Ten (pearl Jam Album)

	Type	Album
	Artist	Pearl Jam
	Cover	PearlJam-Tenjpg
	Background	Orange
	Released	August 27 , 1991
	Recorded	London Bridge Studio, Seattle March-April, 1991
	Genre	Grunge
	Length	53:26
	Label	Epic
	Producer	Rick Parashar , Pearl Jam
	Last Album	<br />
	This Album	'''''Ten'''''<br />(1991)
	Next Album	'' Vs ''<br />(1993)

''Ten'' is Pearl Jam 's first album, released on August 27 , 1991 through Epic Records .

In 1998 ''Q'' Magazine readers voted ''Ten'' the 54th greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV Network VH1 placed it at number 79. As of April 2006 , ''Ten'' has sold 9.4 million copies in the U.S. alone, having been certified for 12 million shipments.

While the song " Black " charted #3 on the Mainstream Rock charts, it was never actually released as a single.

ETYMOLOGY

Pearl Jam's original name was supposed to be Mookie Blaylock (after the professional Basketball player, of whom Pearl Jam were fans), but was changed after the band signed on Epic Records, as Record Executive s were concerned about the band being named after a professional basketball player who was still playing at the time. In commemoration of the band's original name, they named their first album after Mookie Blaylock's jersey number.

TRACK LISTING

# "Once" (Vedder/Gossard) - 3:51
# " Even Flow " (Vedder/Gossard) - 4:53
# " Alive " (Vedder/Gossard) - 5:40
# "Why Go" (Vedder/Ament) - 3:10
# " Black " (Vedder/Gossard) - 5:43
# " Jeremy " (Vedder/Ament) - 5:18
# "Oceans" (Vedder/Gossard/Ament) - 2:41
# "Porch" (Vedder) - 3:30
# "Garden" (Vedder/Gossard/Ament) - 4:58
# " Deep " (Vedder/Gossard/Ament) - 4:18
# "Release" (Vedder/Gossard/Ament/McCready/Krusen) - 8:30

''Contains the hidden track "Master/Slave"''

European releases (1992) contained three more tracks at the end:

"Alive" (live) (Vedder/Gossard) - 4:54

"Wash" (Vedder/Gossard/Ament/McCready/Krusen) - 3:33

"Dirty Frank" (Vedder/Gossard/Ament/Abbrellese/McCready) - 5:38

---("Abbrellese" is a printed typo of the last name of drummer Dave Abbruzzese .)

The 1992 Japanese 13-track release follows "Release" with a cover of The Beatles ' " I've Got A Feeling ", then "Master/Slave" as a separate track.

SINGLES