Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)

SOLD! $85.00

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Near Mint Original U.S. 1st Pressing

INCLUDES BONUS "FLOAT ON" 7" 45RPM!

Epic Records: E2 87125
Format: 2X12" Double LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl
Includes: BONUS 7" 45RPM - "Float On" b/w "I've Got It All (Most)"...and original high gloss custom inner sleeves.
Cover Condition: Near Mint, Awesome Copy!Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Hardly ever played! BONUS 7" 45RPM Near Mint! Custom inner sleeves also near mint!


Release Info: Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth full-length album recorded by alternative rock band Modest Mouse. The album was released by Epic Records on April 6, 2004 on both CD and 180g/m² vinyl record. It was rereleased on DualDisc on October 11, 2005. The first two singles from the album were "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty," both of which debuted on American radio stations in the first half of 2004.

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

SOLD! $36.99

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Very Good+ Original U.S. 1st Pressing

Epic Records: E2 63871
Format: 2X12" Double LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl
Includes: Original lyrics inner sleeves
Cover Condition: Very Good+, some minor creasing at top, corners slightly worn, minor ring wear. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Very Good+, minor paper scuffing, still holds original lustre. Very nice copy. Custom inner sleeves also very good+


Release Info:The Moon & Antarctica is the third full-length album by American rock band Modest Mouse, first released by Epic Records on June 13, 2000. The album was the band's first release on a major label and was released on both compact disc and vinyl LP. It has since been reissued twice on CD and once on vinyl. The album peaked at number 120 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart.

Modest Mouse, A Modest Few

I didn't get into MM until The Moon & Antartica and even then the infatuation was over before it began really. Can't say why. I moved on to other bands, other styles, I guess.  Which explains why my Modest Mouse collection is so...well, modest. Anyway, the two I did purchase happen to be the bands best two albums, if you're asking me. And they're pretty hard to find, too!

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, their lineup has centered around Brock, Green and Judy. Guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of The Smiths) joined the band in May 2006, along with percussionist Joe Plummer (formerly of the Black Heart Procession) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Guitarist Jim Fairchild joined the band in February 2009.

The band has accrued significant mainstream success since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000 and have been one of the leading bands in the popularization of indie rock, beginning with The Moon & Antarctica and Good News for People Who Love Bad News, which have been certified gold and platinum by the RIAA respectively. They have gone on to sell over three million records since. Elements of Modest Mouse's early sound have been likened to or inspired by that of Pixies and numerous other alternative rock and space rock bands. Their name is derived from a passage from the Virginia Woolf story "The Mark on the Wall" which reads, "I wish I could hit upon a pleasant track of thought, a track indirectly reflecting credit upon myself, for those are the pleasantest thoughts, and very frequent even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people, who believe genuinely that they dislike to hear their own praises."

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)

SOLD! $56.00

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Near Mint 2nd U.S. Pressing (2006)

Sonic Boom Records: SBR012
Format: 2X12" Double LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl
Includes: Original 12-page Booklet
Cover Condition: NEAR MINT! Flawless Copy! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: NEAR MINT! Played Once and still as good as the day I bought it. 12-Page Booklet also NEAR MINT!


Release Info:Transatlanticism is the fourth studio album by Death Cab for Cutie, released October 7, 2003 on Barsuk Records. Prior to the album's release, Ben Gibbard stated: "...unlike The Photo Album, I feel like this record is definitely more like a proper album. We’ve tried to construct it with transitions of songs going in and out of each other, and I think it's a little bit more expansive than the last record."

Death Cab For Cutie - Something About Airplanes (1998)

SOLD! $5.50

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Near Mint 2nd U.S. Pressing (2005?)
Die Cut Cover with original velum insert

Sonic Boom Records: SBR002
Format: 12" LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl
Includes: Original custom liner notes insert and graphic velum insert
Cover Condition: NEAR MINT! Prestine Copy! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: NEAR MINT! All inserts also NEAR MINT!


Rlease Info:Something About Airplanes is the debut studio album by Indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, released August 18, 1998 on Barsuk Records. A remastered anniversary version of the album was released on November 25, 2008.

Death Cab for You!

Offering up a couple from Death Cab: Something About Airplanes and Transatlanticism. The latter being their finest effort to date, I believe. Both are second issues released by Sonic Boom Records on 180g Audiophile Vinyl. As with most of my listings, these are hard to find limited pressings.

Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar), Chris Walla (guitar, production), Nick Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums). Gibbard took the band name from the title of the song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, in The Beatles' 1967 film, Magical Mystery Tour.

Gibbard's first album, You Can Play These Songs with Chords, was released as a demo, leading to a record deal with Barsuk Records. It was at this time that Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, and recruited band members to join. The band has released six studio albums, five EPs, and one demo to date. Their most recent album, Narrow Stairs, was released in May 2008.

Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)

SOLD $66.00

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Near Mint Original U.S. 1st Pressing
Limited Edition Blue Vinyl!
Original First Issue Foil Cover

The Control Group: CGO 17
Format: 12" Ltd. Ed. Blue Vinyl LP with Foil Cover
Includes: Original generic white inner sleeve
Cover Condition: Near Mint, Exceptional Copy! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint electric blue vinyl! Played Once!


Release Info: Hot Fuss is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Killers, released on June 7, 2004 in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004 in the United States. The album reached top of the album charts in both the United Kingdom and Australia, and stayed in the Top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart for over fifty weeks. Singles from the album include "Somebody Told Me", "Mr. Brightside", "All These Things That I've Done" and "Smile Like You Mean It". The Album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards.

Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)

SOLD! $136.50

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Near Mint Original U.S. 1st Pressing
Limited Edition White Vinyl!

The Control Group: CGO 26
Format: 12" White Vinyl LP
Includes: Original lyrics insert and one bonus track not included on the CD!
Cover Condition: Near Mint, Flawless! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint snow white vinyl! NEVER Played! Lyrics insert also near mint!

