Pearl Jam Albums

For fans, the nine Pearl Jam albums encompass the band's evolution from grunge to a harder rock sound. While the band itself has never really seemed to care about things like sales and chart positions, their albums continue to sell in high volume, proving that they weren't just a flash in the pan during the grunge movement of the 1990s.

Pearl Jam formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. The band consists of:

• Eddie Vedder (lead vocals and guitar)
• Jeff Ament (bass)
• Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar)
• Mike McCready (lead guitar)
• Matt Cameron (drums)

Ament and Gossard were both members of the group Mother Love Bone, which dissolved in 1990 after the death of their lead singer, Andrew Wood, from a heroin overdose.

After writing some new material, the pair set out to create a new band. Vedder heard the demo tape of the new songs, and recorded his own vocals for them and sent the tape back to Ament and Gossard. He was soon the lead singer for Pearl Jam, though the band called themselves Mookie Blaylock, after the basketball player.

The name change to Pearl Jam came when the band was signed, and producers were worried about copyright issues.

All of the Pearl Jam albums feature Vedder's distinctive voice and the band's overall unique sound, though there is a noticeable evolution as the albums are heard in order. As the grunge scene slowly faded into the distance, Pearl Jam became one of the few bands that could change and adapt, and continue to bring in new audiences.

Pearl Jam's first album, Ten, rocketed them onto the music charts. It was still near the beginning of the grunge music phenomenon, and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden were making a big splash.

Ten has an edgier, more rock-like sound than most of the grunge music at the time. Hit singles included:

• Alive
• Jeremy
• Even Flow

The album was on the Billboard chart for a whopping two years, and has become one of the biggest selling records of all time in its genre.

Vs. was the bands' next effort, and it debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. Charting singles from this release were:

• Go
• Daughter
• Animal
• Dissident
• Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town

While the album itself sold well and the singles received plenty of air play, the songs didn't get as much critical attention as the previous album had.

After the first two breakthrough records, Pearl Jam has recorded seven others, including:

• Vitalogy (1994) – Singles include Spin the Black Circle and Better Man''
• No Code (1996) – Singles include Who Are You and Off He Goes
• Yield (1998) – Singles include Given to Fly and Wishlist
• Binaural (2000) – Singles include Nothing as it Seems and Light Years
• Riot Act (2002) – Singles include I Am Mine and Save You
• Pearl Jam (2006) – Singles include World Wide Suicide and Gone
• Backspacer (2009) – Singles include The Fixer and Just Breathe

In addition to their nine studio recordings, Pearl Jam has also released six live albums, though some of them were only made available to limited audiences:

• Live on Two Legs (1998)
• Live at Benaroya Hall (2004)
• Live in NYC (2006, only available to fan club members)
• Live at Easy Street (2006, available only through independent record stores)
• Live at the Gorge (2006, 7-disc box set)
• Live at Lollapalooza (2007, digital download only through iTunes)

Pearl Jam plans to re-release all of their studio albums with extra tracks and digitally enhanced sound, leading up to their 20th anniversary in 2011. The first re-release was Ten, which came out in four different editions on March 24, 2009.

These new packages come with remastered songs, DVDs, new packaging, and other extras. The entire album was also made available as downloadable content on the Rock Band video game.

Pearl Jam has continued to push their sound, and shows no signs of slowing down. With extensive tours, eight more re-releases, and new material coming along, it's certain that Pearl Jam has lots more to offer.

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