How old were you when each album came out?

florence151 · October 2013

Whow! Keep the faith. Hope all things work out for you. Epic post. Thank you for sharing.

41 Ten came out and changed my life for the better. Loosened up. Six more shows scheduled for this tour.

TheLuckyOnes wrote:

epic post time, i think

i was 12 in '91. I definitely remember that for a good while i liked Temple of the Dog much more than Ten. the vid for Alive was on MTV constantly, but it was so anti-MTV in it's basicness; no concept, no theme, no story or bad actors, just B&W band in front of a crazed crowd, climbing stuff jumping around, with a live version of the song to go with. And this was their first single!! Took me a while to get it still, it wasn't as big a Rawk sound as some of the other bands of the era. Evenflow got me a little closer....I had the cassette before Jeremy hit, that's for certain. Was already entranced by that time; Release, Black, Oceans, Porch....unbelievable. There is something in that album that is so wrapped into my soul.... I also remember losing that cassette at my first high school football game, freshman year of high school, fall of 92. Fell out of my jacket pocket under the bleachers....gone. Bought another....beginning the cycle of giving PJ lots of money.

Vs...wore it out, especially RVM, but really the whole thing. Sat up taping Atlanta '94, sat up taping MTV awards 93 with uncle Neil....etc....Tried to get tix at age 15 for Ann Arbor 94 (nothingman premiered), NOPE. Tried to get tix thru the newspaper lottery (try that again 10 club, holy bejesus!) for Detroit Masonic Temple 94, nope. Gave up hope i would ever see this band live.

Vitalogy...i didn't quite get for awhile. a long while. People who complain about Lightning Bolt's production, well at the time that would have been me for Vitalogy. The guitars sound WAY different, having lived thru the first two albums. Ed's voice is really really ragged. There are interludes. I knew Immortality crushed me. I remember writing a long long poem to myself directly inspired by the "How?" after 'holier than thou". But anyways....

No Code. My favorite. I remember getting this CD, surely right after release or the day of, and plunking down in my room with the headphones...Hail Hail almost deafened me for life! I had picked up the Who You Are/Habit single, and couldn't make since of it; it didn't sound anything like Vitalogy! (just when you figure things out....). Anyways, i connected immediately upon listening to this one, and it was constantly playing for probably a year and a half. I remember that my first day of commuting to college, age 17 now, was about a week after getting this CD, and the two things together let me know that life was changing...and that it felt pretty damn cool. If Ten is written on my heart, this one is sewn on my sleeve, i guess.

Yield...the first thing was hearing Given to Fly on the radio, month before the album came out. It sounded so wide and beautiful, in a way that nothing quite had since the first album. But it was still so different than that also. Yield is so solid in so many ways, and i listened to it a ton, and it felt like there was some new strength in the band, even while i was fully realizing that they would never again be everyone's favorite band. I love Jack Irons, btw. Oh, and got to see my 1st PJ show on this tour. Very last row of the upper deck, almost behind the stage, McCready's side, Detroit '98, Cheap Trick opening. A fan climbed onstage, and Ed told security to back off, then proceeded to make fun of the guy's horrible mullet. Asked for scissors, cut the back off. Cheers, Ed. Oh and i spent half the show being impressed with nothing more then Matt Cameron's power that he brought to Daughter and a couple others, very specifically. I had probably spent weeks wondering how they would sound with him behind the kit.

Binaural....i was definitely underwhelmed...i remember loving loving loving Grievance as played on Letterman. The album sorta sounds bad....still does. Saw them again on this tour, better seats same building, 1st row upper deck dead center stage. Almost fell over the rail jumping around screaming to Fuckin' Up. I might have sang louder at this show then any other show in my life, and i certainly miss being as uninhibited as i was for those couple hours. I was 21.

Riot Act. I was 24. Married. Saw two shows at the ol'DTE/formerly Pine Knob. First show, band was pissed because season ticket holders got a whole lot of the 10C seats, hence adding a 2nd Detroit show (those were the days!!). I was out on the hill anyways, so it was all the same to me. Ed's monologue's from these two shows are both pretty great, especially the one about Sheryl Crow & Big Boy, but i suppose also the one about Ukelele's and Pot smokers. Great shows, but the band didn't quite have the same fire, so thought I. I still think the band is far more connected to the crowds now, starting maybe in '06 or '09, then they were '00-'04. So glad that they are on such a high level now...

