10 (+ 3 Bonus Tracks)

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Customer reviews

review by: Alan date: 2008-04-16 rating:
Just plain excellent
I've known of Pearl Jam for many years, but have only heard Vitalogy previously which is OK without any real stand-out tracks, plus the iconic 'Alive' from this album. However, having read the recommendations in Amazon I decided to take a punt and after only one listen I'm really glad that I did. It sounds fresh with great vocals and heavy guitars: classic rock and miles better than the drivel played on the readily-available channels. Chalk one up for the oldies!

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review by: date: 2008-03-27 rating:
Great album, or greatest album ever?
In 1991 the greatest ever grunge album and indeed one of the greatest albums of all time was released; but not many people realised. One year later the album finally made it's mark climbing it's way to the high end of the billboard charts and staying their; for 2 years (eventually outselling Nirvana's Nevermind). So, why was it able to do this? Well, simply because its an amazing album. No fillers, just 11 great tracks. Opening with the harder material of Once, Alive and Even Flow and finishing on the softer Release the album is arranged beautifully (my favourite bit being when Why Go follows onto Black). Often dubbed as a dark album Ten is a rather moving album with each song bearing enormous weight. Execution of the songs may have troubled most people but Vedder's amazing and varied voice tackles it with ease. Each song gets a at least a 9 or 10/10, but gun to my head the highlights for me are Jeremy and Garden. Ten is 11 great songs perfectly arranged into a masterpiece albums. The bonues tracks on this edition are also pretty sweet. Most bands couldn't produce a Best of album this good. You may never need buy another album again.

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review by: Razza date: 2008-01-03 rating:
A classic in every sense
I could harp on about every track on this album, but it's all been said somany times before. This album is a classic, and to think i had not heard a single pearl jam record until 2004. Since then i have gone on a purchased every PJ album. Great music, this is what ears were made for.

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review by: date: 2007-09-19 rating:
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I'm seeing a lot of reviews here that are saying things like, "this is the best album... ever!", "this is the greatest debut album... ever!", "this is Pearl Jam's best album!", "this is the best album of the grunge era!", "This is the most artistic record ever!"

And that's weird cos... it's not the best album, debut album, grunge album or Pearl Jam album ever. And it's definitely not the most artistic record ever. It's great to see such enthusiasm, but all it does is make me wonder which records the people who write those statements haven't heard yet.

I remember when I first bought "Ten", back in... 1992 I think, and I guess it did change my life. I'd stopped listening to music for a while, and this record that I bought purely on the strength of something I read in a magazine rekindled my enthusiasm. Never though, at any point did I have the audacity to assume that it was the greatest album ever.

I loved the guitars, the drums, the lyrics that seemed to be about something and seemed to have... a conscience, the vocals that didn't seem to follow normal rhythmic meter, but fitted anyway. I listened to it LOADS.

I don't listen to it anymore - after all, I have hundreds of albums, there are hundreds of great albums still to hear, and I only have so much free time. And you can overhear an album. I have done with this, but that's not the only reason I don't think it's one of the greatest albums ever. Since I first heard it in 1992 I've heard a lot of better records. "Ten" is probably responsible in some way for me hearing (at least some of) them, so kudos for that, but nevertheless:

- it's not as great as Neil Young's best work,
- it's not as great a debut album as Beefheart's "Safe As Milk",
- it's not as artistic as... anything by Beefheart, or anything by Neil Young.

For me, nearly all the alt. rock and grunge of the early 90s has dated quite badly. For some reason a lot of those bands took the groove, the swing and the fun out of rock n' roll, and you have to accept at some point that it's just not cool anymore. Now I'm not saying that I don't listen to this music anymore because someone might think I'm not cool. I'm saying that when I listen to the music of that era... it doesn't sound cool. It's not the production, it's just the whole attitude. It's so self-righteous, so self-indulgent, so self-obsessed. And it no doubt went some way to giving us... emo.

Now, I'd like to address this grunge issue. For one thing, what was grunge? All those bands sounded different, but they were all labelled grunge. Nirvana and Mudhoney were very raw, Alice in Chains were heavy, sinister and atmospheric, Soundgarden were heavy and complex, the Screaming Trees were rooted in 60s psychedelia, Pearl Jam were serious yet light, and veering towards the fiddly guitar music that everyone was actually trying to rebel against. And where did it end? Did the bands have to be from Seattle? What about the excellent Blind Melon? What about the Smashing Pumpkins, The Lemonheads... etc, etc? Every one of those bands made at least one album that is as good or better than "Ten". Even Pearl Jam. Theirs was "Vs", though it looks like no other reviewer on here rates that one. Is it the case that people who like "Ten" don't like the other Pearl Jam records? Was "Ten" just the right amount of hard rock, and the others not hard rock enough?

Take time, if you will, to think about these questions. I hope I haven't wasted your time. Let me finish with some actual thoughts on the music of "Ten". Cos don't get me wrong; I'm not about to slag it. After all, it indirectly led me to discovering Neil Young, and from there pretty much to any rock n' roll music I listen to today.

It's tight and ambitious, and essentially a muso's album. The arrangements are complex, often with several guitars overdubbed at once, but the album also appealed to the girls. Probably something to do with Eddie's locks, and his angst-ridden crooning, with a bit of anguished screaming thrown in for good measure.

Pearl Jam have had some terrific drummers in their time, but I think Dave Abbrusseze, from this album was the best. I know it says "Dave Krusen" on the liner notes, but apparently he was replaced with Abbrusseze before the album was recorded, and his name was never changed on the artwork. I have no idea why the liner notes should have been finalised before the drum parts were even recorded, but there you go. He's terrific, and I wonder what he did after he was replaced by Jack Irons.

So anyway, yeh, if you put aside all my earlier reservations; of itself there aren't really any weak tracks on this album - with the possible exception of "Oceans". However, I would like to reiterate that there are many records that are as good as this, and many that are better. So you can move forward in your life, safe in the knowledge that there are still great things for you to discover... unless you've heard all the others already, in which case you might be a bit disappointed with this.




review by: date: 2007-06-20 rating:
Shows its age, but still brilliant
lets get one thing straight, you must listen to this whoever you are whatever you are into this is a great piece of the 90's pie and shouldn't be passed over. that said it does show its age in places, the production bugs the heck out of me, its very dated and takes away from the music of the one of the legendary rockers finest hours. i must say i like the remixes on 'rearview mirror' the greatest hits album, much more raw but better production. apart from that all good points, the powerful vocal of Vedder realy shine here, the music is infectious and it really makes up for the shoddy production with sheer brilliance. classics such as 'once' the inspirational 'Alive' and i really love 'Jeremy' heck they're all good!

Now classic rock, nothing better of this type or era.

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