Aha Shake Heartbreak is the second studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon. It was released in November 2004 in the UK and February 2005 in the United States. It's the only album by Kings of Leon to have a Parental Advisory.

Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood (2003)

SOLD! $102.52

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Near Mint Original 1st Pressing
Not a re-issue!
Made in the EU

Handmedownrecords: HMD26
Format: 2X10" Double LP
Includes: Original photo and liner notes inner sleeves
Cover Condition: VG+, Some very minor ringwear (see cover photo) Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Both discs are Near Mint! Rarely Played. SILENT! Both inner sleeves also near mint!


Release Info: Youth & Young Manhood is the debut album from American rock band Kings of Leon, released in August 2003. The title was taken from a drawing of the family tree of Moses, found on the inside of one of their Pentecostal preaching father's Bibles. Each branch contained a line that the band was quoted as saying could easily have passed for an album title. Youth and Young Manhood, however, seemed fitting and was quickly agreed upon by all members.

Kings of Leon, The Good Stuff

So, I was on the bandwagon from the start with these guys. I definitely like the early stuff better than the new Arena Rock style they're outputting now. Either way, their first two studio albums are certainly hard to find, each unique in their own way; Youth and Young Manhood was made in Europe and released in the States as a very limited pressing double 10" import and Aha Shake Heartbreak as a limited run white vinyl pressing made in the good ol' US of A. I've got them both. And I will sell them to you if you're the highest bidder!

Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Franklin, Tennessee, United States in 1999, consisting of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ivan Nathan Followill (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Michael Jared Followill (bass, backing vocals), with their cousin Cameron Matthew Followill (lead guitar, backing vocals). Each member of the family group is known by his middle name (second given name) as opposed to his first given name.

The band's early music was an upbeat blend of southern rock and blues influences but the band has gradually expanded their sound to include a variety of genres and a more alternative rock or arena rock sound. Kings of Leon achieved initial success in the United Kingdom with nine Top 40 singles, two BRIT Awards in 2008, and all three of the band's albums at the time peaking in the top five of the UK Albums Chart. Their third album Because of the Times also reached the #1 spot. After the release of Only by the Night in September 2008 they finally achieved chart success in their native United States. The singles "Sex on Fire", "Use Somebody" and "Notion" all peaked at #1 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks. The album itself was their first ever platinum-selling album in the United States. It was the best selling album of 2008 in Australia, being certified nine-times Platinum.

EELS - Shootenanny! (2003)

SOLD! $71.02

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spinART Records: SPART 128
Format: 12" LP, Black Vinyl
Includes: Original generic white inner sleeve
Cover Condition: NM, Beautiful, Still perfect, still black. Sharp! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Flawless. Soooo quiet!

Release Info: 2003 marked the release of the album Shootenanny!. E now refers to the album as a break from recording the following Blinking Lights album. It was recorded live in the studio in only ten days. "Saturday Morning" was released as a single.

Butch was replaced on drums by Puddin'. In 2003 Eels did another big tour, the Tour of Duty. The live band consisted of E, Goldenboy (guitar), Koool G Murder (bass) and Puddin (drums). Later that year, E composed the score for the film Levity.

The name "Shootenanny" comes from a neologism coined by Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett for "a social gathering at which participants engage in folk singing and sometimes dancing [a hootenanny], but mostly the shooting of guns."

All songs written by E, except where noted

1."All in a Day's Work" (E and Koool G Murder) – 3:24
2."Saturday Morning" (E and Koool G Murder) – 2:55
3."The Good Old Days" – 3:03
4."Love of the Loveless" – 3:32
5."Dirty Girl" – 2:41
6."Agony" – 3:07
7."Rock Hard Times" (E and Joe Gore) – 4:00
8."Restraining Order Blues" – 3:11
9."Lone Wolf" – 2:37
10."Wrong About Bobby" – 2:46
11."Numbered Days" (E and Gore) – 3:44
12."Fashion Awards" – 3:07
13."Somebody Loves You" – 3:02

EELS - Souljacker (2001)

SOLD! $54.00

Auction Link (ends August 30th)
DreamWorks Records: 450 335
Format: 12" LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl
Includes: Original graphics & lyrics inner sleeve
Cover Condition: VG++, Tiniest of tiny dents in the upper right corner. Rock solid rest-the-way-round! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Sounds FANTASTIC! Truly immaculate! Inner sleeve also near mint!

Release Info: In 2001 Souljacker was released, an album with a heavier feel and more rock-oriented sound than Daisies of the Galaxy. John Parish, previously of PJ Harvey's band, co-wrote most of the songs and played guitar on the album and first part of the tour. After Parish became a father, he was replaced with Joe Gore for the American leg of the Bus Driving, Band Rocking Tour. Koool G Murder played bass and keyboards and joined Eels on tour, jokingly introduced by E as "the other guy."

Unlike some of Everett's other albums, most notably Electro-Shock Blues, Souljacker is mostly based on stories of outsiders rather than on Everett's own life. Characters were inspired from various sources, including circus freaks ("Dog Faced Boy") and a recording engineer with an abusive past ("Bus Stop Boxer"). German director Wim Wenders called "Woman Driving, Man Sleeping" his favorite Eels song and he used it in the segment he directed for Ten Minutes Older. Wenders directed the video for "Souljacker part I", which reached #30 in the UK Singles Chart. The second track on the album, "That's Not Really Funny", was used as the theme tune to all three series of the BBC's animated comedy, Monkey Dust.

The strings used in the song "Fresh Feeling" were sampled from another Eels song, "Selective Memory" from Daisies of the Galaxy. "Fresh Feeling" was featured in season 1, episode 8 of the NBC show Chuck.

All songs written by E; additional writers in brackets.

