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Contents 1 Genre? 2 Creeped Out 3 Weirdness 4 Incorrect Info 5 Inside Art 6 Members Only 7 Unclear Information 8 "Life Wasted" first video in eight years? 9 What's A Video And What's NOT A Video 10 Album Sales Number

[edit] Genre?

Would you guys call this album rock or Grunge?

Rock, personally. 198.209.215.143 16:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I would definitely say rock Mylifeisought 05:59, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Rock. Anyone who calls it grunge must be tone-deaf. That would be like calling Bob Dyaln's Street-Legal a folk album. Mcmillancaleb

Pearl Jam were never grunge, they were just from Seattle. --Macarion 01:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

People keep changing it to grunge. Someone should put up a vandalism thingy.

This album should be called grunge just for wikipedia to not contradict itself, Ten is a grunge album acording to wikipedia and this is Pearl Jam's album that took them back to there musical roots so I say grunge, but I personally think its an Alt Rock/Hard Rock record.

[edit] Creeped Out

Was anyone creeped out when they pulled the cd out of the case? It sure did creep me out to see Eddie Vedder in a pyramid of severed heads. Chile 16:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

For me? Just a little. 'Cause the cover seems as boring as hell with just a blue backround and an avacado. However once you open it up that's when it gets creepy, because it has Eddie in a severed heads pyramid and the lyric booklet looks like Leatherface's mask, and has two heads that seem disfigured on the sides.-Cory pratt

[edit] Weirdness

Can anyone explain why the tracks from this Pearl Jam album are non-downloadable on Limewire? When a song is typed in, dozens of results appear for it but when "download" is clicked on any of them it just says "needs more sources" (meaning it can't be downloaded). -- 76df457hjkozdfg 10:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Ummm yeah, It's because you are trying to illeagally download a very popular music track from a heavily monitored pirating site that is full of crappy viruses and spyware. Not to mention hundreds of phony rogue PJ files placed there by the riaa servers to track you down and give you a lawsuit once you connect and try to get the garbage files. Hey here is an idea, why don't you freaking BUY it? Get a clue. J Shultz 03:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect Info

Lets not forget Jeremy and Alive video as well. The article states that Pearl Jam has only made video Life Wasted Do Evolution and Oceans. This is incorrect. Could someone please make the corrections? I don't know why people always forget Alive and Jeremy videos?

Thanks --buzlink 16:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

It said since Oceans. Alive, Jeremy, and Even Flow were made before Oceans. Howeer, Love Boat Captain and Save You had music videos, so I'll change that area. La Pizza11 22:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inside Art

In the article, it says the inside art for those who pre-ordered the album is different than the one in stores. I pre-ordered, and am interested in what the store version has for inside art. If someone has that version, please add a brief description of it. La Pizza11 22:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Members Only

In the pre-order paragraph it says that the version of the album with the bonus disc and different packging was available to members only. This is inaccurate as I ordered it and am not a member. It didn't say you had to be a member anywhere on the site either, you just order it like any online shop. JedEgan 17:56, 02 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unclear Information

In the article it states, "The video for "Life Wasted" premiered in May 2006, marking Pearl Jam's first video since 1998's 'Do The Evolution,' and only their 2nd video since 1992's 'Oceans.'" Maybe it's just me, but this sentence makes absolutely no sense.

• It's just you. --Macarion 01:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Life Wasted" first video in eight years?

Why is "Life Wasted" considered the first video for Pearl Jam since "Do The Evolution"? Why aren't the clips for "World Wide Suicide" and "I am Mine" included as music videos?

because they're not

[edit] What's A Video And What's NOT A Video

There seems to be confusion over what a video is and what not a video is. So I'll set the record straight.

"Life Wasted" is the first official video since Yield's Do The Evolution. Videos like "I Am Mine" and "Love Boat Captain" are promos for their album "Riot Act", likewise with "World Wide Suicide". These promos are not official videos, they show the band performing and, yes, some music stations like to show these promos, but they are NOT official music videos. To my knowledge the only 'official' videos Pearl Jam has released are "Alive", "Oceans", "Jeremy", "Do The Evolution", and now, "Life Wasted".

I don't want to disagree with your characterization as to the importance of the DTE video compared to the two Riot Act videos (I only recall DTE appearing on MTV, to name one measure of visibility), but I don't really understand your use of the words "official" to make that distinction, since the opposite, "non-official," connotes some illicit nature to the "I Am Mine" video, which I don't believe is the case. They were filmed and released under the band's direction (the Chop Suey "I Am Mine" video on a DVD that I own... I think it came with my copy of Riot Act?); how much more 'official' do we need to get? Further, at [The Sky I Scrape], they seem to treat "I Am Mine" on the same level as the other previous videos, showing at least a somewhat systematic adpotion of "I Am Mine."

I'm not saying we're wrong to put "Life Wasted" in a different category than "I Am Mine," as it took a much more concerted effort towards creation than a simple live-video shoot. I think we'd be better off characterizing the album through a discussion of the overall increased emphasis on promotion, as evidenced by the SNL and Letterman appearances, their appearance on VH1 Storytellers to feature the new songs, as well as this well-crafted video. That seems to be a much more interesting direction to take in telling the story of this album.

Let me know what you think. Lanford 05:10, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe 'official' isn't the right word, prehaps 'made-for-MTV' is better. DTE & Life Wasted are made for MTV whereas I Am Mine, WWS, etc. are all promos. - User:mcmillancaleb

[edit] Album Sales Number

The "Pearl Jam" global album sales number is questionable . The source is bunk. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.222.92.13 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 18 October 2006 (UTC).