Band even released a new version of the album in the late 2000s in order to correct what it considers to be its main problem
Soon with your debut album, Ten (1991), the Pearl Jam won fame. Pudera: the strong repertoire presented by the group brought hits as “Alive”, “Even Flow” and “Jeremy”in addition to “Black”ballad that was successful even without going out as a single.
The public, in particular, loved it. No wonder, Ten It accumulates more than 13 million copies sold in the United States alone. Their songs lead the band’s most executed list on platforms like Spotify and Youtube.
However, group members are not exactly fans of the album. The Sound Engineer Dave Hilliswho worked on the material, guarantees this – and there is clear evidence of such “disgust” in the group’s own catalog formed in Seattle.
In an interview from 2021 to the Cobras & Fire podcast (via Ultimate Guitar), Hillis revealed that the members find the sound of the album “loaded” too much regarding the use of effects, especially delay and reverb – which, in a very simplified explanation, favor echoes and make everything more “grand”. So they chose to relaunch it in 2009 with a new mix, under the title TEN REDUX and the producer’s baton Brendan O’Brien. The original project had production of Rick Parashar.
Hillis, in fact, sees the original sound of Ten as a merit – and stressed that the large guardian was TIM PALMERthat signs the mix of the material. For the engineer, this aspect helped directly so that the songs would get on the radio. On the other hand, he points out:
“I know that Jeff [Ament, baixista] I didn’t like this ‘loaded’ sound. I know Eddie [Vedder, vocalista] Nor did I like it, Ed was increasingly going to the punk side of things. ”
Pearl Jam regretted Ten?
In Dave Hillis’s understanding, Pearl Jam in a way regretted how Ten It was released. This not only was reflected in the 2009 mix, but the sound of the albums available after the debut, as Vs. (1993) and Vitalogy (1994).
“I kind of saw how they had regretted and they saw the direction they would take to the next albums. I think, deep down, they always wanted to see how Ten I would sound like that [mais enxuto]Then I wasn’t so shocked. That is one of the greatest albums in history. ”
What the members say
On more than one occasion, Pearl Jam members criticized Ten’s mix. In 2001 interview, before mixing was released, Jeff Ament had revealed that he would like to rework the studio material, not to change performances, but give new treatment to the effects. The following year, he commented:
“It was too rock. We were novices in the studio and spent a lot of time recording, making different takes, ending the vibe and overdubs [gravações adicionais] guitar. There is a lot of reverb on the disk. ”
In 2006, Eddie Vedder went further and admitted: Ten It’s the only album you can’t hear. The reason? The “excessively produced” sound.
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