*** OFFICIAL NEW ALBUM THREAD ***

my2hands

Please post all things related to Pearl Jam's 10th studio album here... rumors... interviews... speculation... whatever the hell you want about the new album...

March 2011 Jeff Ament talks about new album and the band having 25 tracks and that they hoped to work that down to 12-15 tracks during an April 2011 studio session

http://www.billboard.com/news/new-pearl ... 4802.story

September 2011 Jeff Aments tells rollingstone that the new album is "at least half way done" with a handful of great tracks to start with

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... m-20110920

March 2012 Stone Gossard says the band is in no rush and that there is no urgency to complete new record... he goes on to say that they hope to be expeirmental and continue to push the boundaries of their music

http://audioinkradio.com/2012/03/pearl- ... guitarist/

May 2012 Stone Gossard says new album is "between half and three-quarters done" and that they would like to release it in the first half of 2013... he also comments that Mike McCready has brought a hard edged rocker that reminds him of Motorhead and that he hopes it makes the final mix

http://www.billboard.com/#/news/pearl-j ... 9152.story


August 2012 Mike McCready says "Album is in a holding pattern"... "with everyone sitting around writing songs"... and that "they are sitting on about 7 ideas from last year at the moment"

http://www.spin.com/#articles/pearl-jam ... pintwitter

December 2012 Jeff Ament says the band will "start getting serious" about the new album in March 2013

http://audioinkradio.com/2012/12/pearl- ... eff-ament/

January 2013 Eddie Vedder tells rollingstone the new album is about half way done...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... c-20130102

February 2013 Stone Gossard tells an italian interviewer that they hope to have the new album out in 9-12 months

February 2013 Mike McCready tells Rolling Stone "this year for sure" :corn:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... e-20130222

dimitrispearljam

great thread!!!we need this conversation
thanks!

jeff2040

I'm always happy to read about news regarding the new album!

SVRDhand13

my2hands wrote:

Please post all things related to Pearl Jam's 10th studio album here... rumors... interviews... speculation... whatever the hell you want about the new album...

March 2011 Jeff Ament talks about new album and the band having 25 tracks and that they hoped to work that down to 12-15 tracks during an April 2011 studio session

http://www.billboard.com/news/new-pearl ... 4802.story

September 2011 Jeff Aments tells rollingstone that the new album is "at least half way done" with a handful of great tracks to start with

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... m-20110920

August 2012 Mike McCready says "Album is in a holding pattern"... "with everyone sitting around writing songs"... and that "they are sitting on about 7 ideas from last year at the moment"

http://www.spin.com/#articles/pearl-jam ... pintwitter

January 2013 Eddie Vedder tells rollingstone the new album is about half way done...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... c-20130102

In other words, don't believe anything until an official release date is given.

iOnlyownMymind

They had 25 tracks in 2011?? Holy moley. I sure hope this album blows our minds when it finally comes out if its taking this long. Please have some killer Mccready guitar work and some classic songwriting from Stone!

Empty Glass

2016

evsgjamm

From Stone: I think the main thing is that were not in a rush and there's no urgency to it. The most important thing is that we put something out that continues to expand our boundaries rather than trying to follow what we've done in the past. I think it's a good time to hopefully continue to experiment, and continue to shake it up. So that people can go "Wow, that's kind of weird for Pearl Jam," and then 10 years later they can go, "Oh, that’s my favorite period." Which is always kind of what happens. You try something and at first everybody doesn't necessarily understand it, and then you look back and you go, thank God we tried something new, because it really opened a door up for us to be able to do this and this and this beyond that.


From Ed: we'll be ready to go when we're ready to go

I love the anticipation for a new PJ album!!!!

DiRtyFranK38

evsgjamm wrote:

From Stone: I think the main thing is that were not in a rush and there's no urgency to it. The most important thing is that we put something out that continues to expand our boundaries rather than trying to follow what we've done in the past. I think it's a good time to hopefully continue to experiment, and continue to shake it up. So that people can go "Wow, that's kind of weird for Pearl Jam," and then 10 years later they can go, "Oh, that’s my favorite period." Which is always kind of what happens. You try something and at first everybody doesn't necessarily understand it, and then you look back and you go, thank God we tried something new, because it really opened a door up for us to be able to do this and this and this beyond that.


