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Former "biggest band on the planet" continues its yeoman's work, making anonymously dependable riff-rock for those who want that sort of thing.
Pearl Jam’s relationship with waves goes back to the band’s very beginning, when an unknown Eddie Vedder grafted audition vocals to Ten demos on little sleep but plenty of surf. Fifteen years and many oceanic references and liner-note doodles later, Vedder mused before the release of 2006’s Pearl Jam that lyrics need…
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You've heard the rumors, and the rumors are true: Pearl Jam have finally released a
Pearl Jam were so traumatised by the effect of selling millions of copies of their grunge era debut, Ten, that they spent subsequent years making increasingly wilful albums.
If popularity is the bane of Pearl Jam’s existence, the band must finally be happy.
Pearl Jam may very well be the most recent "classic rock" band. That’s not meant to be an insult; the Seattle group's early albums appealed to young and old rockers alike, and were all successes commercially and artistically. Their debut, Ten, is still one of the strongest albums to emerge from the grunge era, as
Pearl Jam - Backspacer review: Pearl Jam return with their most focused album in a long, long time.