1."Dog Faced Boy" (John Parish) – 3:17
2."That's Not Really Funny" (Parish) – 3:19
3."Fresh Feeling" (Koool G Murder) – 3:37
4."Woman Driving, Man Sleeping" (Parish) – 3:30
5."Souljacker part I" (Butch and Adam Siegel) – 3:15
6."Friendly Ghost" – 3:22
7."Teenage Witch" (Parish) – 4:44
8."Bus Stop Boxer" (Parish) – 3:42
9."Jungle Telegraph" – 3:39
10."World of Shit" (Parish) – 3:29
11."Souljacker part II" – 1:58
12."What Is This Note?" (Parish) – 2:28

EELS - Daisies of the Galaxy (2000)

SOLD! $305.00

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Bong Load Records: BL47

Format: 12" Gatefold LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl

Includes: Original graphics & lyrics insert
Cover Condition: NM, just like the day I bought it. Rock solid all-the-way-round! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Played once the day I brought it home. SILENT! Insert also near mint!

Release Info: In 2000, Eels released Daisies of the Galaxy. The album, which was recorded almost entirely in E's basement, is lighter and more upbeat than its predecessor. Everett noted, "if Electro-Shock Blues was the phone call in the middle of the night that the world doesn't want to answer, then Daisies of the Galaxy is the hotel wake-up call that says your lovely breakfast is ready". He was joined in the studio by Michael Simpson (Dust Brothers), Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo), and Peter Buck (R.E.M.). On the tracks "It's a Motherfucker" and "Selective Memory", E plays the same piano that Neil Young used on his classic album After the Gold Rush.

The first single, "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues", was co-written by Simpson and features the sound of his pager in the beginning. The song was not intended to be on the album, but the record company insisted on its inclusion. Therefore, it is not featured on the track listing but is instead listed as a "bonus track", separated from the rest of the album by 20 seconds of silence. E declared, "You can think of it as buying the album and getting a bonus track, or buying the single and getting a bonus album." The song also appeared on the Road Trip soundtrack and several of the film's cast members are featured in the music video. Mark Everett was against the inclusion of his song in the film, however it was used when his current publisher overruled his objections. Because of the use of profanity in "It's a Motherfucker" and "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" ("Goddamn right, it's a beautiful day") a censored version was released. "It's a Motherfucker" was renamed to "It's a Monstertrucker" with E singing over instances of the word fuck in a distorted voice. Dan Bartlett of the presidential campaign for then-Governor George W. Bush cited the album—which was reportedly given as a gift at a Democratic political event—as an example of obscenity-laden entertainment marketed to children. This conclusion was due to the contrast between the aforementioned song title and the cartoon drawings on the album cover, which were inspired by children's books found in the estate of E's mother.

To promote Daisies of the Galaxy another tour took place across the United States and Europe, as well as their first visit to Australia. This time Eels were transformed into an 6-piece orchestra, including Lisa Germano. E also played some solo shows, opening for Fiona Apple.

All songs written by E, except as indicated.

1."Grace Kelly Blues" – 3:38

2."Packing Blankets" – 2:07

3."The Sound of Fear" – 3:33

4."I Like Birds" – 2:35

5."Daisies of the Galaxy" – 3:27

6."Flyswatter" – 3:20

7."It's a Motherfucker" – 2:14

8."Estate Sale" (E and Peter Buck) – 1:36

9."Tiger in My Tank" – 3:07

10."A Daisy Through Concrete" – 2:26

11."Jeannie's Diary" – 3:37

12."Wooden Nickels" – 2:55

13."Something Is Sacred" – 2:52

14."Selective Memory" – 2:44

15."Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (E and Michael Simpson) – 3:58 (hidden track)

EELS - Electro-shock Blues (1998)

SOLD! $213.50

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Dreamworks Records: DRM2 50052
Format: 2X10"" Gatefold LP, Translucent Blue Vinyl
Includes: Original graphics & lyrics inner sleeves
Cover Condition: VG++ No ring wear, ever-so-slightly softened corners at top and bottom of spine. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Both discs Near Mint and oh so blue! Still like new, no surface noise - SILENT! Stunning! Inners are also near mint!

Release Info: Electro-Shock Blues is the second studio album by the band Eels, released on September 21, 1998 in the United Kingdom and October 20, 1998 in the United States.

Electro-Shock Blues was written largely in response to frontman Mark Oliver Everett's (more commonly known as E) sister's suicide and his mother's terminal lung cancer. Many of the songs deal with their decline, his response to loss, and coming to terms with suddenly becoming the only living member of his family (his father having died of a heart attack in 1982; Everett, then 19 years old, was the first to discover his body).

Though much of the album is, on its surface, bleak, its underlying message is that of coping with some of life's most difficult occurrences. The record begins with "Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor," a sparse piece composed of one of his deceased sister's final diary entries. Later, the album's emotional climax is reached in two tracks: "Climbing to the Moon", which draws upon E's experiences visiting his sister at a mental-health facility shortly before her death; and "Dead of Winter", a song about his mother's painful radiation treatment and slow succumbing. The album's last song, entitled "P.S. You Rock My World", is a hopeful bookend to "Elizabeth," containing subtly humorous lyrics that describe, among other things, an elderly woman at a gas station honking her car at E, incorrectly assuming he is the attendant, and E's decision that "maybe it's time to live."

According to the Eels official website, the song "Baby Genius" is about E's father, Dr. Hugh Everett III, a quantum physicist who authored the Many Worlds Theory. "Baby Genius" has, as the basis for its melody, the carol "O Sanctissima".

The album was received very well by critics, gaining 4.5 (out of 5) stars from Allmusic. The Los Angeles Times called Electro-Shock Blues "a brilliant work that combines often conflicting emotions so skillfully that you are reminded at times of the childhood innocence of Brian Wilson, the wicked satire of Randy Newman and the soul-baring intensity of John Lennon."

However, fans of the band's heavily promoted hit single ("Novocaine For the Soul") taken from its more pop-friendly first album Beautiful Freak seemed to be put off by Blues's sound and lyrics, sprinkled as they are with phrases such as "radiation sore throat got your tongue" and "they put the flower on the box / that's holding all the sand that was once you", due to which the album sold considerably less than Beautiful Freak.

