Ten

Muchísima actitud en este álbum, se siente la forma en la que tocan los instrumentos con dominio y mucha confianza Las partes fuertes de este álbum con canciones como Porch o Deep son las que menos se conocen y las que en mi humilde opinión hay que aprovechar y escuchar para darse cuenta que esas + las famosas y conocidas hacen calzar este álbum como un rompecabezas Eddie Vedder se la rifa muy bien con letras y su voz , haciendo lo suyo combinado con los instrumentos dando un buen arranque al grunge de principios de los 90s Fuertemente recomendado

I liked this one a lot more than I thought I would but not enough for a 4. 3/5.

Pearl Jam is pretty low on my grunge band list. That being said this is still a great album

I guess mostbof the songs I know from Pearl Jam are in this album, but I must say, this still surprised me. The album is really good, not only lyrically but, oh boy, the instrumental is quite rich and varied , keeping the mood of the album but adding some surprises along the way. . . Never liked grunge, but I must say, this is a miled times better than Nirvana. 4/5

Grew up on this album. Love it

I thought I liked Pearl Jam but I guess I don't? TMYK

ok the guitars sound great but so much doing I now know why some have a tendency to overplay

Awesome!

I enjoyed this more than I thought. Haven't listened to the whole album since I was like 17. Timeless millennial dad rock with zero fat on it.

kind of rocks my socks off. not really any skips, one or two more complete bangers would net a perfect score easy. Black is incredible. strong 4

Rating: 7/10 A good helping of peak mainstream 90’s hard rock but Pearl Jam and Ten were never my favorites of the genre or era. Some absolutely timeless highlights in the first half of the album that mainly comprise of the singles, they’re just well crafted and anthemic with good riffs and guitar solos that are definitely more reminiscent of classic rock. Once to Jeremy is a pretty massive run with the shorter cut Why Go being on a lower rung. Later tracks are decent with strong ones in Garden and the closer Release. All around good stuff but not a top tier classic in my eyes

*distant Even Flow plays on the Guitar Hero 2 main menu* Yeah this album is super awesome. Every hit is on there and they're all great, and the non-hits are just as awesome and thematic despite not having the "hits bias". Everything just fits together so well - the songs don't melt together into a blob and instead they're all defined and interesting and keep you engaged the whole time. Once into Even Flow is a sick intro into the album. Master/Slave is a cool little cooldown and the looping back into Once is 🔥 as well. The drums are sick, the bass is sick, Vedder bless his heart I can't understand the fella half the time but he brings the energy and is awesome as well. Really just checks my boxes of "defined + creative + varied songs" and "album has a clear creative vision" 9.4/10

This makes me wanna get up and run a marathon. Not a single miss in the entire album.

Well I mean, ratings in the title

Escuché esto mientras tomaba dos cervezas y me fumada medio atado de puchos. Música de machos.

*insert Skate 3 clip of Jesus shredding for our sins*

not my jam

Massive sounding record. Made to hear at a festival or stadium. This thing is big. Including Vedder’s voice, also instantly recognizable to the point of memeability. But I like it! I’ll give it a soft four. It’s a little too long for its musical palette, but I could see its nuances revealing themselves after more listens. As a wall of sound experience, though, it’s pretty riveting.

type of shit my dad listens to

Boring classic rock/grunge. I dislike Eddie Vedder’s voice with a passion. I just don’t get the praise.

I have heard this album many times but been a while since I listened to it start to finish. I love Eddie Vedders voice and the production on black is fantastic.

Admittedly I had sort of a stilted listening experience with this one, I did a sort of "album-ception" where basically I had interrupted my Sunn 0))) album from last night to listen to this, and then I had to interrupt this and listen to Doris by Earl Sweatshirt cause I was somewhere with literally 0 service and I didn't wanna interrupt it. That being said this is pretty good, I can see why people latched onto it at the time but I feel like there's not a ton here for me. The first 5 or 6 are all really good, but I thought the rest was pretty forgettable and ending with like 4 minutes of instrumental was kinda lame. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination though. Favorites: Even Flow, Alive, Black

fun

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

Massive number in the ol' teen years

EVENFLOOOOOHOOOOOOW I mean ik meme vaak op de zang en Pearl Jam zal echt nooit "mijn" band worden, maar gewoon wel een erg tof album tbh

Bizar dat je dit als debuutalbum de wereld in slingert. Ten is van begin tot eind waanzinnig, met misschien wel 3 van de beste nummers van de jaren 90 op 1 plaat. En dan heb ik het nog niet eens gehad over de nostalgie die voor mij persoonlijk aan het album kleeft. Damn.

A solid debut, with the opening one-two punch of "Once" and "Even Flow" kicking off the album in high style. Favorites: Once, Even Flow Would I listen to it again: Yes

This was really cool. It had some great energetic guitar. Eddie has a great voice and made some amazing hooks. I really like The way the album was laid out. The first couple tracks been super energetic then some more mellow/baldy tracks it really made the album immersive. I think I'll need to listen to it paying more attention to lyrics but the songs that I was able to really comprehend the lyrics had great storytelling. This album was great and I think it'll just grow on me over time. I'll give it a Strong 7 to a light 8

The Mookie Blaylock album. Honestly, preferred the Smashing Pumpkins: they were always a little too earnest for me

the singles are massive. the album tracks are...kinda meh :-/

Too young first time around. Glad to find it now

BANGER enough said. Jeremy has spoken about EVEN FLOW

I see they are a decent rockband. What makes this stand out?

