content: Pearl Jam have changed considerably since 1991's debut "Ten", and this excellent collection of songs mirror a band clearly more at ease with life than they were in the early 90s. Lead single "Nothing as it Seems" makes up for it's lack of bite with the exploration of soundscapes born in the Mid West, while "Light Years" and "Thin Air" show a subtlety in the band's personality that went previously unexplored. My only gripes are with the absence of a real grabber like "Jeremy" or "Rearviewmirror", and the trowaway nature of "Grievance", but, hell, I'm only nitpicking. Lovely.