The record has, though, gained cult status with fans, and is lauded by many to be the best album the Eels have recorded to date. In a 2004 re-review, Dom Passantino of Stylus Magazine included an endnote in which he called Electro-Shock Blues "the greatest album ever put together" and that to disagree or be ignorant of this made the reader an "idiot."

At the time of the album's recording, the only official Eels members were E himself and drummer Butch Norton, as Tommy Walter had left the band. Therefore, the recording features guest appearances by T-Bone Burnett, Lisa Germano, Grant Lee Phillips, and Jon Brion.

In addition to CD and cassette releases, Electro-Shock Blues was also offered on vinyl. This version included two 10" 33 RPM discs on see-through blue vinyl, limited to a small pressing.

"Cancer for the Cure" was also featured in the soundtrack to the 1999 film, American Beauty.

All songs written by E (Mark Oliver Everett) except where noted

1."Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" – 2:08
2."Going to Your Funeral Part I" (E, Jim Jacobsen, and Parthenon Huxley) – 2:37
3."Cancer for the Cure" (E and Mickey Petralia) – 4:46
4."My Descent into Madness" (E, Paul Houston, Dan Nakamura, and Michael Simpson) – 3:54
5."3 Speed" – 2:45
6."Hospital Food" (Butch, E, and Jim Lang) – 3:23
7."Electro-Shock Blues" (E and Petralia) – 2:29
8."Efils' God" (E and Simpson) – 3:19
9."Going to Your Funeral Part II" (E and Jim Jacobsen) – 1:30
10."Last Stop: This Town" (E and Simpson) – 3:27
11."Baby Genius" (E and Lang) – 2:04
12."Climbing to the Moon" – 3:38
13."Ant Farm" – 2:11
14."Dead of Winter" – 2:59
15."The Medication Is Wearing Off" (E and Petralia) – 3:51
16."P.S. You Rock My World" – 3:08

Serving Up Some EELS, They're a delicacy, you know.

POW! This one hurts. My beloved EELS. Well, what can I say? Truly one of my favorite bands over the past 15 years or so. E and the band, they just keep getting better year after year. I will be offering up the first four LPs I purchased, Electro-shock Blues, Daisies of the Galaxy, Souljacker, and Shottenanny! Sadly, I never did get a copy of Beautiful Freak. Even though I was a fan of EELS when it came out, I chose to purchase the CD instead. Urgh!!! And I'm not quite ready to part with my Blinking Lights... box set yet (70/2500 signed by E himself!).

Eels (often typeset as eels or EELS) is an American rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E. Other members rotate frequently, both in the studio and on stage. Eels appear on several film soundtracks, including American Beauty, Holes, The Anniversary Party, Road Trip, Knocked Up, Yes Man, The End of Violence, Hellboy II, Hot Fuzz, and the first three Shrek movies.

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam aka Avocado (2006)

SOLD! $86.00

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J Records: 82876-71467-1
Format: 2X12" Gatefold LP, Black Vinyl

Includes: Original 36-page Booklet and two generic white inner sleeves.
Cover Condition: Near Mint! Flawless copy! No ring wear. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Both discs Near Mint! Only played ONCE! Still like new, no surface noise! Stunning! Booklet is also near mint!

Release Info: Pearl Jam is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam and its debut and only release for J Records (it was also their last album for what was then called Sony BMG, having previously been signed to J's sister label Epic Records for over a decade). Released on May 2, 2006, it was the band's first full-length studio release in almost four years, the longest gap between Pearl Jam's studio albums to date. Following its appearance on the 2004 Vote for Change tour, Pearl Jam commenced work on a new album. The music on the record was proclaimed as a return to the band's roots.

For its eighth album, Pearl Jam again worked with producer Adam Kasper. Pearl Jam was recorded at Studio X in Seattle, Washington. The band began work on the album following the 2004 Vote for Change tour in November 2004. The band worked on the album off and on throughout 2005, with the sessions being interrupted toward the end of the year when the band toured North America and South America.The album was completed in early 2006. Bassist Jeff Ament attributed the length of time recording to lead vocalist Eddie Vedder having a child and the band touring in the middle of recording. The album was mixed by Kasper at Studio X.

Pearl Jam entered the UK charts at number five, the band's highest position there since 2000's Binaural, while it reached number two in the U.S., selling 279,564 copies in its first week. It was held off the top spot by the Tool album, 10,000 Days. As of July 2009, the album has sold 706,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Pearl Jam is considered a comeback hit, outselling 2002's Riot Act, though it has fallen short of the sales of the previous six albums, even 2000's Binaural. However, it was also released during a slow year for album sales, and actually charted higher on Billboard's Top Selling Albums of the Year than either Binaural or Riot Act. According to Billboard, it is the 90th best selling album of 2006. Pearl Jam has been certified gold by the RIAA.

The album's cover art, photographed by Brad Klausen, depicts an avocado cut in half with the seed still in place. McCready said, "That symbolizes just kind of...Ed's at the end of the process and said, for all I care right now, we've done such a good job on this record, and we're kind of tired from it. Let's throw an avocado on the cover. I think that's what happened, and our art director goes, hey, that's not a bad idea. I think we were watching the Super Bowl, and we had some guacamole or something." Because the album is self-titled, many fans refer to it as "Avocado" or "The Avocado Album." The inside cover depicts this same seed by itself. The back cover features the same avocado, without the seed. The cover was named in Pitchfork Media's top 25 worst album covers of 2006. Fernando Apodaca handled the liner notes art as well as the music video for "Life Wasted", which emulates the liner notes art from the album. The vinyl pressing of the album is a limited and one pressing issue, just like fellow No Code and Binaural albums.

On the choice of a self-titled album, Vedder explained, "In the end, we thought there was enough there with the title of the songs, so to put another title on the album would have seemed pretentious. So, really, it's actually Nothing by Pearl Jam." During the making of the album Vedder considered the title Superun-owned, a play on Soundgarden's 1994 album, Superunknown. He explained, "We're un-owned. We want to remain un-owned."