Great to listen to from start to finish a few times for the first time in years. The hit songs have been so overplayed, it’s hard to actually remember how incredible this album was when released. Top tier debut.

if i could give it 10 i would. iconic.

I had a vision of this blowing me away and removing all my vague anti-Pearl Jam sentiments. It didn't really. It's quite good, I suppose, but it's distinctly lacking in any sense of delicacy, fun or interest. I think you have to have one of those three really.

Hard rock

En vrai, cool ! J’aime bcp la puissance d’Eddie Vedder

Pas trop ma came

Didn't know I was a Pearl Jam fan, but I've heard a lot of these before. Pretty good!

Loved this!

si hay algo que me gusta es el sonido de la guitarra electrica, y este album esta repleto de esooooooooo. ya habia escuchado un par de canciones (las tenia marcadas con el corazoncito) pero esta fue mi primera vez escuchandolo completo. Escuchar la voz de eddie me provoca cosas de mujer.

One of the great albums of the 20th century. So many hits you forget that the "other" songs are incredbily powerful in their own right. Truly a masterpiece. Yes, I am a 40-year-old father of two.

Era defining album

You'd be hard pressed to find a stronger debut album. Game changer in this genre.

An important album

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.

8.5/10 - Banger of an album. A lot of great songs, but I think the sum might be greater than its parts which is impressive for an album that has Even Flow, Black, Jeremy, and Alive. I think the supporting cast of songs is also really good. I go back and forth on Eddie Vedder as a vocalist. He has a great grunge rock voice but I wish I was able to understand the songs without having to look up the lyrics. The lyrics on a lot of these songs are great but you miss it with the smashed togetherness presentation. Great album though. Seriously considered giving it a 5.

My favorite part is how I can understand all the lyrics without them pulled up in front of me. 7/10

I never got into Pearl Jam. I recognize the hits. Enjoyed the album. Great for a debut.

crap

Classic. My favourite grunge band

8.5/10 Awesome album, particularly considering it's their debut. 'Even Flow' and 'Alive' are brilliant. Jeremy is a track I was less familiar with, but just as good. It's not surprising that this album launched Pearl Jam the way it did. Best track: Alive & Even Flow Will I revisit?: Of course

Banging This popped my Pearl Jam album listening cherry and I thought it was ace I'll definitely be diving into the rest of their albums

Fun, less my speed than the other Seattle rock. But well constructed. Four

It's Pearl Jam.

Leuk

once again, one of my first entry points to an artist was Evenflow - and this album continues to be a great survey of what Pearl Jam can be. Loved it.

Top 10 all time for me

Great, classic grunge. Hard hitting at times, but also poignant at others. Great sound, was instrumental in stoking the raging fires of the movement.

Masterpiece

I think Vedder's vocal performances give this a bit more depth than Alice in Chains, and I feel like this is somewhat more original than some of the other grunge we've listened to so far. Glad to hear some familiar tracks on this... Even Flow is pretty good every once in a while. Still not my favorite rock album, but I was honestly surprised I enjoyed this overall. Favorites: Even Flow, Alive, Porch, Deep

Really don't like how this album is mixed, especially the drums, but Eddie Vedder's, let's say, unique timbre and cadence, combined with some pretty gnarly guitar solos and strong, tuneful songwriting make for one of the stronger hit records of this era when grunge took over the charts. Is it something I return to often? No, but I'll jam out to it when I come across it.

- I like this more than other Pearl Jam albums I have heard - chill yelling vibes - I liked it, nice background music

More varied instrumentation and vibes than any other grunge album I've heard. These boys were bangin em out proficiently. Highlights: "Even Flow", "Black", "Oceans"

Many albums are considered the "poster child" for a genre later mocked. This is literally grunge rock personified. And many of the albums from those days are kinda forgotten. But goodness this holds up incredibly well.

All time classic. Likely my favourite grunge rock album of all time

hell yeah its grunge we are saved! 4/5

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

Perfect

once is peak

Nothing to b said. Incredible album.

This was a good album. As far as grunge goes Pearl Jam is my least favorite out of the main bands, but they have some nice hits. Once - a great start to the album Even Flow - impossible not to nod along to, on of my favorite Pearl Jam songs. Black - nice song, I really loved the vocalization at the end Deep - has some excellent guitar work

Habiendolo escuchado una vez, no me llamo mucho la atencion, pero me da la sensacion que con el tiempo y con mas escuchadas me va a gustar mas. Asi de primera impresion, la que mas me gusto fue 'Oceans'.

