Of that sum, it sold 14,000 vinyl copies, the second-largest weekly vinyl sales for a 2020 release.
On the US Billboard 200, Gigaton debuted at number 5 with 63,000 equivalent album units, marking the band's twelfth top 10 album. Spin 's 30 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year Tom Hull was less impressed, giving it a B grade and saying that it is "not bad, nor especially interesting, and by the end I was reminded of how tedious Eddie Vedder's voice is." Accolades Accolades for Gigaton Publication Steve Lampiris of The Line of Best Fit considered Gigaton the band's most experimental album, and gave it a score of 8 out of 10. Consequence of Sound critic Matt Melis graded the album a B+, noting that the three best songs from Gigaton were "Superblood Wolfmoon", "Quick Escape" and "Retrograde". Club, Alex McLevy gave the album a B, criticizing it for being uneven, but praising the band for musical experimentation and writing that it, "stands out in comparison to several more recent Pearl Jam albums due to the improved ratio of hits to misses on the back half". Garner also noted that Gigaton "often zips along so quickly that on first listen it's easy to miss the details that make it so special". And, by virtue of its themes, it is their most gravely needed of their entire career. It's their most musically inventive since 1998. Kerrang! writer George Garner gave the album a perfect score, and wrote: "it's Pearl Jam's most incensed album since 2006. Mojo, in yet another positive review, wrote, "Strong and loose, political and personal, Pearl Jam get the balance absolutely right".
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It's a complex, dynamic album full of earnest emotion and subtle humor". Spin writer John Paul Bullock was also positive toward the album, writing, " Gigaton has a little something for everyone. Grow wrote that Gigaton is "an admirable, inspiring example of grown-up grunge". Rolling Stone writer Kory Grow also gave the album a positive review, also rating it 4 out of 5 stars. AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album 4 out of 5 stars, noting that its three highlights were "Who Ever Said", "Dance of the Clairvoyants" and "Never Destination". It has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 26 reviews. Gigaton received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic.
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Eddie Vedder's vocal on the solo acoustic "Comes Then Goes" was captured on the first take, while the 1850s-era pump organ Vedder played on the 2015 demo of "River Cross" was retained for the studio version. Producer Josh Evans told Variety's Jonathan Cohen that "Seven O'Clock" was pieced together from different portions of a jam early in the recording sessions, and then layered with new elements later on.
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