Ten

Similar to AC/DC, this could honestly be the only Pearl Jam I listen to until forever. My husband and I had a perceived near death experience not long before hearing Alive for the first time, so that song in particular really holds some meaning for me. Black, Jeremy, Even Flow and Alive?!?! Chock full of bangers.

Absolute bangers throughout but a few that drag the album down

I liked it and i did add some Songs to my playlist

Första halvan är toppen! Banger på banger. Alive är nog topp 1 på denna platta. I övrigt så behöver vi ta tillbaka stark gitarr och ridecymbal på refränger. Det är i refrängerna albumet lyfter!

Ett bra album som tyvärr inspirerat mycket usel musik som kommit efter.

Steven Flow

One of those albums that i had not given much thought to previously, even when knowing how well acclaimed it was and it left me dumbfounded for not having listened to it much previously. Truly solid record that is very representative of the grunge movement. 9/10 [KEEP]

Solid 4.5 stars. Listened to it whilst working on my DIY bass. Felt appropriate.

Some pretty solid and well-known songs in here. I was all about that 90s rock after the week of mostly meh that this had put us through.

It's good, but I get Veddered out quite quickly.

Ah... the grunge scene of the early 90s... I was listening to Nirvana and Soundgarden. This album.is good too, 4 stars.

I'm slightly ashamed to admit it as a 90s kid, but grunge just isn't really my thing. I like Nirvana, but the other big grunge bands just sound a bit generic rock band with slurred vocals to me. That said, this is a very competent debut and has some great singles.

The hits are hits, the back half drags

Great album, okay band. Wished I owned this one for sure.

Bunch of hits - even flo the winner. I've listened to this album and rear view mirror enough that I should give it a 5, but it's no longer my favourite sound. The vocals are almost comical now and I hate that I can't hear the lyrics clearly. 4-5 rats.

Music your college roommate was obsessed with. Some great 90s rock anthems in there. But, 30 years later, has anyone figured out yet what the fuck Eddie was saying? "EVEN FLOoow, walked-around like-BUTTERknives." Like, wtf?

Find das lowkey gut. Ja ist eintönig. Aber kann ich mich reinfallen lassen.

It was good to hear them. Brought back good memories

Great album, relentlessly depressing, the music, plus whatever sense you can make of what Eddie is singing. Ironic that the last song is called Release, but it is 9 minutes long. I didn't feel like they were releasing me from anything!

I was too young for this in '91.

Solid

Awesome energy, great representatives of Seattle's vibrant musical scene!

(5/7) grungy

Pearllllll Jam

carzyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Interessante Stimme, der Name der Band sagte mir was aber hatte sie nicht mit dieser Musik verbunden.

A fun throwback, reminds me of high school. Except the Jeremy part, luckily that didn’t remind me of school.

Pearl Jam gets a bad rap amongst folks whose opinion I care about. So I never really gave them a shot. But this was great.

Grunge’s other high point

8/10 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pearl-jam/ten/ Not a ten. It could be, based on roughly the first half. But then it gets a bit more dull and it loses its ten-ness.

Eddy Vedder graduated from the Bruce Springsteen school of singing. If a lyric is meaningful then singing with passion is more important than understanding what is being said. One of the best debut rock albums ever . grunge but not grunge with personal and emotional lyrics

Solid album

Good guitar sounds and riffs that drive the song. Very good!

a little too long and a little too frontloaded

I thought it was fine when it came out but it never stuck with me over the years. I like it more now than I did 30+ years ago. Still not my preferred genre but I can see why this album is so highly regarded and influential.

Classic!

Interesante y muy potente. Tiene clásico de la banda. Banco

Beter as wat ek onthou het ek sal weer luister

This is a pretty decent album, even much better than what I thought it would be. It has pretty nice guitar solos, and some great atmospheres. Some of the riffs are pretty catchy, and, overall, the album is very enjoyable. There is, although, some mixed quality. Some songs are great, others are nice... but there are a couple of songs, past a half of the record, that aren't much interesting. They are... just there, a bit bland and insipid for my taste, to be honest. But, I'm delighted to have found an album that is much better than what I thought would be, and one that I've actually liked. It has some great melodies, and I find it a very nice album to actually taste grunge music... richer in sounds and variety than what other bands of the genre like Nirvana offer.

