Ten

Not as amazing as I remembered. Some good singing. Some 80s rock guitar and some 90s "grunge" guitar. Quite a serious album with grounded stories - no elves, devils or mysticism!

Cool. Great voice. Pretty depressing. Some uplifting section's. Overall a great sound though.

3/5

Ten by Pearl Jam was everywhere the year that it came out. I remember seeing copies of this album in so many college dorm rooms. I never quite got hooked in by the album back then. I think I have tried to listen to this album before. I've heard a few of the songs many times, and they fit into my list of tracks that I'd listen to again ("Even Flow", "Alive", "Black", "Jeremy"). I think that these tracks are on my re-listen list in part because of nostalgia's sake. After listening to this album again, the music as a whole doesn't hold my attention for each track. I think I like Pearl Jam. I have a lot of respect for their work, but I don't imagine playing this whole album again by my own choice.

3.5 ⭐️

Not my favorite thing in the world but a few of these Alive, Jeremy you just can't NOT listen to.

idk overrated but catchy 3.

Not bad, not always my thing but couldn't really fault it

Surcoté de fou et assez moyen Prefs: Once, Alive, Jeremy, Porch Moins pref: Deep

mid considering how famous some of the songs are

not liking this makes me a bad music listener. i know it does. i know pearl jam is very good. but i will not be listening to pearl jam again.

Was ok. Not my usual jam

objectively very solid but i have no emotional connection to it and cannot imagine ever choosing to listen to it

Never listened so much for this band. Good sound. Need to google what menas the grunge movement or Seattle sound. Love to learn about that type of music and lyrics.

Já já, þetta er löngu orðin klassík. Nokkrir bangerar og restin er fín.

Hey, I don't hate Pearl Jam as much as I thought I did!

I don't really like Pearl Jam, but nobody can deny that this album is an even flow of hits and bangers

I thought I'll hate it, but finally, I knew all the songs and It was kind of fun

3 1/2

3.5/5. Nirvana > Soundgarden > AiC > Pearl Jam. Doesn’t quite hit as hard as it used to 🤷‍♂️

I'm just... not a fan of that voice. It's good old rock and roll, and a real nostalgia trip for my early college years, but not a thing If seek out.

This is good, but not essential to me.

A little bluesy boring at times, but a lot of the slower stuff is quite nice. Really like black and Jeremy (already saved) Strong 3

Album trop écouté quand j’étais adolescent, associé aux souvenirs d’apprendre à jouer de la guitare avec mon premier groupe de musique. Surpris de le réécouter attentivement: beaucoup de détails m’échappaient alors.

An album I listened to a million times at university (back when it came out), and don't really need to listen to any more. Definitely the kind of music one outgrows if one is serious about music appreciation and exploration.

4 great songs, but just didn't grab me. Not really a Pearl Jam fan to start with so kinda of a yawner for me

تجربة لطيفة

Decent, but his voice always annoys me.

With such a loud and passionate sound, it is no surprise than "Ten" is considered such a groundbreaker that triggered the tsunami of alternative rock in the '90s. With casual yet headbanging sound, as well as dark subject matters, I think any young rock fan from any decade would enjoy this. I enjoyed it, but something just don't hit it. I enjoyed the loud instrumental outbursts, the solos, the solid yet raspy voice. But somehow, I felt disconnected with the songs. I don't know, but I might describe it as the lack of "approach" that the songs do to listeners. I get the sound, loud and passionate as it is, but why do I always get zoned out and ultimately get bored after enough repetitions of the same sentence? It felt like a performance from a distance, impressive, but not actually played for me. Or perhaps it's because it's too loud? Maybe. The energy seems over the place sometimes. And the more "mellow" tracks are personally better. "Black", "Jeremy", and "Alive" are personal highlights. But I also enjoyed "Once" and "Even Flow". Still, a great must-listen album. Maybe a couple of re-listens will do for me to enjoy this one.

Pearl Jam is a very decent 90s band

It's Pearl Jam. Not much else to say about it. I knew what I was getting into.

Some of these songs went on for too long. Or were they different ones? Hard to tell, they were all so similar.. Had expected more of this album given that it features the classic "Alive".

7/10

I get it, this is, uh, great rock and roll, music. Nevermind grunge. Edward Severson is an amazing performer and coincidentally was part of grunge mania. This record is great grunge and is unfortunately dated to the era. Mr. Severson is still great in spite of the era. Thanks so much for your gravitas in Twin Peaks!

First Listen. Ok. I know quite a few of the songs, but never really listened to the whole album. It is pretty good. 3/5

Ploddy grunge not as cool as nirvana

The highs are spectacular but a lot of filler.

Rock. Låter lite som led Zeppelin

October 20, 2021 Pretty good! I liked "Alive".

I know this one, no need to relisten. It's their only album I can sit through fully

Can never quite get fully into Pearl Jam, but has their best known songs on there.