Avacado...27, 1st time dad (son age 2, named after someone familiar to people who like a band named Pearl Jam). Loved this album for quite awhile, but it faded. Life Wasted and Marker i thought especially were strong lyrics for Ed. Severed Hand was a straight forward rock song that sort of felt like it could have been on VS. Again, saw the Detroit stop, where i was hit with a crushing migraine right before show time. (i get 'em a lot, but this one was beyond horrible). I only made it thru the main set, missed two long encores (check the setlist) missed McCready running thru the crowd, missed the 2nd time Kick Out the Jams was played in the US. Still, Insignificance, Long Road and RVM stood out as 3 of the greatest live music performances i've heard from any band. i still remember my (now ex-)wife saying to me that she was literally speechless after RVM, and she was only a mild fan of the band. MMJ was probably the best opener they've ever had, also. Also, should be noted that when Imagine in Cornice was released a year later, i blew off work, drove an hour and a half out of my way, changed clothes in my car, then enjoyed the one-day showing in theater, with a bunch of other lunatics who brought signs, screamed, cheered, etc. That movie is underrated amongst us PJ'ers.

Backspacer...i thought the '06 tours really brought this band back to a strong place, connected to the fanbase like never before really. Backspacer held up fine for me in that space. 30 years old, kid #2 had arrived, finally owned my 1st home. My son was 5, sang along to some PJ tunes with me (including WWS, which was weird, but he liked it alot!!). I still say this is a strong little album, tho it's not getting respect currently. Force of Nature is a really underrated song, and one of my favorites of the last few albums. I'm hoping that BS get's plenty of love on the upcoming tours, and that it's not swept aside, like Riot Act has been. For the first time i traveled for a show, for this tour. Cleveland '10. Easily my favorite PJ show i've seen. Immortality Porch Go The Real Me Black Indifference. All were top-top-notch versions, i couldn't have asked for more from this show. I remember reading fanviews, and there was a lot of "meh, crowd wasn't into it" but screw that, the band sounded great, and the show had a flow to it. Listen to the boot. Had really decent seats, for the first and last time....because...

LB....34. Divorced. Losing my home. Starting anew. Still raising my 2 kids. Trying to figure it all out. My wife had the 10C # in her name (mix up when she bought me a membership as a xmas present back in '02-ish) and so that # is long gone. But Anyways! I feel it's a strong release, and so far it's my favorite since Yield. Yellow Moon and Pendulum, MYM and Father's Son, Sirens and Swallowed Whole.....idk. I'm digging it. Ed and Mike both sound better then they have in more then a decade, and the band is quite obviously excited about branching out a bit. All of the interviews give the impression that they are thoroughly confident with these songs, and they should be. Thought about traveling for a show, changed mind, didn't try for 10C seats, regretted it. Was hoping to find a GA for Pitt on here, but haven't come across one, so guess not. Have fun you sons-of-bitches.....I predict greatness.

thus concludes "this was my life"

cheers
thanks pj

SVRDhand13 · October 2013

Very interesting post OP. I was 5 when Ten came out, 27 now. I associate learning to drive with Riot Act.

aurynsdad · October 2013

Ten - 15 really, I was only 15???
Vs. - 17 Holy crap I was young when I saw them on that tour!
Vitalogy - 18 I remember putting the little vinyl for Spin the Black Circle on the record player at UC Berkeley's library
No Code - 20
Yield - 22
Binaural - 24 Around this time I kind of was a dormant fan
Riot Act - 26 Woke me back up
S/T - 30 Really was feeling this one a lot and dug the packaging
Backspacer - 33
Lightning Bolt - 37 The first album of theirs that came out after I had kids

katellis · October 2013

ArnaldoCruz · October 2013

Ten - 9 years
Vs. - 11 years
Vitalogy - 12 years
No Code - 14 years
Yield - 16 years
Binaural - 18 years
Riot Act - 20 years
Pearl Jam - 24 years
Backspacer - 27 years
Lightning Bolt - 30 years (5 days before my birthday !!!)

gettingright · October 2013

Ten - 13
Vs. - 15
Vitalogy - 16
No Code - 18
Yield - 19
Binaural - 21
Riot Act - 24
S/T - 27
Backspacer - 31
Lightning Bolt - 35

i got ten as a christmas gift from my mom in 91 (interesting since the OP had it come the same way). she said the guy at the record store said it good. every other album i had on the day it came out. it's weird to look at this; i can't quite explain why...