Overrated, but still a classic. These guys managed to make a perfect balance of grunge and pop, with dark, angsty undertones. Still relate a lot to the concepts of being a misunderstood, different kid, which still rings true in adult life at times. Love the guitar playing and drums in particular, and though Vedder inspired an entire generation of boring lead singers (remember Creed???), he's a great guy and an original and managed to make friends with Neil Young and the Travelling Wilburys, so he and the band are not that bad!

4/8

My first grunge album. I like the vibe and 2-3 songs really stood out to me

It's fair to say this is one of the best grunge albums of all time. I have never listened to it from end to end, but have heard the majority of the songs. I would say the first half is much stronger than the second half, but that is probably because it has more energy. Overall, a great album, but not an album I'm going to choose to listen to very often.

Alive and Even Flow are the well known songs, but this is a strong LP with Vedder's vocals coming across as strong as any of the grunge instrumentations.

When this album came out it wasn't really what I was into at the time. A shame because this record is very good.

High highs, and some mids

I only knew Pearl Jam by name and had a completely different kind of music in mind when I thought of them. The album is good. I'm not entirely thrilled by it, but maybe that will come later when I listen to it again. 4/5

Energy comes spilling out of this record at various points, you could tell they were trying to impose their music and stand out from the crowd. Great vocals throughout, Vedder's pipes are strong and on good form. Some of the lyrics are deep too I enjoyed the mix of the album on my stereo, really well recorded, punchy and balanced. The guitar parts are lively, and detailed, the snare hits are loud and clear.

an all time great... vitalogy is better tho.

Even Flow.

Had several songs that I knew just not by name - but songs that you’d have heard if you’d ever been around straight 30yo men or in a gym. Music for frustrated straight men teenagers in the 90s.

4.5

Good stuff

Nice album, hard with its tender moments. Great vocal line, great bass

I like Eddie Vedder, just look at some of the mental clips on YouTube of him climbing stage rigging and hanging out way over the stage. And he does a great cover version of Masters of War and a beautiful soundtrack to Into the Wild. So he's much more than just a grunge & hard Rock front man. This album, while a bit long, was really enjoyed. Will likely listen again. 4 stars 🌟

Definitely one of the best “grunge-era” albums and a pretty stellar debut. The fell off a bit after this for me, but surely warranted to be on this list.

Classic. An album that I didn't appreciate until later in life.

Yeah, sure.

I didn't realize how many of these songs are still played on the radio today. I was never a big ran of Pearl Jam, but they sure have lasting power. Jeremy was probably my favorite.

okay! Will never complain about having to listen to Eddie Vedder’s voice. Love. wait holy fuck this is their debut? Imagine?? “He wrote lyrics for three of the songs in what he later described as a "mini-opera" entitled Momma-Son. The songs tell the story of a young man who, like Vedder, learns that he had been lied to about his paternity and that his real father is dead, grows up to become a serial killer, and is eventually imprisoned and sentenced to death.” Pearl Jam is so Seattle but I’m learning Eddie is Midwest to Southern California, and someone else is Montana; love that narrative for those who romanticize Seattle as only recently inundated by transplants who killed the 90s grunge vibes. But like, fuck Amazon etc. Cutie friendship with Chris Cornell. Omg they tried to sue ticket master for their monopoly fuckery in 1994 and boycotted for 3 years! I wonder if this is part of why they’re so big in the UK. (Are they?) HA cute they debuted at The Moore (before they were Pearl Jam). Which is where I saw Fortune Feimster in 2023 and somehow nothing else? I don’t buy it. WAIT OMFG was I first introduced to Eddie via the fucking into the wild soundtrack?? Mortifying? Also: is this grunge? I need to better understand what differentiates grunge. Maybe I need to watch their performances and videos.

as 'wow the music of fifteen years ago was great, we should do some of that' albums go it's a solid effort, and the arrangements are generally pretty good and not too repetitive, but the vocalist appears to mostly be unaware of the existence of consonants and none of the instrumentalists particularly distinguish themselves.