Man, this album was my jam back in the day. Then I met a girl who hated Pearl Jam, so naturally, I wasn't allowed to listen to them anymore. It's a nice bit of nostalgia. Sometimes I sound like Eddie Vedder, but it's not getting better. Since I'm no longer with that girl, I feel free to put a couple songs from this onto my best of the 1001 playlist. Even Flow, Alive, AND Jeremy will make the list. Black could probably make the list too, but 3 is enough.

I was ten when Ten came out, so, a little young to appreciate it at the time. I am, however, of an age and musical predilection that Ten should be one of my favorite albums, but, it's not. Eddie Vetter's singing voice is love it or hate it, and I lean towards the latter camp. I've actually never listened to this album, though, I've heard all the singles on the radio, of course. These days I typically change the station when PJ comes on. That said, my disdain for EV vocals is fairly mild - on a scale of 1 to Bob Dylan, Eddie's only like a 4. I was actually very interested in giving this album a fair shake. It's a very good album, otherwise. The songs rock, and they're great to sing along to, if only I knew what in the hell he was saying...

Greatest debut of all time

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.

Big grunge. Great album.

Feel 8/10: Love the Alt. Rock Length 7/10: 11 songs and a little under an hour run time Musicality 7/10: Alt. Rock, what else would it have? Amazing drums and guitar but honesty that's all I hear Flow 6/10: Most songs don't lead into each other but besides that it flows between songs well Lyrics 5/10: I honestly didn't understand most of what was being said but I rock with it Overall 8/10: Definitely would suggest to any rock or alt. rock fans

I only liked 2 songs

A true classic. I was too deep into metal when it came out to really enjoy it ; although I did like the mix of grungy and psychedelic sound, I was not convinced by the vocals. It has aged quite well though, and I'm much more able to appreciate it now. The guitars are insanely good, and Eddie Vedder's voice doesn't bother me as much as it used to. It's a great album overall - ferociously modern and creative, it really helped define the sound of the 90s. I don't vibe with it on an emotional level, so I can't give it a 5*, but it's certainly a milestone record. 7/10

1991, big turning point. This one really stuck with me more than any other album from that year. I still remember putting the CD on with my sister and being hooked the whole way through. Rock finally felt alive again. Yes, Ten heavenly leans on 70s stuff and Jimi Hendrix, and I’d end up preferring the albums after, but this is the one that got me back into music outside metal. No filler. Just a great record. Maybe a bit too snobbish sometimes, but it still works so well.

mi álbum favorito de la existencia lo escuché 173 veces

Multiple classics on here

all songs sound the same, alright

This one had some real bangers! I tired of the vocals after a bit, but I suppose that's also the appeal. 7/10

Amazing debut album. Very talented group.

For a dad rock album, pretty good. More varied than a lot of other similar rock album. Still not great, but enough good things in it to be decent. I am still not a fan of the main vocals, too whiny for me, but the guitar was great.

Not bad. Kind of boring and all sounded the same

#896. All but like 1 or 2 of these songs were played on heavy rotation by every rock station in the land for like 20 years. If that's not what a 5 star album is, then I guess I don't really know what is. 5/5: great

So far the best album I've heared in grunge so far. Probably because it's so based on classic rock sounds that I like. Some songs are very good, some are fillers or letdowns, but mesmerizing Release almost convinced me to give it a 5.

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

Muy buena voz. No es mi estilo.

Classic rock classic album

Comes roaring out of the gate

The definitive Grunge album and one of the best debut albums of all time. 100/10

Nope

May be insanely front loaded but damn was this a good listen

I exhausted at least a cassette and a CD playing this album when it came out. Pearl Jam always resonated with me more than the other "grunge" acts. 5 stars. no skips. Favorite song: Black.

🙂

Well, well, well, it turns out I kind of like Pearl Jam.

Eddie Vedder is a lyrical genius. 7.8/10

I likey. 5/5

hell yes. phenomenal.

There is some really fucking good rock on this remarkable album. It is hard to believe that it was recorded a mere five months after their first show. This was clearly a group of musicians who bonded, probably partly over shared pain, strongly and quickly. Pearl Jam's music works due to the contrast of grungy, gritty guitar contrasting with the rich vocals of Eddie Vedder. The former elements share more with 70’s rock than many other bands labeled as grunge, but there is some post-pink mixed in there too, which combined with the band being from Seattle made the label inevitable. I listened to this album quite often after its release, but it has been on the back burner for years. Whatever label one applies to the music, this is a solid album that stood the test of time much better than I was expecting. Time to revisit again, particularly in spirit with this project, their collaboration with Neil Young, Mirror Ball. Talk about a bridge between decades of evolving music. Beyond their music, I respect their legal battle with Ticketmaster, initially lost but ultimately vindicated the week prior to me writing these notes. I appreciate artists who stand by their values, as this band has consistently done.