BinFrog · October 2013

I love SQL:

Album: Ten, Release Date: Aug 27 1991, Years Old: 15, Months Old: 180, Days Old: 5496
Album: VS, Release Date: Oct 19 1993, Years Old: 17, Months Old: 206, Days Old: 6280
Album: Vitalogy, Release Date: Dec 6 1994, Years Old: 18, Months Old: 220, Days Old: 6693
Album: No Code, Release Date: Aug 27 1996, Years Old: 20, Months Old: 240, Days Old: 7323
Album: Yield, Release Date: Feb 3 1998, Years Old: 21, Months Old: 258, Days Old: 7848
Album: Binaural, Release Date: May 16 2000, Years Old: 23, Months Old: 285, Days Old: 8681
Album: Riot Act, Release Date: Nov 12 2002, Years Old: 26, Months Old: 315, Days Old: 9591
Album: Avocado, Release Date: May 2 2006, Years Old: 29, Months Old: 357, Days Old: 10858
Album: Backspacer, Release Date: Sep 20 2009, Years Old: 33, Months Old: 397, Days Old: 12095
Album: Lightning Bolt, Release Date: Oct 15 2013, Years Old: 37, Months Old: 446, Days Old: 13581

Last-12-Exit · October 2013

BinFrog wrote:

I love SQL:

Album: Ten, Release Date: Aug 27 1991, Years Old: 15, Months Old: 180, Days Old: 5496
Album: VS, Release Date: Oct 19 1993, Years Old: 17, Months Old: 206, Days Old: 6280
Album: Vitalogy, Release Date: Dec 6 1994, Years Old: 18, Months Old: 220, Days Old: 6693
Album: No Code, Release Date: Aug 27 1996, Years Old: 20, Months Old: 240, Days Old: 7323
Album: Yield, Release Date: Feb 3 1998, Years Old: 21, Months Old: 258, Days Old: 7848
Album: Binaural, Release Date: May 16 2000, Years Old: 23, Months Old: 285, Days Old: 8681
Album: Riot Act, Release Date: Nov 12 2002, Years Old: 26, Months Old: 315, Days Old: 9591
Album: Avocado, Release Date: May 2 2006, Years Old: 29, Months Old: 357, Days Old: 10858
Album: Backspacer, Release Date: Sep 20 2009, Years Old: 33, Months Old: 397, Days Old: 12095
Album: Lightning Bolt, Release Date: Oct 15 2013, Years Old: 37, Months Old: 446, Days Old: 13581

your the only one to actually answer the question correctly!

BinFrog · October 2013

Last-12-Exit wrote:

your the only one to actually answer the question correctly!

What do I win???

GirlLovesPJ · October 2013

Wilds wrote:

Ten - 17
Vs. - 19
Vitalogy - 20
No Code - 22
Yield - 24
Binaural - 26
Riot Act - 28
S/T - 32
Backspacer - 35
Lightning Bolt -39

This.

youngster · October 2013

Ten-9
Vs- 11
Vitalogy-12
No Code- 14
Yield- 16
Binaural- 18
Riot Act - 20
Avocado - 24
Backspacer - 27
Lightning Bolt - 31

Lukinz · October 2013

gbpat54 wrote:

I'm pretty much the same age as most members of the band.... so I guess that would be
Ten - 26
Vs. - 28
Vitalogy - 29
No Code - 31
Yield - 33
Binaural - 35
Riot Act - 37
S/T - 41
Backspacer - 44
Lightning Bolt - 48

It is strange to look back at the different times of your life in relationship of the release year of the band's albums
I'm so fucking OLD !

I'm in the geezer boat as well.

28 for Ten. 50 now.