It was alright

Never been the biggest Pearl Jam guy but it's hard to ignore the energy on some of these songs. Even Flow still goes hard

A pretty darn good album

Maybe I've listened to this album too much in my life, but I really enjoy their later albums more. Still an absolute classic though.

01) Once - 7,0 02) Even Flow - 7,5 03) Alive - 10,0 04) Why Go - 6,5 05) Black - 8,0 06) Jeremy - 10,0 07) Oceans - 8,0 08) Porch - 7,5 09) Garden - 7,0 10) Deep - 7,0 11) Release - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,82 (78/100) Current ranking: 303/937

Hadn’t listened to the whole before, just had a couple songs saved. But idk it was a vibe shift for sure from what i usually listen to.

strong opener

My style and enjoyed it a lot, but still only saved 1 song - a bit too American for my taste

Neki dan slušam Black nakon ko zna koliko godina (sramota) i, čovječe, naježim se sva. To se meni nikad ne dešava. Jedna od najboljih pjesama ikad. Oni mi inače nisu u vrhu bendova koje posebno volim, zato ih i nisam slušala godinama, ali nema sumnje da su bili vrh. O ovim novijim pokušajima ne pričam. Mislim da je Ten pun fillera ali bolje pjesme su dovoljno dobre da izvuku.

This album succeeds, even though it’s not supposed to. It’s just mucky music, but it somehow holds itself together.

Great album with a lot of the known bangers.

Reviewing Pearl Jam's Ten, the album earns a solid 4/5, boasting incredible highlights despite a few duds near the end. Tracks like "Once" explode after a slow start with a heavy, Metallica-esque vibe, while the ok-sounding "Even Flow" and the brilliant "Alive"—with its stellar guitar solo and drumming—set a strong foundation. "Why Go" and the beautiful guitars on "Porch" are definitely nice, but the true crown jewels are the iconic, catchy hook of "Jeremy" and the very good "Black," which features a gold-tier ending of layered vocals and guitar repetition. While parts of "Garden" are decent, the album stumbles with the modified vocals and lackluster tune of "Oceans," and finishes on a low note with "Deep" and "Release," which both miss the mark. Ultimately, bolstered by really good sound engineering and recording quality, Ten stands as a great record that is just a few weak tracks shy of a perfect score.

One of the quintessential grunge albums. A classic

You know what, I quite enjoyed this! The grunge was really grunging but it hasn't dated in a cringe way and I thought it was good.

Hit the spot more than I thought it would tbh, good old fashioned Gen X RAWK but actually quite good!

Good. I can see why Pearl Jam is considered one of the best grunge bands of all time.

I have not heard this album in years. Its still as good as I remembered. Anthemic songs, brilliant lyrics and what a voice. It could easily be generic rock but its more interesting than that, example, the way they use their instruments and the very 80s almost Cure/Japan sound in Release takes it to a higher level. I have never bought an album by them, now perhaps it’s time to start.

TIL Guess I'm more of a Pearl Jam grunge guy than a Nirvana grunge guy

As much as Pearl Jam is now seen as a bit of a joke when it comes to Rock bands as a whole, when Ten dropped back in 1991 it was truly something else that helped push this brand new wave of mainstream music at an extremely accelerated pace to huge levels of stardom. The gravelly voice of Eddie Vedder is seen as a sign of shitty music for any other band replicating it, but for Pearl Jam it was truly their own creation and design quirk to their music to make it pop out. There is so much here one can dive into but I feel just about everyone and their fathers have already said it before. This album is emotionally rich despite its' very simple formulaic style. The tracks manage to transcend the audio and feel really whether to uplift with Even Flow or to crush with Jeremy and Black. Not much that can be stated here, it is great and that's about it.

