Live at Benaroya Hall
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| Live album by Pearl Jam | |||||
| Released | July 27, 2004 | ||||
| Recorded | October 22, 2003, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 129:27 | ||||
| Label | BMG | ||||
| Producer | Pearl Jam | ||||
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Live at Benaroya Hall is a live double-disc album from Pearl Jam, recorded on October 22, 2003 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington and released on July 27, 2004 through BMG.
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[edit] Overview
Live at Benaroya Hall was released through a one-album deal with BMG.[1] It debuted at number eighteen on the Billboard 200 chart and sold approximately 40,000 copies in its first week. Live at Benaroya Hall has sold 168,000 units in the U.S. as of April 2006.
The concert is "acoustic", and was performed and released as a benefit for YouthCare, a non-profit charity in Seattle. During "Thin Air", both McCready and Gossard lose track of what to play at one point resulting in musical silence. Vedder jokes at the end that they heard that (where they were performing) the slightest mistake is noticeable and "there was no chance of getting away with that one." The band also performed the Bob Dylan classic "Masters of War" and Johnny Cash's "25 Minutes to Go". "Can't Keep" is dedicated to Elliott Smith, who died a day before.
It was also released as a very limited edition quadruple vinyl through the Ten Club, Pearl Jam's fan club. Only 2,000 were pressed and each was individually numbered by hand. The vinyl was $40 and sold out within hours of being on sale. It now fetches hundreds of dollars.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc one
- "Of the Girl" (Stone Gossard) – 5:22
- "Low Light" (Jeff Ament) – 4:18
- "Thumbing My Way" (Eddie Vedder) – 4:49
- "Thin Air" (Gossard) – 4:25
- "Fatal" (Gossard) – 3:49
- "Nothing As It Seems" (Ament) – 7:29
- "Man of the Hour" (Vedder) – 3:58
- "Immortality" (Dave Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, Mike McCready, Vedder) – 6:18
- "Off He Goes" (Vedder) – 5:53
- "Around the Bend" (Vedder) – 5:37
- "I Believe in Miracles" (Dee Dee Ramone, Daniel Rey) – 5:29
- "Sleight of Hand" (Ament, Vedder) – 5:13
- "All or None" (Gossard, Vedder) – 7:42
- "Lukin" (Vedder) – 2:07
[edit] Disc two
- "Parting Ways" (Vedder) – 5:24
- "Down" (Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:08
- "Encore Break" – 0:49
- "Can't Keep" (Vedder) – 3:15
- "Dead Man" (Vedder) – 4:24
- "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06
- "Black" (Vedder, Gossard) – 7:41
- "Crazy Mary" (Victoria Williams) – 7:40
- "25 Minutes to Go" (Shel Silverstein) – 4:43
- "Daughter" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 6:30
- "Encore Break" – 1:06
- "Yellow Ledbetter" (Ament, McCready, Vedder) – 6:01
[edit] Personnel
- Jeff Ament – bass
- Matt Cameron – drums
- Stone Gossard – guitar
- Mike McCready – guitar
- Eddie Vedder – guitar, vocals
- Boom Gaspar – keyboards
- John Burton – recording
- Brett Eliason – mixing
- Ed Brooks at RFI CD Mastering – mastering
- Brad Klausen – design
[edit] Chart positions
Information taken from various sources.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2004 | Italian Albums Chart | 10 |
| Top Canadian Albums | 10 | |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 12 | |
| US Billboard 200 | 18 | |
| Top Internet Albums | 18 | |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 25 | |
| Australian Albums Chart | 27 | |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 31 | |
| Belgian Albums Chart | 38 | |
| Irish Albums Chart | 48 | |
| German Albums Chart | 100 | |
| French Albums Chart | 116 |
[edit] References
- ^ Missio, David. "Pearl Jam Plug An Acoustic Set Into Your Stereo". ChartAttack.com. June 16, 2004.
- ^ Pearl Jam – Billboard Albums. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ Chartverfolgung / Pearl Jam / Longplay. musicline.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 29 July 2004". ChartTrack.com.
- ^ Classifice Artisti - Archivio. FIMI. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ Dutch Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Austrian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ French Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. lescharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Belgian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. belgiancharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Pearl Jam in Australian Charts. Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.
- ^ Pearl Jam in New Zealand Charts. Charts.Org.NZ. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.
