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 Pearl Jam, Better with Every Release Feb 03, 2010
This is Pearl Jam's eighth album and it is everything you'd expect from them. While the album features better songs than the previous release of Riot Act, it still wasn't as good as Ten or Vs. Their music has definitely maintained the same strength and good quality through the years, even with the band members now in their '40's.
This album features "Unemployable" with it's hard hitting and interesting guitar riffs and has catchy vocal melodies. It switches styles and features some more ballad type songs like "Parachutes" and "Come Back" that tone things down a bit, but has very moving and interesting lyrics. Guitarist Stone Gossard does an excellent job with creating strong guitar solos on most of the tracks and with "Inside Job" the band really shows off their chemistry and musicianship. Pearl Jam have been known for laying low-key with the press. not doing interviews which has kept gossip down to a minimum but for album sales was it a good choice? Maybe more press would mean more sales for this terrific band.
pearl jam rocking again Oct 10, 2009
Not 10 , not even VS, but this release has faster pace to it than anything since Vitology. Comparable to the Yield album. But, not as good as Ten or Vs. The album songs display a sense of maturity, something different in general, and a bit grown up in mood. It's as if they suddenly settled down with a need to go back to their real roots of rebellious ecstatic uplifting tunes of grunge. Perhaps, a realization of what really works for them, doesn't necessarily work for their listeners. All in all an awesome piece of work. Going back on tour probably helped alot as well.
 Pretty Good, Not Great Sep 22, 2009
I like and enjoy this album, but it's not their best. There are some moments here are greatness, but some of the songs fall a bit flat. The production on the album also sounds thin, and not lush like some of their other recording.
Stand out songs: Marker In The Sand, Life Wasted, Severed Hand, Army Reserve, and Parachutes.
OK songs: Comatose, World Wide Suicide, Inside Job, Unemployable, Come Back, Wasted Reprise and Big Wave
Not so great: Gone
The words are too important = @ Jul 04, 2009
I own every album except Binural & No Code. Also, I am wondering when/if they'll have 'Picture in a Frame' on a new album soon?
This rock group still has it and always did. If you're more into the typical 'hype' of the music industry...Pearl Jam is definitely NOT FOR YOU!
I love the messages in the songs- the feelings of being 'human' on this crazy messed-up planet.
Honestly, I am never burnt out on their music...I don't believe I ever will. (Proudly, I have a Pearl Jam logo tattooed on my wrist along with: corduroy, i am mine, save you, & come back- 'do the evolution' is on the back of my neck!)
They will ever rock, no doubt Feb 05, 2009
Its an amazing album, full of hard guitars, mc cready is the man.
their music has improve a lot, they can give us many suprises on the future.
please people listen to pearl jam, not only about the three most popular albums everybody knows, take care of the after grunge era albums, do the evolution, babies.
i mean this band is the best hard rock band ever.
songs:
life wasted: 9
wws: 8.3
comatose: 10
severed hand: 8.5
marker in the sand: 7.9
parachutes: 6.8
unemployable: 9.2
big wave: 8.0
gone: 9.7
wasted reprise: 10
army reserve 7.2
inside job: 10
comeback: 8.0
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