I've never been big on grunge and had only had limited exposure to Pearl Jam. This album didn't really change my views, I neither loved nor hated it. It's just... Ok. I honestly found the songs a bit too long and a bit too samey. Porch was the standout track that I didn't already know that I saved as a favourite. Shorter and more musically interesting to me. It might be a great album but a couple of repeat plays was enough. I doubt I'll feel the need to listen to this in full again.

Liked it. Couple of bangers i'll def listen to again.

Listened to this growing up. Didn’t get any better

Grunge is always cool. For some reason, I didn't think Pearl Jam went this hard. It's pretty good, I can imagine hearing this album at like a basement party or something

It’s good, but I’ve never been a big fan of Pearl Jam.

Pretty good

Was not feeling it. Eddie Vedder is great but the songs are lacking and pale compared to Nirvana. Further, far too long a run time.

THREE

Had not heard this album by the band. The usual hallmarks of the band are there, but maybe not as refined as their later work.

Grabbed me at times with some unexpectedly Indian (to my ear at least) musical stylings and there are a couple of stand-out songs but after several listens large tracts made no particular impression.

I like his voice and the slower songs. I feel the energy and the theatrical vibe, but it's not my type of music. (6/10) Favorite Tracks :Black

scuffed nickelback :DDDDDD

I've heard some of these songs before, but not many. The songs are mostly laid back and melancholy, a relatively easy listen despite the off-beat and discordant undertones.

I really enjoyed a few of these more than I was expecting to and I will definitely be revisiting :)

Ah yes Pearl Jam. I've tried many times but their anthemic grunge style has just never clicked for me. One of those bands I just can't seem to ever get engaged with and almost always find myself zoning out when listening to them. Can't really express exactly why either but alas sometimes music just boils down to connection and I just don't connect here even if I can appreciate the artistry.

Good energy. Drummer really hitting those skins. I have a bias against PJ as I thought they were a little cheesy and not as hard as the music I listened to in High School. But not bad at all

Tons of hits and a couple of tracks I enjoyed I’d never done before. I can respect it but at times it’s not for me.

I thought I would be more into it than I was it’s got some classic rock band songs but was just okay

like some songs

Mostly enjoyed this, even flow is a classic.

They were never really my jam (see what I did there?) but it wasn’t terrible to listen to, especially with some familiar songs on this album.

Knew all the songs, didn't know they all came from one album! Still not a fan, but good to hear in context.

A pretty good rock album, I knew more songs than I realised. Still not sure about his voice

Having never been a fan of PJ (or grunge), I have to say that this was better than I was expecting. Eddy Vedder's voice can grate on you after a while, but the song writing is good, as shown by the indie radio play they get, and there's even a decent guitar solo or two. As Sue says, they're ok if you don't have to listen to them for too long, which IMO, is true of many bands.

Pearl Jam ist für mich das Paradebeispiel dafür, wie man teils sehr gutes Songwriting durch die Verpackung versauen kann: Vedders jaulende Werther-Schlenker, die Schwanzgitarrensoli und ein unterirdisches, richtig mieses Artwork dieser Platte drücken das Ganze für mich auf ein Nebengleis der 90er.

Not too bad, dont mind it but not something i would seak out

- Ravaging, growly-er voice - Driving, classic harder rock lines - Not really songs id listen to voluntarily

ooh. lil boring and few songs sounded just dated. some of the them had no oomph. ‘oceans’ v pretty tho :)

ass

perfect

3.25

Album was good. Even Flow, Jeremy and Release were highlights. Three is a holder score as I would like to listen to it more to arrive at a final score

It's Pearl Jam. Some great songs on the album, and some boring songs as well.

Good guitar solos. Alive

A couple of memorable stand out tracks but still a bit to Seattle for me.

I should like Pearl Jam more than I do. For some reason, however, they've never resonated with me very well. This album is full of song with which I am familiar, and I like them all... okay. None of them increase PJ's appeal to me, though. 3 stars.

Some amazing songs some better left behind, so good argument to stick with top songs or greatest hits VS full album, a little like Queen.

1991: Alive, Porch

No, Three.

Nostalgia was nice, but listening to the whole album got whiny and old

Do not like listening to Eddie sing but the instrumentation is great

Notable Textzeile: I see the world, feel the chill Which way to go, windowsill I see the words on a rockin' horse of time I see the birds in the rain, oh Das ist so boring, ich musste mich etwas einlesen um nicht einfach nur zu schreiben, das es langweilig ist, die Songs sehr ähnlich klingen, die Produktion sehr klassisch ist und es vor sich hin Classic-rock-grunged. Jetzt habe ich mich kurz eingelesen und die meisten Songs sind aus Jams von Gitarrist und Bassist entstanden, bevor Drum und Vocals überhaupt in der Band waren. Das erklärt einiges, macht es aber auch nicht interessanter. Auch in den Lyrics steckt für mich nicht viel, erzählen klassische Topoi in oft einfacher, manchmal pseudo-lyrischer Sprache. Ist nichts dran für mich, nur weil es nicht auch noch musikalisch hart nervt sondern halt egal ist eine 2.

