Ten

classsssic

Even the album knows it's a Ten.

Super generic, sounds like something out of a Ford or Dodge commercial

This is a first time listen for me to the entire album. I can see why it generated the mass buzz. I couldn't appreciate this music when first released but definitely enjoyed this one!

The odd low light but doesn't stop it being a classic of the grunge era 5*

Not my favourite but not my least favourite 90s grunge. (14 known/27 new)

As far as debut goes... this is an ok stepping stone, but it's not a very strong album. The mediocre drumming is way too in the front of the mix, Eddie Vedder has not found his voice yet, and nothing musically interesting happens until, maybe, Jeremy and then it's followed by more of the same. In a year where Gish, Nevermind, BADMOTORFINGER, Goo, Pretty on the Inside, Blood Suger Sex Magic, Screamadelica, and Trompe le Monde I have no idea how or why this album would stand out and make any top of lists.

Ah my old friend Mookie Blaylock. Sometimes I think I hate this album, but I’m wrong. It’s a relentless assault of rock songs that are great. It defines Pearl Jam and they will never sound like this again.

This is the album that launched a thousand bands with singers that just mumble-sang everything. Still holds up though!

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

Pretty golf the whole through. Its best songs are victims of 30 years of radio overplay though

It was nice

This is one of those great debuts. From Alive to Black all songs are grunge classics. I’m older now but Jeremy reminds me of my school mate who got shot at his home right after his high school graduation.

Pearl Jam’s Ten isn’t the grunge game-changer some might claim, but it’s an album that resonates through its anthemic power and emotional weight. From Eddie Vedder’s intense vocal growls to Mike McCready’s blistering solos, it’s raw, it’s grand, and it’s undeniably iconic—though not without its flaws. While the polished production sometimes veers into corporate rock territory, the band’s refusal to play the mainstream game helped define their underdog status. Sure, Ten might have its soft spots in the final stretch, but it remains a defining relic of an era—over-polished, occasionally excessive, but forever influential.

What a terrific album. Rock on, dude.

First PJ album I got still a classic

One of those records I like in parts, and I'm sure it means a lot to some people, but a whole record of Eddie Vedder grunting gets a bit much.

It’s not bad

Iconic cover, iconic album, iconic band + I think I finally understood some of the words coming out of Eddie Vedder's mouth.

You either think this is the greatest grunge album of all time or you’re wrong.

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

Class

Yes

Fav: Black Least Fav: Once Nearly a Ten/10

I go hot & cold with this band. This is the album that caught my attention. And I was alright with but not bowled over. But as time went on I became a bigger Eddie fan. A good great guy.

Good stuff. Would definitely listen to again. No real favorites as they were all really good. The album started over again and I continued to enjoy it.

I've never been big on Pearl Jam. I always found them a bit dull, and I don't like his singing delivery. There are some good tracks on here though, I can't deny. Alive is probably the stand out, but Even Flow and Jeremy also registered. Listening to this made me realise that I may have been a bit harsh on them before, because it really is quite good in places.

listened to before it's okay but to me sounds like dad rock now

I don't, and I probably will continue to not, actively listen to Pearl Jam, but I feel that this album is objectively really good, even though I generally can't understand what Eddie Vedder is saying. The song titles really connected some dots!

I will listen to more of their music.

"Black" was the highlight for me. Had lots of enjoyable songs. May not come back and listen to the whole thing again but definitely had a few standouts that I'll revisit.

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

Oh heeeeeeyyyyyyy ooooooooo thisalbumwasinescapableintheninties ahhhy Ohhhhh heeeeeyyyyyyy yyyaaaaaaaa oneoftheposterchildsofaltrockyouberstbelieveit ahhhyya eventhooooo I don't seek out this type of music, I still think it was important counter programing in a post hair metal era of rock and roll music.

Mostly I remember Pearl Jam as a plot point from episode 12 of season 3 of the children's sitcom Clarissa Explains It All ("Marshall's Parents Visit"), when Clarissa landed backstage passes to see Pearl Jam on the same night she was obligated to DJ her grandparents' anniversary party. Pearl Jam isn't really heard or seen in the episode, but each time they're mentioned there's a brief Pearl Jam-like musical stinger. When I saw this episode as a kid I didn't know what Pearl Jam sounded like and my brain made something up. Got that sorted out now. Actually I recognized a decent amount of Ten, just hadn't known who it was - "Even Flow," "Alive," "Black," and "Jeremy," all familiar. Not my favorite but it's definitely higher-tier 90s grunge.

I don't think I 100% got it, may need a revisit, but damp, every single part put their all into it.

Pretty cool, I like Even flow and Alive, the rest was alright. It's a bit drawn out for my taste, but overall pretty good

Great album. First half is definitely better than the second.

Supringly good, which I did not expect. The album was grungy and heavy but still had a good sense of rythm and flow, songs were dark, but it not in any way hard to listen as of this. The album had a good balance with a smart intro and explosive outro, which is perfect. Honestly not much else to say, it was just pretty good. Favorite track: Evenflow. Overall score: 8.2

One of the most overrated bands, right behind The Smiths and REM. No thank you. This album should be called 1 out of 10.

Best of the 1001 albums! (In my opinion)

One of those that make my music taste

10/10

fun stuff. liked this way more than soundgarden. the vocals are ehh. the last track was awesome, i loved the sort of jam-sesh style. awesome

Maybe the lyrics are entirely too melodramatic, and we cannot forgive Eddie Vedder for the innumerable vocal clones, but this album still stands up.

The very best of melodic grunge, nearly every song can be a lead single in its own right, actually pretty remarkable. Big rock and roll guitars, Veder's iconic vocals, slammin' solos, and a groove-centric sound sometimes missing from rock and roll. Even the ballads hit. The back half of the album is a little forgettable.

The debut album of one of my favourite bands. Some great songs on this one.

No reason to listen again. Drab, monotonous.

