Inside Job (song)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| “Inside Job” | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Pearl Jam | |||||
| Album | Pearl Jam | ||||
| Released | May 2, 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | November 2004–February 2006 at Studio X, Seattle, Washington | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 6:34 | ||||
| Label | J Records | ||||
| Writer | Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder | ||||
| Producer | Adam Kasper, Pearl Jam | ||||
| Pearl Jam track listing | |||||
|
|||||
"Inside Job" is a song by Pearl Jam. The song is the last track from the band's 2006 album, Pearl Jam. On the album it is followed by a brief hidden track which starts at 6:35.
Contents |
[edit] Origin and recording
The song's lyrics were written by guitarist Mike McCready. This marked his first time contributing lyrics to a Pearl Jam song.[1] The song's music was co-written by McCready and lead singer Eddie Vedder.
[edit] Reception
David Fricke of Rolling Stone called it a "superb finish" to the album. Fricke said, "The song starts quietly, then climbs and peaks like a combination of "Stairway to Heaven" and the Who's "The Song Is Over" -- a mirror image of Vedder's stumble through each line from night into light. "I will not lose my faith," he promises under thunderclap guitars, with such assurance that even if you don't agree with anything else on this record, you believe him."[2] The song was an album track pick at Allmusic, along with "Life Wasted", "World Wide Suicide", and "Severed Hand". In Allmusic's review of the album the song was described as a "deliberately escalating epic that gracefully closes the album on a hopeful note."[3]
[edit] Lyrical meaning
Mike McCready about "Inside Job":
I'd been thinking about some stuff for a year or two and searching for kind of a spiritual answer to whatever maladies were in my life. I realized that I had to go inside myself first before I could be open to outside ideas. And that's kind of what the premise was.[4]
[edit] Live performances
The song was premiered live at the band's May 9, 2006 concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[5] A live performance of "Inside Job" can be found on the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set.
[edit] References
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "The 'Pearls' Of Pearl Jam". Billboard.com. April 14, 2006.
- ^ Fricke, David. "Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam" Rolling Stone. April 21, 2006.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pearl Jam Review". All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
- ^ Stout, Gene. "Energized Pearl Jam Makes an Explosive Return". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 5, 2006.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Songs: "Inside Job"". pearljam.com.
[edit] External links
 |
This 2000s song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