Creed ass vocalist

album vibe churrasco na casa do pai divorciado de 50 anos. Banda legal, melhor que guns and roses so nao acho genial. As animadas servem um rock meio balada

Y'a pas assez de doigts sur la pochette pour que je puisse compter le nombre d'affaires qui me tapent sur les nerfs sur cet album.

Generic rock

Not horrible.

very meh, had it on whilst reading and it really just melted into the background

Pearl Jam is Iconic. PJ was also not my favorite alt band. Good lyrics,

mannnnn thisnone isnt for me. its all the singles and it just has a routinized feel to it. i dont need five singles that are maybe two and a half songs. i dont need this particular brand of big man voice. i dont need it. give me spoon man, give me back hole sun.

eh

Whatever man

Very recognizable because my formative years post high school were filled with Pearl jam, smashing pumpkins, Nirvana, all that stuff, but it's all time locked and doesn't resonate with 50-something-year-old me. Was actually a tiring listen all together.

I can definitely understand why people like this, but grunge just isn’t my thing. It’s better than other grunge albums I’ve heard for sure, but still not enough to turn me around.

I must level with you. I fucking hate Pearl Jam. I am their dude and they are my Eagles. I hate their worship of classic rock, I hate their guitar solo's, I hate Eddie Vedder's voice and his faux deep lyrics that are so nonsense that he has to explain what every song is about in some interview. Most of all I hate the way that they serve as kings of alt-rock for people who love all the mainstream rock that they're supposed to be an alternative to. It is some consolation that Vedder and crew aren't bad guys. They seem to broadly care about the wellness of others and have used their platform to promote good things. I can respect that, I just wished any of their music sounded remotely appealing. If you do like classic rock and guitar solos and stadium tours, then you probably think this is the greatest thing since sliced bread and I'd rather Pearl Jam be adored than Motley Crue or something like that. But I'll leave the Jimi Hendrix worship for y'all. Put simply, he sees me out there on the porch, but I don't wave.

Alive is one of the songs of the 90s. Full of yearning for a lost parent. The rest is just ok. Grunge as a genre bar nirvana is dull

Wanted to keep an open mind going into this but I just don't like Pearl Jam. It's way too slickly produced, most of the songs go on for way too long, and the lead singer's constant grunting and moaning is extremely irritating.

Really not for me

Woof. Yeah I dunno. I remember when this came out and Jeremy played on a loop on MTV for like 5 years straight. I'd heard all these songs but never in one loooooooong stretch like this. It was fun to listen to I guess but I truly never understood why they got the grunge label. It's arena rock and it's kinda lame

i really don’t like grunge. it’s like they take everything good about blues and remove it. nu-metal version of blues. lame and sonically boring. i liked even flow but that’s mostly because of the steezus meme.

Okay it was like if someone wanted to unironically listen to rob zombie this is what the would listen to, kind of fun but not my thing i dont think i only got half way through too 😔

I can’t stand the voice

Not quite my kind of music... 2 stars

ok not really my style of music

100% buttrock.

Mid jams

меня удивляет эта двойственность: какой же разнообразный, интересный и живой вокал и как же вокалист вместо пения решает постоянно рычать. с трудом послушала, прям по ушам проезжается. в целом звучание очень яркое, выразительное, я понимаю, почему этот альбом может нравится и вдохновлять. просто не совсем мое настроение. 1,5/5

If you want grunge, choose Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nirvana. Why listen to Pearl Jam?

Shermz - Grunge is not my thing Wenz - It is not my thing as well, but “Black” is my favourite among the songs in this album

I wasn’t expecting this to be such a slog. Even Alive, the Pearl Jam song I thought I liked, went on a bit.

Jeremy

no es mi estilo pero buenos temas

Not really my (pearl) jam. I find the singer annoying, long self-indulgent and uninteresting guitar solos, and not melodic enough for me. The lyrics are interesting and I appreciate the well-produced grunge vibe they found. More enjoyable when they slow it down. Black is by far the highlight for me. Favorite song: Black

Pas trop ma came

Me gusta como suena la banda pero no me gusta el cantante. Normalmente me gusta el rock alternativo pero esta banda no me termina de cerrar, no es que sea mala pero no es para mi.

Estuvo bien, pero no es mi estilo. No hubo ninguna canción que me gustara como para guardarla pero tampoco es que me disguste. Me gustaron los instrumentos, pero los opacaba el cantante que no me gustó mucho. No le presté atención a las letras.

crap

should've been named two, as in two good songs.

im gonna be so honest. i dont get the hype...i thought after song 1 that this would be a no skip album but they all sound the same

Pearl Jam is supposed to be one of the touchstone groups of my generation (late Gen X) but for some reason it’s never resonated with me. I found it hard to get through and had to skip half of some of the songs.

I only liked 2 songs

me gustaron algunos temas, esta muy buena la guitarra pero no aprecio casi nada la voz del cantante, en realidad le daria 2,5 pero la app esta no me deja AME el inicio de garden

Shit rock

Pearl jam isn't my thing

Yo digo que remontamos 4-0 al panathinaikos. Y referido al disco de Pearl Jam tengo que decir que me ha gustado, aunque no lo escucharía al completo, ya que se hace algo repetitivo. Canciones por separado sí que se puede disfrutar y además es una banda que nunca falla

eh

Dull and pretentious. Never got Pearl Jam.