Very strong album - no bad tracks. I feel like the 90's, maybe 2000's, was the last era of diverse music before overly commercialized pop took over. And Pearl Jam is an iconic, defining sound of the 90's.

Zu rockig für mich

Exceptional

Best grunge band. Best Pearl Jam album. I don’t think there are bad tracks here.

Been a long time since we've heard from any female or LGBTQ majority artists. Having such an aggressive, masculine album seems insulting at this stage. Especially from a band named after a slang term for jizz. Really do not enjoy Vedder's vocals too. Same staggeringly white North American jock rock world as Creed and The Calling.

Excellent. Never got round to listening to it before.

A fine piece of work, to think it’s their 1st is impressive. I don’t find any of these tracks missable. Powerful stuff, and went on to be massive but in my opinion still remained good & grounded despite being commercially mainstream successful

Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a... While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked... Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey...oh...

When i was in 8th grade, we did a decades project on the 90s and my english teacher, being a 90s kid, said he was more of a pearl jam kid than nirvana. Which tracks. S/O Mr. Podo. Fav songs Black, alive, release, even flow. Slapped

Powerful and intense. If you wanted one album to represent the sound of 90s rock, this would likely be it. The first half strings together banger after banger after banger it could open its own butchery. Ten is early Zeppelin on steroids and protein shakes. Second half does drag it down somewhat, but still enjoyable. Best Tracks: - Even Flow - Black - Jeremy Worst Tracks: - Porch Rating: 8/10

Goes very hard indeed. As with basically anything of this genre do find myself tuning out and finding it a bit samey as I get deeper into the album but think it’s a me problem. Definitely rewarded when tune back in and listen more actively.

some good songs. but mostly generic radio stuff

Pearl Jam was one of the bands that defined 90’s grunge music. Brings back memories. But not my preferred style of music. Songs feel sad, or there’s an emotional struggle.

it took a little while for me to warm up to their sound. i really didn’t care for it at all at the beginning but it got better with time. never loved it though

so crap i hate it

🔥🔥🔥🔥

I am glad that Pearl Jam is in the world. Every so often a song will come on and it just feels great. A lot of those songs are from this album.

In 2024, dad-rock had a resurgence lead by Pearl Jam and Creed. If you asked me which band was which, it would honestly be hard to determine. This takes nothing away from Pearl Jam's debut "Ten". This album essentially created a whole subgenre of rock and is a quintessential reason for doing this list. I know I don't love this alt-rock, but it was still impactful to listen to. I'm happy to have heard the whole album. Best Songs: Even Flow, Black, Jeremy Worst Songs: Once, Garden

I was about 11 or 12 when this album cane out. Early grunge rock days, i always ignored it cause i was too young to understand. Looking back, its a pretty great album.

Classic rock masquerading as grunge. Some absolute belters, some filler, but ultimately a very good album.

Great. The singles are the most catchy by far, but the rest of the tracks are also enjoyable. It's grown on me over the years.

Solid rock, never fully appreciated the vocal style.

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

Eddie Vedder 4eva

Up and down but i think it does enough for a 4. Some real iconic stuff on here and i don't feel like it's dated at all

Its a strong contender

Honestly, the hits are fun 3.5/5s, and the rest don’t appeal to me at all. I’d prolly give it a 2.5

5 sterne

Meh

I know for a lot of people, Eddie Vedder's voice can be a sticking point. But when I hear the passion, the emotion and the energy in his voice, it's hard for me to not love this. No skips.

- aah Pearl Jam! - kannte ich jetzt tatsächlich schon, weil wir vor einiger Zeit mal über Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains und Soundgarden gesprochen haben und ich in dem Rahmen alle mal side-by-side gehört habe - ich finds ganz cool, aber im Vergleich mit Nirvana und Soundgarden stinkt es für mich einfach ab - mein Ranking damals war auch Nirvana, Soundgarden, PJ, AIC und ich glaube, dass ich weiterhin so denke (wobei ich AIC auch nochmal hören müsste und PJ und AIC sehr gleichauf sind für mich)

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

This album takes me back to high school. Like my high school experience, this album was not good but, it was not bad either. “Black”, “Jeremy” and “Even Flow” are great songs. The rest of the album was mediocre.

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

An astonishingly powerful debut boasting one leviathan grunge staple after another. The pick of albums from the Seattle movement, Ten remains untouchable.

Rock N Roll 🤟🤟🤟🤟

Classic - they butchered Black in the studio. Still good though.

Shut up and take your 4.

7,09

10/10

make it stop

Litt gammel gubbe som prøver å være ung og kul. Litt grinete, heavy og gritty, ganske kult. 3/5

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

I really think this album has aged better than most 90s classics. Still such a great listen.

Solidly mid, not really my type of music

Even Flow was a throwback to Guitar Hero 3 and I rode that high for at least the duration of the album.

Excellent!

Helped launch a genre. Great album.

With a mix of enough hits that hold up (Black, Alive, Even Flow) and a few somewhat unheralded deep cuts (Ocean, Garden, Release), Ten is one absolutely essential rock record. The feel of this record, though moments range from gentle to agro, can be a tad samey as the runtime goes on. However, there’s grit and substance and guitar-driven musicality from top to bottom here. 9/10

It’s been a long ass time since I’ve listened to this. In college, you could hear this on every floor of the dorms. Everyone had a copy, or a copy of a copy. Literally, everyone. It’s 1992 on vinyl.

Es ist eine beeindruckende Mischung aus Grunge, Hardrock und Metal, die die Essenz der frühen 90er Jahre perfekt einfängt. Das Album markiert den Beginn einer neuen musikalischen Ära, die von der Seattle-Grunge-Bewegung angeführt wurde. “Alive” ist das Highlight des Albums. Mit seinen kraftvollen Gitarrenriffs und markanter Stimme ist es ein Song, der sofort ins Ohr geht und lange im Gedächtnis bleibt. “Black” ist mein persönlicher Favorit. Die emotionale Tiefe und die melancholische Melodie machen diesen Song zu einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis. Das Album besticht durch seine rohen, emotional geladenen Texte und die kraftvolle Instrumentierung. Jeder Song erzählt eine eigene Geschichte und trägt zur Gesamtatmosphäre des Albums bei.

