Pearl Jam

Yield

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Editor's Review:

In an age where the Chemical Brothers are considered cool by the masses, Pearl Jam may be the last hope of rock radio. Yield, the new offering from Pearl Jam, has some excellent cuts that will definitely bring you back to an early 1990's/Neil Young state of mind.

Although there are two songs on the album I could have done without ("Pilate" and "All Those Yesterdays") and one that is just an annoying waste of disk space (track 8), the other 10 tracks shape the album in the proper direction. There are several high points that go to prove that all of Pearl Jam's best work was not done on there debut release. "Brain Of J," "No Way" and the single, "Given To Fly" are the stand out tracks on the disk, and with the band doing the big turnaround in the video department, Pearl Jam is going to be force fed to the masses by a voracious MTV machine. Let's face it, Pearl Jam could make an entire album covering show-tunes from obscure 1940's musicals, make a coinciding video, and it would still sell 2 million copies.

If you like Pearl Jam you'll be happy with the way Yield turned out. A far better effort than 1996's No Code, Yield brings you the Pearl Jam you like, and is by far their best effort since Ten.

-Bill Fishkin
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Record Label Epic Records

Released April 2001

Tracks

1. 1. Brain Of J.
2. Faithfull
3. No Way
4. Given To Fly
5. Wishlist
6. Pilate
7. Do The Evolution
8. Untitled
9. MFC
10. Low Light
11. In Hiding
12. Push Me, Pull Me
13. All Those Yesterdays

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Pearl Jam was created when band mates Jeff Ament (bass) and Stone Gossard (guitar) began playing with Mike McCreedy (guitar), recording a demo which eventually fell into the hands of Eddie Vedder (vocals/guitar). They called themselves Mookie Blaylock, but changed the name after recording, but before releasing their multi-platinum Epic debut, Ten. Since then, the group has become involved in many charities, contributing songs on compilations for various benefits, appearing at The Bridge School Benefit in San Francisco and upholding their independent values — such as taking on corporate concert ticket monolith Ticketmaster — despite their monstrous popularity. The group’s lineup has contained many drummers, including Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Dave Krusen, Dave Abbruzzese and most recently, Matt Cameron (Soundgarden). The band, in an unusual position of being high profile, yet able to follow their whims and musical morals, continues to do basically, whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want. Their seventh studio album, Riot Act was released in 2002.

– Maurice S. Teilmann (November 2002)