Album · Released 27 August 1991
Ten
Pearl Jam went big on their first album. Big guitars, big emotions, big choruses. Ten doesn't spend much time pretending that it would rather be somewhere else. It wants to reach the back of the room, and Eddie Vedder has the voice to get it there. Alive is the obvious example. The guitar line is immediately recognisable, the chorus opens wide, and Mike McCready's solo gives the song a proper final lift. The story underneath is troubled, but the…
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TenOur album review · 15 August 2026
9.0 