rEd mozziE: PEARL JAM

".. you think i've got my eyes closed, but i'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time"
ONCE

TEN

VS .. VITALOGY .. NO CODE .. YIELD .. LIVE ON TWO LEGS .. BINAURAL .. RIOT ACT .. LOST DOGS ..
BENAROYA HALL .. REARVIEWMIRROR .. PEARL JAM
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ALBUM: Ten
RELEASED: 27^th August 1991
LENGTH: 53:26
SINGLES: Alive, Even Flow, Jeremy and Oceans
TRACK LISTING
Once [3:51]
Even Flow [4:53]
Alive [5:40]
Why Go [3:19]
Black [5:43]
Jeremy [5:18]
Oceans [2:41]
Porch [3:30]
Garden [4:58]
Deep [4:18]
Release/Master/Slave [6:30]

DAVE KRUSEN - drums .. JEFF AMENT - basses .. EDDIE VEDDER - vocals .. MIKE McCREADY - lead guitars .. STONE GOSSARD - guitars

NOTES: PRODUCED BY PEARL JAM AND RICK PARASHAR .. MIXED BY: Tim Palmer for Worlds End [America] inc. .. ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING: Dave Hills, Don Gilmore, Adrian Moore .. RECORDED AT: London Bridge Studios, Seattle - March/April '91 .. MIXED AT: Ridge Farm Studios Dorking, England - June '91 .. MASTERED BY: Bob Lugwig at Masterdisk, New York .. ADDITIONAL PLAYERS: Rick Parashar - piano, organ, percussion .. Walter Gray - cello .. Tim Palmer - fire extinguisher, pepper shaker .. ART DIRECTION/CONCEPT BY: Jeff Ament .. DESIGN BY: Risa Zaitscheck, Lisa Sparagano .. PHOTOS BY: Lance Mercer .. ADDITIONAL ART BY: Steve Pitstick, Eddie Vedder

"TEN" .. hmm .. eveR wondeRed wHy tHe titLe¿ weLLs apparentLy this was Mookie Blaylocks number¡ [tHe New Jerseys Nets' point guard tHen] *lOl* Yup .. tHe guys acTuaLLy duBBed tHemseLves as "Mookie Blaylock", bUt dUe to copYrigHt rEasons and compLainTs, tHey had tHeir namE cHanged to PEARL JAM .. hEh hEh i didn'T knOw tHat¡ =) so's tHere y'Go .. a biT of PJ triVia foR y'aLL¡
GuEss tHese gUys didn't know wHat tHey weRe in foR aFteR tHe reLease of tHeir deBut aLbum "TEN" in amongSt tHe SeaTTle expLosion hUh¿
bUt y'know .. it's kinda funny cuz if you lisTen to tHe aLbum .. don't you recKon thE wHole tHang soRta kinda teLLs a sTory of some soRt iF you re-aRRangE tHe tRacks 'roUnd¿ oKays .. so I won'T go inTo it cuz nOt onLy miTe u thinK ive loSt the pLot heRe .. i erH .. wouLdn't waNNa go borin' the panTs of u eiTHer¡ *lOl*
But wHiLe tHe aLbum wHispeRs of somEwHat personaL confeSSions, "TEN" deaLs wiTH an aRRay of emoTions, beauTifUl at timEs wiTh tRacKs liKe "OCEANS", "RELEASE" and tHE heaRtbReaking "BLACK" .. tO tHe soaRing anTHems to wHicH tHey aRe knoWn for in tRacKs like "ALIVE", "JEREMY" and "EVEN FLOW", wItH "Alive" bEEin' Vedder's mosT aUtobiograpHical moment aBout tHe day his moTHer reveaLed to him thaT wHo he thouGHt was jusT a distant famiLy fRiend was reaLLy his biological faTHer .. tHis wAs oRiginaLLy titLed "Dollar Short" on the Gossard demo's beFore Vedder duBBed his lyRics onTo iT .. iT's peRty kewL .. and i'ma lucKy enouGH to havE a taKe oF iT ;). In iTseLf .. tHe aLbum sEEms to havE a "mini opera" in progression wiTh "Alive" bein' the sTarT of it .. "Once" the sequel and "Footsteps" endin' tHe triology .. peRty kewL, buT the laTTer tRack is noT found on the aLbum .. cAn bE found on the "Jeremy" singLe tHougH¡
Hey tHere's saId to be bOnus tRacks on tHe European reLease of "TEN" .. damn iF i caN rEmEmbEr wHat tHe bonUs tRacks aRE .. bUt haVE sEEn iT 'round wHen I waS oveRseas [natuRaLLy .. nOt liKe yoU'd sEE it 'roUnd heRe¡ *bLeh*]. But anywayZ .. comIn' oUt fResh fRom the SeattLe scEnE tHese fiVe guYs have yEt to gEl, aNd no douBt wiLL, gIven tIme.
"TEN" rocKs haRd enougH wiTh it's hEavy riFFs and iT's anTHemic cRiEs, and tHougH tHe aLbum maY sEEm to lacK focUs to somE .. thEsE gUys aRe yeT to sHow us wHat tHey aRe reaLLy capabLe of