A pillar of grunge, really dope debut album. Lots of hits

iconic 90s

Great album. Learned a few songs by them on the drums.

I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life I know you’ll be a star in somebody else’s sky but whyyyy whyyyy whyyyyyyyyyyyy can’t it be miiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

Great guitar work, and the songs have such a nice vibe. Once is a solid rocking start. Alive is wonderful, that's the only song I've heard before, great song with an awesome guitar solo. Black was nice. Porch was solid. Garden had some wonderful guitar work. Deep was solid. All in all a good fun album. Best song: Alive

Doubt will be the best album Fav track: why go Least fav: Jeremy

good albums but his vocals are a little annoying

I only knew Alive from this and have not knowingly heard anything else by Pearl Jam…but now I’m intrigued! Great and different sounding vocals, lots of layered guitar. High energy. Kinda reminds me of Lynyrd Skynyrd! Will be listening again and the rest of the back catalogue.

This album is a very high four. It’s not a perfect five, but pretty close.

Hard to say as a Nirvana fan, but this album is amazing. Tons of hits and an iconic sound.

Forgot how many hits they had, good listening.

A very good listen. Like. 4/5

An essential piece of the 90s. So many great songs.

Tough time with this album. Vedder's a proto-Chad Kroeger with his extremely distinctive voice and singing style. He's competent and listenable, but the growls and yelling, great every once and a while, showed up way too often for my liking. The songs are solid to great the whole way through. Composition and execution are quality. Definitely worth a listen, but best to return for only singular songs every now and then.

3,5

Best Songs - Once - Even Flow - - -

Even Flow is a BANGER. So are Black, Garden, and Release. Once, Alive and Why Go are also pretty good. I don’t have a strong opinion on any of the other songs. A few I think could grow on me but I didn’t outright hate anything. First half of the album is definitely stronger than the second part. Still solid album. Will definitely come back to it. TOP 3: Black, Garden, Even Flow 3.5/5 stars EDIT: The more I listen the more I love it. I keep coming back to it so I’m going to have to bump it up to a 4. BANGER album.

яка ж once ахуєєна пісня лав форевер

I don't know if I can hold Pearl Jam accountable for everyone that copied them..... but I would like to.

-when I was 14, I would have told you this is a perfect album. Now that I'm older, and know more about rock history, I see this as arena rock posturing -- these are guys with a modicum of underground credibility aiming for a superstar moonshot. To their credit, it worked; literally half the songs on this album got constant rock radio play. -the lead guitarist was found working in a guitar shop, and it definitely sounds that way. If anything has aged poorly, it's the constant Clapton-worship noodling. -Eddie Vedder's voice has been impersonated so many times it's almost difficult to hear him as anything but an "Eddie Vedder impression." Dude has a weirdly polarizing voice, his lyrics barely make sense (and never really rhyme), but he's got undeniable pipes, which is probably why so many people want to sound like him. -the worst thing that ever happened to Pearl Jam was getting lumped in with Nirvana. They were both from Seattle and wore flannel, but the comparisons basically end there. Nirvana are totally different (and a thousand times better, in my opinion), but if you disentangle PJ from the grunge hype machine they are nonetheless a pretty good rock band who made some pretty good records. -It sounds like I'm harsh on this album, maybe because PJ are an easy band to rag on, but I still enjoy listening to it and (for what it's worth) it's a "no skips" mainstream rock record.

No doubt a great album and a significant one from those grunge days a 5 as far as grunge albums go but an overall 4

8/10 Buen album, me gusto bastante, bien la instrumental y una voz atractiva de escuchar, no me aburrió en ningún momento, algunos temas resaltan mas que otros. Bastante pj como termina el ultimo tema pero tampoco esta mal

love it but i‘m not astonished

Good variation of high energy grunge rock songs and slow daze like songs. Many high quality songs that stood out but my favorites were Jeremy and release.

