Amazon.com: In an era when pop nihilism fulfilled its dark promise all too regularly, Pearl Jam not only survived, but thrived to become one of rock's greatest bands. This 33-track double-disc career retrospective documents the arc of a career that went from arena and radio triumphs in the early 90's (while Nirvana's promise imploded in the wake of hype, Pearl Jam's crowd-pleasing fame only burgeoned) to the uncompromising, core audience-focused tack that carried the band into the 21st century. Shrewdly compiled by the band into an "Up" disc that chronicles the band's driving, Stone Gossard-Mike McCready fueled hard rock dramatics (including such early career landmarks as "Jeremy," "Alive" and "Even Flow" alongside more aggressive fare like "Go" and "Spin the Black Circle") and a "Down" side that focuses more on Eddie Vedder's brooding, often dark ballads ("Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town," "Yellow Ledbetter," their unlikely hit cover of the oldie "Last Kiss"), it's a collection that underscores both the band's range and musical integrity. Though centered largely on the band's pre-Vitalogy studio era and containing no new material, longtime producer/collaborator Brendan O'Brien contributes remixes of "Once," "Alive" and "Black" that offer new insights on the familiar, while non-album tracks like "Man of the Hour" and "State of Love and Trust" considerably enhance the overall listening perspective here. --Jerry McCulley
Greatest Hits Somehow I slept through the grunge rock movement in the 90s and missed this. I vaguely remember hearing PJ back then wondering how people could listen to this and call it music. Years later, I was exposed to the alternative rock music genre and "got it."
If you missed the boat, this is a great way to get into PJ's music and get a sampling of their hits from different albums. Some of these hits are lovely acoustic songs or blistering electric songs you can really rock to. To improve things, you get some remastered hits and get a much better listening experience than you would ever get from the original recordings.
If I really could get what I wanted, I would want a remastered PJ "Ten" album, which I think is the best PJ album. Until then this may be the best I can get. But this collection of the faster Up Side hits and slower ballad Down Side gives me a nice way to learn about the PJ albums I missed.
This collection fits together well with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, and Bush grunge hits.
Are you kidding me Pearl Jam was a big disapointment to this listener. Do you think they could have sung a song where you could actually understood the words. What a waste of money when I bought this music.
My First Pearl Jam This was the first Pearl Jam CD I have ever purchased. I am 43 years old, so Pearl Jam was getting famous while I was in my late 20s. I liked Alive when it first came out, but I kind of lost track of the band after that.
Now, I am starting to re-visit music from my past due to all the crap (for the most part) that is produced today. This double CD rocks. I love it. I use it to work out to and it is great "driving" music. The majority of the songs I had never heard before since I didn't really follow the band in the past, but there isn't one song on this I can't listen to without doing some air guitar somewhere on the track.
I am very pleased with this purchase, and for a double CD, it was a steal through Amazon. I found it several dollars higher at a big box store.
Like I have said on another review I did for a Bob Dylan CD, three of my four kids don't like it (my 17 year old son isn't repulsed by it) which makes it sound much better to me.
Pearl Jam the BOMB!!! When I bought the 2 discs cd I thought it wouldn't be about nothing. But I was sooooo wrong this is the best collection of songs by Pearl Jam I am so glad that I bought this cd. My favorites are 'Garden','Jermey' and 'Once'. I like how the first cd is set up and the second cd is its like the songs are in order. I really recommend this to anyone that into 90's alternative rock. :-)
COOL This is one awsome collection , it's got all of there great song's on 2 disc's , highly recommended.
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