In the Pacific Northwest among most of the goths, punks, skaters, slackers and metal heads Pearl Jam was one of the easiest targets for slander for simply striving. In the modern parlance they were seen as sweaty. Their try-hard aura even after being born of tragedy (RIP Andrew Wood) was something that wasn't as apparent to those that were trying hard themselves: the student government, the popular and athletic kids. While being a skating slackadaisical goth-punk with a budding taste for local heavy output: Skin Yard, Tad, Soundgarden, Melvins, Mudhoney, and Nirvana, I was friendly with the other half and could see just how immediately they embraced Pearl Jam, with its radio-friendly classic rock vibes only nodding in the direction of their heavier peers and so, in 1991 and on through the rest of the 1990s I rejected them because that's what you did in the era where concerns about Selling Out reigned supreme in a teenage music snob's mind. When you had Fugazi doing what they were doing it was difficult to not see any of these moves by bands working with a major label as a mis-step. My critique was not sophisticated and I had to swallow my pride many times as I saw so many bands I liked sign with majors. I was foolish in the particulars (and doubly so in how I handled it) but not entirely wrong in general. And yet, despite some avid rejection of the band and occasional (okay frequent) ridicule of Eddie Vedder's vocals at that time, I ended up seeing them play live three or four times at festivals and shows where there were other bands on the bill I wanted to see. And, yes, they were great live. And yes, the songs were not all bad. And yes, if they had only been able to be called Mookie Blaylock (which I would've read as a deliberate tank on popularity)...And, if I could've seen into the future and watched them take on Ticketmaster, too. Well, then maybe I would've been able to get off my high horse and listen to their early records (plural by now) and maybe I would've enjoyed them. So, if you're even reading (hello bot in the Skynet or other lonely old head reading from your corner of the internet) you can see that I have baggage. My relationship to this band and this record of theirs in particular is complicated. If I had been a little more student government and a little less punk rock, maybe I might have heard things differently. But I'm not sure if every track would have been a slam dunk at the time either. And listening now? And acknowledging that my tastes have changed — I've opened up, become more accepting of some (but not all!) of that classic rock vibe and different kinds of song craft — I'm generally less strident. I can tell you the following: I was wrong, it's pretty good. Maybe for all those peers of mine who got into them Ten (serving as a bridge between classic rock and the then contemporary and so-called grunge sound) was also an onramp into some of those other, heavier artists as well.

Never quite got on with Pearl Jam as much as their contemporaries. Find them a bit more meandering.

Shit rock

Classico

Not really my style it’s Whiney some songs are decent like black but I feel like I’m tired of hearing pearl jam songs. They don’t resonate with me. I did like the first song though then it fell through. I didn’t finish the album,

10

Pearl jam isn't my thing

nematodes come around eat spongebob house

don't like this at all

Pure grunge

I liked it, but i don't think it's necessarily something to seek out for good listening

Den sitter!

Een van de beste debut albums ooit. Pearl Jam blijft iconisch.

Goed

Another instance where I have to separate the (over-played) singles from the rest of the (new-to-me) album because the former have been so ingrained into my skull, it's hard to be objective. So, the "new" stuff is kinda mid. If that were all this album was, I'd probably give it a 2. But it's not. There are also those pesky singles to consider. And even though I've heard them enough times for two lifetimes now, they really are pretty solid. Guess it's a "split the difference" situation again.

I’m horrified that I’m giving this a passing grade. This was far better than I imagined it would be, even if it isn’t my cup of tea.

banger after banger

Classic rock album. I used to love it more, but now it feels like a lesser album (some deep tracks don’t hit for me). Still rocks and sounds great. Well produced and highly influential. 3.9/5

Jeden z najlepších grunge albumov

jeremy, garden and porch are amazing, the rest is ok

Pilar del grunge y unos de los mejores albums debut de cualquier banda o artista

Well, as a Grunge boy back in the day, this is obviously going to be a 5 star album. I don't think the bad ever lived up to this album again, but they struck gold here.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

I tried to come at this with an open mind, but the Pearl Jam sound just doesn't connect with me. I didn't love the lyrics, and the melodies just sound like everything else I heard on the radio in the 90s.

Solid album. Some huge hits, but it doesn’t hold the 4 star energy throughout for me.

Знакомство прошло удачно. Альбом бодрый и интересный.

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

bem ok! não me marcou, mas álbum bem consistente favorita: even flow

This my #1 favorite album!

eh

Toit

This album is good, but it's no vs.

Dull and pretentious. Never got Pearl Jam.

One banger after another. I gave it five stars but it should got TEN.

Good album. I have always had the same feeling though. The feeling that had I been there at the time, 5 stars. Hearing the army of Eddie Veder wannabees when Inwas growing up soured me.

It was a favorite when I was in high school, but I don’t know that it’s aged particularly well for me. There are other PJ albums I return to more frequently, but I think they are largely a band who’ve outstayed their welcome, which unfairly colors their past work for me.

Last year, I listened to this album all the way through for the first time in probably 30 years. I forgot how good it was. I have no idea why I essentially stopped listening to Pearl Jam after 1998.

I hadn't listened to this album front to back in many years. I never noticed how "live" it sounds. I'm not positive but I'm guessing it was recorded live in studio. It seems raw and energetic and there is no doubt it's one of the best albums of the 90's. I still think Jeremy is the best song on the album and I know true PJ fans couldn't disagree more.

The hits were good, it got samey

Great grunge album, great listening. No notes really. Garden was my fav song and first listen with Porch and Even Flow being my other highlights

5 out of 5 One of the best albums of all times.

