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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Apr 10, 2003
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.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 7, 2012
Pros: Alive, Jeremy, Even Flow
Cons: The album tracks are too dark
Summary: I was just 12 or 13 when I purchased my first copy of Pearl Jam Ten. Following on from the rise of Nirvana, I seeked out everything that was eminating from Seattle, WA. Pearl Jam Ten was the epitomy of the dark, melancholy grunge that was coming ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 27, 2011
Pros: Oceans, Garden
Cons: Dated
Summary: Ah, Pearl Jam. Once strangely addicted with their sound when I discovered rock music in general, soon to become a cultural artifact that I just can't wrap my mind around anymore, or enjoy, but certainly appreciate.This record certainly sounds ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 31, 2009
Pros: One of rock's better debut albums
Cons: May not be good for a listener on a bad day
Summary: In the Seattle grunge scene of the early nineties, a few bands gained notice, and some even gained mainstream success. That success came with the very first album of Pearl Jam, the 1991 release "Ten." The band was founded by Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 11, 2008
Pros: Very powerful, raw, honest, intelligent lyrics
Cons: A couple of mediocre filler tracks
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 18, 2008
Pros: Black, Even Flow, Alive, Porch, etc....
Cons: none
Summary: Every musician or band should have this CD and study it HARD!!! The flow of the CD is perfect. It contains some of the best lyrics and music of all time. If you do not have this CD, you are truly missing out. I have had this CD for over 15 years and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 24, 2007
Pros: Tracks filled with emotion, no filler tracks
Cons: Typically dark themes, can bring a good mood down
Summary: 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. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 22, 2006
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.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 25, 2006
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
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 5, 2005
Pros: FREEDOM
Cons: UNCOMPROMISSED
Summary: Lit the fire for this unknown friend about to come: the music. This is what PEARL JAM is about. GREEN RIVER coalesces into MUDHONEY AND MOTHER LOVE BONE. Andrew Wood, a hollow shell. TEMPLE OF THE ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 2004
Pros: great debut album. Simply rock and roll.
Cons: none really outside a couple of weak songs
Summary: The year was 1991, and commercial radio became friendly to a new (well not so new) sound known as “grunge”. One of the bands to make it big was Pearl Jam, and their contribution known as “Ten”. “Ten” incorporates elements of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 3, 2004
Pros: I almost gave it 4 stars.....
Cons: ....but i didn't
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 17, 2004
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
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 9, 2003
Pros: Vedder's stories, honesty
Cons: terribly dark, too generic
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 7, 2003
Pros: 1-7 and 10-11(12)
Cons: Crappy lyrics booklet, Garden, Porch, cheap cover.
Summary: You should already know enough about PJ. I'm not going to waste time telling you more. Here's a T-b-T (Track by track) 1. Once (8/10) We are drawn into "Ten" by some strange tribal drumming (seen also on track 11, and similar drums also used on WMA fr ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 6, 2003
Pros: It was good enough to get four stars.
Cons: It's over-rated, it almost got three stars.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2003
Pros: Quality sound, great lyrics, great sound. Succesful debut.
Cons: Couple of "Blah" moments.
Summary: OK, this line doesn't count, but I'm going to go through this entire review without using the term " ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 29, 2003
Pros: 'Black' is a lyrical masterpiece, 'Alive' is still brilliant after all these years!
Cons: Too over-rated, but still outstanding!
Summary: I've decided to review the album that started it all. Pearl Jam emerged in 1991 with their debut al ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 4, 2003
Pros: classic tunes from a classic band
Cons: some of the songs don't add up to some of the newer ones
Summary: There are some things that are still reminiscent of the young Pearl Jam--an angry word or two from Vedder, McCready’s speedy pentatonic riffs--but these were perhaps simpler times. At the very least, Pearl Jam (or should I say Mookie Blaylock?) was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 8, 2003
Pros: Pearl Jam at their loudest, and hardest rocking.
Cons: Unavoidably, some songs don't match up to the best of them.
Summary: I was discussing Pearl Jam with a couple of my friends in a class a few days ago. Naturally, the topic of which album we preferred came up. Two of us went with Vitalogy, the other with Ten. During this discussion, one of them said something quite ... read more
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