Ten -Deluxe Edition- -2CD/1 DVD-

Completing the Record . . . .
Years ago I reviewed the original "Ten" album. It was a great record in 1991 and it was still exceptional in 2002 when I first reviewed it. The only complaint I have about the original piece is something is lost in the production. I could never put my finger on why I would still listen to the songs from the record, but only when they were played live in the many "official bootlegs" released by the band. I then read a review that said something along the line of "studio effects that were applied to give a stadium feel were more 80's than 90's" and it hit me as finally someone had put to words my only problem with this piece of rock history. The new versions, re-arranged and produced by long-time Pearl Jam producer Brendan O'Brian are cleaner and sharper than the originals. You can make out more of what is being said. I know that this is a challenge, especially in the world of Pearl Jam. The feel overall is more like the rawness that is captured throughout the rest of the discography. So much of the processing effects added in the post-production phase are gone and we are left with a more living version of the original. Put this disc in the player and you feel what it would have sounded like sitting in the booth those days with the band. . . To me, this is what this should have been all along. This is not to give the impression that the original was not great, and in line with the production standards of the time, but it takes some of the polish off that left a mildly muddy feel. I think now, after nearly 20 years, the record is complete. epc

Classic album gets the proper "legacy" treatment
As a Pearl Jam of the first hour, I've been following the band over its now 19 years (and counting) history, with its mostly highs and some lows. When the band announced they were about to reissue its classic debut album "Ten" for its 20th (?) anniversary, I was at first non-plussed, to be honest. But I finally gave in and checked it out. Boy, amd I glad I did. "Ten (Legacy Edition" (2 CDS; 28 tracks; 132 min. ) brings on CD1 (11 tracks; 53 min.) the original album in a remastered version, and it sounds as I alwasys remembered it, if a bit better. But the real deal is of course CD2 (17 tracks; 79 min.). It brings the original album remixed from scratch by Brendan O'Brian (who would mix a lot of the subsequent PJ albums), and it sounds a bit different but not all that much, to be honest. This isn't a radical retooling. The bonus tracks that follow bring the pay-off: "Brother" with vocals (there was an instrumental version on "Lost Dogs"), the tremendous "Just a Girl", an early version of "Breath and A Scream" and of "State of Love and Trust" that both rock, the previously unreleased "2,000 Miles Blues" that is as bluesy as the title implies, just great, and the short (also previously unreleased) "Evil Little Goat", the only track on here that doesn't add much. In all, this is a very nice 'legacy' edition to an absolute amazing debut album (although I was disappointed by the absence of liner notes to the album). Pearl Jam remains a force to be reckoned with these days, in particular in concert (I was not moved by their latest album "Backspacer"). I saw them deliver an epic 3+ hr. set at Bonnaroo 2008, which just blew me away. Can't wait for the future of Pearl Jam.

more awful grunge rock music
likely to rank amongst the most overrate albums ever...just check out Classic Rock magazine... when these guys came out everybody was wandering what`s the deal here...poor technique, a frontman who thinks he is JMorrison reborn...sad stuff. Unfortunately grunge rock took over and brought a lost decade of bad music but things fianlly changed and 10, 20, 30 years from now nobody will care about these boring bands out of Washington state, all the while the world is re-discovering what real rock music is. What goes around comes around!!

Spadge-tastic...
Pearl Jam are probably the worst example of Rockabilly there is. Country infused fake gloominess and the terrible amateur vocal style of Mr Vader that has been purloined from the singer from Bush, in fact Pearl Jam started out as a cover band and Bush songs were a firm favourite. This difficult second album highlights what is wrong with carbon copy boyband styles. When one style worked, a band will release a similar sounding dirge of an album as before, hoping to do it again somehow. This never quite works out. Look at Nickelback, same old same old. This album has some catchy tunes but catchy is not always a mark of quality. The guitars are muddy to hide the ham fisted bad playing Also, as all the band are all quite happy in real life and well off now, the misery in the music is false and is therefore just a cash in by people old enough to be their fans parents taking money from misguided and genuinely depressed individuals. It stinks! None of the songs I can care to remember too well as I switched the album off half way through. This kind of 'music' is not worth listening too as I have shown, if I switch it off it really isn't worth getting into, I will never get those 33 minutes back again. I listen only to music I have heard before. Here is what I heard and skipped with a brief summary. 1 "Once", This about how many times you should listen to the album. 2 "Even Flow", Dreary Bush tribute, catchy but no classic. 3 "Alive", Copy dreary-alike, slow mosh, a candle lit headbang for one. 4 "Why Go", Because Eddy Vader keeps droning. 5 "Black", Oh I am so depressed, what shall I spend my $ on? 6 "Jeremy", A visit to the Newsnight set inspires all. 7 "Oceans", About Seamen which Pearl Jam is another name for. 8 "Porch", Eddy drives one and still expects us to think he is sad. 9 "Garden", Didn't get this far, probably sounds like the others. 10 "Deep", Deep what? No depth here only teenage angst from grown men. In conclusion, even through the Ramseyfied Audio Filtre System, with triple AHA fruit acid, this album is phoney and far too long and dreary. 'The Cheeky Girls' show far more ingenuity and better structured songs and production than this gaggle of pocket money grabbing pretend morose funk band dinosaurs. Classic album and inspirational lyrics, avoid!

pearl jam,s amazing debut;ten!!
pearl jam,s [ten] maybe one of their best albums ever.this is the album that launched pearl jam,s carreer.this new remaster sounds great and the bonus cd is cool with the bonus cuts.when this album was released in 1991 it soon became a huge hit and pearl jam became one of the most notable of the seattle bands along with nirvana and queensryche.for me the best cuts are;once,even flow,black,jeremy,release,oceans and alive!!if you are a pearl jam fan grab this!!