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Pearl Jam
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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 325 Ratings

  • Summary: Adam Kasper again co-produced the band's belated follow-up to 2002's 'Riot Act.' It is Pearl Jam's eighth studio album overall.

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Come Back
If I keep holding out will the light shine through? Under this broken roof, it's only rain that I feel I've been wishing out the days. come back I... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. AllMusic
    90
    Pearl Jam hasn't sounded as alive or engaging as they do here since at least Vitalogy, if not longer.
  2. Prefix Magazine
    90
    Strikes with a magnificent urgency.
  3. Rolling Stone
    80
    As immediate and despairing as breaking news from Baghdad... Pearl Jam is also as big and brash in fuzz and backbone as Led Zeppelin's Presence. [4 May 2006, p.55]
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  4. E! Online
    75
    Songs like "World Wide Suicide" and "Severed Head" even come close to recreating the hard rock thrills of the band's billion-selling debut, Ten.
  5. Playlouder
    70
    This is Pearl Jam, it's down to you whether that means anything or not.
  6. Mojo
    70
    Pearl Jam sound reborn, vital. [Jul 2006, p.112]
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  7. Q Magazine
    40
    [It] is a lusher and less challenging listen than recent efforts, but it's also curiously featureless, the sound of a group drained of passion and fresh ideas. [Jun 2006, p.118]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 169 out of 194
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 194
  3. Negative: 16 out of 194
  1. JohnnyL.
    May 28, 2007
    10
    This album really shows how Pearl Jam has grown up and advanced musically as well as lyrically. At the same time they brought back some of This album really shows how Pearl Jam has grown up and advanced musically as well as lyrically. At the same time they brought back some of the old all-out-rock attitude on a majority of the songs. Genius, simply genius!!… Expand
  2. KeithG
    May 4, 2006
    10
    Pitchfork were always an f'in joke, anyone who ever had the misfortune to fall asleep reading one of their overly long winded attempts Pitchfork were always an f'in joke, anyone who ever had the misfortune to fall asleep reading one of their overly long winded attempts at a 'clever' review will know better than to take notice of their scoring. This album may not be the best Pearl Jam have 'ever' done, but it's the best in quiet a while, this new stuff's gonna blow people away at the festivals this year. Rock on.… Expand
  4. Nabill
    May 1, 2006
    10
    Rocks!
  5. Tim
    May 15, 2006
    10
    A great album - returning to their roots while still amazing me with Eddie's lyrics - the more you listen to it the better it gets.
  6. JAnderson
    May 1, 2006
    9
    A return to form...Best album since No Code!
  7. AddlerS
    Dec 2, 2006
    9
    I can't believe there are people out there who still compare every Pearl Jam release to Ten. That was 15 years ago! This album rocks, PJ I can't believe there are people out there who still compare every Pearl Jam release to Ten. That was 15 years ago! This album rocks, PJ is great, and this is not a comeback because they were never gone.… Expand
  8. ducdonglong
    May 1, 2006
    0
    Ten Club Took My Money for Nothing.

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Awards & Rankings

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#11 Most Discussed Album of 2006
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#11 Most Shared Album of 2006