Ten

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.

A boring album with an even more boring singer. Black was a decent song

While Eddie Vedder’s voice is obviously distinctive, I didn’t find it particularly enjoyable to listen to… Didn’t particularly love any of the songs, but in fairness I didn’t hate any either. For me the best track is ‘Porch’

Listening to this mediocrity raises the question: Why aren't I just listening to Soundgarden?

- I'm sticking with my original assessment of this band: Most Overrated Band of the 1990's. -

I used to absolutely love this. Doesn't hold up for me.

Eddie kaspbrak would like this

eh it’s fine

Very grungey But also boring Didn’t love

black does get me in my feelings but the rest makes me want to die i'm sorry bernon.

Yuck, Ten. *URGH* I loved this stuff upon release; I was 17 years old. *ROWWWWRRR* But I hate listening to this record now. *EEEEEE* Why in the world did this band let Vedder grunt and grimace and emote from his calculatedly tortured guts in every space available to him? *EEEOOOH* Who green-lit this approach? *UNNNNGH* One star, plus one star for Release, which I still love. *OOOOOH* There are also a couple of gems among the various b-sides and toss-offs from this period. *ARGGHGLLLEBARGLE-HUH!* But give me No Code or Yield any day of the week. *UNNNGH* This record is gross. *HUNH* And the 20 year anniversary \"redux\" remix is even more unlistenable. *YEEEUGH* There's no salvaging this thing, sorry. *AAAAAOOOORGH*

2,5

I’m sorry Seattle

This album is either very dated, not for me, or both. The songs are all peak generic dad rock and I associate them with guitar hero / rock band. It doesn't help that my friend Sal always blasts Pearl Jam as a joke. 4/10. Sorry to dads everywhere.

Alright so I’m not a Pearl Jam fan at all. Everything feels forced. This album just isn’t my cup of tea. I gave 2 stars because I’m okay if someone likes it. The musicianship is good enough for 2 stars. If the melodies and singing was better maybe I would bring it up a star.

Didn't understand this album when it first came out, and I still don't understand it.

Ok, aber mich hat keine der Songs so richtig gecacht. 2/5

I actually really liked the music, but the vocals I found generally grating. (something I see in a lot of the reviews too) There were songs/parts of songs where it was exactly the right sound though. His voice is very distinct to me which can be a good thing or a bad thing in large doses and in this case it's the later. It's a shame there isn't a second vocalist to break things up. If so I think I would have quite liked this. I can definitely see where this sound evolved with other groups as time went on.

This isn't an awful record, it just doesn't grab me particularly. Maybe it's just that it's not to my taste - I had listened to Pearl Jam back in the day but I never really liked grunge. The album just sort of exists. Was it influential? Not as far as I know. But I guess that since Pearl Jam hit the big time with this debut, and continued from there, it clearly hit a chord with the public. For me there's too much guitar histrionics.

too hard rock for me, not a fan

I will never understand why people like Pearl Jam. Just meh

Not a bad album per se. But not my cup of tea at all.

I'm not trying to be a hater, but this album just never has done it for me. My wife is convinced I hate Pearl Jam because I always skip/change the station whenever a song from Ten comes on. I actually like (and owned) Yield and Vitalogy back in the day, but I don't think I ever had the slightest inclination to buy Ten. There's just something about Vedder's moaning/warbling on this album that grates me, and I probably wouldn't have such a strong opinion if the songs hadn't been etched into my eardrums for 30 years due to MTV/Alt Rock Radio/Classic Alt radio. I had to suppress an audible "Ugh" when the Alive intro came on, and skipped half the album because I already know it by heart, despite not being a huge fan. The non-megahit songs are mediocre, and there were no hidden gems for me. This might have been a 3 star review if I wasn't sick and tired of most of the hits, but there were multiple skips in this one for me.

This is a rough one because I understand how important of an album this is, the members of Pearl Jam seem like genuinely good people, and I can understand how structurally this is supposed to kick ass, yet this album does absolutely nothing for me whatsoever.

Not great

lotta the same. 2 but would have been a 3 if I didnt finish the album

I was never a Pearl Jam fan, and after listening to this album, I'm still not a fan.

Awful album cover Ten isn't quite the masterpiece some claim it to be. Sure, it's packed with catchy tunes - "Alive," "Jeremy," "Even Flow" - that dominated the radio back in the day. But catchy doesn't always equal classic. Vedder's angst-ridden vocals can get a bit samey, and the lyrical themes, while relatable, feel a tad overwrought. The band's musicianship is undeniable, but the riffs lean on repetition a bit too much. Ten is a decent debut, a solid snapshot of grunge's early days, but it doesn't quite live up to its legendary status. 2/5

Like 5/10? Front half is radio hits. Some of these are long dong songs. Would probably drink coffee to again. I suspect this will be among my higher-ranked on this list, sad to say.

The hits are entirely overplayed and the rest was just okay. I found myself wanting to skip.

I find it difficult to take this band seriously.

The guitar solos are cool :D But a bit too heavy and boring.

as a teenager, I loved the shit out of this as an old man, its pretty meh now.

I’d have loved this as a teen but it’s not for me now

Nope, still don't like Pearl Jam. I can kind of appreciate why they are "good" but I wouldn't listen again. Heard enough of them played constantly on the radio in the 90s, thanks.

Pearl Jam reviving 50s death rock with the cover of “last kiss”: yay! This album and Pearl Jam in general: nay! For some reason I just don’t vibe with PJ. Probably because it’s “big serious masculine hard rock” without any speed, fun or new sounds. Love Vedders soundtrack for Into the Wild though. Pearl Jams influence on American rock is probably a big reason why it has been terrible the last 30 years (I can’t help exaggerating like this).

Bit headache making. Probably good live!

Alive //

Not a big fan of Pearl Jam

Бэйт-ревью: Pearl Jam всегда воспринимался мной как такие Imagine Dragons 90-ых: огромная аудитория, знаменитые песни, но все какое-то... Ээ? Nickelback - вот еще похожая группа! Лучшая песня - Once.

Too loud music - difficult to hear the lyrics. Alternative Rock is difficult for me to appreciate.

Naja, nicht so meines. Aber manche gute Songs sind dabei. 5.1/10

To me every song sounds the same..... as do the tormented vocals ....

It’s a vibe, listened on a rainy day drive, but blends together and sounds like one big song, got boring. I did a grunge workout playlist the prior day, that I enjoyed more than this particular experience. Closing song Release stood out

Better Dave Mathews? Blended into nothingness Drone on grunge I guess

Meh.

Some interesting songs, bit samey though

i can't stand eddie vedder voice, i just can't. too much classic rock and too little grunge for my linking. other than that the album feels solid. fav songs by far is oceans. realease also a very good closing track.

Not all grunge bands are amazing. Solid zep style backing, but the vocals are horrible and I think all the lyrics are "He/She they are sad, glibbijibbigun in my fleeeeggghhhjh".

Not my kind of music

Every single song sounds like it could be an SNL skit. I have a real problem with mumblers and by the time I got to Jeremy I was downright angry. Why was this song everywhere?! Blech. I hear Eddie Vedder is a cool guy but how does anyone know that if they can't understand what he's saying?!!

Boring rock

Jeg er gammel nok til at indrømme det nu: Den her plade har bare aldrig appelleret så meget til mig. Even Flow og Alive er bangers, men af alle de grunge bands som blev store i start-90erne er Pearl Jam dem der lyder mindst som alternativ rock og mest som bøvet 80er rock.

I've always found Pearl Jam boring / exhausting and this listen was no different.

Classic but not my Jam. It feels very repetitive in such a high dose, and the album was almost too easy to ignore.

holy GOD just strike me down it's not even like the music is unlistenable but a man whose name I can't even remember, who is every grungy rock man born in the early or mid 80s, would NOT shut UP about this RECORD AND I LISTENED TO IT TO TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY

Can recognize this album has many loved songs, but I personally am not a fan of Pearl Jam and wouldn't choose to listen to this album.