The vocals are too coarse and corny to enjoy the rock elements

I can see this appealing to people but it didn't really do anything to me. The vocals were grating and the actual music was way too focused on having a 'large' sound that I really didn't care for.

I just can't cope with the voice. The songs aren't too bad but the voice is unbearable for large parts of the album.

У группы, конечно, много поклонников, но я не понимаю этих завываний и посредственной музыки.

Just never liked Eddie Vedder's voice + the songs all sound the same

I’ve already listened to this before. It’s decent but definitely not as good as vs. Oceans is a great song. Not as boring as the previous one.

Not a huge fan of this type of 'grunge'. For me, Nirvana define the genre so much better as they were sonically and lyrically so much grittier than their counterparts, including Pearl Jam who still sound like a regular clean melody-driven rock band rather than displaying the more hard hitting chaotic distorted guitar sound of Nirvana. Songs don't have any punch and meander too much and don't have the acerbic bite of Cobain's lyrics. Even Hole's first album wins over 'Ten' for me. I can't bring myself to call this grunge.

Sorry but Rush is like nails on a chalkboard (Geddy’s voice) so it was a tough listen especially since I’m not a real jam band fan

Just rock

There’s nothing inherently bad about this album, but aside from a few standout tracks like “Alive” and “Black,” nothing really sticks with me. I don’t find much replay value in it.

Hard Rock, 1991 -> 2

nije mi ovo nikako, nikako sjelo. glazba načelno pristojna (ali ništa šta obara s nogu, da se razumijemo), ali vokal mi je nepodnošljiv. taj neki američki seljački stil koji mi toliko smeta, a istovremeno previše... metalikasto čak? ne znam. uglavnom vokal dobrano uništio doživljaj. jebiga

4/10

Not my favorite kind of music

Never heard this before. Glad I have. Won’t do so again.

Yo sabía que conocia la voz. Even flow me encantaba del Guitar Hero III. Grunge, un sonido que no acostumbro. De todas formas es escuchable, no aturde no agobia. Buenos Riffs, y canciones que te dejan respirar del ruido. Likes: Even Flow - Black - Release

Un peu trop rock pour moi tres annee 90, la voix du chanteur est incroyable, un peu cassee mais je n’arrive pas a ecouter l’album en entier car ce n’est pas ma tasse de the. Mouvement grunge debut 90. Ils sont super ecoutes (17M) donc c’est un groupe rock qui marque

didn’t do much for md

sweaty butt crack music

Ja dit is echt heel erg niet mijn ding. Ik begrijp waarom mensen hiernaar luisteren, maar ik vind het erg saai. Het gaat maar door en het is een beetje zeikerig. Eerst wilde ik 3 sterren geven, maar irriteerde me zo erg aan de stem van Eddie Vedder dat het er 2 werden, sorryyy. Geen slechte band natuurlijk, maar dan is dat het ook wel voor mij.

Not it 👎

I'm not a huge fan of Pearl Jam - and I still won't listen to them much. Alive and Jeremy are extremely overrated songs. But the rest of the album... actually pretty good. I'll sat 2.5 - round up for pleasant surprise, and also because its not a 2/5 album for sure.

Its fine just not for me

Meh not Pearl Jam fan

Kände igen fler låtar än jag trodde jag skulle göra. Vet inte om det var något positivt. Even flow var ingen favorit på guitar hero, och ingen favorit på skiva heller

Not to my taste

really good instrumentals

Haha he has a funny voice

Not for me at all this, just feel like it over does everything for pure cringeworthy effect. Hope we don’t get any more.

3/10.... 1 point for album cohesiveness, 1 point for vocals (i liked the guy's voice), and 1 point for the one song i actually liked and added to my playlist!

not my cup of tea

Average

started very good, but its so damn repetitive that with every song I downgraded it... let's be mercy full: 2/5

not my jam

Really nice guitar work. Strong singles. 'Even Flow', 'Alive' etc. But the best songs were probably the more introspective mid-album tracks 'Black' and 'Ocean'. A 6/10 because grunge isn't really my thing but some nice songwriting on here.

I hear Perl Jam are popular but I didn't love (or really like this)

Not my usual style in music but loved the lyricism.

Loved

I knew this was gunna happen eventually, and this is totally gunna sink my overall rating of grunge albums. I went through a few nirvana albums, dirt by Alice In Chains, and a bunch of other great grunge albums. But sadly this is where the fun comes to an abrupt and violent end, cause I hate Pearl Jam. I think Eddie bedders vocal delivery is grating and awful. Not to mention it led to EVERYONE and their mom doing those godawful vocals for the next 15 years. Seriously those nothing more grating to me than Pearl Jam which is why I think it’s saying something that my favorite two songs from them are both on this album (king Jeremy and even flow). But even those tracks can’t undo the apocalyptic disaster that was early 2000s grunge/rock music. Horribly overrated album, wildly overrated band.

