Live on Two Legs

Infobox Album |
Name = Live on Two Legs
Type = live
Artist = Pearl Jam


Released = November 24, 1998
Recorded = June 24, 1998 – September 23, 1998, Various venues
Length = 71:17
Label = Epic
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zgd5vwbua9rk~T1 link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (A-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,63802,00.html 11/23/98]
*"NME" (7/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/pearl-jam/436 10/26/98]
*Pitchfork (6.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20786-live-on-two-legs 2/1/99]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|hm2 [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Pearl+Jam link]
Last album = "Yield" (1998)
This album = "Live on Two Legs" (1998)
Next album = "Binaural" (2000)

"Live on Two Legs" is the first major live album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 24, 1998 through Epic Records. The album has been certified Platinum in the United States.

Overview

"Live on Two Legs" consists of live performances of songs from different shows of the band's 1998 summer tour. Guitarist Mike McCready stated that the band released the live album due to the strength of Pearl Jam's shows on the tour.Aledort, Andy. [http://www.giventowail.com/new/mike/articles/gw700.php "Aural Exam"] . "Guitar World". July 2000.] It debuted at number fifteen on the "Billboard" 200 chart. "Live on Two Legs" achieved Platinum status. [cite web
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"Daughter" features frontman Eddie Vedder singing lyrics to Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" (as the band continues a quiet jam to "Daughter") along with lyrics to Pearl Jam's own "W.M.A." towards the end of the song. The album contains Pearl Jam's rendition of the Young song "Fuckin' Up".

Track listing

Information taken from various sources. [ [http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/chords/twolegs.html "Pearl Jam: "Live on Two Legs"] . SonyMusic.com.] [ [http://www.lukin.com/Discography/Albums/liveontwolegs.html "Live On Two Legs".] Lukin.com.]
#"Corduroy" (Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) – 5:05
#*6/29/98, United Center, Chicago, Illinois
#"Given to Fly" (McCready, Vedder) – 3:53
#*8/18/98, Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, Michigan
#"Hail, Hail" (Gossard, Vedder, Ament, McCready) – 3:43
#*7/16/98, ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
#"Daughter"/"Rockin' in the Free World"/"W.M.A." (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder)/(Neil Young) – 6:47
#*9/19/98, Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
#"Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:49
#*9/23/98, Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida
#"Untitled" (Vedder) – 2:02
#*9/18/98, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
#"MFC" (Vedder) – 2:28
#*6/27/98, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
#"Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:41
#*9/8/98, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
#"Red Mosquito" (Ament, Gossard, Jack Irons, McCready, Vedder) – 4:02
#*8/29/98, Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre, Camden, New Jersey
#"Even Flow" (Gossard, Vedder) – 5:17
#*Mixed from 8/25/98, Star Lake Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and 8/31/98, Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, North Carolina
#"Off He Goes" (Vedder) – 5:42
#*7/14/98, The Forum, Inglewood, California
#"Nothingman" (Vedder, Ament) – 4:38
#*7/3/98, Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas
#"Do the Evolution" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:45
#*7/13/98, The Forum, Inglewood, California
#"Better Man" (Vedder) – 4:06
#*6/24/98, Rushmore Civic Center Arena, Rapid City, South Dakota
#"Black" (Vedder, Gossard) – 6:55
#*9/7/98, GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia
#"Fuckin' Up" (Young) – 6:17
#*9/15/98, Great Woods, Mansfield, Massachusetts

Personnel

* Mike McCready – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
* Matt Cameron – drums
* Eddie Vedder – vocals, guitar; credited as "Jerome Turner" for layout
* Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals
* Jeff Ament – bass, layout, black and white portraits
* Brett Eliason – recording and mixing
* Joe Gastwirt – mastering
* Sam Hofstedt, John Burton – assistant engineers
* Barry Ament – layout, poster art
* George Estrada – layout, poster art
* Coby Schultz – layout, poster art
* Mark Atherton – layout, poster art
* Ames – layout
* Kristin Callahan, Lance Mercer – color photos
* Vito Costarella, Ward Sutton, Nate Williams, Hatch Show Prints – poster art

Chart positions

;Album

;Singles

References

External links

* [http://pearljam.com/releases/release.php?release=LiveOnTwoLegs&type=Live "Live on Two Legs" information and lyrics at pearljam.com]