Those who pre-ordered the album through Pearl Jam's official website received a version of the album with different CD art and packaging than the retail version. Instead of the retail digipack packaging, this fan club pre-order version resembles a book and has the liner notes bound inside it. In addition, a live CD of the band's show on December 31, 1992 at The Academy Theater in New York City was also included with the pre-order.

All lyrics written by Eddie Vedder, except where noted.

1. "Life Wasted" Stone Gossard 3:54
2. "World Wide Suicide" Vedder 3:29
3. "Comatose" Mike McCready, Gossard 2:19
4. "Severed Hand" Vedder 4:30
5. "Marker in the Sand" McCready 4:23
6. "Parachutes" Gossard 3:36
7. "Unemployable" Matt Cameron, McCready 3:04
8. "Big Wave" Jeff Ament 2:58
9. "Gone" Vedder 4:09
10. "Wasted Reprise" Gossard 0:53
11. "Army Reserve" Vedder, Damien Echols Ament 3:45
12. "Come Back" McCready, Vedder 5:29
13. "Inside Job[I]" McCready McCready, Vedder 7:08

Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror (2004)

SOLD! $154.16

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Epic Records: E4 93535
Format: 4X12" Trifold LP, Black Vinyl 
Includes: Original generic white inner sleeves.
Cover Condition: Near Mint! One minor, minor ding on lower left corner. Barely worth mentioning, just giving full disclosure. No ring wear. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Only played a few times, still like new, no surface noise! All four discs are perfect!

Release Info: rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003) is a two-disc compilation album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 16, 2004 through Epic Records. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA in the United States, making it the most recent release by the band to attain Platinum status.

The tracks "Once", "Alive," and "Black" have been remixed by Brendan O'Brien. Pearl Jam's version of the Victoria Williams song "Crazy Mary" was supposed to appear on disc two, but was replaced with "Man of the Hour" before release. This release marked the end of Pearl Jam's contractual agreement with Epic Records.

Allmusic staff writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four and a half out of five stars. He said that the album "does an expert job not only of capturing the moment when Pearl Jam were monstrously popular, but proving that they still turned out good music even when they were fading from the spotlight. Unlike most career-spanning, multi-disc retrospectives, Rearviewmirror does not emphasize latter-day albums in order to achieve a sense of balance that's inherently phony." Rolling Stone staff writer Christian Hoard gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "Pearl Jam have spent much of this decade courting devotees with a series of live bootlegs, so Rearviewmirror is a welcome concession to casual fans, rounding out the hits with concert staples and non-album cuts. The rockers on the "Up Side" disc sum up the band's continually evolving relationship with effects pedals and emotional catharsis; the slower "Down Side" disc offers gold sounds that are long on big choruses and well-worn sincerity."

1."Once" (2004 remix) (Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard) – 3:16
Originally from Ten.

2."Alive" (2004 remix) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:42
Originally from Ten.

3."Even Flow" (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:03
Originally from Ten. This version is from the Japanese "Alive" single and "Even Flow" single releases in the United Kingdom. It is also the version used in the music video.

4."Jeremy" (Vedder, Jeff Ament) – 5:20
Originally from Ten.

5."State of Love and Trust" (Vedder, Mike McCready, Ament) – 3:43
Originally from the Singles soundtrack.

6."Animal" (Dave Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:47
Originally from Vs.

7."Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:12
Originally from Vs.

8."Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:34
Originally from Vs.

9."Rearviewmirror" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 4:44
Originally from Vs.

10."Spin the Black Circle" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:49
Originally from Vitalogy.

11."Corduroy" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 4:39
Originally from Vitalogy.

12."Not for You" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:53
Originally from Vitalogy.

13."I Got Id" (Vedder) – 4:51
Originally from the Merkin Ball single (with Neil Young). Also known as "I Got Shit".[12]

14."Hail, Hail" (Gossard, Vedder, Ament, McCready) – 3:44
Originally from No Code.

15."Do the Evolution" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:52
Originally from Yield.

16."Save You" (Ament, Matt Cameron, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:55
Originally from Riot Act.

17."Black" (2004 remix) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:39
Originally from Ten.

18."Breath" (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:24
Originally from the Singles soundtrack.

19."Daughter" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:56
Originally from Vs.

20."Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:15
Originally from Vs.

21."Immortality" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:12
Originally from Vitalogy.

22."Better Man" (Vedder) – 4:28
Originally from Vitalogy.

23."Nothingman" (Vedder, Ament) – 4:34
Originally from Vitalogy.

24."Who You Are" (Gossard, Jack Irons, Vedder) – 3:53
Originally from No Code. Features a slight lyric change from the original.[13]

25."Off He Goes" (Vedder) – 6:00
Originally from No Code.

26."Given to Fly" (McCready, Vedder) – 4:00
Originally from Yield.

27."Wishlist" (Vedder) – 3:26
Originally from Yield.

28."Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran) – 3:17
Originally from the 1998 fan club Christmas single. It was released to the public as a single in 1999. It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Pearl Jam its biggest hit to date. Also available on the Lost Dogs album.

29."Nothing as It Seems" (Ament) – 5:21
Originally from Binaural.

30."Light Years" (Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:10
Originally from Binaural.

31."I Am Mine" (Vedder) – 3:36
Originally from Riot Act.

32."Man of the Hour" (Vedder) – 3:45
Originally from the Big Fish soundtrack.

33."Yellow Ledbetter" (Ament, McCready, Vedder) – 5:03
Originally from the "Jeremy" single. Also available on the Lost Dogs album.

Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs (2003)

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Release Info: Lost Dogs is a two-disc compilation album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 11, 2003 through Epic Records. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States.

Lost Dogs is a double-disc collection of B-sides and other released and unreleased material. Lost Dogs sold 89,500 copies in its first week of release and debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 chart. Lost Dogs has been certified gold by the RIAA.

A number of songs included on Lost Dogs differ from the originally released versions, including "Alone", "U", "Wash", and "Dirty Frank". The album includes the hidden track "4/20/02" at the end of disc two, a tribute to Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley. It was written by vocalist Eddie Vedder during the recording sessions for Riot Act on the day that he heard the news of Staley's death. The song features only Vedder singing and playing the guitar in a ukulele-inspired tuning. According to Vedder, the reason why it was not included on Riot Act was that the band already had too many songs. According to guitarist Mike McCready, the reason the song was only featured as a hidden track on Lost Dogs is because Vedder "wouldn't want it to be exploitative."

"Angel" (from the 1993 fan club Christmas single) was supposed to appear on disc two, but was deleted before release. There is still mention of it on the "lost dogs" flyers on the back cover. Besides "Angel", some notable omissions from the album include various songs only available on other fan club Christmas singles by the band, "I Got Id" and "Long Road" from the Merkin Ball EP, and "Leatherman" from the "Given to Fly" single.

1."All Night" (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Jack Irons, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) – 3:22
Previously unreleased. No Code outtake.

2."Sad" (Vedder) – 3:39
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake. Originally titled "Letter to the Dead".[13]

3."Down" (Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:15
Originally from the "I Am Mine" single.

4."Hitchhiker" (Vedder) – 3:17
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake.

5."Don't Gimme No Lip" (Gossard) – 2:35
Previously unreleased. No Code outtake.

6."Alone" (Dave Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:11
Originally from the "Go" single. This version has new vocals and slightly different lyrics and is shorter than the B-side version. The music from this version is from the Ten sessions. Drummer Dave Abbruzzese gets writing credit for this because it wasn't published until 1993 (when all members were getting equal credit), even though it was written a year before he joined the band.

7."In the Moonlight" (Matt Cameron) – 3:07
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake.

8."Education" (Vedder) – 2:46
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake.

9."Black, Red, Yellow" (Vedder) – 3:26
Originally from the "Hail, Hail" single. This version is longer than the B-side version.

10."U" (Vedder) – 2:53
Originally from the "Wishlist" single. A different version from the B-side version, featuring Matt Cameron on drums. Listed as "You" on the back cover.

11."Leaving Here" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 2:51
Originally from the Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense compilation.

12."Gremmie Out of Control" (Jimmy Haskell) – 2:25
Originally from the Music for Our Mother Ocean Vol. 1 compilation.

13."Whale Song" (Irons) – 3:35
Originally from the Music for Our Mother Ocean Vol. 3 compilation.

14."Undone" (Vedder) – 3:10
Originally from the "I Am Mine" single.

15."Hold On" (Gossard, Vedder) – 4:22
Previously unreleased. Ten outtake. The booklet incorrectly lists this as a Vs. outtake.

16."Yellow Ledbetter" (Ament, McCready, Vedder) – 5:00
Originally from the "Jeremy" single. The song became a radio hit in 1994. The last note cuts off on this version.

17."Fatal" (Gossard) – 3:39
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake.

18."Other Side" (Ament) – 4:04
Originally from the "Save You" single.

19."Hard to Imagine" (Gossard, Vedder) – 4:35
Originally from the Chicago Cab soundtrack. A different version from the Chicago Cab soundtrack version, taken from the Vs. sessions.

20."Footsteps" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:54
Originally from the "Jeremy" single. Recorded live during Pearl Jam's appearance on Rockline on May 11, 1992. The harmonica was not present on the B-side version. The song's music, with different lyrics, also appeared on Temple of the Dog's self titled LP under the name "Times of Trouble."

21."Wash" (Ament, Gossard, Dave Krusen, McCready, Vedder) – 3:48
Originally from the "Alive" single. It also appeared as an extra track on European releases of Ten. This version is longer than the B-side version.

22."Dead Man" (Vedder) – 4:16
Originally from the "Off He Goes" single. Originally intended for the Dead Man Walking soundtrack, but passed over in favor of Bruce Springsteen's "Dead Man Walkin'".

23."Strangest Tribe" (Gossard) – 3:49
Originally from the 1999 fan club Christmas single.

24."Drifting" (Vedder) – 2:53
Originally from the 1999 fan club Christmas single. This version has a different vocal recording than the fan club Christmas single version, sung an octave higher.

25."Let Me Sleep" (McCready, Vedder) – 2:59
Originally from the 1991 fan club Christmas single.

26."Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran) – 3:17
Originally from the 1998 fan club Christmas single. It was released to the public as a single in 1999. It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Pearl Jam its biggest hit to date.

27."Sweet Lew" (Ament) – 2:11
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake.

28."Dirty Frank" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:42
Originally from the "Even Flow" single. It also appeared as an extra track on European releases of Ten. This version is slightly longer than the B-side version and features quite a bit of the lyrics removed.

29."Brother" (Gossard) – 3:47
Previously unreleased. Ten outtake. All vocals were removed from the original outtake version, making this version of the song an instrumental. McCready recorded a new lead guitar part for this version. Another version of "Brother" with vocals appears on the 2009 Ten reissue and became a radio hit that same year.

30."Bee Girl" (Ament, Vedder) – 9:55
Previously unreleased. Recorded live during Pearl Jam's appearance on Rockline on October 18, 1993. "Bee Girl" contains the hidden track "4/20/02" at 6:04, roughly four minutes and twenty seconds after "Bee Girl". "4/20/02", a Riot Act outtake, is a song honoring Layne Staley of Alice in Chains that was written the day Vedder heard of Staley's death.

Pearl Jam - Riot Act (2002)

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Cover Condition: Near Mint! Stunning copy! No ring wear on the black cover. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
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Release Info: Riot Act is the seventh studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 12, 2002 through Epic Records. Following a full-scale tour in support of its previous album, Binaural (2000), Pearl Jam took a year-long break. The band then reconvened in the beginning of 2002 and commenced work on a new album. The music on the record featured a diverse sound, including songs influenced by folk, art rock, and experimental music.

Producer Adam Kasper was brought in to work with the band on its seventh album. Kasper had previously worked with drummer Matt Cameron on Soundgarden's 1996 album, Down on the Upside. Riot Act was recorded in two sessions in February 2002 and April 2002 at Studio X in Seattle, Washington. The album was mixed by Brendan O'Brien at Studio X.