From Ed: we'll be ready to go when we're ready to go

I love the anticipation for a new PJ album!!!!

throw it up there! this is the most important one! here's the link: http://audioinkradio.com/2012/03/pearl- ... guitarist/

I certainly hope stone is right and soon enough this year we have an experimental album... i'm praying for a late summer release maybe? is it possible for earlier?

YLed2

evsgjamm wrote:

From Stone: I think the main thing is that were not in a rush and there's no urgency to it. The most important thing is that we put something out that continues to expand our boundaries rather than trying to follow what we've done in the past. I think it's a good time to hopefully continue to experiment, and continue to shake it up. So that people can go "Wow, that's kind of weird for Pearl Jam," and then 10 years later they can go, "Oh, that’s my favorite period." Which is always kind of what happens. You try something and at first everybody doesn't necessarily understand it, and then you look back and you go, thank God we tried something new, because it really opened a door up for us to be able to do this and this and this beyond that.


From Ed: we'll be ready to go when we're ready to go

I love the anticipation for a new PJ album!!!!

I like reading this from Stone. If expanding the boundaries and coming up something totally different than ever before makes us wait longer to get a new album, then I'm all for it. This brings nothing but a heightened sense of anticipation for the new album.

By the way, great idea for a new thread. Good reading and good conversation.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

iOnlyownMymind wrote:

They had 25 tracks in 2011?? Holy moley. I sure hope this album blows our minds when it finally comes out if its taking this long. Please have some killer Mccready guitar work and some classic songwriting from Stone!

when he said 25 tracks, maybe he meant 25 half finished ideas. I find it hard to believe they had that much completed stuff almost a year ago and then someone saying they only are half done the record.

maybe we'll get some actual b sides on this one.

rival.

Empty Glass wrote:

2016

rival.

more stone and jeff songs, less eddie.



thank you.

the wolf

I get the impression that the guys are not even excited to talk about the band at the moment,
let alone finish the album.

Which is fine. I can wait. Just sayin'.

dimitrispearljam

Empty Glass wrote:

2016

is that 6 or 8 at the end???
cant see very well from the mobile..

Empty Glass

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Empty Glass wrote:

2016

is that 6 or 8 at the end???
cant see very well from the mobile..

six on the low end - eight the high end

dimitrispearljam

Empty Glass wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Empty Glass wrote:

2016

is that 6 or 8 at the end???
cant see very well from the mobile..

six on the low end - eight the high end

Bobbak

In the end it doesn't maater how long it will take to release the album, in the end it will be worth the wait.

veddertown

Great idea, bring it all into one sensible thread! I was thinking about how Foo Fighters released a double album of half electric and half acoustic and how PJ could do this so much better! A double would certainly make the waiting worthwhile...

Empty Glass

veddertown wrote:

Great idea, bring it all into one sensible thread! I was thinking about how Foo Fighters released a double album of half electric and half acoustic and how PJ could do this so much better! A double would certainly make the waiting worthwhile...

+1,000

Been waiting on a double album since '05 or whatever when news came out that PJ had twenty something tracks ready for the Self Titled release.

I mean it makes sense, all the great bands have a double album

my2hands

Empty Glass wrote:

veddertown wrote:

Great idea, bring it all into one sensible thread! I was thinking about how Foo Fighters released a double album of half electric and half acoustic and how PJ could do this so much better! A double would certainly make the waiting worthwhile...

+1,000

Been waiting on a double album since '05 or whatever when news came out that PJ had twenty something tracks ready for the Self Titled release.

I mean it makes sense, all the great bands have a double album

i have been considering this A LOT the past week or two... i actually have convinced myself that this will be a double disc... the Foo's idea of a 1/2 electric and 1/2 acoustic record crossed my mind but i think that would be a bit TOO copycat for PJ to do so they wouldnt do it...

but yeah, double disc has been crossing my mind lately, and i think it is definitely possible... perhaps that is the reason there has been no real b-sides released in years? savng it up for a major double release

jackbo487

I wouldn't mind a double-disc...considering how short Backspacer was, and how much time off PJ has had since then - you'd have to imagine they have more than enough material, right??

At least I can *hope* that...