Uh

It's great - I don't like it as much as I used to.

I've listened to it before - nice album

A grunge classic

Liked this .

Bien

Forgot how many great tracks on this album - just a 4

starke songs mitreißend zeitlos wirksam

Love it. Takes me back to my teens!

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

Kedvenc/Favourite: Why Go Nem igazán fogott meg, úgy hiányzott belőle nekem valami, de nem tudnám megmondani, hogy mi. Olyasmi hangulata volt, mintha Apukámmal hallgatnék zenét a kocsiban. Egyáltalán nem rossz, de nem az én zeném. It didn't really resonate with me, I felt like it was missing something, but I just couldn't figure out what. It had a kind of mood like listening to music with my Dad in the car. Not bad at all, but not my kind of music.

4 estrelas

Not my genre

i was discouraged but then even flow came on. nematodeeeessssss

Harder rock than I thought Pearl Jam was. More experimental as well. Heard some stuff Mk.gee took from

8/10 fav Pearl Jam album

Alun perusteella dumasin, mutta oli olihan siellä hyvääkin musiikkia.

Love it, one of the best debut albums of all time

The album is good, but never was nor will be a fan of Pearl Jam. Eddies voice just grates my ears.

One of the best

I've loved Eddie Vedder's voice since first hearing "Alive", and later "Into The Wild". His voice conveys pure, raw emotion, making it perfect for storytelling.

solid, but didn't get into it

😊

It was decent. I’m not a big grunge fan but did enjoy it and Vedders voice. At the same time, I didn’t like most of the songs enough to want to come back to them. My appreciation for this one could go up whenever I deep dive grunge but for now somewhere between a 3 to 4 star. Rating: 3.4

the sounds of my youth

One of the great albums of a great decade of music. And they kept it going!

Knew a few songs already but wasn't stoked on the album as a whole

One of my favorite albums. 5/5

Don't mind Pearl Jam - sometimes can be a bit too much electric guitar for me tho...

Classic

A very good rock track. Some great throwbacks.

One of the best debut albums of all time, and one of the 4 quintessential grunge albums of the early 90’s. First half is all bangers, giving us some of the most iconic guitar riffs ever with songs like Even Flow, Alive, Black. After Jeremy there ain’t much doing for me though. Release is a great album closer to an overall amazing album that has a place in any collection and has served as the inspiration to many a modern musician.

yall this album is growing on me. i loved it

Holds up after all this time!

All albums will be 1, 3 or 5 stars, with no further commentary or explanation given.

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

I liked Pearl Jam's hard rock infused version of grunge, and generally found this to be a listenable and accessible album. Alice and Release were particularly memorable tracks, although not much else stood out.

Really enjoyed it minus the long lingering sections with no actual words.

Loud, rhythmic, gets me in the zone. Maybe a bit too much groove and not enough variety for my liking.

Great album that I’m already very familiar with. I’ve always thought that Pearl Jam actually has some pretty dark themes but it doesn’t come off as overly depressing because the songs rock and a lot of them are relatively upbeat. But if you actually listen to the lyrics there is some heavy stuff here.

This still sounds pretty damned good.

this is a goated one from me from my teenage years. i think it's closer to a 9 than a 10 if i'm speaking objectively but i love this album full heartedly so

I really enjoyed this album. I can’t give it anything but a 5, it was just great.

fave songs; oceans, black, even flow, deep not quite the album for me but there’s a few good songs on here.

I was familiar with 4 songs before listening. The best songs are Black and Jeremy.

Different (complimentary) than I thought it would be.

Really enjoyed it which is crazy for me and a rock album. The guitar and his voice go so well together. Great mixing.

I was debating whether to slap a 5 on this thing, but I think it is a very high 4. Some 90s classics on here as well as some other songs that I hadn't heard before but really liked listening to for the first time.

Even Flow took me back to playing Guitar Hero as a kid.

This isn't my genre but this album is rock solid.

I've got this, and it's an excellent album. But I'll still listen to it again, as it's been a long time since I last listened to it all. First heard it because they were at a festival in Finsbury park with 4 non-blondes and Neil Young. A great day.

Oh man. What can I write about this album? I’ll start by stating that this has to be the most influential album I’ve ever owned. It changed everything for me about where my future music journey would take me. I knew nothing about them when a mate I worked with leant me a cassette of this. I was blown away by it and every subsequent listen just cemented my love of it. It was only later on that I started to understand their backgrounds, and the journey that brought them together and an obsession started. Following them around live in the last 15 years or so has elevated my love of the band to a different level. No other live act can match them. Their studio work comes alive with the energy they create on stage. Listening to it through my 2024 ears, it hasn’t aged. But I’ve listened to it a lot in every year from 1991 until now so why should it have done I guess. It’s full of incredible songs and songwriting. Mike McCready’s guitar solos are epic. Jeff Ament’s bass rumbles throughout. Stone Gossard’s guitar adds the texture, and Dave Abbruzzee’s drumming is wild. (By the way, Matt Cameron is the only current band member not on this record and is an upgrade compared to Dave). These songs have matured and evolved, and the live versions of all of these songs take on a whole new life. Eddie Vedder is a force of nature. An incredible human who has survived this industry and remained true to his values. His song writing has always spoken to me and even today he throws out the right words at the right time that resonate. I guess I have grown up from a young man to a married father at the same time….clearly very different lives but he always manages to sum up my feelings. Back to this album. It’s not the most polished. It’s not their best work. But it’s raw, angry, passionate, emotional,….the songs flow seamlessly into each other. Even Flow is still one of my favourite songs ever. Black is an incredible love song. Release gives me goosebumps. Porch is relentless. But there’s no bad track. All 5 stars. To summarise…I hope everybody has found their Pearl Jam. It doesn’t have to be Pearl Jam, but finding a musician or a band who gives you as much as these gentlemen still give me is possibly the nicest wish I could grant for anyone.

