Pearl Jam Album by Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam (sometimes referred to as The Avocado Album) is the eponymous eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam released on May 2, 2006 on J Records. It was the band's debut and only release for J Records and also their last album issued by Sony Music. It was the band's first full-length studio release in almost four years, since Riot Act (2002). Following their performances at the Vote For Change tour in 2004, the band commenced work on Pearl Jam in November 2004 at Studio X in Seattle, Washington and finished in February 2006.

The music on the record was proclaimed as a return to the band's roots, with an emphasis on up-tempo songs with an aggressive sound. The song lyrics are mostly told from the point of view of characters and deal with the socio-political issues in the United States at the period, such as the War on Terror.

Pearl Jam was critically well received and was a commercial success, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and eventually outselling the band's previous release, Riot Act. The album also produced three singles—"World Wide Suicide", "Life Wasted" and "Gone"—which were moderately successful. The band supported the album with a full-scale world tour in 2006.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Eddie Vedder, except where noted.
No. Title Lyrics Music Length


1. "Life Wasted" Stone Gossard 3:54


2. "World Wide Suicide" Vedder 3:29


3. "Comatose" Mike McCready, Gossard 2:19


4. "Severed Hand" Vedder 4:30


5. "Marker in the Sand" McCready 4:23


6. "Parachutes" Gossard 3:36


7. "Unemployable" Matt Cameron, McCready 3:04


8. "Big Wave" Jeff Ament 2:58


9. "Gone" Vedder 4:09


10. "Wasted Reprise" Gossard 0:53


11. "Army Reserve" Vedder, Damien Echols Ament 3:45


12. "Come Back" McCready, Vedder 5:29


13. "Inside Job[I]"

Personnel

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Jeff Ament – bass guitar
Matt Cameron – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Stone Gossard – guitar
Mike McCready – guitar
Eddie Vedder – guitar, vocals, layout and design; credited as "Jerome Turner" for album concept