Zero hate, but I only cared about Jeremy, not only because of the story behind it, which I already knew, but because it's the one that resonates with me the most. The other songs are good, but they all mesh with other nu-metal ish songs, don't get me wrong, it's not a bad album, it's just not my favorite genre. I know Pearl Jam predated many of those Nu-metal acts, but I feel like those that came after them perfected the style. TLDR: It's alright

Still the best Pearl Jam album amazing energy. You have a live time to write your first album and it shows. Great ideas and amazing guitars. I love how the end of the album is also the beginning of the albums which invites you to keep repeating. Amazing solos by Mike McCready.

Might not be a great album, but it at least elicits some involuntary giggles. 3 stars

I enjoy Vedder's voice and saw that this music really worked during the introspective moments on a show I love, The Bear. But as bright-spots pointed out, it really does all sound the same.

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

Pearl Jam really only has one sound. It’s a fine sound and I don’t hate it, but it’s not enough to justify giving this anything more than 3 stars.

2 words: HOLY SHIT & 1 word: MASTERPIECE

Favorite songs: Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go, Black, Jeremy, Release

Testosteron music Bunch of divorced dads (probably the type with 0 emotional intelligence) singing angrily about butterflies... Besides that, epic to listen

Love jamming to Pearl Jam

I'm really not a fan of Pearl Jam, I mean they are okay but I could just never get into them. This album is fine but it's still Pearl Jam so not a big fan. I know they were a big band and super influential in the grunge scene but for me the music is just mildly annoying. Still not a fan but it's not the worst thing I've heard and some of the songs are catchy (probably because I've heard them 100 million times).

Wonderful album! I first came across Pearl Jam as a teen, playing Even Flow in Guitar Hero III. This album remains so evocative of that time in my life, but unlike other teenage favourites, it speaks to me as much now as it did then. Jeremy and Alive will always be two of my favourite songs.

The 2018(?) remastered version adds at least a half star to this rating, definitely a case where the original production just didn't know how best to capture the band's energy.

A very good grunge/hard rock album that has no filler and rocks with a lot of heart and conviction. They promise and they deliver. Eddie Vedder's voice is strong and defiant but to my ears sounds almost exactly the same on every song but it works on every song. The band does no wrong and rocks with sheer passion from beginning to end- I personally liked the production. While Pearl Jam remains a band that is unlikely to ever get much play from me if for no other reason than I simply don't find them very interesting it's easy to hear why they are so well loved by millions of people the world over.

I can only rate it as high as five hyuck hyuck Really just an all time classic, probably the best grunge record front to back. Stellar stuff

Top Songs: Even Flow Alive Porch

My childhood was filled with Pearl Jam records. They were my ride-or-die all the way through Yield. In 1994, I would've told you Vitalogy was the best album ever made. Vs. was the first album I bought on the day of its release, which was a Tuesday back then, and before I had a license, meaning I had to convince my parents to drive me somewhere after school to buy a cassette. But Ten never hit me quite the same way. There are songs I love (“Black”, “Porch”) and songs whose soundscapes were formative to my taste (“Oceans”, “Release”), but the mix is muddy, many of the songs sound more or less the same, and the whole album is self-serious. The singles can get me pumping my fist in the air, of course, but I don’t seek them out. Overall, it’s just not my favorite 90s relic and, despite everyone’s reverence and its obvious importance, it’s maybe my least favorite Pearl Jam album through (and including) Avocado. (There's a new mix of this album by Brendan O'Brien that came out in 2009, dubbed "Ten Redux," that solved a lot of my issues with it. It sounds more urgent and timeless, and cleans up most of the heavy-handedness of Rick Parashar's original mix. I'd give that version four stars, though it admittedly makes it feel less like a 90s grunge time capsule. YMMV.)

Not the biggest Pearl Jam fan broadly speaking, but this is all bangers. Huge album, sonically and culturally. Not much to say about it, firmly belongs on the list, 5 star classic album even if I don't 100% connect with the vibe.

An incredible album. So much raw energy and emotion. This is one of the most pivotal albums of the era, along with Nevermind, that broke the grunge scene. It is als, in my opinion, the best Pearl Jam album by far.

Great album, lots of bangers.

This album was very underwhelming. It's definitely solid. I don't think I would really listen to many of these songs on my own time.

Solid album. Pearl Jam has never been my favorite from that era, but on a relisten it is so clear how talented they are.

Debutalbum tydligen

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Any album that is outside my normal listening genre that can make me feel such strong emotions has to be a 5. So many great songs. The record feels coherent without being samey. Production is not quite A+ in spots, wish there was more low end, but the songwriting and instrumentation more than make up for it. If the lyrics to Black were written as a poem in the early 20th century, I think people would consider a classic work of American literature, it’s so poignant and beautiful. Easy 5/5.

