Ten by Pearl Jam

Pros: Simply one of the best hard rock albums there is
Cons: I'm sick of people whining about how Pearl Jam should sound like this again.

Pearl Jam, the only surviving band from the early '90s Seattle "grunge rock" movement. Somehow they've managed to keep on rocking despite all the ups and downs they've been through over the years. Their sound is constantly evolving, and while some would ...

Pros: Vedder's stories, honesty
Cons: terribly dark, too generic

At a cursory glance, and after doing the proper research, it seems to me that Ten is Pearl Jam's most divisive--- and hardest to write about--- album. Opinions of Ten don't just run the gamut; they sprint laps around the gamut and throw back occasional ...

Pros: Great debut album with some classic songs
Cons: None, except maybe the album cover

Ten is my favorite Pearl Jam album and one of the best albums ever. It, along with Nirvana’s Nevermind and Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger completely revolutionized recorded music. Grunge burst on the scene in 1991 and Pearl Jam was at the forefront. ...

Pros: Great, solid rock n' roll album; One of the finest debuts you'll find.
Cons: Slapped in a pretty limiting category; Goofy cover.

Indeed! Another Epinions submission destined to generated absolutely no revenue. Oh, well. I'm bored, so why not write up a little something about a fine, fine disc?

Pearl Jam's Ten, released in 1991, is a rather confusing album. Why?...

Pros: It was good enough to get four stars.
Cons: It's over-rated, it almost got three stars.

Please don’t punch me. Or kick me. Especially in the balls. I wouldn’t appreciate that. Don’t even think about biting me (although I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to). I resent the fact that, after I’ve said this, you may want to ta ...

Pros: I almost gave it 4 stars.....
Cons: ....but i didn't

I’m going to start this review off by saying, nay confessing, that I am a relative newcomer to Pearl Jam. My interest in them has been sparked by almost all of my favourite writers on this site being rabid fans, and seen as I trust their ...

Pros: Pearl Jam's balls out rock and roll has its moments, like Black.
Cons: I'm never going to understand Pearl Jam's appeal, although many assure me I'm delusional

Folks: The story part of this review is merely an extreme fantasy of mine. Actually it’s not even my fantasy; it’s more like a friend of mines. Or what a friend of mines would be like if they were a psychopath with tendencies towards ...

Pros: all the tracks are bloody great to listen to
Cons: they still need to make a re-mastered version of the album, the cover sucks

Ok this is part one of my own pearl jam write off, no you can’t join because all im doing is just reviewing every pearl jam album in order from Ten the bands debut album to Riot Act and the rarities and b sides collection Lost ...

Pros: Quality sound, great lyrics, great sound. Succesful debut.
Cons: Couple of "Blah" moments.

OK, this line doesn't count, but I'm going to go through this entire review without using the term " ...

Pros: intensity, varying styles, Vedder's shredding vocals, atmosphere of "Oceans"
Cons: some songs fall under the mark set by other tracks

The early 90s can best be viewed, in retrospect, as a freight train that slammed through the music scene, tearing down some walls, and priming some for what would come next.   Grunge was that necessary step that, rather than simply pushing ...

Pros: Tracks filled with emotion, no filler tracks
Cons: Typically dark themes, can bring a good mood down

In 1991 a sound began to emerge on a national scale, largely from orginating in Seattle Washington, that has come to be known as alternative. The flannel shirt wearing, guitar busting rebels spelled the end of the "hair bands" with their gritty style. ...

Pros: True Seattle grunge, it doesn't get any better than "Ten"
Cons: One or two mediocre songs

To me, Pearl Jam will always be one of the most impressive bands I've ever heard of for many reason. The biggest reason is that they are still actually going on right now and haven't sold out or broken up like most bands out there today. They haven't...

Pros: Exciting, Hopeful, and Haunting all at once
Cons: Horrible lyrics page, Filler

I was six when the Grunge Revolution started and nine when it ended, so I never really got into it. Country was my favorite genre then (it makes me sick to think about my musical tastes then). Well, as my life progressed, my musical taste did, too. It...

Pros: Shows exactly what Pearl Jam are made of. Pure brilliance.
Cons: Deep. But it isn't enough of a disappointment to let 'Ten' down.

I may be stating the obvious here, what with Ten being Pearl Jam's Signature album, but it has to be said: If You love Pearl Jam, you will play this until the CD melts. It really is as simple as that. After the first few tracks (Once, Even Flow and ...

Pros: Very powerful, raw, honest, intelligent lyrics
Cons: A couple of mediocre filler tracks

After a decade of fluff over substance hair bands, the beginning of the 90s saw a drastic change in rock music. Bands were coming out of Seattle as if there was a flannel factory on every corner. Of all the bands of this renaissance, Pearl Jam started ...