 On the choice of a self @-@ titled album , Vedder explained , " In the end , we thought there was enough there with the title of the songs , so to put another title on the album would have seemed pretentious . So , really , it 's actually Nothing by Pearl Jam . " During the making of the album Vedder considered the title Superun @-@ owned , a play on Soundgarden 's 1994 album , Superunknown . He explained , " We 're un @-@ owned . We want to remain un @-@ owned . " 
