Dave U. Random
2009-10-11 15:04:33 UTC
(LiveDaily) - Unless you're one of the hardcore faithful,
Pearl Jam was likely becoming the band you took for
granted. Sure they reminded you how great they were when
you caught them live, and you'd bob your head along to
their music on the radio, but you rarely went back and
listened to their albums. That may be because Pearl Jam has
made a career out of straddling the line between classic
and alt-rock, but they haven't reached the heights of their
heroes The Who and were never as compelling and edgy as
their early peers Nirvana.
"Backspacer," the band's 10th album (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/Backspacer ), isn't likely to change that,
but it will certainly convince you that Eddie Vedder and
company shouldn't be written off just yet..
Continued: http://xrl.us/Backspacer2
Pearl Jam was likely becoming the band you took for
granted. Sure they reminded you how great they were when
you caught them live, and you'd bob your head along to
their music on the radio, but you rarely went back and
listened to their albums. That may be because Pearl Jam has
made a career out of straddling the line between classic
and alt-rock, but they haven't reached the heights of their
heroes The Who and were never as compelling and edgy as
their early peers Nirvana.
"Backspacer," the band's 10th album (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/Backspacer ), isn't likely to change that,
but it will certainly convince you that Eddie Vedder and
company shouldn't be written off just yet..
Continued: http://xrl.us/Backspacer2