Pearl Jam's evolution refuses to 'Yield' to time

Write “Jeremy.” Merit fame. Write “Animal.” Flex. Write “Not For You.” Prod. Write “Red Mosquito.” Bleed brilliance. And then keep going: this week Pearl Jam gives the world Yield, their fifth album and a worthy enrichment of their own heady tradition.

Looking forward to it, were you? What if you heard that Pearl Jam was going to try to combine some “Blood”-style Ed Vedder screams, environmentalist lyrics, and stripped fuzz-guitar—all interrupted by a church hymn interlude—into a song na…

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  • Author: Daniel McGarry
  • Source: The Yale Herald
  • Date Published: 1998-2-6
  • Added to Database: 2003-06-12