Pearl Jam

If the gush of live material that Pearl Jam have released in the past few years isn't enough, the godfathers of grunge offer this double disc collection of B-Sides and rarities. Highlights include "All Night," the Stonesy rocker that opens the album, and the classic "Yellow Ledbetter" -- both tracks are among dozens that, until now, fans have had to search hard for.

The last pup on Lost Dogs -- two CDs of non-LP flotsam from Pearl Jam's first eleven years --
is an unlisted song for a lost soul: Layne Staley of Alice in Chains. Written by Pearl Jam
singer Eddie Vedder the night he heard of Staley's fatal overdose, "4/20/02" is Vedder
alone, on shuddering electric guitar, drowning in loss and rage: "So, sing just like him,
fuckers/It won't offend him/Just me/Because he's dead." Too black-and-blue for... More >