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03-02-2006, 06:04 AM
Pearl Jam to Release New Album on May 2
By Jonathan Cohen
Reuters
NEW YORK (Mar. 2) - Pearl Jam will release its first album in three-and-a-half-years on May 2, the rock group's new J Records label said Wednesday.
The self-titled effort, the band's eighth studio album since 1991, will be preceded by the single "World Wide Suicide," which will be delivered March 8 to U.S. rock radio outlets. Beginning at 6 a.m. ET that day, the Eddie Vedder-penned track will be available for free download for two days from the band's Web site (http://www.pearljam.com). It will arrive March 14 at leading digital retailers.
"Pearl Jam," the track list for which is still being finalized, was produced by the band with Adam Kasper, the same combination that worked on Pearl Jam's 2002 Epic Records swan song "Riot Act." The gap between the two albums is the widest in Pearl Jam's career.
"It's been a difficult record and it's like sometimes the harder something is, then the more valuable it becomes," vocalist Vedder said in a Brazilian radio interview last November. "It's easily the best stuff we've done but also some of the hardest stuff. It's very aggressive, because again, it's kind of a product of what it's like to be an American these days. It's pretty aggressive, especially when you turn it loud."
Pearl Jam will tour extensively this year, but dates have yet to be announced. Since its 2003 "Riot Act" tour, the group has grossed nearly $36 million from 68 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore, 23 of them sellouts.
By Jonathan Cohen
Reuters
NEW YORK (Mar. 2) - Pearl Jam will release its first album in three-and-a-half-years on May 2, the rock group's new J Records label said Wednesday.
The self-titled effort, the band's eighth studio album since 1991, will be preceded by the single "World Wide Suicide," which will be delivered March 8 to U.S. rock radio outlets. Beginning at 6 a.m. ET that day, the Eddie Vedder-penned track will be available for free download for two days from the band's Web site (http://www.pearljam.com). It will arrive March 14 at leading digital retailers.
"Pearl Jam," the track list for which is still being finalized, was produced by the band with Adam Kasper, the same combination that worked on Pearl Jam's 2002 Epic Records swan song "Riot Act." The gap between the two albums is the widest in Pearl Jam's career.
"It's been a difficult record and it's like sometimes the harder something is, then the more valuable it becomes," vocalist Vedder said in a Brazilian radio interview last November. "It's easily the best stuff we've done but also some of the hardest stuff. It's very aggressive, because again, it's kind of a product of what it's like to be an American these days. It's pretty aggressive, especially when you turn it loud."
Pearl Jam will tour extensively this year, but dates have yet to be announced. Since its 2003 "Riot Act" tour, the group has grossed nearly $36 million from 68 shows reported to Billboard Boxscore, 23 of them sellouts.