped on. I can only attribute it to USPS incompetence. The record itself was fine but I'm just annoyed about the sleeve. I decided to keep it instead of returning it as it took 3 weeks to arrive.
Nevertheless, the album sounds amazing. Loved the songs on it. I don't think Pearl Jam has made a bad album yet.
- Ten
VsVitalogyNo Code- Yield
- Binaural
- Riot Act
- Pearl Jam
- Backspacer
Lightning BoltGigaton
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