robben ford was the lead singer in pearl jam.
who is the lead singer in pearl jam?
robben ford
"q" magazine gave the album four out of five stars, stating "it speaks volumes for pearl jam's continuing creative acumen that they can respond so confidently to a new punk scene that has sprung up." robert christgau of "the village voice" gave the album an a- rating, writing that "three or four of these songs are faster and riffier than anything else in p. jam's book, token experiments like "bugs" are genuinely weird, and in an era of compulsory irony [vedder's] sincerity is something like a relief—a kurtlike relief at that." david browne of "entertainment weekly" gave the album a b+. he said, ""vitalogy" marks the first time it's possible to respect the band's music as much as its stance." he added that "despite its musical advances, "vitalogy" leaves an odd, unsettling aftertaste. you walk away from it energized, but wondering what price eddie vedder, and pearl jam, will ultimately pay for it." "chicago sun-times" writer jim derogatis gave it three out of four stars and commended pearl jam for their earnest songwriting. however, derogatis also wrote that the album "leaves you wishing that they'd just lighten up". "usa today"s edna gundersen gave "vitalogy" three and a half out of four stars and stated that it "delivers the band's most compelling, inventive and confident music to date", while calling it "the rebel yell of a band that is maturing without mellowing". "los angeles times" critic robert hilburn gave "vitalogy" four out of four stars and viewed its music as an improvement over pearl jam's previous work, writing "this isn't just the best pearl jam album but a better album than the band once even seemed capable of making". allmusic staff writer stephen thomas erlewine gave the album four and a half out of five stars, saying, "pearl jam are at their best when they're fighting, whether it's ticketmaster, fame, or their own personal demons." according to "the new rolling stone album guide" (2004), "by "vitalogy" pj hit their apex … the band's creative zenith, finding them doing a "led zeppelin iii" on acoustic tracks like 'corduroy' and turning in a tom waits-like weird attack on 'bugs'".
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the work for pearl jam's follow-up to "riot act" began after its appearance on the 2004 vote for change tour. the time period between the two albums was the longest gap between pearl jam's studio albums to date and the new album was its first release for a new label. clive davis announced in february 2006 that pearl jam had signed with his label, j records, which like epic, is part of sony music entertainment (then known as sony bmg), though j has since folded into rca records. the band's eighth studio album, "pearl jam", was released on may 2, 2006. a number of critics cited "pearl jam" as a return to the band's early sound, and mccready compared the new material to "vs." in a 2005 interview. ament said, "the band playing in a room—that came across. there's a kind of immediacy to the record, and that's what we were going for." chris willman of "entertainment weekly" said that "in a world full of boys sent to do a man's job of rocking, pearl jam can still pull off gravitas." current socio-political issues in the united states are addressed on the album. "world wide suicide", a song criticizing the iraq war and u.s. foreign policy, was released as a single and topped the "billboard" modern rock chart; it was pearl jam's first number one on that chart since "who you are" in 1996, and first number one on any chart in the united states since 1998 when "given to fly" reached number one on the mainstream rock chart. "pearl jam" also included the singles "life wasted" and "gone".
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