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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
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