Ten (Pearl Jam album)

Categories: 1991 albums | Debut albums | Pearl Jam albums

Ten
Image:PearlJam-Ten.jpg
Album by Pearl Jam
Released August 27, 1991
Recorded London Bridge Studio, Seattle; March-April, 1991
Genre Grunge
Length 53 min 26 s
Label Epic
Producer(s) Rick Parashar, Pearl Jam
Professional reviews
Pearl Jam chronology
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Ten
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(1993)

Ten is Pearl Jam's first album, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. The name is the number of NBA player Mookie Blaylock, of whom Pearl Jam's members are fans.

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Ten the 54th greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 79. It is number 207 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

While the song "Black" charted #3 on the Mainstream Rock charts, it was never actually released as a single.

In 2001-2002, Staind covered "Black" during the Break The Cycle tour.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Once" (Vedder, Gossard) - 3:51
  2. "Even Flow" (Vedder, Gossard) - 4:53
  3. "Alive" (Vedder, Gossard) - 5:40
  4. "Why Go" (Vedder, Ament) - 3:10
  5. "Black" (Vedder, Gossard) - 5:43
  6. "Jeremy" (Vedder, Ament) - 5:18
  7. "Oceans" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) - 2:41
  8. "Porch" (Vedder) - 3:30
  9. "Garden" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) - 4:58
  10. "Deep" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) - 4:18
  11. "Release" (Vedder, Gossard, McCready, Krusen) - 8:30

European releases (1992) contained three more tracks at the end:

  • "Alive (live)" (Vedder, Gossard) - 4:54
  • "Wash" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) - 3:33
  • "Dirty Frank" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, Abbrellese, McCready) - 5:38
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Singles

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Charting singles

1991  Ten         The Billboard 200             No. 2
1991  Ten         Heatseekers                   No. 2
1991  Alive       Mainstream Rock Tracks        No. 16
1992  Even Flow   Mainstream Rock Tracks        No. 3
1992  Jeremy      Mainstream Rock Tracks        No. 5
1992  Alive       Modern Rock Tracks            No. 18
1992  Even Flow   Modern Rock Tracks            No. 21
1992  Jeremy      Modern Rock Tracks            No. 5
1993  Black       Mainstream Rock Tracks        No. 3
1993  Black       Modern Rock Tracks            No. 20
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Personnel

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