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Pearl Jam - Backspacer
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A thousand rock 'n' roll clichés have been built around the idea that guts and glory belong to the young. Pearl Jam's ninth studio album, "Backspacer," due out Sunday (Sept. 20), makes the opposite argument. Its 11 breakneck rockers and candidly emotional ballads, adding up to barely more than a half hour of optimally toned catharsis, gain power from the band's calm but constant awareness of life's ticking clock. "I gotta say it now, better loud than too late," Eddie Vedder wails in "Amongst the Waves" -- the closest thing to an oceanic jam on "Backspacer," and at 3 1/2 minutes it's pretty much a shore dump. More than half of the songs here feature fast beats and screaming guitars instead of the more contemplative ensemble journeys for which Pearl Jam is famous. But speed isn't the main point. Cellphone lifters such as "Just Breathe," Vedder's lovely celebration of life with the wife, don't wander either; he still has a philosophical bent, this time the lyricist (writing all the words for the first in many years) mostly keeps things personal, considering the pleasures and tests of family life, love and his own mortal body....full text |
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For the first time in their 19-year career, all the talk about Pearl Jam today is focused on their business decisions rather than their music. Having eschewed the traditional rules in music distribution, the band decided to go it alone and release Backspacer with exclusive wholesale partner Target, a few surviving independent record stores and, of course, the internet. A few, cranky fans whine about the proverbial “sell-out,” but most realize that the band has already been doing business with Sony, Ticketmaster, Viacom and other corporations since the early 1990’s. In fact, one could easily make the case that this new deal is a step back, rather than out for Pearl Jam. Luckily for their millions of fans, the music tells another story. Backspacer is the bands most mature album to date and clocking in at just over 36 minutes, it is also their most condensed work; It’s as if Pearl Jam is channeling Ernest Hemingway, with not a wasted breath or note anywhere to be found. The record careens from the punk rock energy of “Gonna See My,” “Got Some,” and “Supersonic” to beautiful ballads such as “The End“ and “Just Breathe,” which are also the first Pearl Jam songs to feature string arrangements. To the group’s credit, the effort never sounds contrived or disjointed. Of course, Pearl Jam haven’t forgotten the soaring, melodic anthems that they are known for, and “Amongst the Waves” and “Unthought Known” are two of their most powerful to date....full text |
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| Pearl Jam were so traumatised by the effect of selling millions of copies of their grunge era debut, Ten, that they spent subsequent years making increasingly wilful albums. But distance is allowing them to chase after what they lost, and when Eddie Vedder yells of a "fight to get it back again" on The Fixer, he is surely referring to the band rediscovering their mojo. Certainly, the Seattle quartet have rarely sounded this energised. The opening salvo of songs - especially the terrific Got Some - nod to the Ramones and the Velvet Underground with the vigour of a debut. But elsewhere, this is a record made by mature men with perspective: full of reflection and eclecticism, finding space for both U2 guitar motifs and Buzzcocks solos. Vedder has acquired a rich, worldly croon, which he brings to most dazzling effect on the lovely, unexpectedly pastoral Just Breathe. Backspacer is full of such curveballs: the ninth Pearl Jam album may even be the best of the lot....full text |
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