Solid rock but nothing really memorable apart from the liberally-applied f bombs

Pearl Jam may not be my cuppa tea, so I was hesitant with that first sip, and I had a good few before deciding it really wasn't to my tatse

Felt like watching a Party of Five episode

The early 90s is the sound of beautiful young men expressing themselves. In an era defined by irony Pearl Jam are a totem of earnestness. I respect it and have enjoyed the occasional song over the years but the music is just so pedestrian. Well crafted. Solid playing. But it never resonated with me on a core level. Turns out they didn't need me... Once more - with feeling boys.

Outside of Even Flow and Jeremy….this album is overrated.

Ironically this album is a ten...... minus 8. 2/5

not for me. there were some catchy choruses but overall i just did not care about any song in this album

2 - It’s fucking Pearl Jam. I do like Once and Black. I want Release played at the funeral of everyone I hate.

Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old.

Just like double cream a tad heavy for my taste.

Meh. Evenflow was fun but the rest wasn’t anything special.

Gonna need to start getting some prime 2000s albums in at some point, these are all just same same, just mid again

No Pearls were found, no Jams were listened to. Not bad, just not good.

Nah this is not it

Too much yelling

A lot of meh

Too heavy for my liking

Not as bad as I thought it would be.

eu curtia esse álbum quando tinha o senso crítico de uma cadeira hj em dia acho uma bela merda, mas tem 1 que eu não odeio tanto, e tá tudo bem

acho que meu maior problema com esse aqui eh a voz do vedder. forçaçao de barra do caralho. e eh bem mais hard rock que eu achava que seria. muitos solos de guitarra (nao necessariamente legais, pasme). eh isso ai, pelo menos tem umas letras com questoes sociais bacanas.

No thank you.

a ten? nah Would I listen again: no. Deserves to be on this list: no 2.3

Two by me.

greige

2 - not my thing

decent rock album, nothing special though in my opinion.

Mainly gross

Burger rock og. Hard to get through

A bit dreary and bland mostly. Mix feels off. Quite liked the first track and a few others. Interesting to hear their biggest album all thr way through, as I never have. They've never really landed for me and this didn't change that. I won't be repeating the experience.

underwhelming

I've found some Pearl Jam songs that I like, but unfortunately, no new ones from this album. "Black" is about all that really stood out for me. I want to like Pearl Jam, but the live performance of "Better Man" is about all that has ever really stuck with me as something special.

I'm sure people really enjoy this one. It's a 2.3 for me. Idk.

Love Eddie vedder. But hard for me to listen to Pearl Jam harder stuff

Lots of great songs, good mix of genres.

*Jeremy is great but not much else held my attention.

These guys can write a song but (apart from Evenflow) they throw way too much as it. I don’t think this album has aged well.

I never owned a Pearl Jam album when they were uber popular and certainly don't seek out their music currently. I don't really understand why people loved them so, so much. There are a few songs on this album that are worth a listen, the rest are pretty forgettable for me.

Nope still don't like Pearl Jam. Like a really sad cow started a band. Mooo.

Iconic, sure. Just a little to proto butt rock for the mood

Grating.

not my vibe

Not a huge fan of grunge - just sounds muddy to me. Fav track - Alive

Enjoyed the songs I knew, but the rest of the album kind of merged into one…

This album was pretty unavoidable in my part of the world. Nice nostalgia replay, but it gets a little samey after a while.

Contribuyó a dar forma al grunge, pero me resulta plano y aburrido. 2 estrellas

Recognized more songs than I expected...still not my favorite.

One good single, little else

Rather Boeing songs.

Really fun start with Evenflow as the second song. By the end of this album, I too was begging for someone to release me. All the songs (aside from the ones that became big hits, like Evenflow and Jeremy) all sound the same.

To be totally honest, this album is so dumb. The hits are good but god damn grunge is so corny. Every song takes itself way too seriously and has very little to it. And the guitar solos are INTERMINABLE. Sorry bill Simmons I know they are your favorite band but this is just not for me

Meh. Not into it I fear…

I like the loop with Release and Once

One of those albums I always start of enjoying but it gets very samey and by the time I get to the end of the ironically named 9 minute 'Release' I'm begging for exactly that. Favourite track: Evenflow

Not my cup of tea

Ok but too boring and generic 2/5

I just plain do not like Pearl Jam

Not really my jam (excuse the pun) but I appreciate the vibes and like some of the guitar riffs.

Whilst I have tried to be open minded, I have been forced to conclude that the first few tracks of Nevermind are the only Seattle grunge I shall be needing in my life 😐

Sounds dated. Voice never really warmed to. Overblown grunge, closer to rock than grunge.

It's "Alive"! For all of the talk of grunge being a fusion of punk and hard rock (not that that was a particularly good idea to start out with), there isn't anything resembling punk rock on *Ten*. Instead, this album is Frankenstein's monster of 70's classic rock moves, all competently played but without making any improvements on the source material. Unless a band is going to take an existing genre and infuse it with something new (see *Separation Sunday* or *Pack Up The Cats*, for example), it's going to be little more than a retread. (And then, after it's almost all over, there's an awesome, atmospheric hidden track with a fretless bass part that pays homage to Mick Karn. More unexpected elements like that would have made for a much more interesting record.)