Die Band belegt bei mir unter den "Big Four" des Grunge Platz 3. "Ten" gefiel mir jetzt besser als in meiner Erinnerung.

> the Beatles

Me gustó solo que las últimas canciones no eran tan buenas

I think the appeal of this album is in the storytelling. The tracks I was already quite familiar with (Alive, Jeremy) tell emotive tales of difficult childhoods. Jeremy gives me chills still after many listens: the combination of the chords/melodies/lyrics at the chorus line "Jeremy spoke in class today" is one of those incredibly powerful musical moments. The Alive guitar solo does kinda annoy me. Its very on the nose. Overall I found the sound of the album to be a little bit less polished than I was expecting. Fave Tracks: Even Flow, Alive, Jeremy, Release 4/5

schitterende plaat, maar het is geen "Vitalogy"

Liked this way more than expected, even with Eddie Vedder’s vocals sounding like he’s eating a burger throughout

Things I like about Pearl Jam 10: Big Riffs catchy hooks, high energy, great melodies Things I don’t like: Eddie Vedders unintelligible, hurdy- gurdy vocals. Scrapes a 4 because the former are so strong they offset the latter just enough. 3.6

Hadn't listened in years, but really enjoyed it. Particularly the first half. 3.7/5.

Po pierwszym przesłuchaniu w porządku, ale mnie nie powalił. Czuję, że musi być coś wyjątkowego w tym albumie, w końcu to pierwsze wydanie zespołu, niestety tego nie widzę. Po ponownym przesłuchaniu coraz bardziej mi się podoba. Myślę, że może to nie jest do końca moje, ale potrafię znaleźć tam coś co uwielbiam. Szacun 4/5 Ulubiony utwór to Even Flow

Me gustó bastante. Para entrenar o correr furioso, excelente. Puro rock.

I am familiar with this album, and four songs on it so it was great to get a listen of it all. Excellent album, all songs are good, most are great. 4.5

decent songs

C'est un excellent début d'album ! Dommage que ça ralentisse sur la fin avec un peu de redondance. Mais c'est vraiment un moment très plaisant. Note : 4 À réécouter : Oui

I've heard this album a couple of times, and some of the songs are reslly good. I really like Garden, Once, Deep and of course Black. But I think the album is overrated. Not bad just overrated. I specifically don't lkke Alive and Even Flow, I have no idea why they are so popular

I thought I didn’t like them at all but I think I’ve only ever heard them on bad speakers. Still not on board with Even Flow though. Great instruments on this album. I’m not entirely convinced I like eddievedderswayofsinginglikethis but I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to.

The garbled sound of the 90s was definitely a thing, but this album still hits regardless. Embrace the "who needs to understand" sound.

Grunge royalty today. Got some absolute anthems on here but falls short of the fifth star on account of being a bit plodding places, lacking the spark of some of its contemporaries.

Solid rock album that’s meant to be played loud. Lyrics are more story driven. Over 50 minute album that doesn’t feel long. I’m not sure if “Release” needs to be 9 minutes long. “Porch” and “Even Flow” are the song s that I like the most.

Not really a pearl jam fan but good album

sounds cool about as cool as every other solid rock record from the 90s 4/5

Long time since last heard this, and it fairly holds up today. The music just has a cathartic vibe to it. Vedders voice is pretty much ideal for the record, it just wraps you in the oblique lyrics. And yeah 30 plus years on I would rather listen to this front to back than nevermind too. Good record, 4 Stars

Good, but didn't quite win me over to elevate to a 5

Þétt plata.

