Pearl Jam

If there were any doubt as to whether Pearl Jam's success was a result of talent or hype, it was erased with the release of the band's second album, Vs. A solid, deliberate effort, Vs. finds Eddie Vedder passionately tackling subjects with an acumen that comes from the heart of a true believer. One of the band's strongest releases.

Pearl Jam are explosive. Few American bands have arrived more clearly talented than this
one did with Ten; and Vs. tops even that debut. Terrific players with catholic tastes, they
also serve up singer-lyricist Eddie Vedder. With his Brando brooding and complicated,
tortured masculinity, he's something we haven't seen in a while — a heroic figure. Better
still, he's a big force without bullshit; he bellows doubt. Like Jim Morrison and Pe... More >