PJ_Soul · October 2013

Ten - 14
Vs. - 16
Vitalogy - 18
No Code - 20
Yield - 21
Binaural - 24
Riot Act - 26
Pearl Jam - 30
Backspacer - 33
Lightning Bolt - 37

...... :shock:

Savage Tongue · October 2013

Ten - 7
Vs - 9
Vitalogy - 10
No Code - 12
Yield - 13
Binaural - 15
Riot Act - 18
Pearl Jam - 21
Backspacer - 25
Lightning Bolt - 29

javis el errante · October 2013

Ten - 14
Vs. - 16
Vitalogy - 18
No Code - 19
Yield - 21
Binaural - 23
Riot Act - 25
S/T - 29
Backspacer - 32
Lightning Bolt - 36

Lukinz · October 2013

BinFrog wrote:

I love SQL:

Album: Ten, Release Date: Aug 27 1991, Years Old: 15, Months Old: 180, Days Old: 5496
Album: VS, Release Date: Oct 19 1993, Years Old: 17, Months Old: 206, Days Old: 6280
Album: Vitalogy, Release Date: Dec 6 1994, Years Old: 18, Months Old: 220, Days Old: 6693
Album: No Code, Release Date: Aug 27 1996, Years Old: 20, Months Old: 240, Days Old: 7323
Album: Yield, Release Date: Feb 3 1998, Years Old: 21, Months Old: 258, Days Old: 7848
Album: Binaural, Release Date: May 16 2000, Years Old: 23, Months Old: 285, Days Old: 8681
Album: Riot Act, Release Date: Nov 12 2002, Years Old: 26, Months Old: 315, Days Old: 9591
Album: Avocado, Release Date: May 2 2006, Years Old: 29, Months Old: 357, Days Old: 10858
Album: Backspacer, Release Date: Sep 20 2009, Years Old: 33, Months Old: 397, Days Old: 12095
Album: Lightning Bolt, Release Date: Oct 15 2013, Years Old: 37, Months Old: 446, Days Old: 13581

Nerd! lol.

BinFrog · October 2013

Lukinz wrote:

BinFrog wrote:

I love SQL:

Album: Ten, Release Date: Aug 27 1991, Years Old: 15, Months Old: 180, Days Old: 5496
Album: VS, Release Date: Oct 19 1993, Years Old: 17, Months Old: 206, Days Old: 6280
Album: Vitalogy, Release Date: Dec 6 1994, Years Old: 18, Months Old: 220, Days Old: 6693
Album: No Code, Release Date: Aug 27 1996, Years Old: 20, Months Old: 240, Days Old: 7323
Album: Yield, Release Date: Feb 3 1998, Years Old: 21, Months Old: 258, Days Old: 7848
Album: Binaural, Release Date: May 16 2000, Years Old: 23, Months Old: 285, Days Old: 8681
Album: Riot Act, Release Date: Nov 12 2002, Years Old: 26, Months Old: 315, Days Old: 9591
Album: Avocado, Release Date: May 2 2006, Years Old: 29, Months Old: 357, Days Old: 10858
Album: Backspacer, Release Date: Sep 20 2009, Years Old: 33, Months Old: 397, Days Old: 12095
Album: Lightning Bolt, Release Date: Oct 15 2013, Years Old: 37, Months Old: 446, Days Old: 13581

Nerd! lol.

And don't you forget it

Jerome230 · October 2013

AZMerkinball wrote:

Ten - 14 - Mommy bought me at Target.
VS - 16 - Mom drove me to the local record store (didn't have my DL yet).
Vitalogy - 17 (Went at midnight in a severe thunderstorm, bought the vinyl a week earlier at Borders!)
No Code - 19 (1st week of college, midnight release)
Yield - 20 (Worked at a record store got the pre-release a week early!)
Binaural - 22 (Midnight release, working in corporate hell)
Riot Act - 25 (Midnight release, bought at Wal-Mart :()
S/T - 29 (Ten Club special edition shipped)
Backspacer - 32 (Ten Club special edition shipped - I miss midnight releases!)
Lightning Bolt - 36 (Ten Club Vinyl - probably purchase the CD at a later date)

Bonus
Lost Dogs - 26 - Vinyl Bought at Amoeba records in San Fran! (CD release...Amazon?)
Benaroya Hall - 27 (Concert - 26) (Vinyl through Ten Club $30!)
First concert? September 13, 1995 - Phoenix (18) - Still have the silver cd bootleg!!!
Last Concert? PJ 20 - Alpine, WI (34)

This is FUN!

javis el errante wrote:

Ten - 14
Vs. - 16
Vitalogy - 18
No Code - 19
Yield - 21
Binaural - 23
Riot Act - 25
S/T - 29
Backspacer - 32
Lightning Bolt - 36

Yay, two same-agers!

