Review
While the fact that Pearl Jam are still together fourteen years after the release of their seminal debut album Ten is remarkable enough, this, their eighth studio album, provides ample evidence that they still have a marked determination to continue preaching their message.
The record opens in angry style with Vedder snarling over furious guitars that don't relent until the end of the fifth track. You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd stumbled across the latest batch of angst-fuelled, punk-loving teenagers rather than the Seattle grunge veterans. They rage against George Bush, the Iraq war and American apathy while guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready serve up aggressive rock solo after solo.
However the ballads that dominated previous albums are evident here too, though they sound unnervingly similar to Bruce Springsteen's acoustic work.
Their most accomplished album in years closes in epic style with the seven minute long "Inside Job" - proving the band care little about writing three minute pop songs these days.
Long may their crusade continue. --Dan Tallis
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Eighth album from grunge survivors Pearl Jam follows 2002s
Riot Act. Fuelled by frustration and anger over the state of Western politics in the 21st century, they have made one of the heaviest albums of their career. Their sound has matured into classic American rock in the vein of Neil Young & Crazy Horse or Bruce Springsteen, but with a vitriolic injection of punk rock fury. The album has been hailed by fans as one of their best yet and includes the single "World Wide Suicide".
Watch Pearl Jam perform "Life Wasted", taken from this album.
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