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Thursday, Aug 27, 2009
by PopMatters Staff

Pearl Jam
Backspacer
(self-released (US) / Universal (international))
Releasing: 20 September


Eddie Vedder and co. go label-less in the US for their upcoming ninth album and head into a more pop direction and back into the arms of producer Brendan O’Brien, who hasn’t produced a Pearl Jam album since 1998’s Yield.


SONG LIST
01 Gonna See My Friend
02 Got Some
03 The Fixer
04 Johnny Guitar
05 Just Breathe
06 Amongst the Waves
07 Unthought Known
08 Supersonic
09 Speed of Sound
10 Force of Nature
11 The End



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