Interesting Read About the New Album

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http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news ... ll-record/

Pearl Jam Album A ‘Tight, Concise Rock’N'Roll Record’
gbarton / News, Top Posts / 10/07/2009 11:26am

Pearl Jam plan to release their ninth studio album, entitled Backspacer, through Universal on September 22.


Coming in at a tight 36 minutes the record has been produced by Brendan O’Brien, who last worked with the band on 1998’s Yield.

Among the songs set for inclusion are The Fixer, Got Some, See My Friend, Just Breathe, The End, Supersonic and Amongst The Waves.

“I’d sum it up as kind of a tight, concise, rock’n'roll record with kind of pop or maybe new wave elements to it,” guitarist Mike McCready told Classic Rock. “It’s a really quick record, but I like that element to it. I like the sparseness of the songs and the way that Brendan pulled us together and made us play as good as we could.”

McCready joined with guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Matt Cameron for some initial writing sessions at Ament’s house in Montana last year, before taking the ideas back to Seattle and singer Eddie Vedder, who brought in a batch of his own tunes too. At Brendan O’Brien’s suggestion, the album was recorded in LA.

“[When] we got together with Ed and it really started getting more cohesive, we took that momentum down to Los Angeles with Brendan,” says McCready. “It was a great idea to get us out of Seattle. You’ve gotta get out your comfort zone, and we’ve talked about doing that for the past ten years and kind of haven’t, so we trusted Brendan’s judgment.”

Pearl Jam will play two UK shows this year, at Manchester MEN Arena on August 17 and London 02 August 18.

Director Cameron Crowe has begun work on a Pearl Jam movie, tentatively set for release in 2011 to coincide with the band’s 20th anniversary celebrations.

“We have thousands of hours of footage of ourselves, going back maybe even to our first show,” says McCready. “We’ve known Cameron forever and we just trust him. He’s a rocker. He was on the road with Zeppelin. We hope to put up a cool movie of our highlights and lowlights.”

– Jon Hotten

Influenced by pop and new wave...this should get interesting.
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  • Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    Great find thanks!
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  • I'm sure they will be scratching Atlanta off of their list of places to go to in order to get out of their comfort zone!

    Thanks for the review
  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Pearl Jam movie in 2011 directed by Cameron Crowe?! Sounds perfect.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    nice. i am getting more & more excited for this record! 8-)
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    Wow, very cool about the movie! Seeing Immagine in Cornice in the theaters was awesome and this will hopefully be in theaters also.
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  • krzzzymarykrzzzymary Posts: 458
    Thanks for posting this :D
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  • not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
    36 minutes? Wow, that's really short. That is just over 3 minutes a song. I really like longer albums with fuller songs. Maybe they'll make it work, but I think I will always dislike that aspect of the album.
    Nathan
  • snipes824snipes824 Posts: 870
    the movie sounds incredible.

    as for the pop/new wave elements? i'll take a wait and see approach.
  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    It says 9/22, and it says See My Friend, instead of Gonna See My Friend
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Pearl Jam movie in 2011 directed by Cameron Crowe?! Sounds perfect.

    +1
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  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    Thanks for posting this!! Can't wait for the new album! :D
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