Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
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Track List: Pearl Jam
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- Life WastedDownload & Buy
- World Wide SuicideDownload & Buy
- ComatoseDownload & Buy
- Severed HandDownload & Buy
- Marker In The SandDownload & Buy
- ParachutesDownload & Buy
- UnemployableDownload & Buy
- Big WaveDownload & Buy
- GoneDownload & Buy
- Wasted RepriseDownload & Buy
- Army ReserveDownload & Buy
- Come BackDownload & Buy
- Inside JobDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Pearl Jam
- Release Date:
- 05/02/2006
- Label:
- Bmg Japan
- UPC:
- 4988017639078
User Reviews: Pearl Jam
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Pearl Jam Keeps Protest Alive
, May 20, 2006Reviewer:
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Instant Classic
, May 15, 2006Reviewer: rhcpks13 - See all rhcpks13's reviews1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this Pearl Jam review helpfulPros: Everything
Cons: Nothing
Pearl Jam has emerged as one of the greatest bands ever to surface the music industry. Even though I am a die hard of fan of pearl jam, this album will appeal to mainstream listners and will eventually become a multiplatinum album. The album is a blend of the early stuff (ten, vs) and the late stuff (binaural and riot act). This album should sell very well in the market. If you are reading this review, be sure to buy the album and tell your friends to buy the album.
Pearl Jam never left mainstream. Mainstream left pearl jam. This album is a plea to make rock more important than imitators (creed, puddle of mudd, nickleback, and fallout boy)
I recomend this album ...
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Pro Reviews: Pearl Jam
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Nearly 15 years after Ten, Pearl Jam finally returned to the strengths of their debut with 2006's Pearl Jam, a sharply focused set of impassioned hard rock. Gone are the arty detours (some call them affectations) that alternately cluttered and enhanced their albums from 1993's sophomore effort, Vs., all the way to 2002's Riot Act, and what's left behind is nothing but the basics: muscular, mildly meandering rock roll, enlivened by Eddie Vedder's bracing sincerity. Pearl Jam has never sounded as hard or direct as they do here even on Ten there was an elasticity to the music, due in large part to Jeff Ament's winding fretless bass, that kept the record from sounding like a direct hit to the gut, which Pearl Jam certainly does. Nowhere does it sound more forceful than it does in its first half, when the tightly controlled rockers "Life Wasted," "World Wide Suicide," "Comatose," "Severed Hand," and "Marker in the Sand" pile up on top of each other, giving the record a genuine feeling of urgency. That insistent quality and sense of purpose doesn't let up even as they slide into the quite beautiful, lightly psychedelic acoustic pop of "Parachutes," which is when the album begins to open up slightly. If the second half of the record does have a greater variety of tempos than the first, it's still heavy on rockers, ranging from the ironic easy swagger of "Unemployable" to the furious "Big Wave," which helps set the stage for the twin closers of "Come Back" and "Inside Job." The former is a slowburning cousin to "Black" that finds Pearl Jam seamlessly incorporating soul into their sound, while the latter is a deliberately escalating epic that gracefully closes the album on a hopeful note and coming after an album filled with righteous anger and frustration, it is indeed welcome. But Pearl Jam's anger on this eponymous album is not only largely invigorating, it is the opposite of the tortured introspection of their first records. Here, Vedder turns his attention to the world at large, and while he certainly rages against the state of W's union in 2006, he's hardly myopic or strident; he's alternately evocative and specific, giving this album a resonance that has been lacking in most protest rock of the 2000s. But what makes Pearl Jam such an effective record is that it can be easily enjoyed as sheer music without ever digging into Vedder's lyrics. Song for song, this is their best set since Vitalogy, and the band has never sounded so purposeful on record as they do here, nor have they ever delivered a record as consistent as this. And the thing that makes the record work exceptionally well is that Pearl Jam has embraced everything they do well, whether it's their classicist hard rock or heartonsleeve humanitarianism. In doing so, they seem kind of old fashioned, reaffirming that they are now thoroughly outside of the mainstream spending well over a decade galloping away from any trace of popularity will inevitably make you an outsider but on their own terms, Pearl Jam hasn't sounded as alive or engaging as they do here since at least Vitalogy, if not longer. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock roll band of the '90s. After vocalist Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing i...Full Pearl Jam Biography
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Pros: Meaningful Lyrics
Cons: No Anthems or songs that will be remembered years later
Pearl Jam's newest release follows closely in the tracks of frontman Eddie Vedder's idol, Neil Young this time around. It is an album that goes right for the jugular of the Bush fronted presidency. While it is good to have a band that has songs that actually have substance, the record will be dated in later years because of its content. This can sometimes be bad for a band. It is a record that lives in the moment. The songs are good, but are not anthemic. So they will likely not be remembered years down the road. On the plus side, it is a strong stable record all the way through. That is something that has made Pearl Jam the respected band that they are today. They release solid albums time and again (with the exception of 2002's "Riot Act"). We can only hope that future releases will keep such a solid sound, and that the band will never revisit the "Riot Act" sound. ...