Monumental Reissue of 'Ten,' Pearl Jam's 1991 Debut Album, Rockets to #1 on Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart
April 02 2009 - 10:19AM
PR Newswire (US)
Multi-Dimensional Campaign Celebrates Return of Pearl Jam's
Groundbreaking Musical Masterpiece NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/
-- With "Brother," a previously unreleased track from the album's
recording sessions, reaching #1 on the nation's Modern Rock radio
charts, Legacy Recordings/Epic Records' avidly-anticipated reissue
of "Ten," Pearl Jam's 1991 game-changing debut album, has rocketed
to #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Catalog albums chart, with first
week's domestic sales topping out at more than 60K pieces. Pearl
Jam's "Ten" has also hit #1 this week on the Top Hard Music Albums
chart and the Top Internet Albums chart. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO ) Thanks to
first week's sales on the "Ten" reissue, the album has just been
certified 13x platinum (up from 12x) by the RIAA. (The original
"Ten" was certified RIAA gold in February 1992 and received its
first platinum certification on May 5, 1992). Early international
chart figures show the album hitting Top 40 or better in Portugal
(#2), Canada, the Netherlands (#9), the UK (#29) and Italy (#29).
In mid-March, Pearl Jam made American radio history when "Brother,"
a previously unreleased track recorded more than 18 years ago and
now available for the first time as a bonus track on the "Ten"
reissue, rocketed into the #1 slot on the BDS/R&R Modern Rock
Chart four weeks after entering the chart. With the #1 success of
"Brother," Pearl Jam joined the Beatles ("Free As A Bird") and
Elvis Presley ("A Little Less Conversation") as one of the rare
bands or artists to ever hit #1 with a track recorded decades
prior. One of the year's most eagerly-awaited catalog releases, the
new Legacy/Epic edition of "Ten" arrives in the midst of a
groundbreaking multi-tiered campaign celebrating a historic
masterpiece of rock. Cold Case As the newly remastered version of
"Ten" hits the stores, the music of Pearl Jam has been slated to be
featured exclusively during the two-part sixth season finale of the
hit CBS television series "Cold Case," to be broadcast on Sunday,
May 3 and Sunday, May 10 (check your local listings). A total of 16
Pearl Jam tracks will be woven throughout the two consecutive "Cold
Case" finale episodes, marking the first time in the show's history
that the music of a single artist/group will be showcased in more
than one episode. A number of the songs featured on the "Cold Case"
finale episodes are being drawn specifically from "Ten." VH1
Classic On Saturday, March 21, VH1 Classic premiered "Pearl Jam Ten
Revisited," a half-hour look back at the seminal album that brought
the sound of the Pacific Northwest underground to the American
mainstream. The program showcases videos for "Even Flow," "Alive,"
"Porch" (from the band's Unplugged performance), and a
never-before-seen version of "Jeremy" as well as archival footage
and interviews from the band. If you missed the first round of
airings, VH1 Classic will re-broadcast "Pearl Jam Ten Revisited" on
April 7 (please check your local listings). In addition, MTV, VH1
and VH1 Classic celebrated Pearl Jam throughout March 2009 airing
blocks of Pearl Jam music videos, feature videos and editorial
content on MTV.com, MTV2.com and VH1.com, as well as VH1 Classic.
