Which was your 1st PJ album that you've ever listened to and

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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    ten
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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    Vitalogy, on cassette. I got it as a gift, and I wasn't quite sure what to think of it at first. But then I listened to it and immediately got hooked. Soon got 10 and Vs. on CD, and that was that -- fan for life.
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    Ten! 8-) It's been.. Seven-ish years now. :think: Got the album from the library and was hooked on first listen. Some of the songs even sounded familiar and I had definite flashbacks to the video of Jeremy when I heard it.
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  • SVRDhand13
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    Ten
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  • shetellsherself
    shetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    ten... was 17 yrs old when it came out, perfect age to connect with it! what got me really hooked though was my first pj concert in spring 1992. small venue, eddie swinging from the cieling! i think my left ear drum has never been the same since but the energy was absolutely electrifying!! i kind of lost contact in the early 2000s as i had a family and attention was just elsewhere. i always loved all of the albums just didn't follow pj around as much as i chased kids around instead :D . i reconnected around backspacer and even more so after pj20. it's amazing to me how even the older songs take on new meaning to me now that i am no longer 17...
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  • WhyNotSweden
    WhyNotSweden Sweden Posts: 4,308
    TEN....the only one released in 1992 when I got addicted!
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  • lcusick
    lcusick Posts: 310
    Ten!!!
  • NoCode1996
    NoCode1996 Posts: 75
    Yield was my first Pearl Jam album I bought back in 2001. Recall seeing the bands name somewhere and thinking what a great name for a band. Started looking into them and loved the artwork for Yield (use to discover loads of great bands just from liking the album artwork, how sad that in this age of download I never do this anymore)

    Anyway I dug the album and that was that, I was hooked. I think Binaura was my 2nd album... I didnt read album reviews, just picked album in order of artwork.... Ten was actually the last album I bought in late 2001, and prb explains why its my least fav PJam album
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  • F5AgainstOne
    F5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    Ten.
    In summer 1993, when i was 23' I had a cassette Walkman that I took with me backpacking through Europe. I had my 2 favorite albums with me... Ten and RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Listened to both non stop. After I returned to the states, vs. was released about a month later. Hearing "Go" for the first time sealed it for me.
    I remember hitting the stop button as soon as Go finished for the first time. I knew I needed to get situated and really prepare myself for the experience of hearing the rest of that album for the first time. Funny... I remember it so well, but it seems sooooo long ago.

    I recently had a similar experience with Blunderbuss. I wonder if I'll look back 20 years from now and remember what it was like to hear that for the first time.
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  • ryangb
    ryangb Posts: 4
    The first album I bought was VS. I walked into the Virgin Megastore in Darling Harbour, Sydney and grabbed one off the wall. I was pretty young at the time and only really listened to top 40 on the local radio station but I was drawn to the cd by the artwork. I got it home and put it on straight away and it changed my life. The next day I put Ten in my collection and the rest is history. :D
  • emjot
    emjot Posts: 2,722
    Ten

    I remember I was watching an Idol style tv show (back in '94, maybe '95, something like that...) and there was that guy singing a really really great song... Didn't know the title of the song, they only said it was Pearl Jam. So I was like "wow, i have to find out who they are, I need to hear this song again" :D Turned out it was Alive, I got a copy of Ten from some guy and this is how it all started... Ten became one of the biggest albums in my life... if not THE biggest :)
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    edited July 2012
    Ten ... 1991 I saw the video for Alive on tv in the middle of the night,I was stunned,went looking for the single the next day.I had to order it,it took two weeks to arrive at the music store.I had taped the show and would watch the video on repeat,took the single with me when I visited friends or put it on when they came to visit me,insisting they listen to it,not to many were that impressed :fp:
    Bought Ten the morning it was released,wore out two copies in the first year.
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,391
    Ten. Hooked after 1 time through the day it came out.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,296
    Ten, although I didn't start getting into rock music until 1995. The three songs I listened to the most at the beginning were Even Flow, Jeremy, and Black.
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    First album I heard by them was Ten, which was probably 4 or so years ago.

    First album that really got me into the band was Backspacer. I saw it leaked for what ever reason decided to listen to it. It blew my mind. :D
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  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Ten. :D
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  • supadupa
    supadupa Chicago Posts: 377
    It was Ten. I was 13 when it came out, and oh-so-moody and teenagery, and I freaking LOVED Ten.
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,931
    Ten-

    my first midnight sale was Vs and that really took it to the next level for some reason. I was so excited about Vs., and Vitalogy...and No Code.

    However, seeing them live put them over the top I think
  • WKeng
    WKeng Posts: 162
    I remember buying Ten on cassette back in the day.

    I love that album. I got vs. around when it came out and vitalogy as well. I really got into them and joined the ten club after meeting some like minded individuals after going away to school. That is when we started trading boots and getting the records on opening day. I remember getting the I got ID single and listening to it non-stop for a long time (same thing with no code). We got together and listened to checkpoint charlie and monkey wrench radio. I was a tried and true fan ever since that time. Seeing them live after all of that just indoctrinated me even more.

    Ahh the memories....
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  • faithfullale
    faithfullale Posts: 152
    Ten! Been along for the ride from the beginning and continue to be excited for what future music will come !!

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