Through my love of US hardcore, I came to like the nascent grunge scene featuring Green River, then Mudhoney, and all that sludgy grunge stuff, such as Dinosaur Jr, Nirvana with Bleach, then the super popular grunge of Nevermind. Then like all scenes, came the also rans, holding onto the coat tails, cashing in of the success of all these great bands, appeared Pearl Jam. OK, they were the other half of Green River, but I felt at the time (and still do) that they appeared as a polished, metal leaning chart orientated version of ‘alternative rock’, more in common with Soundgarden and Metalica’s Black Album. My problem has always been that Metal orientation. However I absolutely adored ‘Alive’, it’s an absolute better of a song. The rest of this? It’s ok, but I felt this album led to a downhill slide that led to all those other commercial heavy alt rock pop bands, finishing up with the ghastly Stiltskin. It’s always been a classic rock style album in alt rock clothes done good, plenty of great songs, but just too polished for my taste (Sorry Iain!). But with this listen when I take out the layers of history, I could appreciate it for what it is – a really enjoyable album that propelled guitar music further into the mainstream, so that’s a good thing!

Nu metal voice. Good album though.

Is this what peak grunge sounds like? Yes, yes it is. By the way, insane that freaking 'Yellow Ledbetter' didn't make the final cut of the album.

3.5 would be more appropriate, but I’ll round up. A lot of solid/well-known songs on the album but I just am not a huge PJ fan. I can’t put my finger on what it is, just because I truly do like the instrumentals and good song writing, but just doesn’t move me.

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

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

Hits all the right Pearl Jam notes, if that's your thing.

Lyrics: 2/5 Music: 3/5 Production: 3/5 Cohesiveness: 3/5 Overall: 3/5 Stand out songs: Even flow Alive

Pufffff!! Vibración y electricidad

Best in genre

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

I feel like I don't understand grunge at all

Had never actually listened to these guys could i kinda had a feeling I wouldn't exactly love it ... certainly still feeling that way after listening but it was fun to listen to. And nice to give me a better appreciation for the first wave of grunge... should come as no shock that I love their collab album with Neil Young lol but I was having a hard time hearing the connection between this album and neil when I know they are huge neil fans and he was a big influence on them ... anyways it was cool!

there's a bunch of classic songs that have been played to death in my life

In fairness this is an all time favourite of mine. I have listened to this too many times to count. I’ve owned it on tape. I’ve owned it on CD. I own it on vinyl. I think it was an early record in my life that thought me about passion and emotion in music. I probably use this as a subconscious benchmark against which I measure all other record’s abilities to portray emotion.

Not all of my favorite PJ songs are on Ten, but every song on Ten is one of my favorite PJ songs.

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

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

Bit too breathless for my taste

Never caught the Pearl Jam fever. I know Ten is supposed to be all that, but it leaves me remarkably unmoved.

Nice

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

This is the only great Pearl Jam album. But damn it’s a masterpiece. Every song is a total banger despite hundreds of listens over the years, it still hits.

Miałem trochę trudności z tym albumem. Wydaje mi się, że zasługuje na więcej ciepła, niż jestem w stanie mu dać. To solidny hard rockowy album, ma kilka utworów, które kojarzę, choć nie sądziłem, że kiedykolwiek słyszałem cokolwiek Pearl Jamu. "Even Flow" to naprawdę dobry utwór, wydaje mi się, że ciężko z tym dyskutować. Z drugiej strony wydaje mi się, że z perspektywy 33 lat ten album stracił jednak sporo świeżości. Myślę, że to głównie przez setki naśladowców tego stylu, więc to nawet nie wina samej płyty, raczej tego, co przyszło po niej. Single z tej płyty są całkiem fajne ("Even Flow" czy "Jeremy" chociażby), ale są też jakieś takie nastoletnie smęty z tekstami, które odnalazłyby się też w repertuarze Happy Sadu (który nawet lubię czasami, ale nie oszukujmy się, nie jest to wybitna muzyka). Myślę zwłaszcza o "Why Go". Czuję, że sporo późniejszych twórców się mocno inspirowało. Zwłaszcza Godsmack, którym się jarałem w liceum, słyszę dużo zbieżności. Serio przydałaby mi się tutaj 10-stopniowa skala, bo to jest takie idealnie 3,5/5, za bardzo uderza w moje gusta na 3, a jednocześnie nie jest wystarczająco wciągające na 4 i stawianie tego na równi z "Tigermilk" czy "The Nightfly", do których na pewno będę wracał. Z tej płyty wrócę głównie do "Even Flow".

IMO dobry album, podejmujący ciekawe tematy, momentami autobiograficzne, ale głównie społeczne. Najmocniejszą stroną jest Vedder i jego głos, ładunek emocjonalny, który za nim stoi (gdyby nie to, moim zdaniem przepadliby marnie w zestawieniu z takim Dirt). Przewrotny jest prawdzuwy sens "Alive" vs to, w jakim kontekście jest śpiewany i pamiętany... przejmujący utwór i chyba najbardziej autobiograficzny. Dobrze dobierali single z tej płyty - "Even flow" uwielbiam, Jeremy też solidny. Tutaj wokal i w dalszej kolejności geneza tekstów robią głownie tę płytę, muzyka to dla mnie po prostu solidnie zrobione tło.

Your dad will love this. 3

Trodde ikke jeg skulle like det her så bra, merkelig vokal. Men det er jo en skikkelig jam

Bom álbum de grunge! Já tinha ouvido antes, e adoro Pearl Jam, mas ouvi novamente. Oceans sendo muito bom sempre. Mas gosto muito de Jeremy, Alive e Black

eu sou do rosque!!!!

5 estrellas inmediatas en este. Este es uno de mis álbumes favoritos de todos los tiempos y uno que moldeó mis gustos musicales a una edad tan temprana. Eddie es uno de mis vocalistas favoritos y este álbum todavía es difícil.

Immediate 5-star on this one. This is one of my favorite albums of all time and one that shaped my music tastes at such a young age. Eddie is one of my favorite vocalists ever and this album still goes hard.

It sounded like every other rock album to me. I liked it more on the second listen. I saved a few songs. mama really likes this one and sang along in the kitchen when she came home. I was manking creamy pumpkin and butter beans with carmelized onions.

4.2

Even though I don't understand a single goddamn word Eddie Vedder sings, this album is essential to the grunge era, which is one of my favourite musical times. Amazing record, it absolutely deserves to be here! Important for grunge, important for music in general, and all around a perfect album.

Good enough for Pearl Jam

Yep, this was solid great fun!

Ok, so here’s my problem with Pearl Jam… 1.I had never consciously listened to them but if you played a song I would have probably guessed that’s who it is. Half the album are overplayed hits. I was most into the songs I had never heard before. 2. I have this preconceived notion of who a “pearl jam fan” is and it’s a crusty older dude who is wearing vans, past his prime, and waaaaay too into them. Everything is about stories from when they were in college… 3. I actually liked the music! It sounds good! But I can’t f’ing understand the lyrics because he slurs his words and mumbles! ENUNCIATE, please!

Another stellar debut. Great songs and music. With Nevermind, the 1 2 punch that lead to “Grunge” taking over and the proliferation of alternative music to radio darlings from the realm of critical/cult favorite obscurity. Dark subject matter that still resonates today.

I hadn't heard this album before, but was aware of many of the tracks. It's got to be once of the best grudge albums ever, I enjoyed it all the way through and happily re-listened this morning on the drive to work.

Kind of a revelation. When I first heard Pearl Jam I was a young teenager and found it too noisy for my taste. Later I heard the songs Eddie Vedder did for the film "Into the Wild" and associated them with the movie, which I thought sucked. Since then I haven't listened to anything Pearl Jam or Pearl Jam related, and had lumped them in to the same mental bucket I put Nirvana in (who I can confirm are not to my taste based on the albums that have come up for me on this project). So I went in to this expecting abrasive grunge, but instead got this melodic, emotive album with lyrics you can actually understand, epic guitar solos, and thumping energy. This shit absolutely rocks

Cerramos noviembre con un debut. Diría que de las bandas grunge clásicas, Pearl Jam es la que menos me llegó: salvo algunas excepciones, es una banda con canciones más luminosas y que suena bien. Álbum cargado de hits, garpa para poner de fondo y pasar el rato. Nos vemos en diciembre.

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

own

The first half of Ten fucking slaps, some huge songs, standing up to scrutiny more than 30 years later, genuinely outstanding territory. Second half isn't quite as good, loses its way a bit but Release closes it out in impressive form. Gets a 4 because everything up to and including Jeremy is so fucking good, just a shame it doesn't hold that standard throughout, but such a cool sound, and what a voice Eddie Vedder has.

Enjoyed this, more on a second listen than on the first and will probably improve with each listen for a while (particularly when I can listen to it properly loud, rather than from my tinny laptop speakers). It's a really cool, rough and dirty sound, I like the guy's voice, and there's enough depth and variation in pace to make it an interesting listen as well as a fun one. Will join the regular rotation, a comfortable 4/5.

Awful

11/27/24. I love the 90s grunge scene and I don’t know why I never listened to this in full until today, wow did I miss out. I now understand why it’s loved and each song is great, plus flows perfectly into the next song.

this surprised me - I came into it expecting to rate it somewhat low, but overall I liked it more than I thought. a 3.5 rounded up, Points deducted for overall churning sludgeyness, but I realize that's probably the appeal for others.

pound for pound, ten has got to be one of the best debut albums of all time. this is the album that defines pearl jam, and a lot of the grunge/alternative rock sound of the early 90s as well. there are genuinely moving songs on here with lyrical themes that touch on suicide, homelessness, and mental health--things that most other artists would distance themselves from. the band sounds great here and there's plenty of power behind vedder's vocals. i've listened to some of these tracks hundreds of times and they still hold up for me. and this is one of those bands i probably wouldn't know more than a song or two from had it not been for Rock Band and Guitar Hero. favorites: once, even flow, alive, black, jeremy, oceans

All time classic

Favorite was "Porch"

Fantastic album, almost all bangers and certified legendary songs that will be remembered for the time of times. Absolute legends.

It’s a 5. I’ll fight you if you say otherwise. Rocks.

One of the best Albums ever.

As much as I love grunge, I’ve never fully clicked with this record as much as all the critics have. It’s not bad at all; in fact it’s great. The big singles still hit, and the rest of the deepcuts really nail that heavy early 90s sound with some great songwriting and production. I still, however, find it to be a tier lower than Nevermind or Superunknown. Those albums mean a lot more to me personally while Ten has always just been the album that’s really good, nothing more and nothing less.

Alright. Quite repetitive tbh.

out of the 3 big grunge albums (and bands) this was probably my favourite Standout: Black

Hm hm hm. I wish I could give this album a 3.5 -- there's probably more here that I would skip than enjoy, but it's hard to fight the nostalgia factor.

Mostly good stuff. Some great guitar work - Eddie Vedder has a terrific voice and is a skilled vocalist, but he sounds a little strained and pained at times - it's a stylistic choice, but not always a great one.

10/10, perfect debut album.