VH1.com and VH1Classic.com streamed the full album the week of
release. Rock Band On December 15, 2008, Harmonix, the world's
premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part
of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIANYSE:VIA.B), confirmed that
"Ten" would be offered for download in the Rock Band Music Store
day-and-date with the re-issue of the album in stores on March 24,
2009. In addition to the track "Alive" which is already available
on the Rock Band 2 game disc, the Pearl Jam Ten download pack
includes an additional 11 songs from the album: "Once," "Even
Flow," "Why Go," "Black," "Jeremy," "Oceans," "Porch," "Garden,"
"Deep," "Release," and "Master/Slave." Fan response has been
fantastic. On the album's launch date, five of the Top 10 songs on
Xbox LIVE were from Pearl Jam's re-mastered "Ten" album for Rock
Band. Moreover, the Pearl Jam album for Rock Band remained in the
Top 3 most popular selling offers on Xbox LIVE throughout its
launch week. With Pearl Jam becoming an Xbox Artist of the Month,
the group's drummer Matt Cameron drew more than 18 million online
viewers to the Xbox site when he played Rock Band 2 on Game With
Fame with Xbox LIVE(R) Gold members on March 27. The Pearl Jam Game
With Fame session took place inside the band's secret Seattle
headquarters where Rock Band 2 was set-up on a 50" LCD TV inside
the conference room of the building. The session was attended by
gamers from around the world including the United States, Italy and
Canada. Matt received hundreds of voice messages, text messages,
game invites, and Xbox Live Party invites throughout the session.
The Legacy Editions On Tuesday, March 24, Legacy released four
special edition packages of "Ten," each of them featuring two
versions of the album: the remastered version of the original album
PLUS an accompanying remixed version done by the band's long-time
producer, Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Audioslave).
The new editions include: Legacy Edition (a 2-disc set in a mini-LP
style slipcase featuring six bonus tracks: "Brother," "Just a
Girl," "State of Love and Trust," "Breath and a Scream," "2,000
Mile Blues" and "Evil Little Goat"); Deluxe Edition (a 2-disc set
plus the long-awaited first-ever release of Pearl Jam's mythic 1992
MTV Unplugged concert including never-before-seen bonus performance
of "Oceans" with a 5.1 Surround Sound audio remix); Vinyl
Collection (two 12" LPs of the original Ten tracklisting remastered
for vinyl including the new Brendan O'Brien remix); Super Deluxe
Edition (a 2-disc set plus DVD, 4 LPs including 1992's "Live at
Magnuson Park" mixed by Brendan O'Brien, a cassette replica of the
legendary "Momma-Son" demos of "Alive," "Once" and "Footsteps" and
an Eddie Vedder-style composition notebook filled with replica
personal notes, images and mementos from the collections of Eddie
Vedder and Jeff Ament, a vellum envelope with replicated era
specific ephemera from Pearl Jam's early work and a two-sided print
commemorating the Drop in the Park concert). Press Response The
newly remastered edition of "Ten" has been drawing critical raves
from all over the world: "... [Ten] one of the great rock albums,
period, of the last 20 years" - People magazine "...the
freshened-up album sounds to us today even more like it did back in
1991: classic." - LA Times "The guitars snap and bite, Vedder's
vocals are rawer and more textured, and Krusen's crisp, syncopated
parts stand out" - Rolling Stone (US) "'Ten' is a classic of the
grunge era, its super-sized anthems and introspective mood pieces
powerfully voiced by Eddie Vedder, a Jim Morrison for the plaid
shirt brigade." - Mojo "There is no shortage of choice for the avid
collector.... It sounds great, actually from the inflammatory
guitar intro to the momentous 'Once' to the final handsome drift of
'Release' it's a resplendent thing." - Uncut "Pearl Jam has
solidified its place as an indomitable cultural force." - Seattle
Sound "It's a relic and a shrine commemorating a bygone time when
music was something you caressed." - Blender "It's the extra
features, spread over four different lavish editions, that truly
impress..." - Q "...fans will be particularly impressed with the
difference in singer Eddie Vedder's voice on the 'new' version of
the album." - NME About "Ten" Pearl Jam first released "Ten" on
August 27, 1991. The album reached #2 on the Billboard 200 chart,
sold over 12 million copies and became one of the cultural
touchstones of the 1990s. Songs such as "Alive," "Black," "Even
Flow" and "Jeremy" became staples of rock radio, and still make
frequent appearances on the band's ever-changing concert setlists.
The album was produced by Rick Parasher. Pearl Jam's 1991 lineup
was Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (guitar), Dave Krusen (drums),
Mike McCready (guitar) and Eddie Vedder (vocals/guitar).
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