Couple of tunes on this but just not a big Pearl Jam guy. Very same-y in parts, wacka-wacka guitars, similar drum rhythms, Eddie Vedder’s signature vocal style.

ITs Pearl Jam, so if you've heard one song, you've heard almost all of them Eddie Vetter is a great guy, but his music sucks.

I never was a Pearl Jam fan. Found it mostly boring. I enjoyed the songs I knew from the radio, but that was it. Nothing special about this one.

I get the appeal. Never personally been a Pearl Jam fan, but this album has all their big hits. I like it more when Vedder sings without much drawl.

Pearl Jam. Aha, muss man wohl kennen. Ist bei mir, wie der Rest der Grunge-Jungs, spurlos an mir vorbeigegangen. Ok, Nirvana war irgendwann omnipräsent. Und Soundgarden fand ich gut. Ich glaube ich war damals schon schon zu alt für so eine Wir-erfinden-den-Rock-Neu-Attitüde.

Wait, really? I’m surprised there’s only one Pearl Jam album on this list. I was hoping Dimery would be put a gun to my head and force me to listen to every single Pearl Jam album under the sun, but I guess I'll have to listen to their full discography through the worst wall possible. Das rite. I’m talking my own perseverance and resolve. Oh, it’s grunge. Not gonna lie, this came as a curveball. From the name “Pearl Jam” I was expecting something more timeless and in line with classic rock conventions. Through my experience with Nirvana (whom I also listened to through this list), I think the music from this genre sounds kind of shit. In any case, I’ll go in with an open mind. Overall, this album is competent but very unbalanced. The instrumentals are unique, if a little samey. The songwriting, on the other hand, is very, very weak. However, while generally underwhelming, some of the tracks manage to come out alright. Even Flow is solid. The track moves at a good pace and has the best vocal performance on the album. Alive is a song I’m confident I’ve heard before – that chorus is very recognisable. It doesn’t go the full mile for me, but the better parts of the song are enjoyable enough. Oceans is a good track. I like the instrumental. The grand, thundering atmosphere is a good approach and is surprisingly easy to fall into. Release is a solid closer. I like the reverberating sound near the end of the track. The hidden track, Master/Slave, is my favourite on the album. I like the dense sound and it’s cool that the instrumental loops back to the first track (even if they messed it up with the fading but it’s the thought that counts, right?). Since this is more than likely the last Pearl Jam album I will ever hear I think it’s imperative for me to give their entry in the book a read. Let’s see. Grunge was the last “underground” music movement to overwhelm the mainstream. “A powerful new moment in rock’n’roll.” I mean, it's Pearl Jam. Of course this is a solid pick for the list. That being said, I’m doubtful that this first outing was their best showing. I’m sure there are later albums that are more emblematic of this band and their legacy.

Ugh

Sure, they rock. But they are also pretty dull, to my ears. Not much in the way of variety. They have the occasional catchy line or two, but generally I could sleep through the whole thing. 2/5

I probably liked it better when it first came out

Going from Metallica to this wasnt going to do well, and it doesn’t really grip me at all.

I don't know to what point all the memes and mockery of Eddie's singing has affected me, because I didn't feel anything. For me, this album did little to nothing interesting in both times I listened to it, but without being obnoxious, at least.

Shit Jam more like!

I don’t get why Pearl Jam were so popular. I find their music so bland. Struggling to both listen to the entire album and find reasons to give it more than 2 stars. I’m almost OD’ing on this run of shouty American Rick received lately

Overrated. Some boring stuff on this album. Saved by a couple of good songs

Standouts: deep, black, release Overall Meh experience, like some others (probably), his voice is a tough listen for me but the music itself is pretty solid

this type of music just sounds like nothing to me. like an anonymous object moving through air. the sound of one hand clapping. absolutely nothing.

Eh.

Bit same-same . Even Flow is a good song.

Nirvana were fresh, melodic, exhilarating, exciting and emotional. Pearl Jam were overwrought and dull. I recognised lots here, listening to the whole album didn't make me like them any more.

God this is so boring, how is it so popular?? Singer sounds like a ripoff Chris Cornell.

I’ve never been much of a Pearl Jam fan although I do enjoy doing an Eddie Vedder impression whenever I get the chance. I still knew half of this album even though I’ve never sat down and listened to it. It has a legacy for sure. It’s just not my thing. 2.5/5

Me no care

There's not a ton on here that excites me. There's stuff I know - and know well - but do I really ever want to reach for it and put it on? Eh, kinda not at this point, beyond just a kick of nostalgia.

Was not crazy crazy bad. Maar vond hem ook echt niet echt leuk.

