Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003
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Free Music Review: Great place to start!
Hit: 5 Stars
Granted, I rate just about all of PJ's releases 5 stars and I'm a little biased, but I have to say that even the worst critic should have something good to say about this 2-CD compilation. It's got something for everyone! If you like the hard and fast PJ, listen to the "UP" CD. If you prefer the softer, mellower PJ, listen to the "Down" CD. In addition to all their classics, it also has "Breath" and "State Of Love And Trust", two songs previously available only on the "Singles" soundtrack. Even more, it features a new and instant classic from the Tim Burton film "Big Fish", entitled "Man Of The Hour". It's a real touching tune from the mellow side of PJ. Also, Brendan O' Brien remixed "Once", "Alive", and "Black", and the new remixes are excellent. So if you're a die-hard fan but can never decide which incredible album to listen to, you can give this compilation a listen and enjoy the band's wide variety of good, classic rock n' roll. OR, if you're new to the band, and just don't know where to start or you don't even know if you would like their music, this is an excellent place to find out. It's got all of their classics and will give you a real idea of what the band is about, as it's career started in '91 and rocked on up to '03 and beyond. My ONLY complaint is the booklet inside has NO history of the band to help educate the newcomer. It just has pictures, but aleast their good ones. It's interesting to look at the cover and see a '91 photo of the group and then look inside and see a '03 photo of the group in the same general positon. This is all in all, a GREAT place to continue for the die hard fan or a GREAT place to start for the newcomer. Either way, you can't go wrong. But then again, you can NEVER go wrong with a band as AWESOME as PEARL JAM!!Free Music Review: Making a case for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Hit: 5 Stars
Listening to this uncommonly well-selected greatest hits compilation, I was struck by an idea that this could be their "application" to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
It summarizes an impressive career, in a fairly cool fashion.
It's two discs, the first with the more raucous tunes, the second with some of their "quieter" songs. Both are nearly chronological in order. So you get both "sides" of the band, and you can easily see their development over the years.
As you all know, they exploded on the scene back at the beginning of the '90's (hello Time magazine cover) with their debut, "Ten." Lumped into the nascent "grunge" phenomenon, they quickly rose to prominence in the rock world.
Their popularity over the decade has waned, and I must admit I once thought they were "better" at the beginning than of late.
The brilliant thing about this set is how it presents their later music in context of their entire career, and let me tell you, the more recent stuff is eye-opening. Musicianship, lyrics...the only thing is I honestly think they're not as melodic as they used to be...but hey, no big.
These guys don't go through "phases", they've just grown, matured, developed...about as thoughtfully and creatively as any major band I can think of.
It's a tremendous value; I paid little more than the normal discounted price of a SINGLE CD at my local Tower Records.
Some of their earlier songs have been tweaked and remixed a tad by Brendan O'Brien, and it might be my imagination, but I thought the songs off "Ten", "Vs." and "Vitalogy" sounded better than on their original CD's.
I haven't enjoyed a sit-all-the-way-through listen to an album as much as this in a long, long time.
Free Music Review: Joy to the world
Hit: 5 Stars
Well it's around christmas time and everyone is out looking for that special gift for that special someone. Well, if that special someone is a Pearl Jam fan, than Rearview Mirror is not a bad idea overall. This greatest hits album has impressed me...alot. I very surprised to see how well constructed this album is. It includes all the obvious hits like "Evenflow", "Jeremy", "Alive", "Go", "Daughter", "Betterman","Corduroy" and fittingly as the last track on the entire album, "Yellow Ledbetter" as well as some of the more recent fan favorites like "Light Years", "Nothing As It Seems", "Save You", and "I Am Mine". So the album itself does an excellent job of giving the band's work fair representation. On top of theat the album is seperated into an "Upside" and a "Downside" meaning all the hard rockers are on the first disc with the ballads on the second while being organized in chronological order. This organization scheme is ingenious. Although there are some tracks like "Love Boat Captain", "Tremor Christ" and "Thumbing My Way" that could have been included. But who knows, maybe there was a strict limit of 33 tracks. Whether that's the case or not, Pearl Jam will be leaving Epic Records with their heads held high. As this album shows, they've had an excellent career and I look forward to their new album which should be coming out in 2005. And for those of you who despise the "Greatest Hits" idea, this album is actually the final contract obligation that Pearl Jam had to meet to break away from their record company. So that makes it even better. In short, this is definitely a great gift idea for any Pearl Jam fan and the band should be commended for creating the best greatest hits compilation possible.Free Music Review: Greatest Hits
Hit: 5 Stars
If you're a Pearl Jam fan, you haven't questioned yourself - you have already gone out there and bought it. This is a must for any Pearl Jam fan. For others, it can be a great album if you like their few singles (that have videos) or songs you might have heard on the radio. Nonetheless, this is a great album.
This is divided into "Upside" and "Downside", a very creative way to release the album. The "Upside" contains the harder/faster songs such as 'Spin the Black Circle', 'Hail, Hail' and 'Do the Evolution'. It contains reproduced tracks 'Once' and 'Alive' - some people are stating 'Even Flow' is as well, just not stated in the album booklet.
"Downside" contains the slower/acoustic songs such as 'Nothingman', 'Nothing as it Seems' and 'Off he Goes'. This also contains a reproduced song, 'Black' which is by far one of their best songs.
This album contains a couple of non-album tracks. 'Breath' which was taken from the "Singles" soundtrack. 'Man of the Hour' which was released for Tim Burton's "Big Fish" and Pearl Jam also made a "Amazon exclusive" single for it. If you're not a huge Pearl Jam fan, you might not have 'Last Kiss' or 'Yellow Ledbetter' but they are featured on "Lost Dogs". Also contains 'State of Love and Trust' and 'I Got ID'. Most Pearl Jam fans know and most likely have these songs already.
This collection is a brilliant way to get someone into Pearl Jam, an awesome road trip CD ("Upside") and a great way to chill ("Downside"). You get the best of both worlds here. An excellent addition to anyone's collection. It's Pearl Jam - the Gods of Music - just pick it up. You will NOT regret it.
Free Music Review: Impeccable collection, impeccable music
Hit: 5 Stars
After last year's excellent "Lost Dog" collection of B-sides and rarities, now comes the more straightforward collection of Pearl Jam's "greatest hits", surely not in the Top 40 sense of hits, but perhaps better titled the "best and most beloved" songs of Pearl Jam.
"rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003)" (2 CDs, 33 tracks, 145 min.) is divided up between the rockers and the 'ballads'. CD1 (16 tracks, 66 min.) is the "Up Side", and covers such classics as "Once", "Alive", Curderoy", "Not For You", "Hail Hail", etc., this rocks from start to end. CD2 (17 tracks, 79 min.) is the "Down Side" and includes great songs like "Black", "Daughter", "Elderly Woman", "Off He Goes", "Nothingman", and "Last Kiss", the band's only true "Top 40" hit. Smartly and rightly, this collection emphasizes the early years: 21 of the 33 tracks cover the first 4 years of the band (up to "Vitalogy"), whereas the last 9 years are covered by 12 tracks. So thankfully no "Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002" situations, where latter day non-greatest hits are taking up space and block other genuine greatest hits of the earlier days from being included.
The cynic deep inside of me wanted to believe that this collection was just another attempt by Epic/Sony, the label Pearl Jam left last year, to squeeze the last financial drop out of the Pearl Jam phenom. And maybe that is what's going on, who knows. But in the end, I couldn't resist having all the best songs of Pearl Jam onto a single collection. In an era where too often "greatest hits" and "best of" collections are botched by the record label and/or the artist, this collection was done exactly right.