I enjoyed this album, but as I was listening to it it felt more like a vibe than active listening. I was listening to it like an instrumental album even though I know there are vocals. It made me feel good to read the wiki and see similar reflections. This is the type of album I feel like was a gap in my home. My parents listened to older things and I didn't develop my own musical tastes until later. It was nice to listen to a Pearl Jam album and hear what the excitement surrounding them was about.

i love Pearl Jam. This album has a nice mix of classic loud rock and roll like "Even Flow" and "Once", as well as slow songs like "Black". The instruments are very strong, the drums are very heavy and prominent in alot of their songs. The guitars also play a large role, and I especially like the guitar riff in "Alive".

It was better than I expected

Solid album from a band who knows their sound

It was a great album. Every song was really good (except for the last song 🤮). Overall, I would give this a 4.7/5!

I’m just like my dad man

This is a very impressive album.

Haven't listened to Pearl Jam that much when i was younger but my uncle was so right about them

One of my all time favourite albums

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

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 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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Too young first time around. Glad to find it now

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

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.

An important album

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.

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

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

Leuk

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

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"

hell yeah its grunge we are saved! 4/5

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...

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

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

Multiple classics on here

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

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.

Muy buena voz. No es mi estilo.

Classic rock classic album

Eddie Vedder is a lyrical genius. 7.8/10

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.

Classico

nematodes come around eat spongebob house

Pure grunge

Den sitter!

Goed

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

Знакомство прошло удачно. Альбом бодрый и интересный.

Toit

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

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

Love jamming to Pearl Jam

Great album, lots of bangers.

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

Never heard of it

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

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.

4,1/5

I liked Even Flow and Black

Great! Stand-outs - Once - Alive - Black

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

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.

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

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

Taugt scho

Great album, every song is strong.

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

relisten

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.

Once Even Flow Alive Black Oceans

Once Even Flow Oceans Porch

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

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

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

Really solid fast paced rock.

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.

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.

Otro discazo

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.

fun album but not a big fan of the vocals

Solid 90’s alt rock.

All time classic album, all time classic band. Do I love this as much as I did when I when I first heard it? I'm not sure I do but it's still great.

Fresh. Energic. Clever guitar parts. Feels like what Guitar Hero should be.

First 'side' of songs, essentially 1-6 are really strong. The song 'Alive' in particular blew my tits off, really impressed me. Emotional and powerful, all that good stuff. This song convinced me to give this album 4 stars. Aside from this, Once, Black and Why Go are very good too. The lyrcism on this album is very strong. Even if you're not a fan of this type of genre (90s alt rock), the yrics are something any listener with taste can appreciate. I'm still rather new to 90s alt rock, but I liked this. After around the 6th song, the quality does decline. 'Oceans' is still quite pretty sounding though. I don't get the appeal of the song 'Release'. Goes on too long and I don't like the outro. Overall, really enjoyed this. I'm new to Pearl Jam (only heard a couple of songs of theirs previously). I'll definitely check out songs from this album again. Well worth a listen.

Favourite tracks - Black, Release, Alive, Jeremy

Good

Succès énorme, cet album a très bien vieilli. L'un des sons grunge typique de mes années 1990. Me rend nostalgique. Lorsque nous n'écoutions pas Kurt Cobain, on écoutait Eddie Vedder.

I just wanna give this man a hug. He has so many feelings.

Classic

This was such an enjoyable listen, especially after getting a few lackluster albums in a row, this was a welcome change of pace. I think I just really like higher energy, higher paced songs that involve a lot of layered instruments. Especially if they evoke an emotion in me. And this album definitely did that for me.

Great album

Really great sound and some nice vocals, I had had this recommended to me some months ago so it's cool to see it pop up in the generator. Not excellent but will definitely come back to some of the better songs in the album

Strong 4

Fantastic 90s album!! Eddie Vedder is just too good

Ten — про внутреннюю боль, которую никто не научил проживать.

