New Album News

pjmarley1pjmarley1 Posts: 35
edited May 2008 in The Porch
Sorry if its already been posted..but this was on billboard on may 2nd..

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003798154


May 02, 2008, 5:30 PM ET

Jessica Letkemann, N.Y.

Pearl Jam has started recording its ninth studio album with producer Brendan O'Brien, guitarist Mike McCready told Seattle radio station KISW yesterday (May 1). Though only "four or five" songs are being worked on so far, McCready said the band is hoping to release the record in 2008.

The new effort, a follow-up to its self-titled 2006 album, finds Pearl Jam reteaming with longtime producer Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against the Machine) for the first time since 1998's "Yield." O'Brien has also produced Pearl Jam's "Vs." (1993), "Vitalogy" (1994) and "No Code."

The two parties first reunited last year to record a cover of the Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" for the soundtrack to the Adam Sandler film "Reign Over Me."

"Brendan works really fast," Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament told Billboard.com in March. "He's a super pro. I've always felt, working with him, that he understood me as a bass player and that's not always easy. A lot of producers are there to please the singer. But I've always had a great rapport with him. I can tell him I want something to sound like the O'Jays or Led Zeppelin or PJ Harvey and he gets it."

"We've always been friends," O'Brien told Billboard.com last fall. "They were great to me when we were making records together [before], and we still remained very good friends ... I still think they're a great band. Eddie [Vedder] has one of the best, if not the best, voices out there. When he sings, people believe them."


As previously reported, Pearl Jam is about to embark on a 13-date East Coast tour that runs from June 11-30.

In an effort to support Portland, Ore., U.S. Senate candidate Steve Novick, the band has set aside special tickets to its sold-out shows in New York, Camden, N.J., and Washington, D.C., that include donations to Novick's campaign. Novick donation tickets to the Washington, D.C., show include access to a meet-and-greet with guitarist Stone Gossard.

Last month, Gossard was among a group of musicians that also included R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker and Spoon's Britt Daniel who released a letter of support for the candidate.

Pearl Jam's eponymous 2006 album peaked at No 2 on The Billboard 200 and lead single "World Wide Suicide" reached No. 1 on the Modern Rock chart.


Glad they're back with Brendan O'Brien!!
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  • JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    It has been posted a few times, but still great news!

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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    seems like a this new album is pretty rushed.....
  • whoYOUarewhoYOUare Posts: 274
    seems like a this new album is pretty rushed.....
    yea its only been two years since their last release
    peace
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    seems like a this new album is pretty rushed.....
    How do you figure?

    They used to release an album every two years. Now two years later they are just working on the next one. We probably won't hear it (it won't be released) until next year.
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    I hope it is 'rushed'....they bring out better albums that way.....


    the four year wait for the underwhelming Avocado was ridiculous.....
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  • jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,640
    If its anything like Yield then bring it on - could either be their best studio album or....well, dont wanna think about the or
    "Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"

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  • ovechkin8ovechkin8 Posts: 491
    isn't the jessica who wrote the article the same girl who did two feet thick? or was it one of those old fanzines....tickle my nausea?

    anyone?
  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    My bet it gets released the 2nd or 3rd week of November, on a Tuesday, in 2008. My prediction is Tuesday, November 18, 2008.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • gozzo5058gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    thanks for posting...more tour dates to catch after the album is released....fingers crossed...
    s

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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    I predict a spring 2009 release followed with a full US and European tour (maybe the aussies will get some love too).

    I also predict a surge in waffle consumption in late 2008.
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Jason P wrote:
    I predict a spring 2009 release followed with a full US and European tour (maybe the aussies will get some love too).

    I also predict a surge in waffle consumption in late 2008.

    I already eat copious amounts of waffles daily.
  • smobeepjsmobeepj Posts: 58
    thanks for the post! i haven't been around for a while and I hadn't heard the news. always a great to hear about a new album.
  • chris05chris05 Posts: 347
    I'd say it will come out early next year. As for a 4 year wait for Avacado, it was well worth it, by far one of my favorite PJ albums.
    Who cares if the world is going down the toilet? Eddie Vedder got his mojo back!
  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    My prediction is that they will pull a "Radiohead" and release it before the East Coast tour starts or the day of.
    Chicago 8-23-09

  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    My prediction is that they will pull a "Radiohead" and release it before the East Coast tour starts or the day of.
    damn. THAT would be awesomeness!!!
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  • dreamcodedreamcode Posts: 165
    I think we will see 2009 before the release of this new album with a summer tour coming up, but unfortunately I don´t think they will play Europe.

