Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam – Ten (1991/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:21 minutes | 627 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Ten was Pearl Jam’s first studio album and is their most successful record to date, selling more than 10 million copies in the US as of 2013. The album was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold well ever since.
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Pearl Jam – Riot Act (2002/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:14 minutes | 2,11 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic

In some ways, Riot Act is the album that Pearl Jam has been wanting to make since Vitalogy – a muscular art rock record, one that still hits hard but that is filled with ragged edges and odd detours. Vitalogy found the band sketching out their ideas for their brand of artsy rock, separating bracing hard rock and experimentalism throughout that fascinating album, and since then they bounced between those two extremes: indulging themselves on No Code, over-compensating with the streamlined Yield. Here, they manage to seamlessly blend the two impulses together in a restless, passionate record that delivers musically and emotionally. If it doesn’t announce itself as a comeback or a great step forward, it’s because the changes are subtle – it’s a process of their post-Vitalogy sound finally gelling, not making an artistic breakthrough. Given the appealing but haphazard nature of their late-’90s work, it’s quite satisfying to have a Pearl Jam album play as strongly as Riot Act, and again some credit must be given to drummer Matt Cameron. He enlivened 2000’s Binaural, but his forceful drumming gives the weirder songs and ambitions support and urgency. Also, the production is the best in nearly a decade – a warm, burnished sound filled with details that enhance the basic song instead of overwhelming them (in other words, it’s not No Code, nor is it the Spartan Yield). Again, these are subtle shifts in sound, but they are notable and, given several plays, this does indeed seem like the richest record Pearl Jam has made in a long time.
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Pearl Jam – Let’s Play Two (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:50 minutes | 1,70 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Republic – Pearl Jam

Among the many things Eddie Vedder wears on his sleeve is his love of the Chicago Cubs. He was there during the Cubbies’ historic World Series win of 2016, singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh inning stretch of Game 5, an honor for a fan who held the team dear since a child, but earlier in the season, he and Pearl Jam saluted the Cubs with a pair of August concerts at Wrigley Field. Let’s Play Two is a concert film documenting that stand and it’s accompanied by a live album, which is Pearl Jam’s first mass-market live album since Live on Ten Legs. That 2011 release was a compilation of highlights but this focuses on a particular residency, and the difference is a matter of concentration. Here, it’s easier to focus on how Pearl Jam seem strong and settled, enjoying their immense power but also sounding quite relaxed in their passion. It’s an appealing blend and one that helps highlight the consistency of their catalog, since the newer songs feel like good fits alongside the chestnuts — old songs that don’t seem worn, since it’s clear the band and audience gain sustenance from the music. That warm-heartedness — which may be accentuated due to Vedder playing at the home of his team, surrounded by fans who love the band and the Cubs — seems deeper than it has on previous live Pearl Jam albums, but maybe that’s a reflection of the band’s middle age. They’re comfortable in their skin and with their catalog and are happy to indulge in an unabashed celebration, which this album most certainly is. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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Pearl Jam – 2021-09-18 – Sea Hear Now Asbury Park, NJ (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:03:11 minutes | 2,59 GB | Genre: Alterntative Rock, Grunge
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © nugs.net

Pearl Jam live at the Sea.Hear.Now Festival, 18 September 2021.
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Pearl Jam – Vs. (Remastered) (1993/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:59 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Vs. is Pearl Jam’s second album, and their first release after becoming the one of the biggest rock bands of the early 1990s. Uncomfortable with their new-found fame, the band found refuge in obscurity. The title of Vs. did not appear anywhere on the album’s packaging, and no singles or music videos were released for the album. This remastered version of Vs. features three bonus tracks recorded by Brendan O’Brien at the studio during the Vs. sessions: a previously unreleased version of “Hold On”, “Cready Stomp”, a previously unreleased studio outtake, and Pearl Jam’s cover of Victoria Williams’ “Crazy Mary” featuring Wiliams on backing vocals and guitar (this track was previously released on the 1993 tribute album Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams.

Chart History/Awards
– Reached #2 on the US Billboard 200 and Canadian Albums charts.
– #14 on the US Billboard 200 decade-end chart for 1990-1999.
– Certified diamond by the RIAA in 2013.
– Certified 13x Platinum in the US.

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Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (Remastered) (1994/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:30 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Alternative
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Vitalogy reaffirmed the Seattle quintet Pearl Jam’s status as the principled, proudly confused voice of a generation. On their third album, they found their footing as a raw, forward-looking ’90s rock act that fearlessly tackled the Biggest Questions. The lead track “Spin the Black Circle” celebrates the healing power of Eddie Vedder’s LP collection, but it is overshadowed by such masterstrokes as “Immortality” (which can be read, right or wrong, as a reaction to Kurt Cobain’s suicide), the Lennonesque “Tremor Christ” and a thrilling anthem for the pro-choice movement, “Whipping”.

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Pearl Jam – Ten Redux (1991/2009/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:18:22 minutes | 1,64 GB | Genre: Alternative
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy

Ten was Pearl Jam’s first studio album and is their most successful record to date, selling more than 10 million copies in the US as of 2013. The album was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold well ever since. In 2009, Ten was reissued as the first of a planned re-release of Pearl Jam’s entire catalogue that would lead up to the band’s 20th anniversary in 2011. The re-release features six bonus tracks and a remastering and remix of the entire album by producer Brendan O’Brien.

Chart History/Awards
– Reached #2 on the US Billboard 200 and Canadian Albums charts.
– #14 on the US Billboard 200 decade-end chart for 1990-1999.
– Certified diamond by the RIAA in 2013.
– Certified 13x Platinum in the US.

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Pearl Jam – Gigaton (Tour Edition) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:52:36 minutes | 2,36 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Republic Records

Pearl Jam proudly presents the Gigaton (Tour Edition) on Friday July 8. It features 11 live songs recorded during the band’s triumphant return to the road in 2021 alongside the group’s critically acclaimed chart-topping eleventh full-length, Gigaton, originally released in 2020.

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