Classic grunge, great debut album, though personally i find it hard to listen to it after a while

Ten is a powerful and emotionally driven debut that helped define early ’90s rock. Eddie Vedder’s voice is the album’s emotional anchor, especially on tracks like “Alive,” “Black,” and “Jeremy,” which still hit hard years later. I listened to the original CD release, and while the songwriting and performances remain strong, the mastering leaves something to be desired. The album lacks dynamic range, and the dense, compressed sound can make the epic moments feel flatter than they should. Musically effective rather than groundbreaking, Ten sometimes leans too heavily into polish and grandeur. Still, its emotional weight and iconic songs secure its status as a classic. 8/10

1/22/26: Even Flow, what else is there to say? 7.5/10

The hits are still really good. It drags on at the end. Pearl Jam was never my favorite but the album is really good.

The hits are hits. Also, I just saw a video of Eddie Vedder singing Falling Slowing with Glen Hansard and that was so nice.

Another one where the singles STILL hold up, even though they've been in heavy rotation for 35 years. Never dug too deep into Pearl Jam, but this is a decent overall listen.

off meio que estou jamming aqui.. não sou muito chegado ao rock nem subgeneros dele no geral só pq não são muito meu tipo de musica, mas com certeza tem seu mérito e esse álbum foi ótimoo, adorei bastante a produção, os solos dos instrumentos ao longo do álbum também construiu bem o som do álbum, como não tenho muitas referências talvez esteja gagging over algo que é comum mas enfim é minha experiencia fazer o que ! estou dando 4 estrelas, tem ótimas músicas, boas letras no geral embora acho que não seja o foco da banda, e foi uma ótima experiência estou adorando expandir meu gosto e descobrir mais coisas..

8/10. Some great guitar licks on this banger

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Heard many times: 4.5; Really enjoy this album, and the singles and other strong tracks on here are incredible. Not sure how to explain it, but especially on the guitar solos, feels like not a note is out of place or wasted. Very anthemic and rocking/rhythmic. Favorite Track: Alive

Liked this album very much. Once, Jeremy and Porch were my favourite songs. Love these 90s vibes.

Classic.

Eindelijk een keer een album van de top2000 merchants geluisterd, en was niet teleurgesteld! Gewoon een heel lekker rock album. Alive en Black zijn natuurlijk goeie nummers, maar ik ga komend jaar ook de alert voor Jeremy maar eens aanzetten.

niet helemaal mijn ding maar grew on me door t album heen. Jeremy is favoriet

eerste keer dat ik het hele album geluisterd heb, erg lekker. paint it black is natuurlijk een klassieker, maar de rest wist ook de sfeer vast te houden

my childhood

Sound of my childhood. Amazing record, maybe 4 all time great tracks on there. Gets a little samey towards the end but amazing music and production, very distinctive sound.

Hard to see this as anything other than a cornerstone of grunge and the 90s itself. I was never a Pearl Jam fan but you can't deny the blueprint Ten provided for countless other bands.

Strong 7/10. Will probably give it 8 the more I listen to it. Definitely has more to offer than L.A.Woman.

Cool, never heard a Pearl Jam album before. Nice vocals, and the instrumentals have some weight behind them.

Distinctive voice, great instrumentation, great lyrics. Captured something of that generation in a slightly different way to their grunge contemporaries.

It's good 👍

my mom is a big fangirl. great album.

i don't think i've ever listened to this album but i've definitely hear a lot of these songs and spolier alert - i liked 'em 3.5/5 prolly, round up

and suddenly I'm 5 years old again in the backseat of my mom's daewoo hatchback....how quickly things change

Pretty good. Def the most classic rock (ie over-wanking?) influences of any of the 90’s grunge bands, but there are some gems on here that do stand the test of time.

Many singles

loved the lyrics and the subjects they talked about. fauvorites: alive and oceans

Not too grungy Good

A grungy throwback to late 60s/early 70s hard rock. Power, pain, intensity, vulnerability, and beauty are all found. Heavy riffs that groove. Solos take on a psychedelic edge with a fuzzy, wah wahed sound and playing ranging from frenetic to melodic. The band builds and peaks well in jammier outro endings. Vedder’s got a unique vocal sound, but it fits the music perfectly. Bass locked in the rhythm with thoughtful melodic additions (and the random fretless action?). Well-written songs, though sometimes they can get a bit formulaic. Never got into Pearl Jam for wherever reason - probably still won’t that much - but I can see why this album is respected and may give it a spin on occasion.

