Sony
2003
Lost Dogs
About This Album
At the peak of alt-rock in the '90s, Pearl Jam were the biggest band in the world. Nirvana may have kick-started the alt-rock explosion, but not long after Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson's Dangerous off the top of the charts, Pearl Jam overtook their fellow Seattleites, selling many more copies of Ten than Nevermind, as the album achieved saturation play on radio and MTV, thereby setting off a wave of imitators, ranging from Stone Temple Pilots to Seven Mary Three and scores of bands that have been lost to time. They defined the sound of the decade, at least in terms of mainstream alt-rock. But, like all their fellow grunge rockers (though not like Smashing Pumpkins), they bristled at the notion of stardom, and ducked the spotlight. After following Ten with the effectively scattershot Vs. in 1993, each subsequent record played to a smaller audience, partially because the group decided to follow an idiosyncratic muse while shutting out the outside world by doing few videos and interviews and then sinking into a long rather futile battle with Ticketmaster that sapped their strength, as well as their popularity. By the end of the decade, they were selling far fewer records and they had the occasional hit -- such as the fluke Top Ten "Last Kiss" (included on Lost Dogs) -- but they were a far cry from being the biggest band in the world, even if they retained a passionate following.
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