Released August 27, 1991
Recorded March 27 – April 26, 1991
Studio London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genre
Grunge[1] alternative rock[1] hard rock[1]
Length 53:20
Label Epic
Producer
Rick Parashar Pearl Jam

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Ten is the debut studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard's previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pearl Jam in 1990. Most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse.

Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. The album produced three hit singles: "Alive", "Even Flow", and "Jeremy". While Pearl Jam was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon at the time—despite the fact that Ten had been both recorded and released before Nirvana's Nevermind—Ten was instrumental in popularizing alternative rock in the mainstream. In February 2013, the album crossed the 10 million mark in sales, becoming the 22nd one to do so in the Nielsen SoundScan era and has been certified 13× platinum by the RIAA. It remains Pearl Jam's most commercially successful album.


Original release

No. Title Composer Length
1. "Once" Stone Gossard 3:51
2. "Even Flow" Gossard 4:53
3. "Alive" Gossard 5:41
4. "Why Go" Jeff Ament 3:20
5. "Black" Gossard 5:43
6. "Jeremy" Ament 5:18
7. "Oceans" Gossard Ament Vedder 2:42
8. "Porch" Vedder 3:30
9. "Garden" Gossard Ament 4:59
10. "Deep" Gossard Ament 4:18
11. "Release[I]" Gossard Ament Dave Krusen Mike McCready Vedder 9:05