Same song over and over, very dated rather than timeless imo

Pearl Jam are another band who I knew of but never listened intentionally to their music. There’s so much of it around much more to my taste. If truth be told and without any evidence at all, I always thought that they were a hip hop combo so another reason why I thought they were best avoided. Putting all that to one side I listened to this with fresh ears hoping for the best. The first two or three tracks really resonated and I wondered if I had misjudged this band all along. However, by track 4 I had become a bit numb to it all and was bored. It’s all a bit MOR rock to my ears and stuff I’ve heard hundreds of times before. At least I’ve discovered it’s not hip hop so I will take more notice of them in future. 2.2/5 19/4/25

Not my thing

Mehh kinda lame

These guys sounds like they're trying really hard to be cool, but they really aren't cool.

i just... do not like this kind of musiccccc all the songs sound the same to me i need to listen to the Into the Wild soundtrack now as a cleanse

alright pearl jam i kinda doubted your game. Alright pearl jam even flow rips. alright pearl jam i kinda doubted your game again this one is cool. alright pearl jam i don’t like this one as much. alright pearl jam i fell asleep for the rest of the album

What lead paint does to an mf

Overrated

I think this album is a very much you had to be there experience. Personally despite the incredible amounts of good reviews, i found this album both tedious and dull. This is definatly more heavy rock than grunge and that comes across in a lot of the riffs. The lead singers voice doesn't have the sort of distinct charm other grunge vocalists (kurt) had and as such the whole album felt like a long long slug through a forgotten period of 90s rock. There isn't a song on here i would return too and that's a shame as other reviews would indicate this is one of the greatest albums ever. Its not offensive, i think when taken outside of the lenses of nostalgia its just not that good either.

Would have loved it while at high school, not so much now…

I think people either love Pearl Jam, or they're indifferent. I'm of the later. That being said, I don't know anyone who *hates* Pearl Jam. This album was fine. It just sounds like the kind of music I'd hear playing loudly out of some white-dude's garage. Big room rock. Big room vocals. I know there was something revolutionary about the band when this album came out, but 30 years later it just feels kind of whatever.

Zu rockig für mich

I never understood the hype about Pearl Jam, it's all a bit bland to me. If one of their songs comes up on a Spotify mix, I'm unlikely to skip it, but I don't have any desire to listen to more than one.

dad rock basically. its not bad, but it’s kind if just run of the mill what you expect

I didn't much like them in the 90s and I still don't. A little to heavy Rock & Roll for my taste. I still listen to the album for the nostalgia value.

make it stop

I know this album meant a lot to a lot of unhappy young men in the '90s, but I am just not its target audience.

Solidly mid, not really my type of music

lowkey nem szeretem ezt az éneklési stílust zavar a konstans tremoló, van egykét jó szám, de összességében nem az én vibeom (pedig van amit szeretek a bandától, ez nem a legpazarabb album sztem). a black vége amúgy baszó nagyonnnn meg kell hagyni. meg a szövegeik sem rosszak, de számomra túl paranoir pub. fav: release (ez egy izgi dalocska)

i was discouraged but then even flow came on. nematodeeeessssss

Alun perusteella dumasin, mutta oli olihan siellä hyvääkin musiikkia.

Ich habe versucht, es zu mögen, es hat mich aber nicht abgeholt. Keine schlechte Musik, aber es hat mich werder berührt oder zum Mitwippen gebracht noch gelangweilt oder genervt. Selbst die beiden Songs die ich schon kannte (Alive und Even Flow) haben mich immernoch nicht gepackt.

Never understood or liked Pearl Jam. At school had to pick a lane and I went Nirvana and never regretted it. Find Eddie's vocals really grating.

in fairness to this album grunge just really isn't my thing, and two songs in I was pretty optimistic that this one would be different, not the case unfortunately. oceans > porch > garden is a very good run of songs and even flow is a classic, but I have a hard time getting what sets the rest of this thing apart from most of the early 2000s butt rock grunge successor bands that rightfully get clowned on.

I don’t know honestly. Iconic enough and at times funny enough that I could see myself leaning more positive but… not crazy about it. I like Alive. The band name, I will not be commenting on.

I felt more tender to this than I anticipated, stumped old age

Never liked this at the time, like it slightly more now. Great snare drum sound.

I remember this album as one of the first CDs I ever sold back cause I just didn't like it. I still don't really like Pearl Jam that much; I still think of them as bottom of the barrel grunge from this era, and this album hasn't really grown on me.

++: Alive +: Once, Even Flow, Why Go, Oceans, Release +-: Jeremy, Porch, Garden, Deep -: Black 5,5/10

Alright. Quite repetitive tbh.

There's bits of this album that I liked. Alive and Even Flow are decent enough songs. However the vocals started to annoy me after a while and, as the album is nearly an hour long, I was glad when it ended.

All hail the king of yarling! Vedder’s signature singing style dominates this album. His loud vibrato is impressive, but laughably unintelligible. I might just be over-exposed to some of these songs having grown up gen-x adjacent, but man did I find myself bored throughout. Nothing grabbed me.