Never heard of it

Proper music for subscribers to Guitar Player magazine. Dead boring. Eddie Vedder sings in a way that gives a totally impression that he's on about something deep and important, but it's mostly sixth form nonsense. Baffling why this slick lump of stodgy classic rock was mentioned in the same breath as records by much stranger works from Nirvana, Melvin, Dinosaur Jr, Afghan Whigs, etc. It came out when I was at school and I didn't understand why loads of other "alternative" kids lapped this dadrock up. Doesn't "feel" like a 1 star album, but it strongly disliked every song. 1 star it is. Hats off to the lads, though, for their stances against ticket gougers and so on.

5 - I didn't need to re-listen to this to give it five stars, it's one of my favorite all time albums by my favorite band. I've heard every song on this album performed live by the band at least once (Oceans) up to 35 times for Alive (there was one show where they didn't play it).

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.

Mid

Is ten, what else to know

Kanskje én mid sang

Vs. is better.

This is like all the pearl jam I know on one album. It's my dads album for sure.

This album fucking rocks. Full of bangers - Even Flow, Alive, Black, Jeremy are all good and it's pretty consistent all the way through, not really a boring moment. The intensity of the music is so high, pounding drums, rocking solos, and I enjoy Eddie Vedder's voice even if I get why some people don't. Clear to see why it was so influential in grunge/nu-metal circles over the next decade+ 10/5

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.

Good

I forgot how good this was, incredible performances, recording, mixes. Sounds like a real (great) band, Eddie Vedder's vocals are insane. Lightly processed, his natural voice is very powerful. Dynamics!! In rock?? Mixing error in Alive - right channel of drums (hi hat) disappears intermittently. Probably intentional--probably more obvious than intended.

"even flow" is an all-time banger but i'm surprisingly unmoved by this overall. i think i just don't care for eddie vedder's gravelly singing voice.

4,1/5

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

Easy 5 stars

One of the cornerstones of My musical taste, powerful and melodic, deep and furious. I love this record. The sound of My generation.

Discazo!!

I liked Even Flow and Black

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

once received two box seat tickets to pearl jam misdelivered to my home, and let's just say that a hypothetical past version of me and my roommate used to have a hypothetical habit of opening any and all misdelivered mail. As you can probably imagine that hypothetical habit would get someone into some hot water when they realize they have something a little more valuable than junk mail. Anyway. Music touches our lives

Just banger after banger 4.5/5

You know what hell yeah. It’s a 4.5 for me but I’ll increase it to a 5 🙂‍↕️

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.

🤘🔥🔥🤘I do feel alive with this one!!!! I feel the deeper cuts hold up against the hits and they know how to keep the record interesting. The subject matter is very dark and fitting for this album. I mean Jeremy…..what else can I say. I mean so spot on with what goes on in the minds of people who cause harm to others or themselves. This is definitely subject matter that shall be talked about and deserves a voice, very powerful stuff! The energy, the emotions, the guitars, Eddie Vedder pouring his heart out, it’s just such a great and passionate record that not only captivates me but also feel well I just feel so alive when I’m listening to it and easily in my top 25 albums of all time! And one of my favourite grunge records. And yes I had the pleasure of already listening to this but I had the pleasure of listening to it again❤️🔥also release, Garden and especially Black are all quality therapy by the way! Honestly the entire record is a therapy session to me and probably many others. Definitely a worthy canid for 1001 albums to listen to at some point in your life, I feel lots of people can feel heard on this record. But also the guitars and the hits alone are rockin🤘🔥😎😀

Classic 90s album

Epic

Great! Stand-outs - Once - Alive - Black

I don't think I can express how much I like this album and how much I get out of this album in any eloquent manner. Easily in my personal top ten. 6/5 stars.

real torn between a four and five on this but I think I’ll round up because it’s a debut album

I knew this was a five star album before going back to listen for the thousandth time, but after doing my due diligence, I wish I could rate it higher. "Ten" is definitely in my top 10 and probably belongs in top 3 albums of all time. There are no weak songs (maybe "Oceans" is the least good) and the album really takes you on an enjoyable journey from beginning to end. Strand me on an Island with this album alone and I will die happy.

Gear: ZMF Bokeh Closed Artwork: 🤜👐🤛 Production (Redux): 💪🎚️🔥 Music: 🚀🙌🏁 Rating: 🔟🔟🔟🔟🔟/5

So many classic songs on here

Extremely 90s. Between Even Flow and Alive it's hard to give this a bad grade, but I also don't fully love it. Maybe its because I grew up with it, but the music sounds almost a bit staid. 4

It was alright.

I can appreciate how critical this record was to the 90s. There’s even some great songs on it. But I just personally find Pearl Jam to be very generic sounding. But Ten is a great record.

Core memory album.

Dad rock at its fineset

An 90s classic that I'm very familiar with already. So many great songs on here. 5/5.

Mochte alle Songs // meine Favoriten waren unter anderem 'Once', 'Black' und 'Garden' // Sehr tolles Album. ★

Hab die CD schon ewig. Die live Version von Alive ist eines meiner Lieblingslieder. Black, Even Flow und Jeremy sind auch super. Der Sound meiner Jugend.

