Ten

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studio album
First released:
Aug 27 1991

Overview Edit

Ten is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard's previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pearl Jam in 1990. Most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse.

Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. The album produced three hit singles: "Alive", "Even Flow", and "Jeremy". While Pearl Jam was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon at the time, Ten was instrumental in popularizing alternative rock in the mainstream. The album has been certified diamond by the RIAA in the United States, selling over 13,000,000 copies, and remains Pearl Jam's most successful album.

This particular version Edit

Record label:
Catalog number:
ZK47857
Release dates:
  • Aug 27 1991 in United States

Genres

Alternative Rock, Grunge, Rock, Alternative, Classic Rock, Hard Rock. Vote on Genres

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Remaster the original 1991 album to perfection,add a second disc which features a great 2008 Brendan O'Brein remix that strips away the dated reverb of the original mix and makes Eddie Vedder's vocals clearer and more upfront,gives the guitars additional bite and edge and adds kick and punch to the bass and drums.Include outtakes and demos,"Brother" being the standout with the slowed-down "State Of Love And Trust" being a close second.Contain all of the 1992 "MTV Unplugged" performance (availble…
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3 stars LP sounds great (CD is a victim of the "loudness wars")
Ten was & still is one great album. The "Redux/Remastered" version gives us a mix closer to Vs. & Vitalogy (i.e., the reverb/echo is gone). I really appreciate having both mixes because the original sounds closer to a concert and the Redux is closer to what we are used to from the later albums. Kudos to Brendan O'Brien's work.

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Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Once
    3:51
    2
    Even Flow
    4:53
    3
    Alive
    5:41
    4
    Why Go
    3:19
    5
    Black
    5:43
    6
    Jeremy
    5:19
    7
    Oceans
    2:41
    8
    Porch
    3:30
    9
    Garden
    4:58
    10
    Deep
    4:18
    11
    Release
    9:06

Credits Edit

  1. composer

    1. Jeff Ament [Music By]
    2. Stone Gossard [Music By]
  2. design

    1. Eddie Vedder [Artwork By [Additional]]
    2. Lance Mercer [Photography]
    3. Steve Pitstick [Artwork By [Additional]]
  3. engineer

    1. Adrian Moore [Engineer [Additional]]
    2. Bob Ludwig [mix]
    3. Bob Ludwig [Mastered By]
    4. Dave Hillis [Engineer [Additional]]
    5. Tim Palmer [Mixed By]
  1. performer

    1. Dave Krusen [drums]
    2. Mike McCready [Guitar [Lead]]
    3. Walter Gray [Cello]
  2. producer

Other versions Edit

Ten 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Sony
catalog number: 47857
release dates: 1991 in Australia
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Ten 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: ZK47857
release dates: Aug 27 1991
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Ten 11 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Epic
catalog number: ZK47857
release dates: Aug 27 1991
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Ten 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Epic
catalog number: 468884 9
release dates: 1992 in Europe
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Ten 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Sony
catalog number: 47857
release dates: 1992 in Japan
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Ten 11 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
release dates: Oct 8 2007
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Ten 29 tracks Deluxe edition
format: 3 x CD
record label: Sony Legacy
catalog number: 739849
release dates: Mar 24 2009
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Ten 28 tracks Collectors edition
format: 2 x CD
record label: Sony Legacy
catalog number: 468884 9
release dates: Mar 24 2009
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Ten 28 tracks Legacy Edition - 2CDs / Extra Tracks / Remastered
format: 2 x CD
record label: Sony Legacy
catalog number: 88697398462
release dates: Mar 24 2009
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Ten 12 tracks format: 1 x digital
record label: Epic
catalog number: ZK 47857
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