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

I know every bit of this album by heart. Crazy that this was their debut, it absolutely rocks from front to back. Eddie Vedder's vocal stylings might not be for everyone, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I’ve been listening to this album nearly my entire life. 10/10

A favourite

Found my original cassette to listen to last night. It's seen some shit over the years! Some of these albums you've never heard before, some are familiar but not your favorite. Some you can live without. Some resonate in your soul and feel like home. When Ten was released I wasn't immediately sold. Seattle sound was taking over. I wasn't ready to let go of what I was listening to initially. I don't remember how or why, but this ended up being played on repeat one summer in my van and it started a lifetime of loving this band. This spring I went to the screening of Dark Matter and listened to their new album in a conpletely dark movie theater🤷🏻‍♂️, so you can say I'm kinda a fan!

Ten is a masterpiece, just a monster of a debut album. In a time of pop, glam, and rap, Pearl Jam brought us back to rock. And rock we did.

2/10

Like this one but didn't love it. Might need to give it a relisten.

Pretty nice album. Pearl Jam's vocalist has this interesting sounding voice, so most of the songs are pretty obviously by him. I am happy with this album, there were two song that were quite popular - Everflow and Jeremy (that I've heard on the radio at some point), and the rest were alright.

Their best album by far. Second and third album were pretty good too. After that, I wasn’t such a fan anymore. They seem more concerned about Ticketmaster than making great music.

Almost 5/5. Release is just a bit much at the end. Just quit while you’re ahead.

One of the best albums ever made.

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

Day313 - a seminal record in this young man’s life and 33 years later it’s still one of the best top to bottom albums ever

auðvitað er þetta handbolti en á vissan hátt lög æsku minnar. ekki endilega ljúfar minningar sem vakna en nostalgía engu að síður. 3,5.

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

Voor mij natuurlijk onmogelijk om dit onbevooroordeeld te waarderen. Een luisterbeurt was dan ook eigenlijk niet nodig om deze review te schrijven. Maar potverdorie wat ben ik blij dat ik toch nog weer 2x Ten van-voor-tot-achter heb geluisterd. Pearl Jam is één van de eerste bands waar ik echt verliefd op werd en ben jarenlang toch wel beetje fanboy geweest van Eddie Vedder. Zijn stem is geweldig en de frustratie en boosheid die je hoort op Ten zijn zo ontzettend oprecht. Dat zie je ook terug in eerste live-opnames van PJ. Was ik altijd zo sick vind om te bedenken is dat Pearl Jam als band én Ten als album echt in zo'n korte tijd is ontstaan. Mother Love Bone verloor zanger Andrew Wood in 1990. Stone Gossard zoch mede-muzikanten, maakte wat demo's, die bereikten en tankstation-medewerker in San Diego, die bromt wat terug, paar dagen een kelder in Seattle in, nieuwe band is opgericht en het debuutalbum is klaar. En wat voor één. Alleen de positie van de drummer is in de jaren daarna aan verandering onderhevig geweest. Heel veel woorden hoef ik aan Ten verder niet vuil te maken. Het album raast echt voorbij. Ik vind het jeugdig en simpel, maar tegelijkertijd zijn de nummers best complex. Het is soms best hard, maar varieert met rustigere nummers. De gitaarsolo's zijn vet, maar niet te lang of over-the-top. En ik vind de ADHD-drumpartijen van Dave Krusen echt heerlijk (bijv. in Even Flow of de intro van Why Go). Echter voordat PJ bekend werd waren ze alweer twee drummers verder... Wat mij betreft dus alleen maar loftrompet voor Pearl Jam, Ten en Eddie Vedder. Ik zou toch nog wel eens heel graag naar een concert van ze willen... 10/10 Highlights Alive Black Jeremy Garden Release

still holds up after all these years.

Solid

Quintessential Gen X dad rock.

Nice album, the guitar solo in Alive is amazing

Great highlights and decent fillers

mi piacciono!

I'm not a big Pearl Jam listener, but I bought this album in the 1990s, and I stand by the purchase. It's good enough to draw me in, when much other Grunge stuff could not. I like the voice, the music and the attitude.

ooh yes, another album heard through the wall between mine and my brothers rooms. Great lyrics, not a huge fan of grunge to begin with but they rock hard enough to push past it. Even Flow, Alive, Jeremy are all huge hits for a reason, tackling difficult themes, the rest of the album sounds good too, except Release, 9 minutes was way too long.

Enjoyed this one a lot! Really didn’t like how hard songs about homelessness and school shootings hit in this day and age but what are you gonna do? As someone who isn’t a fan of grunge music… Pearl Jam were the best grunge band

Alive

Pretty cool, again didn’t appreciate bands when they were new and upcoming.

Probably my favorite if not close second favorite of the grunge era. Vedder's vocals were prominent, and his gargled voice launched the entire subgenre of humor known as "misheard lyrics". But, the passion and energy he puts behind his voice throws its beyond a realm of comprehension. Musically, robust and great sounding emphatic. Production wise not overly compressed but also not wide open. Guitar tones are crunchy but so clean. And the drums sound HUGE.

This is the sound hard rock makes when it's just started therapy. "Jeremy" - heartbreaking, powerful, make sure you know the backstory. Skip everything else, love everything else, but this one is a testament for the ages. Six out of Ten.

No other album inspired more dudes to get ponytails and wear flannel, cargo shorts, and army boots than this one. Great record.