Other than the inclusion of Even Flow on an iteration of Guitar Hero, I had not come across any of the Pearl Jam discography previously. This was an enjoyable rock record with a distinct change in tone across the album which provided as a pleasant surprise following some initial misgivings. Not quite my own jam but can appreciate it as a decent record.

Not as grungy as I remember and more guitar shred. Kitchen mosh-worthy.

Taugt scho

Eine noch okayische version des Grunges, die man auch mal durchhören kann. Aber dennoch nicht wenig grundgig genug, dass ich es nochmal hören werde

It seems there are few earthly urges as powerful and irresistible as imitating Eddie Vedder. From the moment this band was generated, I wondered not if a hater would make the impression, but how they would do it. It really didn't take long to find out. Touché.

Great album, every song is strong.

Eddie Vedder must answer for his crime of inspiring endless post-grunge bands, but I understand wanting to sound like him because this album is a banger.

Notes

The worst song on this album is only good. The first 8 songs on this album are some of the best songs of the 90s. It's like a best of compilation.

Seen this album alot. It was ok, pearl jam not my thing but favorite so far on day 4

Actually really liked the start, but think got distracted after. Nice listening

Not really for me

Achei repetitivo e massante, som muito carregado e poluído. Tem uma música geracional que é Black.

- Once: meh - Even flow: temazo - Alive: temazo - Why go: tremendo solo de guitarra - Black: clásico total - Jeremy: me gusta. La línea de guitarras se me hacen muy parecidas en algunas partes a las de Even Flow (salvando las diferencias obvias) - Oceans: arranca con bombos y con una atmósfera de banda sonora de alguna película de Disney sobre la selva. En una parte le meten un flanger o un phaser medio raro a la voz. - Porch: meh con un gran solo de guitarra - Garden: me gustó el arranque con la guitarra y el bajo. Esta es más de estilo rockera. - Deep: temazo, me gusta que el tempo sea 3/4 y el riff de la guitarra. - Release: meh

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.

Joda.

Tried it before, wasn't a big fan. Tried it again, still them same.

this album is STUPID GOOD. The anger, the passion and the sinergy es awesome. I love the tension of the songs.

one of my fav albums from the time

Incredible sound

One of the best debut albums of all time. Great writing and delivery with just the right amount of grunge. One of the best albums of the 90’s without a shadow of a doubt.

Amazing!

what is left to say about this album, its perfect

9/10 bc maybe it seems kinda repetitive, but anyways, another album without songs to skip. Solid Honorific mention: Once, oceans, porch

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

Take any song away from this record and it's still 5/5. What an album!

Still can't help but giggle at his singing but it's a hell of a debut album.

Pretty fire

relisten

i OF COURSE already listened to this amazing album and i got to say, it’s one of a kind. Every song hits on this album alright, EVEN THE ALBUM COVER. Coolest Album Cover ever in my opinion. This is one of the greatest debut albums ever. For this to be their first album baffles me. Eddie Vedder says stuff in English and i don’t believe it’s english at all. I don’t know what he’s saying half of the time but it just hits you in the gut. The lyrics are amazigly written. And i just want to talk about how after Once, Even flow just hits you in the face. the songs famous for a reason i mean it’s actually good, shoutout steven flowe. they are timeless. it’s also emotional, amazing song Black. So good. it’s so raw it just makes me upset everytime this song comes on. eddie just spilled out his personal stuff onto this song and made it an amazing ballad. may be the best song on the album IN NY OPINION. And the story of jeremy is upsetting and shocking, i didn’t know it was even about that but i can appreciate the song. this album has epic songs but some songs are just so emotionally charged with its lyrics and i love it. this album is a great debut and is obviously a 10/10

I've always listened to Even Flow because the energy on that song is ferocious, but as a high schooler, I don't know why I wrote the rest of the album off as too "country" sounding to me or something, I think because it heads right into Alive, which is honestly probably my least favorite track on the record. Awesome ending on that song, but the visceral pace on Once and Why Go keep me way more locked in. Black may also be calmer song, but it certainly makes up for it with an encompassing, heavy atmosphere. This song sounds like rainclouds quickly approaching and it's sick. Jeremy can get just as tense for different reasons, and I think the vivid lyrics in it make it my favorite on the album. It's so hard hitting, like the whole damn record.

The first half of the album is just pure fire. But then not so much. Nevertheless, I will give 5. Eddie's voice is phenomenal

Great!

Jaaa

Great Album

Five great singles, and five ok album cuts.

Foot tapper / head nodded. 1. Even Flow 2. Jeremy 3. Alive

Black - zr geras riffas, overall - klasika, muzika, kuri skamba ausyse po poros pusliu pigiausio tauro alaus, enjoyable, bet siaip neklausyciau.

dad rock

Once Even Flow Alive Black Oceans

Once Even Flow Oceans Porch

In my top 10 albums of all time

The hits off this album are legendary. I grew up in the 00's hearing Jeremy and Even Flow on the rock radio stations. The appeal of these songs haven't dimmed with time as some of the other grunge hits have.

Yeah classic grunge. A lot of nostalgia for this one.

“Black” es una estrella más . Vaya canción más perfecta.

Una pietra miliare del grunge. Capolavoro

Amazing.