I'm not much of a Pearl Jam guy.

Not my personal jam but I guess it’s good for it’s genre

Best song - Alive

Worse than I remembered, deep is still my favorite song.

eh it was ok

good songs that standout here, when the weird chords they try carry some sort of emotion, and when they try with the structure and arrangments, when the lyrics dont suck (why go) and when the singer's voice doesn't become terribly insufferable (like it did for me when listening to a full album of his style)

This is what I think of when I hear the phrase “dad rock”.

Not the most amazing to me. THE Music is wonderful, but the voice is... I mean. I probably would have loved it when I was younger. As a teenager, but now? Not so much.

One of those albums I know is supposed to be good, but I can’t seem to get into.

Grunge that I can't help but feel is mostly meant to be blasted in arenas. They put a lot of effort into sounding big and atmospheric, but the simple instrumentals and half-mumbling schtick the vocalist pulls throughout made me lose interest after a while. Fav Tracks: Alive, Black Least Fav Track: Deep

Could only listen to one song.

"Hey look at me! I'm singing with a mouthfull of mashed potatoes". Glad this one was at the begining of my list cuz I'm done with it and ready to move on. You know these stupid dog owners that get their dogs vocal chords removed because they bark too much, well if Eddie Vedder was my dog, I'd become one of those. 4/10 the band is good but the songs are mid and I just can't get around Eddie.

Bv (bad voice)

Obviously a huge album when released. I was never a grunge guy, and I just never enjoyed this one.

I don’t think this is a bad album exactly, it’s just not for me. To entirely fail to coin a phrase, I love rock n roll, but this is just consistently not quite my jam. I get why Eddie V’s vocals are loved, and he sounds like a very nice chap in real life, but they’re just a bit grating for me. The rest of the band feel like they’re somewhere between Jeff Buckley’s backing band and Soundgarden, both of which I like very much, but still…I just don’t much care for this. Sort of frustrating really, as I can’t quite pinpoint what’s bugging me.

Can hear the influences this has had on the music i grew up with. I just can't vibe with the voice. I want to like this more than i do.

Reminds me of someone i don't wanna be reminded of

Since I started this I must have listened to 150 different "American Rock Group" albums and honestly, I'd struggle to tell the difference between any of them. This album? Just the latest addition to the list of yawn. (Love their activism btw but that's not what I'm here for!)

Je pensais aimer, je n'ai pas aimé.

Eh, just okay. I know that this album really defined a genre/era but going back now seems so dated. They really created a new sound and they get props for that but coming back in 2023 does not excite the way I would have hoped.

When I listened to Ten for the first time about a year ago, I was furious. Because after years of listening to my father blather about witnessing Pearl Jam rehearse in a dingy Seattle warehouse before seeing them perform that night in the "best concert I've ever been to", I expected my socks to be violently yanked off my feet and yossed into a different dimension. But naur. The very second "Release" ended, I said out loud in the Lower Level of W.E.B Du Bois library, "THIS? This is what's got everyone's knickers in a knot?" And thus marked the beginning of my descent into an anti-Pearl Jam ethos, because holy moly it was so boring and so unextraordinary. I truly couldn't come up with a reason as to how they set themselves apart from the rest of the emo-grunge-punk garbage that we all know I love so much. A year later, after taking some time to myself to really explore and attune my ear to substantial music, my sentiments have only barely budged. I really wanted to give this a 1 for my initial sheer disappointment, but it's not atrocious enough to relegate that from me. I still don't get it though.

Eddie Vedder sucks at singing and it drags the whole album down. There, I said it. I always hated his moan in the singles on the radio, but I hate his screaming even more. This would be maybe a 3 or 4 without him, but he takes it down to a 2. Just know that just because I hate Pearl Jam doesn’t mean I hate grunge as a whole.

Winstop used to love Pearl Jam, so I tried a bit to get into them when I was at school but could never quite manage it. As per 25 years ago, I don't mind this, but it doesn't grab or excite me. Eddie Vedder seems a nice guy and has a distinctive voice, but I think grunge just isn't for me. It's perhaps a little too gloomy and lacking in joy or complexity of emotion. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Alive Date listened: 20/02/23

I once wrote that Nirvana embodied the punk side of grunge while Alice in Chains embodied the metal side of grunge. If we're to chop things up like this, then Pearl Jam is the hard rock side of grunge. I have a soft spot for Even Flow because of Guitar Hero 3 and rocking out to it as a kid, though I decisively do not have a soft spot for Alive despite playing it in Rock Band 2, probably because Alive meanders along and struggles to be captivating at any point before the solo. This embodies much of Pearl Jam's songwriting, particularly on the point that most of their songs are not interesting enough to warrant recording. Sure, they make some grungy noises and people like that, but if we were to strip it down to it's basics I think we would lose a lot of the appeal in Pearl Jam. This contrasts with Nirvana and their MTV Unplugged set, which proves that their songs were still incredible even without the distortion. I also don't like Eddie Vedder's voice. I think that's a sticking point for a lot of people who also don't like Pearl Jam. Vedder's voice is less of a non-starter for me here, but on song like Last Kiss it makes me wish the band had broken up shortly after Ten released. He sings with such confidence for a man with marbles in his mouth. Ten gets a lot less memorable after Jeremy. Nothing wrong with frontloading your album, but it goes to show how much of your album is truly worth people's time. Don't bother.

Respect it. Had a couple of alright songs. Not my cuppa Tea. Singer sounds like a goat sometimes hahaha.

A hahahahaha

Très monotone. Après deux écoutes rien ne s'est vraiment détaché. Peut être "Alive". Sinon j'ai l'impression d'avoir entendu 15 fois les mêmes chansons, plutôt bien jouées et chantées, mais sans grand intérêt pour moi.

I understand why this is such an important, popular album, but it isn’t for me. I’ve never been able to get past Eddie Vedder’s voice, which is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Har sett dem live. Alive och Jeremy är väl bra.

They’re just not my type. I’ve tried, but can’t get into PJ

liked the first track

It’s just generic rock and roll. It sounds exactly as you’d expect. It’s not the worst thing in the world, but it certainly is cut and dried. It’s nothing special and pretty boring, but if you’re into the aforementioned generic rock and roll sound then to each their own. Favorite Track: Even Flow

Kolmen ensimmäisen biisin ajan musiikki toimii vastapainona Eddie Vedderin äänen ja nimen ärsyttävyydelle: Even Flow ja Alive voivat jäädä asumaan päähän viikoiksi. Mutta kun paras materiaali on käytetty, levy tulee riippuvaiseksi kuulijan subjektiivisesta mieltymyksestä sen estettiikkaa kohtaan. Omalla kohdallani tämä merkitsee lässähdystä.

Loud music with long guitar solos. Sigh.

I just wanted to listen to My Bloody Valentine or Nirvana after Ten. Sorry, Pearl Jam. I'm remembering why I never got into you, even back in high school when I thought it was very ~important~ to listen to "the canon" albums, which, much like these albums so far, were mostly rock albums by white guys (or at least what I discovered on music blogs in the early '10s and Reddit). Pearl Jam, I think your songs sound the same. Well most of them... I liked the intro and outro songs on this album, mostly because they felt different. I really could feel the concert lights rising and dimming with each. The outro song, Release's, bass line transition was ethereal. But all in all... Ten made me want the grungy, mystical guitar sound of Loveless and the lyrical intensity of Nevermind instead of Pearl Jam's version of both. Yeah... don't know why I never could get into Pearl Jam. There are great guitar shredding moments, of course, which I did appreciate. I recognize this as a good album. Just not my cup of tea. I'm sorry, Eddie Vedder, I think your voice might just annoy me.

I just don't care guys.

It was just okay.

Small amounts of Pearl Jam are fine - and by small amounts I mean a single song, not a whole album. It lacks interest for me, plus too many "look how many notes I can play" guitar licks.

Wow most of these songs were about 2 mins too long, some too repetitive and just a bit cringe really. Not my bag. Luke detested it!