Ten (с англ. — «Десять») — дебютный студийный альбом американской рок-группы Pearl Jam, вышедший в 1991 году. Успешным он стал только через год после выпуска, заняв в 1992 году второе место в хит-параде Billboard 200. Благодаря огромным продажам и не менее огромному влиянию на умы молодого поколения начала 1990-х годов этот альбом часто называют одним из самых влиятельных альбомов гранжа и одним из величайших рок-альбомов 90-х годов Ten является одним из наиболее успешных альбомов в истории альтернативного рока и гранжа, в частности. Только в США дебютный релиз разошёлся тиражом более чем в 13 000 000 копий. Мировой тираж альбома превысил 25 000 000 проданных дисков. По этому показателю среди всех рок-альбомов, выпущенных в 90-е, только одноимённый альбом группы Metallica превзошёл коммерческие достижения дебюта Pearl Jam. Журнал Metal Hammer включил Ten в список «200 лучших рок-альбомов всех времён». Журнал Rolling Stone включил запись в «500 величайших альбомов всех времён». Также пластинка попала в список «1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die» (русc. «1001 альбом, который нужно услышать»). Самые известные песни альбома — «Alive», «Even Flow», «Black», «Oceans» и «Jeremy» до сих пор (с 1992 года) находятся в чартах многих рок-радиостанций мира, причём австралийские и американские музыкальные чарты эти песни регулярно возглавляют. Песня «Brother», вошедшая на переиздание альбома Ten, в 2009 году в качестве сингла возглавила американские альтернативные и рок-чарты. Композиция была сочинена и записана в середине 1991 года. Ten непрерывно находился в Top 20 чарта Billboard 200 на протяжении почти трёх лет, с 1992 по 1995 годы.

This is just hands down a quality album. Ed Vedder’s vocals are excellent and the songs themselves have some real body to them. Love this album and have done for years.

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

Seeing as the 90s was a formative decade for this reviewer, this album carries with it a certain mythological status. Thirty years later no one questions that this band or album existed, but they want to. Pearl Jam came out of the same place and time as other grunge acts did, but they did not hide the way a lot of grunge did. Where Nirvana wrapped things in lyrical ambiguity, Pearl Jam just put the words and storytelling out there. This album is probably their most evident of that, particularly with "Jeremy". The album takes a narrative position of 90s angst where other Seattle bands took a more abstract up for interpretation one.

This is an album I heard so many times back in the 90s that it’s become tough to stick with it from beginning to end without getting bored and turning it off. That said, I can’t deny the influence it had and how groundbreaking it was for its time. When it came out, it was like nothing else out there, a real breath of fresh air. Although I’m burned out on it now and it lacks the appeal it once had, I have to admit that there was a time when I listened to this album regularly.

Not a single bad song

An amazing grunge album that defined my teenage years. Every song has its place perfectly on this album, and it is hard to choose a few as standouts. Black, Jeremy, Even Flow and Oceans are my favourites.

Not really a fan of Pearl Jam, except for this album which I think is worthy of 5 stars or A-.

This is it. THIS is the album. This led me from the 80's into the 90's, and began my love of Eddie Vedder. I have heard this album so many times and still enjoy it straight through. No skips. Solid 5/5....it doesn't get Eddie Vedder than this.

Definitely not grunge at its absolute best, but there's no denying that this is still a great album. It keeps everything that's already great about this era of music and adds a touch of theatrics into the mix to make for a really interesting and unique take on grunge.

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

Not to compare but I’m Definitely more a Nirvana guy. Of the big four Grunge bands Pearl Jam might be dead last. However it’s been years since I’ve listened to this so let’s see. Well I feel a hint bad for above statements as it’s not right to compare two bands. I can’t deny this was a good listen and very well produced. Would I put it on all the time probably not but it deserves the praise it gets 4/5

One of my favorites, in constant rotation

This album has got some jams on it. Pearl Jam was super inconsistent. Like they put every brain fart that they could flesh out into a song to tape and released it. But what a debut!

Great Pearl Jam album.

Phenomenal album, a real turning point in rock music.

Wow! All time great!!

I love pearl jam. Shut up, I do. To be fair I prefer sound garden but I love this too. Classic rock dressed as grunge. I know that Vedder’s voice rubs some the wrong way but it falls into the ‘sounds better than mine and people pay to hear mine’ category. The lyrics too might be heavy handed but they were young. We can’t all be Cobain. Listen to this. It changes the world. So deserves its place here. After a run of duds, I’m probably overreacting to this. But it’s a good and important album.

I was 21 and working in a record store when this record came out. One of our regulars, Beth, was absolutely smitten with this record, and recommended it to me. I dug the classic rock sound and bought a copy fairly early on and played it a lot. There was a lot of debate at the time as to whether they were really "authentic" or bandwagon jumpers. I was aware of their pedigree in Green River and links with other Seattle bands, so never bought into that criticism. The arrival of the second wave of grunge, and the generic mainstream 'alternative rock' that followed across the 90s made it clear that Pearl Jam were, in fact, the real deal. That said, their rise to ubiquity was uncomfortable (for the band as much as the listener), and their subsequent albums didn't really do it for me. Possibly because they moved away from their strength, which to me, was their ability to powerfully channel classic rock (riff heavy, lots of hooks, stadium ready), without the macho posturing that went with the form. You don't have to scratch the surface much to reveal the DNA of this record (Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Grand Funk Railroad, et hoc genus omnes). The playing is powerful and forceful, but loose enough to swing a little bit. The guitars have a great 70s swagger, a welcome change from the shredders who had dominated hard rock and heavy metal for the previous decade. Jeff Ament is the MVP, playing the most terrific moment on the record; the fretless harmonic bass slide at the beginning of Even Flow. The band didn't like the original mix -- too reverb heavy -- but it is what it is. I've listened to the Brendan O'Brien mix from 2009, but it isn't different enough to make me re-think my take on the original version. Are the lyrics and vocal delivery a bit melodramatic? Possibly, but you have to admire the way that Vedder leaves it all out of the floor. You can't doubt his sincerity, and I'll take a credible and passionate (if idiosyncratic) performance over a technically perfect performance any day. Pearl Jam was not my favourite band of the Seattle scene and I never saw them live. By the time they toured Australia, they were playing stadiums -- there was no way I was going to pay to see them at the Eastern Creek International Speedway (I've seen Gimme Shelter) -- and eventually they descended into purveyors of boring dad rock. But I played this album a lot in the early 90s and liked it a lot. I preferred Temple of the Dog which I regard as a sibling album to Ten. But every now and then, I give Ten a spin, and it always surprises me how well the album stands up. The songs are strong and moving, and the performances are powerful. I always find it easy to listen to all the way through. 4.5 stars.