Riot Act reached number five in the U.S. on the Billboard 200 album chart and number 34 in the UK. The album sold 166,000 copies in its first week of release. The album would end up selling only 508,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Riot Act has been certified gold by the RIAA.

The album's cover art, photographed by Ament, features two skeletons wearing crowns, suggesting the possibility that the two represent a king and a queen. The forged metal figurines were created by blacksmith Kenny Gilliam. According to Ament, the band had trouble coming up with a name for the album. After the artwork had been finalized and the tracks were sequenced, the band spent weeks trying to come up with a title. Vedder suggested Riot Act, and the band members went with it as they were tired with trying to come up with a title. McCready stated that the title has no real significance. He said, "I guess we were trying to come up with a title that reflected some of the music on the record, which we thought was urgent-sounding and kind of loud...It just seemed to fit." Ament implied that the title has to do with "getting your act together." The term "riot act" dates back to the Riot Act of 1714 which was introduced by the Parliament of Great Britain giving permission to local authorities to declare any group of more than twelve people to be unlawfully assembled.

All lyrics written by Eddie Vedder, except where noted, all music composed by Vedder, except where noted.

1. "Can't Keep" 3:39
2. "Save You" Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Vedder 3:50
3. "Love Boat Captain" Boom Gaspar, Vedder 4:36
4. "Cropduster" Cameron 3:51
5. "Ghost" Ament, Vedder Ament 3:15
6. "I Am Mine" 3:35
7. "Thumbing My Way" 4:10
8. "You Are" Cameron, Vedder Cameron 4:30
9. "Get Right" Cameron Cameron 2:38
10. "Green Disease" 2:41
11. "Help Help" Ament Ament 3:35
12. "Bu$hleaguer" Gossard, Vedder Gossard 3:57
13. "1/2 Full" Ament 4:10
14. "Arc" 1:05
15. "All or None" Gossard, Vedder Gossard 4:37

No More YouTube :-(

Oh well, seems like the executives in charge didn't like me posting videos of their artists songs. Something about copyright infringement, blah, blah, blah. Leave it to the record label geniuses to discourage promotion and artist visibility. Anyway, it's not worth the hassle. I'll stop before they get all crazy on me. Maybe I'll try again sometime in the near future.

Pearl Jam - Binaural (2000)

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Cover Condition: Near Mint! Amazing copy! No ring wear on the black cover. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Only played a few times, still like new, no surface noise! Stunning! Booklet and Inner sleeves are also near mint!

Release Info: Binaural is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on May 16, 2000 through Epic Records. Following a full-scale tour in support of its previous album, Yield (1998), Pearl Jam took a short break before reconvening toward the end of 1999 to commence work on a new album. The music on the record featured an experimental sound, evidenced on songs that utilized binaural recording techniques.

For its sixth album, Pearl Jam brought in producer Tchad Blake, known for his use of binaural recording. Binaural recording techniques were utilized on several tracks, such as the acoustic "Of the Girl." The songs are also identified with an asterisk next to the song names in the lyric book. This was the first Pearl Jam studio album following the departure of drummer Jack Irons, and features drummer Matt Cameron, formerly of Soundgarden, who had previously drummed on Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour. Binaural was recorded in late 1999 and early 2000 in Seattle, Washington at Studio Litho, which is owned by guitarist Stone Gossard.

Similar to the process for Yield, the band members worked on material individually before starting the recording sessions together. Lead vocalist Eddie Vedder called the making of the album "a construction job." Binaural was the first album since the band's debut that was not produced by Brendan O'Brien. Gossard stated that the band "felt like it was time to try something new," and that they "were ready for a change." Regarding Blake, Gossard said, "He was just there for us the whole time, wanting us to create different moods." The album was initially mixed at Sunset Sound Factory in Los Angeles, California with Blake; however, the band proved to be dissatisfied with how the mixes turned out, wanting the songs to sound "heavier." The band then turned to its former producer O'Brien, who was called in to remix several tracks at his mixing facility at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, Georgia. It was with O'Brien that the band determined the final sequencing of the album.

Binaural sold 226,000 copies during its first week of release and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 album chart. It was held off the top spot by the Britney Spears album, Oops!... I Did It Again. Binaural became the first Pearl Jam studio album to fail to reach platinum status. Binaural has been certified gold by the RIAA, and, as of December 2002, has sold 718,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The album's cover art is a Hubble Space Telescope photo of the Hourglass Nebula. Hubble Space Telescope photos of the Helix Nebula and Eagle Nebula are also featured in the inside cover and liner notes for this album, respectively. The photos were used with the permission of NASA. Regarding the artwork, Ament said, "The reason that we went with Tchad [Blake] is because he provides an amazing atmosphere to songs....So, I think we wanted the artwork to represent that....One of the themes that we've been exploring...is just realizing that in the big scheme of things, even the music that we make when we come together, no matter how powerful it is, it's still pretty minuscule. I think for me the whole space theme has a lot to do with scale. You know, you look at some of those pictures, and there are thirteen light years in four inches in that picture."

The album's title is a reference to the binaural recording techniques that were utilized on several tracks. Binaural literally means "having or relating to two ears." Regarding the choice of the title, Gossard said, "When we looked up the word 'binaural,' it meant to listen with both ears. So it seemed like a fitting title for the album."

All lyrics written by Eddie Vedder, except where noted, all music composed by Vedder, except where noted.

1. "Breakerfall" 2:19
2. "Gods' Dice" Jeff Ament Ament 2:26
3. "Evacuation" Matt Cameron 2:56
4. "Light Years" Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Vedder 5:06
5. "Nothing as It Seems[*]" Ament Ament 5:22
6. "Thin Air" Gossard Gossard 3:32
7. "Insignificance" 4:28
8. "Of the Girl[*]" Gossard Gossard 5:07
9. "Grievance" 3:14
10. "Rival[*]" Gossard Gossard 3:38
11. "Sleight of Hand[*]" Ament 4:47
12. "Soon Forget[*]" 1:46
13. "Parting Ways[I]" 7:17

Pearl Jam - Live On Two Legs (1998)

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Cover Condition: Near Mint! Ridiculous! No ring wear on the black cover. None. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! I don't remember ever playing it. Seriously. Still like new, no surface noise! Stunning! Inner sleeves are also near mint!

