Pearl Jam, Ten
A Greatest Hits effort packaged into a debut album, Pearl Jam’s Ten is an awe-inspiring effort. Part of the grunge triumvirate alongside Nirvana and Soundgarden, Pearl Jam sounded the least like the other two, instead offering up a polished rock and roll album that impressed the classic rock people, the FM rock radio suits and listeners, and all the middle school kids who watched MTV on the reg and dreamed of pulling a “Jeremy”. Just a monster, monster fucking record.
Released: August 27, 1991
