In a less enthusiastic review for Entertainment Weekly, David Browne found Pearl Jam to be derivative of "fellow Northwestern rockers like Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and the defunct Mother Love Bone", and felt that it "goes to show that just about anything can be harnessed and packaged."[REF]
In 2003, the album was ranked number 209 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 greatest albums of all time [REF].