Your Camaro's hood · October 2013

Ezo5000 wrote:

16
18
19
20
22
24
27
30
33
38

Exact same as the above for me...

CTD10 · October 2013

ten - 9
vs - 11
vitalogy - 12 ....the year I really took notice, and have been my favorite band ever since

no code - 14
yield - 16
binaural - 18
riot act- 20
pearl jam - 24
backspacer - 27
lightning bolt - 31

CTD10 · October 2013

ArnaldoCruz wrote:

Ten - 9 years
Vs. - 11 years
Vitalogy - 12 years
No Code - 14 years
Yield - 16 years
Binaural - 18 years
Riot Act - 20 years
Pearl Jam - 24 years
Backspacer - 27 years
Lightning Bolt - 30 years (5 days before my birthday !!!) [/quote

a 1982 friend... haha

TheRealDanPatch · October 2013

Ten - 16
Vs. - 18
Vitalogy - 19
No Code - 21
Yield - 23
Binaural - 25
Riot Act - 27
S/T - 31
Backspacer - 34
Lightning Bolt - 38

javis el errante · October 2013

Jerome230 wrote:

AZMerkinball wrote:

Ten - 14 - Mommy bought me at Target.
VS - 16 - Mom drove me to the local record store (didn't have my DL yet).
Vitalogy - 17 (Went at midnight in a severe thunderstorm, bought the vinyl a week earlier at Borders!)
No Code - 19 (1st week of college, midnight release)
Yield - 20 (Worked at a record store got the pre-release a week early!)
Binaural - 22 (Midnight release, working in corporate hell)
Riot Act - 25 (Midnight release, bought at Wal-Mart :()
S/T - 29 (Ten Club special edition shipped)
Backspacer - 32 (Ten Club special edition shipped - I miss midnight releases!)
Lightning Bolt - 36 (Ten Club Vinyl - probably purchase the CD at a later date)

Bonus
Lost Dogs - 26 - Vinyl Bought at Amoeba records in San Fran! (CD release...Amazon?)
Benaroya Hall - 27 (Concert - 26) (Vinyl through Ten Club $30!)
First concert? September 13, 1995 - Phoenix (18) - Still have the silver cd bootleg!!!
Last Concert? PJ 20 - Alpine, WI (34)

This is FUN!

javis el errante wrote:

Ten - 14
Vs. - 16
Vitalogy - 18
No Code - 19
Yield - 21
Binaural - 23
Riot Act - 25
S/T - 29
Backspacer - 32
Lightning Bolt - 36

Yay, two same-agers!

November 3rd, 1976

Pantherfan09 · October 2013

17 when ten came out. Still had a cassette player. Went cd with VS.

PJ_Soul · October 2013

javis el errante wrote:

Jerome230 wrote:

AZMerkinball wrote:

Ten - 14 - Mommy bought me at Target.
VS - 16 - Mom drove me to the local record store (didn't have my DL yet).
Vitalogy - 17 (Went at midnight in a severe thunderstorm, bought the vinyl a week earlier at Borders!)
No Code - 19 (1st week of college, midnight release)
Yield - 20 (Worked at a record store got the pre-release a week early!)
Binaural - 22 (Midnight release, working in corporate hell)
Riot Act - 25 (Midnight release, bought at Wal-Mart :()
S/T - 29 (Ten Club special edition shipped)
Backspacer - 32 (Ten Club special edition shipped - I miss midnight releases!)
Lightning Bolt - 36 (Ten Club Vinyl - probably purchase the CD at a later date)

Bonus
Lost Dogs - 26 - Vinyl Bought at Amoeba records in San Fran! (CD release...Amazon?)
Benaroya Hall - 27 (Concert - 26) (Vinyl through Ten Club $30!)
First concert? September 13, 1995 - Phoenix (18) - Still have the silver cd bootleg!!!
Last Concert? PJ 20 - Alpine, WI (34)

This is FUN!

javis el errante wrote:

Ten - 14
Vs. - 16
Vitalogy - 18
No Code - 19
Yield - 21
Binaural - 23
Riot Act - 25
S/T - 29
Backspacer - 32
Lightning Bolt - 36

Yay, two same-agers!

November 3rd, 1976