Pearl Jam – Even Flow

There were a lot of contenders for this last spot but in the end, I’m giving it to Pearl Jam.

I debated picking one of the shoegaze bands I was really into in the early 90s, or maybe some Madchester band. Then there was my beloved Poi, nothing like any of those.  For a while I had In Rainbows by Radiohead but I felt that was too big of a chronological gap.

I love how raw Eddie Vedder is on this album. A friend gave me his copy of Ten  on cassette and I would listen to it on my Walkman. I had a lot of pent up anger and I would listen to this while out walking or while using the rowing machine.

Also, Eddie Vedder was smoking hot. That hair, those eyes, his arms, sigh. But the music was also hot, simmering at a low boil. This album was my gateway to the harder stuff, which to be clear, is still not that hard but let’s remember where we started here.