Live at Benaroya Hall

Infobox Album | Name = Live at Benaroya Hall
Type = live
Artist = Pearl Jam


Released = July 27, 2004
Recorded = October 22, 2003, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington
Length = 129:27
Label = BMG
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8e881v75zzma link]
*"Q" Rating|3|5 8/04, p.122
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/albums/album/6305217/review/6416456/live_at_benaroya_hall__oct22_2003 9/2/04] | Last album = "Lost Dogs" (2003)
This album = "Live at Benaroya Hall" (2004)
Next album = "" (2004)

"Live at Benaroya Hall" is a live two-disc live album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, recorded on October 22, 2003 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington and released on July 27, 2004 through BMG.

Overview

"Live at Benaroya Hall" was released through a one-album deal with BMG. [Missio, David. [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/06/1618.cfm "Pearl Jam Plug An Acoustic Set Into Your Stereo"] . ChartAttack.com. June 16, 2004.] It debuted at number eighteen on the "Billboard" 200 chart and sold approximately 40,000 copies in its first week. "Live at Benaroya Hall" has sold 168,000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2006.

The concert, which took place on October 22, 2003 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington, is acoustic, and was performed and released as a benefit for YouthCare, a non-profit charity in Seattle. During "Thin Air", both guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard lose track of what to play at one point resulting in musical silence. Frontman Eddie Vedder jokes at the end that they heard that (where they were performing) the slightest mistake is noticeable and "there was no chance of getting away with that one." The band also performed the Bob Dylan song "Masters of War" and Johnny Cash's "25 Minutes to Go". "Can't Keep" is dedicated to Elliott Smith, who died a day before.

The album was also released as a very limited edition quadruple vinyl through the Ten Club, Pearl Jam's fan club. Only 2,000 were pressed and each was individually numbered by hand. The vinyl was $40 and sold out within hours of being on sale. It now fetches hundreds of dollars.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Of the Girl" (Stone Gossard) – 5:22
#"Low Light" (Jeff Ament) – 4:18
#"Thumbing My Way" (Eddie Vedder) – 4:49
#"Thin Air" (Gossard) – 4:25
#"Fatal" (Gossard) – 3:49
#"Nothing as It Seems" (Ament) – 7:29
#"Man of the Hour" (Vedder) – 3:58
#"Immortality" (Dave Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, Mike McCready, Vedder) – 6:18
#"Off He Goes" (Vedder) – 5:53
#"Around the Bend" (Vedder) – 5:37
#"I Believe in Miracles" (Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey) – 5:29
#"Sleight of Hand" (Ament, Vedder) – 5:13
#"All or None" (Gossard, Vedder) – 7:42
#"Lukin" (Vedder) – 2:07

Disc two

#"Parting Ways" (Vedder) – 5:24
#"Down" (Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:08
#"Encore Break" – 0:49
#"Can't Keep" (Vedder) – 3:15
#"Dead Man" (Vedder) – 4:24
#"Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06
#"Black" (Vedder, Gossard) – 7:41
#"Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams) – 7:40
#"25 Minutes to Go" (Shel Silverstein) – 4:43
#"Daughter" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 6:30
#"Encore Break" – 1:06
#"Yellow Ledbetter" (Ament, McCready, Vedder) – 6:01

Personnel

* Eddie Vedder – vocals, guitars, ukulele
* Stone Gossard – guitars
* Mike McCready – guitars
* Jeff Ament – bass
* Matt Cameron – drums
* Boom Gaspar – Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes
* John Burton – recording
* Brett Eliason – mixing
* Ed Brooks at RFI CD Mastering – mastering
* Brad Klausen – design

Chart positions

References

External links

* [http://pearljam.com/releases/release.php?release=benaroya&type=Live "Live at Benaroya Hall" information and lyrics at pearljam.com]