Great rock music, classic

A huge nostalgia hit seeing this one pop up as it was a big part of my teenage years. I know this album back to front and inside out.

Second best grunge record ever? Maybe with the best single songs.

This holds up. Big and intimate at the same time, it just rocks. Guitar noodling doesn't outlast its welcome like a lot of dinosaur rock and I'm a sucker for any singer who sounds like their voice went through a cement mixer. I know there are a lot of hits on here but just about anything coulda been a single. Sets the tone.

It’s good. I don’t think it’s for me though. All these songs kinda linger on and outstay their welcome to me. Really solid song writing tho.

I come back to this album at least a couple of times a year. This is high school for me. I never became one of those folks to follows every album Pearl Jam does, but this album will always be great to me.

Know this one back to front. I love it, even if it's of a time

It’s Led Zeppelin. Probably enough said. Not a bad listen. "Kashmir" definitely stands out as a particularly good track. I would definitely listen to this again. Double album though so it’s just a lot in one sitting.

I liked it. maybe have to give another listen to it

Good album. Great singing, instrumental playing and groove.

It’s not really my stuff. This is my first time listening to a full Pearl Jam record and it’s close to what I expected. That being said, it’s still pretty damn good. I might not listen to it again but I can see the appeal.

interesting. cool. so far. till "alive" "why go" very interesting just wish he enunciated lol garden is cool release is nice 4/5

My friend in high school told us about how the members from Mother Love Bone got another band together from a singer originally from our area (San Diego). He got a hold of a demo tape, perhaps from friend-of-friend of a friend. Popped it in the tape player of a friend’s car and said “this is the band I want us to sound like.” Pretty funny looking back and I haven’t given it a complete listen in more than 30 years. Brings back memories. Forgot out great the first 2/3rds of the album are, perhaps loses a little interest towards the end.

Album interesante del grunge, con muchas guitarras distorsionadas y sonido crudo de batería y voces. Es interesante la propuesta que trae la banda en contraposición con Nirvana

Already know this one like the back of my hand.

I am reminded of the "Bowling for Soup" line - "Her CD changer's full of singers that are mad at their dad". There are some ok arrangements on here, some good dynamics, but the voice grinds my gears. The songs mostly outstay their welcome and are overblown, too Obviously I am in the minority here, but from this seat, one star.

Classic grunge! Anyone growing up in the 90s should be familiar with this. 4/5

I seriously thought this was a greatest hits album. So much good shit even though I was never a huge Pearl Jam fan.

The last awkward breath of the glam rock and roll and aged kickoff of more grunge-y sound that lacks any sort of exciting edge to it in either vocal performances or melody structures to not make you feel completely embarrassed for listening to it. Didn't finish it, aggrivating and exhausting listen in spite of some actual talented guitar work here. If it had like a tenth of the personality some of the significantly better bands that came after it had then maybe it would be at least passable, but as it is I don't want to hear this album ever again.

Pearl Jam was definitely my favorite grunge band. Even Flow is an awesome song. Once, Even Flow and Alive is a really strong contender for the best three songs to start a debut album. That's a pretty specific take, but I stand by it. Alive is an all time great song. A lot of good songs on this album...it feels like everything after was a slow decline from this peak. The America of the early 90s was a bleak existence if you were listening to grunge or gangsta rap. I remember liking Oceans more than Jeremy and having them linked in my mind because of their proximity on the album. The album cuts are good too. Something on Garden reminds me of Tenacious D's Tribute. The obsession with ending albums with long/secret tracks was a huge thing in the 90s. The end of secret tracks is hopefully one of the only good things to come out of the digital music revolution. The start of Once and the hidden track both sound a little like the beginning to the PeeWee's Playhouse theme song.

Best Album ever!!!

7/10 mainly for even flow.

Fantastic. Just. Fantastic

A solid grunge debut, tho I love the hits most.

Top 10 of all time - worn this out listening to it on repeat. Not a bad song on the album. Truly a revolution in sound.

Bought the vinyl at the time, still like it very much today.

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I've heard the name Pearl Jam previously, but I wouldn't have been able to name a single track of theirs. It just wasn't the sort of music I listened to ... until recently. After being blown away by the Nirvana album, and learning how Pearl Jam were considered to be of a similar genre, I was looking forward to this. The album started slowly, and didn't reach the (admittedly, lofty) heights of Nevermind, but it was still very good.

Lemppari: Black Vähiten lemppari: Release

One of my favorite albums of all time, I own it on vinyl and have listened to it a lot. I have my favorite tracks of course, but even the ones I don't know as well are still amazing. So fucking good, I listened to it twice. Five stars, easily.

3 stars

Some good songs, but I can’t take anything Vedder sings seriously

Even flow is sick, and release is way too long. This album is the truest 3 you can possibly give, perhaps the king of mid.

Easy five stars. The hits remain awesome and have aged well. And the songs between ("Once," "Why Go," "Oceans," etc.) remain terrific.

Solid album from start to finish.

- Once again an album that I have heard half of from just being a teenager who tuned into alt rock radio. - Surprised by 1) how much more connection there is between Pearl Jam and the hard rock (and even hair metal) of the 80s with regard to the focus on guitar riffs and 2) how much Eddie Vedder's vocals influenced so many, often maligned, bands of the 00s like Creed, Nickeback, etc. - Pearl Jam will never be my default grunge band, but the one-two punch of "Black" and "Jeremy" is nothing short of masterful.

Love this album. Actually listened to it the first time the week before it came up on the generator

4 - my mother would be annoyed that I didnt give this a 5 but the second half is boring