Mehh, Pearl Jam heeft nooit echt geklikt en weet weer geen onuitwisbare indruk achter te laten. Dit is zonder meer een sleutelplaat voor het grunge genre, en een degelijke debuutplaat. Maar datzelfde genre laat me sowieso (vaak) koud, waardoor ik de meeste kritiek op deze plaat en Pearl Jam in het algemeen kan afdoen als kritiek op grunge in het breed. Veel mensen vinden de stem van Eddie Vedder waanzinnig en aangenaam, en alles wat daar tussen in ligt. Ik vind het altijd klinken alsof hij moet schijten, maar dat is ook wel echt die typische grunge brul die je overal terug hoort in de Seattle scene. Het staat mij in ieder geval tegen, vooral als je er een heel album mee wordt geconfronteerd. Het is niet de ideale stem om een gevoel over te brengen, en iets meer fragiliteit zoals in de stem van Neil mag best wel eens. Naast het gebrek aan vocale diversiteit en het daaruit voortvloeiende lak aan emotie, kan ik maar niet het gevoel van me afschudden wat de post-grunge scene onder leiding van Nickelback vervolgens met het genre deed. Ik weet dat Pearl Jam daar niets aan kan doen, maar alle typische kenmerken van het grunge genre waar Nickelback mee aan de haal ging, en nog theatraler en emotielozer maakte, hoor je het sterkst terug in de muziek van Pearl Jam. Het was de ultieme blauwdruk voor Nickelback om te parodiëren. Het geeft mij in ieder geval een nare nasmaak na het luisteren van een op zich aardig album als ''Ten''. 'Alive' spant voor mij de kroon, en voelt bijna als een post-grunge song die de gek aan steekt met het genre dat het zelf pionierde. Als dat ergens op slaat, haha. Het middenstuk met mijn favoriete nieuwe ontdekking 'Black', 'Jeremy' en het Pink Floyd-achtige 'Oceans' (een goede change of pace tussen het generieke grunge geweld door) zorgen voor een fijne passage. Maar al met al moet ik toch de conclusie trekken dat het nooit zal boteren tussen mij en Pearl Jam, al doet hun tweede album wel behoorlijk z'n best. Maar zoals ik al zei is dit verdict meer een grunge dingetje dan een Pearl Jam dingetje. 6/10 Highlights: Black Jeremy Oceans

eh, not a bad sound, just not my kind of thing. kind of feels like if my chemical romance's target audience was men who are paying off a mortgage

I knew a guy who LOVED Pearl Jam in college and his roommate would always start to sing "EVENFLOOOOOOOOW" whenever he started playing something and I get why. This album was fine but so boring. If it wasnt for Guitar Hero I dont think I would have cared about any of these songs.

Over played, almost every track has the same drum beat

This has been played to death. Eddie Vedder is over rated

1. once - 1 2. flouu - 1.5 3. alive - 1.5 4. go - 1 5. black - 2 6. jeremy - 1 7. oceanz - 1 8. porch - 1 9. garden - 1.5 10. deep - 1 11. releaze - 1.5

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not exactly my speed

I’ve always hated Pearl Jam but don’t think I’ve ever listened to this album all through. It has all the elements I remember: terrible irritating singing, annoying wah wah guitar, predictable builds, half time ride drums, …. The snare drum is so bad. Alive had some promise but the verse starts and Eddie’s pronunciation of Daddy killed it. Boring guitar solo - way too long - doing the same thing over and over. What is with the wah wah?!? Why go? Sounds just like Evenflow but somehow worse. Right and left channel guitars must be the 2 guitarists. Telephone effect at the beginning of Black - why was this a thing? I can see this being a favourite at festivals. Best one so far but not saying much. He finally holds what sounds like a nice long note and then ruins it at the end with a “yeah ha!” Can’t believe how well I know Jeremy after all these years. I guess that says something. Well crafted song but they drag it out too much with the “hoo hoo hoo” stuff. I guess Jeff Buckley was a fan of Oceans. The flanger vocal is horrible. Sometimes the lyrics sound like something from the rhcp especially on Porch. This B side is very lacklustre so far. Deep sounds like it was just jammed out in the studio. Oh god is Release their Indian phase in a song? Raga esque in the cheapest way possible. Is the last song a hidden track? Revisiting the first song? Oof…this whole B side is throw away - should have just had an EP with side A

Be 7 at a family cook out in late july. Your uncle is drunk, sitting in a fishing chair, rambling about his high school football career and life before his wife left him. you feel uncomfortable, yet obligated to stay as a single, glorious tear rolls down his cheek.

Led Zeppelin is to Aerosmith as Nirvana is to Pearl Jam. You can like both but if you even for a second think they are in the same league, you're outta your mind. I'm impressed that I recognize so many of these songs, especially since prior to today I think I've only heard enough of them to recognize it and change the station...not my bag, sorry!

Meh

4 good songs surrounded by a sea of crap Even Flow Alive Black Jeremy

Although "Even Flow" for me is one of the key songs I identify with Alternative Rock the album is at best okaish.

I can't get past Eddie Vedder's voice, which though not a _bad_ voice per se, is one that is absolutely not to my taste. This drags an album which would have been a three (or even possibly a four) down to a two for me.

I just find these 90's sterotypical rock albums so yawn-inducing and soulless. Always have. It just isn't for me.