Ten (album)

Ten
Studio album by Pearl Jam
Publication (s)	1991
Label (s)	Epic
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Grunge
Title (number)	11
running time	53 m 26 s
occupation	Dave Krusen : drums Jeff Ament : Bass Eddie Vedder : Singing Mike McCready : guitar Stone Gossard : guitar
Studio (s)	London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington
chronology - Ten Vs. (1993)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Ten   DE 15th 02/24/1992 (46 weeks)   UK 18th 03/07/1992 (98 weeks)   US 2 08/22/1992 (261 weeks)

Singles

Alive   UK 16 02/15/1992 (6 weeks) Even flow   UK 27 04/18/1992 (3 weeks) Jeremy   US 79 08/19/1995 (9 weeks)   UK 15th 09/26/1992 (4 weeks)

Ten is the debut album by the rock band Pearl Jam . It was released in 1991 and became one of the best-selling rock albums ever. Around 13 million copies were sold in the US alone (as of 2013). The album has already been awarded platinum 13 times by the RIAA .

The songs on the album mostly deal with dark topics like depression, suicide and loneliness. The four singles Even Flow , Alive , Jeremy , and Oceans were released from the album . Directed by Mark Pellington , the video for Jeremy won four MTV Video Music Awards .

Originally, the title of the album should be named after the basketball player Mookie Blaylock , because the band members were fans of the same. However, in response to criticism from the record company, the band named the album after its number.

Ten is the only Pearl Jam album on which founding member Dave Krusen plays drums; due to health problems he left the band shortly after the recordings.

album

Tracklist

1. Once (Vedder, Gossard) - 3:51
2. Even Flow (Vedder, Gossard) - 4:53
3. Alive (Vedder, Gossard) - 5:40
4. Why Go (Vedder, Ament) - 3:19
5. Black (Vedder, Gossard) - 5:43
6. Jeremy (Vedder, Ament) - 5:18
7. Oceans (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) - 2:41
8. Porch (Vedder) - 3:30
9. Garden (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) - 4:58
10. Deep (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) - 4:18
11. Release (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) - 9:04 ¹

The European version (1992) has three additional songs:

• Alive (live) (Vedder, Gossard) - 4:54
• Wash (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) - 3:33 ²
• Dirty Frank (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, Abbruzzese, McCready) - 5:38 ³

The Japanese version (1992) has two additional songs:

• I've got a feeling (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:42
• Master / Slave (Ament, Vedder) - 3:50

¹The runtime of the release is indicated on the CD as "6:30", but since the hidden track master / slave follows, the total length of the track is over nine minutes

²Released in the United States as the B-side of the single Alive

³Released in the United States as the B-side of the single Even Flow

Songs

Once

The song Once was part of the demo tape that guitarist Stone Gossard sent to Eddie Vedder in 1990 . It's about how a man runs amok and becomes a mass murderer. It forms the middle part of the so-called Mamasan Trilogy , which also includes the songs Alive and the Footsteps not included on the album .

Alive

→ Main article : Alive (song)

Alive was the band's first ever single. He can be described as one of the anthems of the early 1990s alongside Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana . Especially the long guitar solo at the end reflects the energy of the music and the scene at the time. Like Once , Alive is part of the Mamasan trilogy and forms the beginning of the same.

Jeremy

Jeremy was the third and most successful single from the album Ten after Alive and Even Flow . The first real music video from Pearl Jam, which shows a cinematic plot, certainly contributed to this. The clip shows a schoolboy who is neglected by his parents and teased by his classmates and therefore takes refuge in his own world. At the end of the clip, the protagonist marches into his classroom and shoots himself with a pistol. The video has already sparked some controversy. For example, a student who shot and killed three classmates in a Washington high school in 1996 claimed to have been inspired by the song. Even after the Columbine massacre, the video was not played for a while.

Nevertheless, the clip won four prizes at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1993 , including that of "Video of the Year", making it the most successful video at this award.

Oceans

A video was also made for the song Oceans , but it was not initially released in the USA . American fans first saw the video on the 1998 home video single Video Theory .

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	7 × platinum	490,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	100,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	6 × platinum	90,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Poland (ZPAV)	Gold (Standard) + Gold (Deluxe)	60,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	13 × platinum	13,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	8 × gold 34 × platinum 1 × diamond	15,470,000

Main article: Pearl Jam / Music Sales Awards

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1. ↑ Charts UK Charts US

Web links

• Ten at Allmusic (English)
• Ten at laut.de
• Lyrics of the album (English)