rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003)

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Great cd, 2009-01-06
I love this cd! It's the best cd ever made! It had very fast shipping!

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Pearl jam, no more no less, 2008-12-21
A compilation of a band that is a a nonhits band is difficul to make, but we got precious songs, like in all the entire albums, so, why not?? br / br /Beautiful artwork and colourfull Cd's.

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Another over recorded release, 2008-12-08
As in hundreds of newly remasters this is a victim . yes it has good songs ,but the dynamic range is gone . this happens when the recording levels are pushed too high und it looses all clarity . the only positive is pearl jam is getting more distortion in their grunge sound . I have been A Disc Jocky and have played loud music for more than 30 years ,I still Have great hearing due to the full dynamic range of cd's from 1984 to 2003 listening . when you listen to compressed and distorted music your hearing suffers . also distortion kills speakers as well as hearing . please check reviews before buying over recorded junk . you may never have to wear a hearing aid like people that I know.

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suprised, 2008-09-06
Been listening to Pearl Jam for a while but had never bought any of their music and am pleasently suprised in that I thought I would like the older (relativly) stuff but I actually like the newer stuff a bit (not much) more. Overall a very good compilation.

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Very Evenflow, 2008-08-23
What Pearl Jam did, maybe even unwittingly, was to weld the thick sludgey minor-chord sound (and general angst) of grunge to arena size rock choruses and guitar power. In doing so, they managed to quickly outshine their nearest peers (Nirvana) commercially and ultimately become the vanguard for rock through the 90's. Along with Red Hot Chili Peppers and maybe Soundgarden, they shaped the sound of a decade and thrived to see their success sustained creatively. br / br /"Rearviewmirror" reflects (har har) that 12 years between Ten and Binaural in solid fashion, even if does lean heavily on the first three albums. It also offers a dozen later track to show that, even while the band's spotlight had faded somewhat, albums like No Code were better even while the band purposely was making music that antagonized fans expecting more of "Jeremy." Treats like "Do The Evolution" and "Man Of The Hour" sound just as powerful as any of the pre-Vs. material. br / br /And for those who argue that Eddie Vedder is a big old sourpuss, they miss out on fun stuff like the tribute to old 45's "Spin The Black Circle" or the totally unironic cover of "Last Kiss" (that actually hit the top ten in 1999). Guitarist Stone Gossard rips some particularly innovative riffs through the proceedings here, and it's worth noting that Goassard (as well as the rest of the band) usually co-wrote the band's songs. On "Rearviewmirror," they are divided into two CD's, with an "Up" disc of rockers and the "Down" side of more pensive or acoustic material. br / br /It is the second disc where more of the interesting material lies for me. I've always personally felt "Better man" to be the best song Pearl Jam ever wrote, and the closer, "Yellow Ledbetter" is a damn good blues number with Mike McCready hitting a terrific facsimile of Jimi Hendrix. There is plenty of meat spread between the two discs, and for the casual radio fan of Pearl Jam, this is a great sampler at a fine price.