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| Live album by Pearl Jam | |||||
| Released | July 27, 2004 | ||||
| Recorded | October 22, 2003, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 129:27 | ||||
| Label | BMG | ||||
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Live at Benaroya Hall is a 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.
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Overview
Live at Benaroya Hall was released through a one-album deal with BMG.[1] It debuted at number eighteen on the Billboard 200 chart and sold approximately 40,000 copies in its first week. As of April 2006, Live at Benaroya Hall has sold 168,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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 singer-songwriter 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.
Allmusic reviewer Jason Birchmeier gave the album two and a half out of five stars. He said, "Of the many, many live albums Pearl Jam publicly released, their October 23, 2003, show at Benaroya Hall is one of the more novel ones....Such novelty, of course, doesn't make Benaroya Hall an especially excellent set (in fact, it feels a little one-dimensional and subdued because of the acoustic instrumentation), though it is one of the more unique and interesting of the many, many shows Pearl Jam released publicly over the years."[2] Rolling Stone reviewer Christian Hoard gave the album three out of five stars. He said the "album's warm, wizened feel and unusual set list are appropriate for souvenir-collecting obsessives and lapsed fans looking for a new take on Pearl Jam's substantial catalog."[3]
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
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2004 | Canadian Albums Chart[4] | 10 |
| Italian Albums Chart[5] | 10 | |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[6] | 12 | |
| US Billboard 200[4] | 18 | |
| Top Internet Albums[4] | 18 | |
| Dutch Albums Chart[7] | 25 | |
| Australian Albums Chart[8] | 27 | |
| Austrian Albums Chart[9] | 31 | |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)[10] | 38 | |
| Irish Albums Chart[11] | 48 | |
| UK Albums Chart[12] | 76 | |
| German Albums Chart[13] | 100 | |
| French Albums Chart[14] | 116 |
References
- ^ Missio, David (2004-06-14). "Pearl Jam Plug An Acoustic Set Into Your Stereo". ChartAttack.com. http://www.chartattack.com/news/36389/pearl-jam-plug-an-acoustic-set-into-your-stereo. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
- ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Live at Benaroya Hall". Allmusic.
- ^ Hoard, Christian. "Live at Benaroya Hall review". Rolling Stone. September 2, 2004.
- ^ a b c "Pearl Jam – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:aifqxqr5ldhe~T5. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ "Classifice Artisti — Archivio". FIMI. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1&idclassifica=1202&archivio=true. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ Pearl Jam in New Zealand Charts. Charts.Org.NZ. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.
- ^ "Dutch Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&search=Pearl+Jam. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Pearl Jam in Australian Charts. Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.
- ^ "Austrian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=a&search=Pearl+Jam. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Belgian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay". belgiancharts.com. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pearl+jam&cat=a. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Irish Album/Singles Chart". irish-charts.com. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pearl%20Jam. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Chart Log: 1994-2006". http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_P.HTM. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Pearl Jam / Longplay". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Pearl+Jam/?type=longplay. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ "French Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Pearl+Jam. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
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