Over 10 Great Songs on ''Ten''

Hello readers,

   I will continue my routine of writing about wrestling on one day and music on the next by making today's topic about Seattle Grunge band Pearl Jam's debut album, Ten.

   The album came out in August of 1991 but only became successful a year later. By late 1992, Ten had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. This was not only Pearl Jam's very first album, but also their most successful. By the end of 2011,a total of 13, 500, 000 copies of Ten had been sold.

   Pearl Jam would definitely have to be one of my top 10 favourite bands and ironically enough, Ten is my favourite album of theirs. All of my favourite Pearl Jam songs are on that album, such as Alive,  Even Flow, and especially Black. I find Black a really cool song because most of it is relatively slow, but the chorus is much more intense. I had originally assumed that the song had no particular meaning to it since the lyrics to the song are very confusing, however, after looking it up on the internet I realized that it's about a broken-hearted man, singing about his deceased wife.  This song gained popularity after Pearl Jam's MTV Unplugged appearance in 1991. To this day, people still consider that to be the best version of the song.

   Another very interesting song is ''Jeremy'', as it is based on  a true story about a teenaget named Jeremy who had gotten bullied at his school until one day, he arrived at his school with a .357 Magnum revolver and shot himself in the head in front of his teacher and fellow classmates. Although I don't enjoy the story behind it, I enjoy this song because of it's fast paced beat.

  Pearl Jam has a very particular sound, so I definitely would not recommend this album to everyone. However, l have posted links of the songs that I had mentioned below for those who many be interested.


   That's all for now.

COMMENTS:

1. ''This is not the type of song I would listen to because I dislike slow songs but this one had a good rhythm and you can have a slow dance with your friends! I like how some of their songs have a story behind it and it has a lot of meaning to it which makes the song even more interesting to listen to. Something amazing you wrote about!!!'' - Ema

2. ''I never lisened to PearlJam but now that I have learned so much from them. Thanks to you, I might start listening to them! Great review!'' - Steve
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_(Pearl_Jam_album)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs-XZ_dN4Hc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgStt2i_pSk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGiTPgvKktM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkbgtVFlyCQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A4a3mplXPo&feature=related