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Epic Records: E 68164
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
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