Ten (Pearl Jam album)
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| Studio album by Pearl Jam | ||
| Released | August 27, 1991 | |
| Recorded | March - April 1991 at London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 53:26 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Producer(s) | Pearl Jam, Rick Parashar | |
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| Ten (1991) |
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Ten is Pearl Jam's first album, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. The album has become one of the biggest-selling rock records ever. As of April 2006, Ten has sold 9.4 million copies in the U.S. alone[1], and has been certified 12x Platinum by the RIAA. In 2006 Q magazine readers voted Ten the 59th greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 79. In 2003, the album was ranked number 207 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album contains 11 tracks dealing with dark subjects like depression, suicide, loneliness, and murder. It produced three hit singles: "Even Flow", "Alive", and "Jeremy". The video for "Jeremy" was a huge hit on MTV and won four video music awards, including Video of the Year and Best Group Video.
While the song "Black" charted #3 on the Mainstream Rock charts, it was never actually released as a single. Furthermore, "Once" and "Why Go" have since received considerable airplay as Pearl Jam's popularity has endured, while the album's closer, "Release," has ironically become one of the band's most popular concert openers.
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[edit] Etymology
Pearl Jam's original name was supposed to be Mookie Blaylock (after the professional basketball player, of whom Pearl Jam were fans), but was changed after the band signed on Epic Records, as record executives were concerned about the band being named after a professional basketball player who was still playing at the time. In commemoration of the band's original name, they named their first album after Mookie Blaylock's jersey number.
[edit] Track listing
- "Once" (Vedder, Gossard) – 3:51
- "Even Flow" (Vedder, Gossard) – 4:53
- "Alive" (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:40
- "Why Go" (Vedder, Ament) – 3:19
- "Black" (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:43
- "Jeremy" (Vedder, Ament) – 5:18
- "Oceans" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 2:41
- "Porch" (Vedder) – 3:30
- "Garden" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:58
- "Deep" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:18
- "Release" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 9:04
- Contains the hidden track "Master/Slave"
- Running time is erroneously printed on the compact disc label as "6:30"
European releases (1992) contained three more tracks at the end:
- "Alive" (live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 4:54
- "Wash" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 3:33
- "Dirty Frank" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, Abbrellese, McCready) – 5:38
- ("Abbrellese" is a printed typo of the last name of drummer Dave Abbruzzese.)
The 1992 Japanese 13-track release follows "Release" with a cover of The Beatles' "I've Got a Feeling", then "Master/Slave" as a separate track.
[edit] Singles
- "Alive" / "Wash" / "Once" (1991)
- "Even Flow" / "Dirty Frank" / "Oceans" (Remix) (1992)
- "Jeremy" / "Footsteps" / "Yellow Ledbetter" (1992)
- "Oceans" / "Why Go" (Live) / "Deep" (Live) / "Alive" (Live) (1992)
[edit] Album charts
| Album | Year | Chart | Position |
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1991 | Heatseekers | No. 2 |
| 1992 | The Billboard 200 | No. 2 | |
| 1992 | UK Albums Chart | No. 18 |
[edit] Singles charts
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1992 | "Alive" | Irish Singles Chart | No. 13 |
| 1992 | "Alive" | UK Singles Chart | No. 16 |
| 1992 | "Alive" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | No. 16 |
| 1992 | "Alive" | US Modern Rock Tracks | No. 18 |
| 1992 | "Even Flow" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | No. 3 |
| 1992 | "Even Flow" | US Modern Rock Tracks | No. 21 |
| 1992 | "Even Flow" | UK Singles Chart | No. 27 |
| 1992 | "Jeremy" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | No. 5 |
| 1992 | "Jeremy" | US Modern Rock Tracks | No. 5 |
| 1992 | "Jeremy" | Irish Singles Chart | No. 10 |
| 1992 | "Jeremy" | UK Singles Chart | No. 15 |
| 1993 | "Black" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | No. 3 |
| 1993 | "Black" | US Modern Rock Tracks | No. 20 |
| 1995 | "Jeremy" | US The Billboard Hot 100 | No. 79 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA | Gold | February 25, 1992 |
| RIAA | Platinum | May 5, 1992 |
| RIAA | 2x Platinum | August 4, 1992 |
| RIAA | 3x Platinum | September 10, 1992 |
| RIAA | 4x Platinum | January 5, 1993 |
| RIAA | 5x Platinum | June 8, 1993 |
| RIAA | 6x Platinum | December 1, 1993 |
| RIAA | 7x Platinum | July 13, 1994 |
| RIAA | 8x Platinum | September 30, 1994 |
| RIAA | 9x Platinum | June 6, 1995 |
| RIAA | 10x Platinum | November 27, 1996 |
| RIAA | 11x Platinum | August 6, 1999 |
| RIAA | 12x Platinum | September 11, 2003 |
[edit] Credits
Pearl Jam:
- Dave Krusen - Drums
- Jeff Ament - Bass
- Eddie Vedder - Vocals
- Mike McCready - Lead Guitar
- Stone Gossard - Guitar
Additional Musicians:
- Rick Parashar - Piano, Organ, Percussion
- Walter Gray - Cello
- Tim Palmer - Fire Extinguisher, Pepper Shaker
Additional Personnel:
- Produced by Pearl Jam and Rick Parashar
- Mixed by Tim Palmer
- Additional Engineering by Dave Hillis, Don Gilmore, Adrian Moore
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig
