Ukulele Songs
Just like it says on the box: The Pearl Jam frontman strums and sings simple love songs. Chan Marshall of Cat Power guests.
Eddie Vedder’s Ukulele Songs arrives amid a flurry of commemorative activity for Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary, including a Cameron Crowe documentary, a two-day festival, and album reissues. Ukulele Songs is another archival effort of sorts, collecting songs Vedder recorded on his own (and occasionally performed live)…
The first question you might ask, upon hearing that Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has decided to release a ukulele record…
There is no irony in the title of Eddie Vedder’s first full-fledged solo album: these are indeed songs performed on a ukulele, an instrument uncommon but not unknown to rockers.
The album is a collection of predictable covers, haphazard originals, and one re-rendering of a 10-year-old Pearl Jam track.