Pearl Jam discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Pearl Jam


Caption = Pearl Jam in concert in 2006
Studio = 8
Studio link = Studio albums
Live = 6
Live link = Live albums
Compilation = 2
Comp link = Compilations
Video = 5
Video link = Videos
EP = 1
EP link = Extended plays
Music videos = 14
Singles = 28
Singles link = Singles
1Option = 258
1Option name = Official bootlegs
1Option link = Official bootlegs
1Option color = limegreen
References = YesThe discography of Pearl Jam, a Seattle, Washington-based alternative rock band, consists of eight studio albums, six live albums, two compilation albums, twenty-eight singles, and numerous official bootlegs. This list does not include material recorded by Pearl Jam band members with Green River, Soundgarden, Bad Radio, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Brad, Mad Season, Three Fish, Wellwater Conspiracy or The Rockfords.

Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by bassist Jeff Ament, guitarist Stone Gossard, and guitarist Mike McCready, [cite web | last = Crowe | first = Cameron | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world | title = Five Against the World | work = Rolling Stone | date = 1993-10-28 | accessdate = 2007-06-23 ] who then recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen. The band signed to Epic Records in 1991. Drummer Dave Abbruzzese joined the band a few months following the completion of its debut studio album, "Ten". "Ten" broke Pearl Jam into the mainstream, and became one of the best-selling alternative albums of the 1990s. [cite web| url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTop100| title=Top 100 Albums| publisher=Recording Industry Association of America| accessdate=2007-07-25] Following an intense touring schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would become its second studio album, "Vs." Upon its release, "Vs." set the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, [cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308749,00.html | title=Pearl's Jam | accessdate=2007-08-31 | publisher="Entertainment Weekly" | date=1993-11-19] and spent five weeks at the top of the "Billboard" 200. Burdened by the pressures of success, Pearl Jam decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos. [Ashare, Matt. "The Sweet Smell of (Moderate) Success". CMJ. July 2000.] In 1994, the band released its third studio album, "Vitalogy", which became the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status.

Following the firing of Abbruzzese in 1994, drummer Jack Irons joined the band. Pearl Jam subsequently released "No Code" in 1996 and "Yield" in 1998. The band once again changed drummers in 1998, with Irons being replaced by former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who had previously worked with the members of Pearl Jam in the Temple of the Dog project. Cameron has remained as Pearl Jam's drummer ever since. In 1998, Pearl Jam released "Last Kiss" as a fan club single; by popular demand the song was released to the general public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" became the band's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In 2000, Pearl Jam released its sixth studio album "Binaural" and initiated a series of "official bootlegs" of live albums. The band released seventy-two such live albums in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the "Billboard" 200 at the same time. [cite web | url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12055527 | title=Pearl Jam Breaks Its Own Chart Record | accessdate=2007-06-28 | author=Davis, Darren | publisher=Yahoo! Music | date=2001-03-07] In 2002, the band released its seventh studio album "Riot Act", and in 2006 its eighth studio album, the eponymous "Pearl Jam". Since its inception, Pearl Jam has sold thirty million records in the US, [cite web | url = http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt | title = Top Selling Artists | accessdate = 2007-07-15 | work = RIAA] and an estimated sixty million albums worldwide.cite web | url= http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/5912 | title = Pearl Jam Releases Its First Music Video In Eight Years Under a Creative Commons License | date = May 19, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-07-15 | author = Steuer, Eric | work = CreativeCommons.com] [cite web | url= http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/03/0208.cfm | title = Self-Titled Pearl Jam Album Gets Release Date | date = March 2, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-08-16 | author = Lampert, Eva | publisher = ChartAttack.com]

tudio albums

Extended plays

Videos

*INote|unreleased Unreleased.

Other appearances

References

External links

* [http://www.pearljam.com Pearl Jam's official website]
* [http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam Sony Music's Pearl Jam page]