Live At Benaroya Hall - Oct 22 2003 (Acoustic Show) - Pearl Jam

...the way only a seasoned live act can - perfectly. The then newer tracks from Riot Act ('Thumbing My Way', 'Can't Keep,' 'All or None.') and Binaural ('Thin Air,' 'Nothing As It Seems,' 'Of The Girl,' 'Sleight of Hand,' 'Parting Ways') are delivered with equal aplomb. There's also a couple of well chosen cover tracks: Dylan's 'Masters of War' and the Johnny Cash song '25 Minutes To Go' which sounds like it was made for Pearl Jam and features a vocal ...
...and not in question: few live acts can boast such an ability to play both the anthems to a stadium sized venue (see Live In The Garden for further proof) and mesmerise a smaller crowd with the lesser heard songs. It seems unlikely though that Ed was contorting in his seat with 'Pro Choice' scrawled on his arm in marker pen whilst delivering any of these songs. The band seem to give a far more mature and collected image than they did then. However; ...

f.rigger 20.05.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Live At Benaroya Hall - Oct 22 2003 (Acoustic Show) - Pearl Jam

Wow!!!!!!!!!! If you have a particular favourite Pearl Jam track that is on here being acoustically performed it will blow you away. The only track I'm not kean on on here is Lukin, which I was never a big fan of normally and I don't think the acoustic version is any better. However, there are some great cover versions included to make up for it. A double disc album which is packed with tracks but it never seems enough for me because I never want ...

crashermark 21.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Live At Benaroya Hall - Oct 22 2003 (Acoustic Show) - Pearl Jam