Quite nostalgic and very comforting to listen to. Favourite song is Black. 4

Пісні чудові, але, як на мене, всі мають подібне звучання. Jeremy - просто найкраща! Once, Garden мені сподобались, Black теж непогана. Якби можна було, я поставила б 4,5.

ok pearl jam i aleeady loved Jeremy

Would absolutely go 4.5 stars or even five if it didn't drop off ever so slightly in the the of side b. Slide State of Love and Trust in there and it's a different story

skvele album ((mamcino mladii🙌🏻🙌🏻))nektere pisnicky me nebavi (jsou na jinny vibe nez mam playlist) ostatni jsou banger

My ex is a greatest hits person and had the double CD, so I hadn't heard the whole album since I had a copy in high school. Forgot how good the deep cuts are. Garden!

love this album imo the best from pearl jam. very loud and storytelling. my favorite songs are obviously black and then i also like garden and jeremy. overall fantastic grunge album from a fantastic grunge band 8-10

Nooit de kans genomen om dit album volledig te luisteren. Heel goed. Kende een paar nummers natuurlijk al

One of the few 90s grunge albums I can FULLY get behind

Een warm, coherent album dat vooral als geheel werkt en daardoor voelt als een vertrouwde jas. De nummers verschillen niet sterk van elkaar, maar juist die samenhang geeft rust en diepte. Enkele momenten, zoals Black en Jeremy, trokken me volledig naar binnen en brachten onverwacht veel emotie naar boven, waardoor werken erbij nauwelijks mogelijk was. Geen album vol losse favorieten, maar wel één dat oprecht raakt en emotioneel blijft hangen. Dat alleen al maakt het vier sterren waard.

I didn’t expect to love this as much as I did! What a pleasant surprise since I’ve been listening to them already for a while. I miss you Joel Miller.

Even though i like rock I don’t really adore this. But I can tell it’s a well made album. 7

wow!

Love it

classic grunge, no bad songs. not sure it's my thing but I still liked

I pretty much like it, I don’t know if I’m going to go back and listen to it. My vote is actually 3,5. My fav songs are why home and once

8.1

Never spent time listening to pearl jam. Really strong album to start with and flows nicely from song to song. Will relisten to pay closer attention to.

I enjoyed the style of this one but found it a bit repetitive after a while. Still, I liked a lot of the songs and would probably listen to the album again. Fav song: Jeremy - probably largely because this is the one I was most familiar with already Least fav: Why Go

Decent bit of rock, gets a bit too much for me at times but I like the general vibe of it, especially even flow (always reminds me of the skate 3 videos) Specific rating - 4.2 Fav song- even flow Least fav - release

Got a little heavy for me in parts but lots of stuff i liked. Good rock when it wasn't too grungey- wouldn't listen to the full album again but there are songs that I'll definitely come back to. Favourite song: Black Least: Why Go

hell yeah

classic for a reason

7/10 Good. I like my rock to have a bit riffing - this isnt massively varied in it's sound of verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo, but that's cool

Loved it

Favorite track: Even Flow

Was shocked at how many bangers were on this album. An almost perfect garage album.

Generational

I enjoyed all of the songs. They started to blend together after a while

Grunge and rock. I like it.

Not usually what I would have ever chosen to listen to. I can see why, though, it's stood the test of time for the genre it's in.

Like the lead singers voice

an album that really shines in its instrumentals. i really love the heavy, full sound. one of my favorites was "why go" because of how prominent the drums were.

A real hidden pearl. I dont love the songs as much as the artist and his vocals. But overall very cool band.

Really good album and a debut album at that. It has a consistent rock energy despite having a REALLY hard time understanding Eddie Vedder. I liked Even Flow and the intro to Deep in particular.

What a debut album.