Release Info: Live on Two Legs is the first major live album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 24, 1998 through Epic Records. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA in the United States.
Live on Two Legs consists of live performances of songs from different shows of the band's summer 1998 North American tour. Guitarist Mike McCready stated that the band released the live album due to the strength of Pearl Jam's shows on the tour. It debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 album chart. Live on Two Legs has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

"Daughter" features vocalist Eddie Vedder singing lyrics to Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" (as the band continues a quiet jam to "Daughter") along with lyrics to Pearl Jam's own "W.M.A." towards the end of the song. The album contains Pearl Jam's rendition of the Young song "Fuckin' Up".

1."Corduroy" (Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) – 5:05 6/29/98, United Center, Chicago, Illinois

2."Given to Fly" (McCready, Vedder) – 3:53 8/18/98, Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, Michigan

3."Hail, Hail" (Gossard, Vedder, Ament, McCready) – 3:43 7/16/98, ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California

4."Daughter"/"Rockin' in the Free World"/"W.M.A." (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder)/(Neil Young) – 6:47 9/19/98, Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

5."Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:49 9/23/98, Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida

6."Untitled" (Vedder) – 2:02 9/18/98, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland

7."MFC" (Vedder) – 2:28 6/27/98, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin

8."Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:41 9/8/98, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey

9."Red Mosquito" (Ament, Gossard, Jack Irons, McCready, Vedder) – 4:02 8/29/98, Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre, Camden, New Jersey

10."Even Flow" (Gossard, Vedder) – 5:17 Mixed from 8/25/98, Star Lake Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and 8/31/98, Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, North Carolina

11."Off He Goes" (Vedder) – 5:42 7/14/98, The Forum, Inglewood, California

12."Nothingman" (Vedder, Ament) – 4:38 7/3/98, Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas

13."Do the Evolution" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:45 7/13/98, The Forum, Inglewood, California

14."Better Man" (Vedder) – 4:06 6/24/98, Rushmore Civic Center Arena, Rapid City, South Dakota

15."Black" (Vedder, Gossard) – 6:55 9/7/98, GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia

16."Fuckin' Up" (Young) – 6:17 9/15/98, Great Woods, Mansfield, Massachusetts

Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)

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Format: 12" Die Cut LP, Black Vinyl
Includes: Original "Yield" sticker and custom graphic inner sleeves.
Cover Condition: Near Mint! Perfection! No ring wear on the black cover. None. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Only played a few times, still like new, no surface noise! Stunning! Sticker and Inner sleeve are also near mint!

Release Info: Yield is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on February 3, 1998 through Epic Records. Following a short tour for its previous album, No Code (1996), Pearl Jam went into the studio in 1997 to record its follow-up. The album was proclaimed as a return to the band's early, straightforward rock sound.

For its fifth album, Pearl Jam again worked with producer Brendan O'Brien. Yield was recorded throughout 1997 in Seattle, Washington at Studio X and Studio Litho, the latter of which is owned by guitarist Stone Gossard. The album was then mixed by O'Brien at his mixing facility at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, Georgia.

The album would be the last collaboration with O'Brien for several years. They would not work with the producer again until he was brought onboard in 2008 to remix their debut album Ten and to produce 2009's Backspacer.

The album was proclaimed as a return to the band's early, straightforward rock sound. Yield sold 358,000 copies during its first week of release, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 album chart. It was held off the top spot by the Titanic soundtrack. Yield became Pearl Jam's first album not to peak at number one on the Billboard charts since Ten in 1991. However, Yield has been certified platinum by the RIAA, and eventually outsold its predecessor No Code, having sold 1.6 million copies in the United States as of March 2007 according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The album's cover art shows an empty road underneath a bright blue sky with a yield sign on the right-hand side of the road. The front cover art image was taken from a photograph of a road outside Billings, Montana. The inside cover depicts the yield sign in the middle of the ocean. The cover of the cassette version has slightly different artwork, moving the yield sign from the right of the road to the left side and reversing the picture of the road. Regarding the liner notes art, there is a yield sign hidden in every picture in the booklet. At the 1999 Grammy Awards, Yield received a nomination for Best Recording Package.

The album title is rooted in the idea of "yielding to nature," a theme central to Daniel Quinn's novel Ishmael. The band members read the book while working on the album. Regarding the title, McCready said, "I think the title Yield has to do with maybe being more comfortable within ourselves, with this band....we're all a little bit older and a little more relaxed and maybe just kind of yielding to those anxieties and not trying to fight it so much...That's what it kind of feels to me – yielding, letting something else happen and going with it." Vedder said, "Let's say that hypothetically speaking, the title does mean something...You can fight so much, and then you have to think, 'What are the real battles?' 'What's really important?' You get to a certain point, and it's really hard to remember what music is and to remember what drives you."

All lyrics written by Eddie Vedder, except where noted.

1. "Brain of J." Mike McCready 2:59
2. "Faithfull" McCready 4:18
3. "No Way" Stone Gossard Gossard 4:19
4. "Given to Fly" McCready 4:01
5. "Wishlist" Vedder 3:26
6. "Pilate" Jeff Ament Ament 3:00
7. "Do the Evolution" Gossard 3:54
8. "●" (Also known as "The Color Red", "Red Bar" or "Untitled"[41]) Jack Irons Irons 1:06
9. "MFC" Vedder 2:27
10. "Low Light" Ament Ament 3:46
11. "In Hiding" Gossard 5:00
12. "Push Me, Pull Me[I]" Ament 2:28
13. "All Those Yesterdays[II]" Gossard Gossard 7:47