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Pearl Jam made peace with their hard rock past on their eponymous eighth album, but its 2009 sequel, Backspacer, is where the group really gets back to basics, bringing in old cohort Brendan O'Brien to produce for the first time since 1998's Yield. To a certain extent, the band has reached the point in its career where every move, every cranked amp, every short tough song is heralded as a return to form -- call it the Stones syndrome -- and so it is with Backspacer, whose meaty riffs have no less vigor than those of Pearl Jam; they're just channeled into a brighter, cheerier package. Despite this lighter spirit, Pearl Jam remain the antithesis of lighthearted good-time rock & roll -- they're convinced rock & roll is a calling, not a diversion -- but there's a tonal shift from the clenched anger that's marked their music of the new millennium, a transition from the global toward the personal. Ironically, by looking within the music opens up, as the group isn't fighting against the dying light but embracing how this most classicist of alt-rock bands is an anachronism in 2009.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Gonna See My Friend 2:48
2 Got Some 3:02
3 The Fixer 2:57
4 Johnny Guitar 2:50
5 Just Breathe 3:35
6 Amongst the Waves 3:58
7 Unthought Known 4:08
8 Supersonic 2:40
9 Speed of Sound 3:34
10 Force of Nature 4:04
11 The End 2:57
Product Description
UK pressing. Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve with die cut front cover, 24 page booklet and full color LP inner sleeve. 2009 release from Eddie Vedder and the boys, their ninth album overall. For Backspacer, the lasting Grunge rockers decided to do it big. They left label J Records and decided to release to album themselves, since the certainly have enough money to do that. They also hooked up with '90s Alternative Rock producer du jour Brendan O'Brien (Korn, Bruce Springsteen), the first time that the band has worked with O'Brien since 1998's Yield. The music on the record features a sound influenced by pop and New Wave.
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