Pearl Jam's Ten rules and this is pretty great evidence of that. Their debut album sounds big and marks a transitional period in sound and production; there are so many instances that sound peak 80's while Pearl Jam's sound is clearly looking towards the coming decade. The whole album is great, but I wouldn't say I adore every track on it. They're all good songs and I find myself singing the whole album all the way through, but it's not quite perfect to me. Highest possible 4 star!

Favourite Track: Once

Lots of songs I've loved on here for years but I've never listened to the whole album? So good and so good to remind myself of PJ!

Just rock

one of my all time favorites

Like it 3/5

Blindspot artist. Alt/Grunge consensus. Melodic. Strong vocals. Powerful themes and lyrics. "Jeremy", "Garden". Unexpected.

One of my most listened to albums of all time. Whilst I like their later work, they never came close to topping this masterpiece. Not one duff track on this album and it seems wrong to give an album called Ten 5 stars, but I'll give the 5, knowing in my heart it's a 10/10 album.

I have some unfounded prejudice against Pearl Jam and struggled to listen to this without doing a mean impression of Eddie Vedder in my head the whole time. I got there though. It was alright to me, but nowhere near my favourite grunge thing.

Epic, classic, loud. This review isn’t exactly music journalism, but I love this album and hadn’t listened to it in full forever. Pretty great start for the first generation by the generator.

8/10

I never fully dove into the Pearl Jam discography aside from the odd track here or there, but this is a top 10 album of mine. Did not first discover the album until high school (2008) but really dove deep in undergrad and the songs always bring me right back to campus. The first half is incredible. Only critic is it falls off slightly in the back half. Eddies vocals are among the best I’ve heard. Black might be my favorite song of all time. Certainly a contender.

Another massive oversight, a band I didn't like in the 90s for whatever reason and never gave them a chance since. So good opportunity for a reappraisal. I like it slightly more than I did, but still has a wiff of cheesy classic rock. Not bad though. 3.5 rounded up Heard before? Some Owned: No 48/202 (23%) Will I get: No

It’s good music but I feel like all of pearl jam just sounds the same

Best band of the 90s, prob still only my second or third favourite of theirs after Vs and maybe Vitalogy Bangers all the way through

Really solid fast paced rock.

One of the most famous grunge albums. 10/10

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.

This is one of my favourite albums. It both saved my life and changed it forever. I will always be deeply in love with it, and grateful for everything it did for me. I have never grown bored of this, every track is beautiful. The three track combo of Why Go, Black and Jeremy are the highpoint of any album, any music, anywhere. Black brings me to tears on every listen, still. I could write a book on my love for Ten, it's part of me.

I've never been a fan of theirs, but half of this album is ingrained in my brain of how many times of heard them. Absolute classices from my childhood, i remember my favorite changing every couple of years. I never got into any of their other albums, but this is a 90s legend.

Classic album from my childhood. I remember loving it. I don’t think I will listen to it often on purpose but it’s fun nostalgia.

Loveeeee, myliu myliu myliu

Dark, thick, spacious, narrative -- though sometimes the story is too thin or vague to evoke what it may mean to. The meme that Eddie Vedder is impossible to understand, though I find it's more true on the songs that are overall not as strong, while the tunes that have become part of classic rock canon are pretty clear as far as 90s alt goes. On the whole, this is a key milestone on the long walk of rock history, and like many such entries it has a few lazy indulgences by the artist that make clear why the hits stood out.

nothing to say. perfect grunge

This is one of those albums that I listen to every now and then and enjoy it every since time. It's an absolutely legendary grunge album from a legendary grunge band.

Hard Rock, 1991 -> 2

I liked it... It sounded a bit repetitive at the beginning but I really liked the second half. Fav song - Black Overall 6/10

An iconic sound. Grohl is an very talented drummer. The vocalist is also talented, but his tone is consistently too serious. In fact all of this is just seriousness on testosterone. Props for pioneering a sound that was so influential it became inescapable in the ‘90s, but no thanks. A 3.

Otro discazo

I think this was an important listen on a personal level, understanding that I'm a grunge fan makes this a mandatory effort to hear at least once. It's not quite what I hoped for, but I enjoyed it about as much as I was expecting. It's not music to break shit with, but don't tempt the mood. It's a heavy sound with talent involved, at the same time it's also digestible, not overly studied or overdone. I do find it a little too radio-friendly for my tastes, and maybe that has to do with the strong classic rock influence this album seems to be known for. Still, there's undeniable talent everywhere, I just don't see myself coming back for more. 3.1/5

Not really a fan but I enjoyed the singalong to Alive 😀

cool to hear where a lot of the inspiration for modern rock came from, but less exciting compared to what I like

This was pretty nice to listen to in order in one setting. It felt like being at a live show with the pacing of the music.

Incredible album that feels like a toned down instrumental version of TOOL, but his voice reminds me of Dave Matthews Band.

Honestly, the memes about Eddie Vedder are funny, but grunge is such an underrated genre of music and this album for sure is the foundation for everything that sounds like it. So many singles on this album I forgot about.

A proper rock album