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Of course, what'll likely stick with you after the disc stops spinning is the unbearable lows. 'Greendisease' is the closest to new wave Pearl Jam has ever come, and the Jeff Ament-penned 'Help Help' passes on the simple fact that it sounds at least somewhat different from the band's archetypal rock'n'roll sound, and breaks the monotony of an otherwise barren collection of songs. Riot Act does momentarily pick up as it nears its end. The devastated lyrics of 'Love Boat Captain', which mourns the tragic deaths of nine fans at the June 2000 Roskilde Festival, are affecting, but the song itself is a standard rocker, which seems an odd choice to accompany Vedder's poetic remorse. From there, however, Riot Act meanders from one song to the next with an overwhelming insipidness. Eddie Vedder seldom pens a melody this original, and the song's gloomy, atmospheric production compensates for the bored musicianship. The record peaks early on the opener 'Can't Keep', a three-guitar gallop that immediately strikes as fresh in contrast to the band's other recent work. Riot Act sadly exemplifies this, bringing them ever closer to homogenous bar-band territory. Since the genre-defining Ten, the band has given us occasional glimpses at something more unique- most notably on Vitalogy, a wonderful, reactionary mess of an album, and then with the diverse No Code, and even Yield's Eastern-tinged bonus track- but mostly, they've settled for traditional rock riffs and general coasting. Since 1998's Yield, Pearl Jam have relied on an unchanging musical formula, consistently declining the opportunity to innovate or improve their sound, even while hinting that they could if they could be assured it wouldn't completely tank. If only their music brimmed with the creativity of their business practices.

Through fan-club-only Christmas seven-inches and that entire tour's worth of live releases, Pearl Jam have attempted to prove that recording for the majors doesn't have to be synonymous with MTV pandering.

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Like communism, Pearl Jam is as good as it gets in theory, but it never quite seems to work out in practice: They're a hard working and talented group who use their fame to champion causes that are dear to them- even when that means alienating fans and fighting unwinnable wars against corporate giants- and they take full advantage of their major label status (and dollars) by circumventing traditional ways of thinking about the band/fan relationship.

Riot Act, their seventh and most recent album, perpetuates the notion that Pearl Jam is a tremendous rock band, despite their catalog's evidence to the contrary.