What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?

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What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?

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Damnit, let's debate the eras.
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I'm gonna go with ...

Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt
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Good Music - 1991 - 2006
Bad Music - 2006 - ???
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Early: Ten & Vs
Mid: Vitalogy, No Code, Yield
Late: Binaural, Riot Act, S/T
Dad Rock: Backspacer, Lightning Bolt
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Dad Rock, I like that.
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B wrote:Dad Rock, I like that.
yeah, he should copyright that one
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I kind of split it up into two or three. I think the first part of their career ended pretty succinctly with Yield, and Binaural was at least an attempt at something new. With Yield, lyrically the band puts the rest the ghosts that had plagued it since at least Vs. and musically, they make peace with their dual desires to be open and accessible with their desire to challenge their listeners. It's kind of been confusion since then, with Binaural and Riot Act making sense musically, both those records leading to Avocado in terms of lyrics, but the connecting threads holding their five last records together are a lot weaker than the first five.

This also reminds me that PJ made five records from 1991-98 and five records since. They have REALLY slowed down.
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Young era(ten)

Angst era(vs/Vitalogy)

Irons era(NC/Yield)

Binaural era

Dixie Chick era(RA/Avocado)

Money Grab(Post avocado- present)
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Musically I tend to break it down like this:
Ten through Merkinball is "early Pearl Jam"
"Gremmie Out of Control" (summer 1996) through "Someday at Christmas" (Christmas 2004) is "middle period"
Everything after is PRAMG/late PJ/ whatever

You can make more specific sub-eras but in my mind these are the major parameters.
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Ten-Vitalogy: RAAAHHHH AAAAHHHHH YEAH YEAH YEAH EN HA YEAH
No Code-Riot Act: Let's relax and try something different
Pearl Jam-Now: "RAAAHHHH AAAAHHHHH YEAH YEAH YEAH EN HA YEAH"-Old man moneygrab interpretation
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Daves
Jack
Matt
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Public: 1990 - 1995
Retreat: 1996 - 1999
Withdrawn: 2000 - 2005
Rebirth: 2006 - 2008
Content: 2009 - present
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Strat wrote:Daves
Jack
Matt
Weak. There's definitely a change in tone during Matt's tenure.
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Strat wrote:Daves
Jack
Matt
Separating by drummer is really not a bad way to do it. Otherwise, I'd say...

TEN, VS, VITALOGY - a band on the rise, upping the ante each time

NO CODE, YIELD - consciously stepping back, trying new things, Jack fucking Irons

BINAURAL, RIOT ACT - dark, reflective period

S/T, BACKSPACER, LIGHTNING BOLT - "return to form", poppy PJ, mishmash, time for a new drummer
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CopperTom wrote:Public: 1990 - 1995
Retreat: 1996 - 1999
Withdrawn: 2000 - 2005
Rebirth: 2006 - 2008
Content: 2009 - present
This is pretty spot on.
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Kevin Davis wrote:Musically I tend to break it down like this:
Ten through Merkinball is "early Pearl Jam"
"Gremmie Out of Control" (summer 1996) through "Someday at Christmas" (Christmas 2004) is "middle period"
Everything after is PRAMG/late PJ/ whatever

You can make more specific sub-eras but in my mind these are the major parameters.
Yup.
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B wrote:I'm gonna go with ...

Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt
Placing albums out of order and omitting the one that's a lot of people's favorite; classic b!
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Birds in Hell wrote:
CopperTom wrote:Public: 1990 - 1995
Retreat: 1996 - 1999
Withdrawn: 2000 - 2005
Rebirth: 2006 - 2008
Content: 2009 - present
This is pretty spot on.
Yeah the above is about right.

PJ have reacted to certain events (in a completely understandable way) like TM, Roskilde and the Iraq war/Bush admin. The content era coincides with the reissues and the start of regular festivals and from memory the start of the Obama admin.
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LetMeSleep wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
CopperTom wrote:Public: 1990 - 1995
Retreat: 1996 - 1999
Withdrawn: 2000 - 2005
Rebirth: 2006 - 2008
Content: 2009 - present
This is pretty spot on.
Yeah the above is about right.

PJ have reacted to certain events (in a completely understandable way) like TM, Roskilde and the Iraq war/Bush admin. The content era coincides with the reissues and the start of regular festivals and from memory the start of the Obama admin.
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