Pearl Jam – Riot Act

Just picked up a sealed copy at a record fair, 25 quid. I absolutely commend Pearl Jam for their vinyl presentation, as always as really nice booklet etc, has caused a minor warp on the first lap but doesn’t affect the sound at all which is excellent. I was put off getting this for years due to the awful condition some were getting so suppose I got lucky, bought with low confidence but happy it’s in decent nick!!

Sounds absolutely fantastic, great buy if you can live with one copy from 2017

Great pressing and master of a unfairly reviled album. Not their best, that's for sure, but very enjoyable and with a handful of deep cuts to know better. Even the band serms to have forgot this one, a real shame. It's really interesting if you can give it the right amount of time it deserves.

Has anyone else found Thumbing My Way to be really distorted? Other than that, great pressing!

There is a slight warp on my 2nd disc, as that's where the booklet was, but disc still plays and sounds ground. Overall, this pressing sounds great and would recommend it.

In effetti, i vinili risultano leggermente ondulati, evidentemente a causa dell'inserimento del booket corposo (e peraltro assai bello, vero valore aggiunto). Tuttavia, all'esito di una pulitura, suonano meravigliosamente dettagliati, con una impeccabile separazione per canale.
Il consiglio è di procurarsene una stampa, essendo il rapporto qualità prezzo più che soddisfacente.

In fact, the vinyls are slightly wavy, evidently due to the inclusion of the full-bodied (and moreover very nice, real added value) booklet. However, when cleaned, they sound wonderfully detailed, with impeccable channel separation.
The advice is to get a print, as the value for money is more than satisfactory.

No warping for me on either disc. They had the booklet in the second sleeve so maybe that helped. Record sounds great, probably my best pressing of a PJ record. I own 3 and this one far outshines the other 2.

Hi, just got mine today from Amazon UK and I can confirm both discs are totally flat. So it seems some copies are warped, particularly with disc one, probably due to the lovely thick booklet inserted into gatefold one.
Now to clean it, not that it needs one, but I always do that these days with any and all of my newly bought vinyl records, whether brand new or previously owned.
Can't wait to give this one a good thorough deep listening session. Opinions seem to differ regarding this via YouTubers like Tastes Like Music, whose three reviewers rated it very badly to various internet review sites who say it's very good.
Well I've given up with other people's opinions as I read them , form an impression in my mind then actually hear the record and very often find it's totally different to the image I've created. What's that all about?
So, having been a fan of these guys since I saw them in Bradford UK in Spring 1992 I kept on buying the albums til Yield then moved on back to my first love of " prog rock ". Ok I'm now on a mission to buy some of the 90/00 era albums I missed on remastered vinyl as it's a fairly inexpensive method as opposed to shelling out on "OG" copies. My finances just don't allow such excess.
I'm sure I'll enjoy this record as I doubt PJ ever put out crap. What next after this then ? Maybe Gigaton, Binaural, Self titled? Any suggestions fellow music fans ?

I put off ordering this release due to the many comments about the warping on disc 1. Since I haven't seen any news about another reissue anywhere I went ahead and bought it anyway thinking that I could always exchange it for another record if it was that badly warped. To my pleasant surprise I got 2 records as flat as a table. Crisp sound, good bass, good separation and good soundstage. I have only good things to say about this release. Maybe I was lucky but this is a really good sounding record.

Disc 1 is warped for me too. But it doesnt affect the sound. Sounds great so its a keeper for me.