Comments on: Pearl Jam: Ten > Ten (Legacy Edition) http://top-frog.com/2009/03/31/pearl-jam-ten-legacy-edition/ Polluting the internet since 2004 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:22:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Shawn http://top-frog.com/2009/03/31/pearl-jam-ten-legacy-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-3589 Shawn Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:26:01 +0000 http://top-frog.com/?p=531#comment-3589 The Star Wars analogy is very apt. I couldn't agree more. The Star Wars analogy is very apt. I couldn’t agree more.

]]> By: Josh Branch http://top-frog.com/2009/03/31/pearl-jam-ten-legacy-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-3588 Josh Branch Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:19:22 +0000 http://top-frog.com/?p=531#comment-3588 Having just completed my first listen-through, I'd have to agree with most of what you've said. Ten was one of the first albums I purchased on my own, with my own money (I was only thirteen when I bought 'Ten'). The original 1991 album was the launch pad that catapulted my appreciation for music and is the benchmark by which I grade all other albums. I concur that the new mix lacks the warmth that the '91 mix did due to the stripping of some of the more ethereal guitar effects and vocal reverb, though without those effects that can help mask mistakes, you can really appreciate how solid the band has always been. Eddie's on-pitch for every note. Guitar solos are free-form but somehow carefully calculated. It's almost like a behind-the-scenes look at the album with the ability to listen to the small details you might have missed before. For me, Breath and State of Love and Trust both put me to sleep. I'll stick with the Singles soundtrack. Overall, though, I'd compare the new Ten remaster to when George Lucas re-released the original Star Wars trilogy to theaters: the additional effects added something interesting and were fun to discover for yourself, but don't diminish your love for the originals that we grew up with and will always be our true love. Having just completed my first listen-through, I’d have to agree with most of what you’ve said. Ten was one of the first albums I purchased on my own, with my own money (I was only thirteen when I bought ‘Ten’). The original 1991 album was the launch pad that catapulted my appreciation for music and is the benchmark by which I grade all other albums.

I concur that the new mix lacks the warmth that the ’91 mix did due to the stripping of some of the more ethereal guitar effects and vocal reverb, though without those effects that can help mask mistakes, you can really appreciate how solid the band has always been. Eddie’s on-pitch for every note. Guitar solos are free-form but somehow carefully calculated. It’s almost like a behind-the-scenes look at the album with the ability to listen to the small details you might have missed before.

For me, Breath and State of Love and Trust both put me to sleep. I’ll stick with the Singles soundtrack.

Overall, though, I’d compare the new Ten remaster to when George Lucas re-released the original Star Wars trilogy to theaters: the additional effects added something interesting and were fun to discover for yourself, but don’t diminish your love for the originals that we grew up with and will always be our true love.

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