    But I sure hope so...
    And he still gives his love,
    he just gives it away...
  • Oz JammerOz Jammer Posts: 9,858
    I'm thinking that we'll get a Radiohead style download in November/December and then the rest will be exactly the same as 1998 - CD released in February, and the tour to kick off a couple of weeks after that :)
  • stickboystickboy Posts: 2,981
    My bet it gets released the 2nd or 3rd week of November, on a Tuesday, in 2008. My prediction is Tuesday, November 18, 2008.
    HELL YEA! I'll take it on my B'day..best B'day gift PJ could ever gimme :D

    My prediction is that they will pull a "Radiohead" and release it before the East Coast tour starts or the day of.
    yea but will it be Big Bold and Free tho???
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  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    I found the tracklisting

    always
    approval, approval
    How you were
    On your plane
    Frown
    In he was
    Chronic
    Blue Bug
    Ted
    Past participle
    Motherhood
    We are closed
    Dead Ahead
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    macgyver06 wrote:
    I found the tracklisting

    always
    approval, approval
    How you were
    On your plane
    Frown
    In he was
    Chronic
    Blue Bug
    Ted
    Past participle
    Motherhood
    We are closed
    Dead Ahead


    I thought it was:

    Heart of G
    Non-Belief
    Sure
    Swim Little Man, Swim
    I Don't Need That
    Co-Pilot
    Take A Step Backwards
    Blue Square
    WTF
    High Beams
    Here I Am
    Pull Me, Push Me
    Just One Tomorrow
    (hidden track: Tabouleh)
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    BinFrog wrote:
    I thought it was:

    Heart of G
    Non-Belief
    Sure
    Swim Little Man, Swim
    I Don't Need That
    Co-Pilot
    Take A Step Backwards
    Blue Square
    WTF
    High Beams
    Here I Am
    Pull Me, Push Me
    Just One Tomorrow
    (hidden track: Tabouleh)

    haha
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  • Pearl JuliPearl Juli Posts: 1,213
    My bet it gets released the 2nd or 3rd week of November, on a Tuesday, in 2008. My prediction is Tuesday, November 18, 2008.

    ha! my mom's birthday. If she liked PJ, that would be her gift.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    haha


    My personal favorite is the counter-name to No Way :)
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    It may be big, bold and free. Or they could wait and give us something free as soon as they figure out how to handle the new audio and DVD boots.

    This is all speculation, so....
    Chicago 8-23-09

  • Army & NavyArmy & Navy Posts: 120
    If its anything like Yield then bring it on - could either be their best studio album or....well, dont wanna think about the or

    I think albums VS-to-Yield were flawlessly produced. Warm, crunching albums, great when turned up loud.

    Ten we all know sounds a little 'dated' now. Binaural was a disaster with only one song actually working using that technique (NAIS). Riot Act & Pearl Jam sound cold in their precision.

    So O'Brien returning is good news in my eyes.
  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    What about Sleight of Hand?


    I hope they don't 'do a Radiohead'.It would cheapen the whole thing for me.
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    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    I'm very excited! I heard this on FM 96 here in London, On. last night. New album means another tour after the East Coast tour. Maybe they'll do a Canadian tour again????? PLEEEEEEEEEASSSSSSEEEEEEE!
  • londonwprlondonwpr Posts: 293
    Great news. I'm glad O'Brien is back. This album will rock. Look for it to drop in 2009.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Binaural was a disaster with only one song actually working using that technique (NAIS).


    (Soon Forget????????????????????? Of The Girl???????????????????????)
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    seems like a this new album is pretty rushed.....

    Yield was released a year and a half after No Code, and look how good Yield is. I like the days of Pearl Jam albums being released 1.5-2 years after the previous one.

    Vs to Vitalogy was 13 months
    Vitalogy to No Code was 20 months
    No Code to Yield was 17.5 months
    11/6/95, 11/18/97, 7/13/98, 7/14/98, 10/24/00, 10/25/00, 10/28/00, 6/2/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 7/6/06, 7/7/06, 7/9/06, 7/10/06, 7/13/06, 7/15/06, 7/16/06, 7/18/06, 10/21/06, 4/10/08, 4/13/08, 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, 10/9/09
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