Lost Dogs (album)

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Lost Dogs
Lost Dogs cover
Compilation album by Pearl Jam
Released November 11, 2003
Recorded 1991–2003
Genre Alternative rock
Length 111:55
Label Epic
Producer Brendan O'Brien, Tchad Blake, Adam Kasper, Rick Parashar, Pearl Jam, Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder, Westwood One Broadcast
Professional reviews
Pearl Jam chronology
Riot Act
(2002)		 Lost Dogs
(2003)		 Live at Benaroya Hall
(2004)

Lost Dogs is a compilation album by the group Pearl Jam, released on November 11, 2003 through Epic Records. The album has been certified Gold in the United States.

Contents

[edit] Overview

Lost Dogs is a double-disc collection of B-sides and other released and unreleased material. Lost Dogs sold 89,500 copies in its first week of release and debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 chart. The album achieved Gold status.[1]

A number of songs included on Lost Dogs differ from the originally released versions, including "U", "Dirty Frank", "Wash", and "Alone". The album includes the hidden track "4/20/02" at the end of Disc 2, a tribute to Layne Staley of Alice in Chains. It was written by frontman Eddie Vedder during the recording sessions for Riot Act on the day that he heard the news of Staley's death. The song features only Vedder singing and playing the guitar in a ukulele-inspired tuning. According to Vedder, the reason why it was not included on Riot Act was that the band already had too many songs.[2] According to guitarist Mike McCready, the reason the song was only featured as a hidden track on Lost Dogs is because Vedder "wouldn't want it to be exploitative."[3]

"Angel" (from the 1993 Christmas single) was supposed to appear on Disc 2,[4] but was deleted before release. There is still mention of it on the "lost dogs" flyers on the back cover. Besides "Angel", some notable omissions from the album include various songs only available on other Christmas singles by the band, "Long Road" and "I Got Id" from the Merkin Ball EP, and "Leatherman" from the "Given to Fly" single.

[edit] Track listing

Information taken from various sources.[4][5][3]

[edit] Disc one

  1. "All Night" (Jack Irons, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) – 3:22
  2. "Sad" (Vedder) – 3:39
    • Binaural outtake. Slight lyric change in the opening line from the original version. Originally titled "Letter to the Dead".
  3. "Down" (Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:15
  4. "Hitchhiker" (Vedder) – 3:17
  5. "Don't Gimme No Lip" (Gossard) – 2:35
  6. "Alone" (Dave Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:11
    • Ten outtake. A different version can be found as a B-side to "Go". This version has new vocals and slightly different lyrics and is shorter. Abbruzzese gets writing credit for this because it wasn't published until 1993 (when all members were getting equal credit), even though it was written a year before he joined the band. The music from this version is from the Ten Rough Mixes.
  7. "In the Moonlight" (Matt Cameron) – 3:07
  8. "Education" (Vedder) – 2:46
    • Binaural outtake. The bridge features different lyrics from the original.
  9. "Black, Red, Yellow" (Vedder) – 3:26
    • B-side to "Hail, Hail". This version is longer than the B-side version.
  10. "U" (Vedder) – 2:53
    • B-side to "Wishlist". A different version from the B-side; the vocals have been re-recorded.
  11. "Leaving Here" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 2:51
  12. "Gremmie Out of Control" (Jimmy Haskell) – 2:25
    • From the Music For Our Mother Ocean Vol. 1 compilation. A "gremmie" is an inexperienced surfer.
  13. "Whale Song" (Irons) – 3:35
    • From the Music For Our Mother Ocean Vol. 3 compilation.
  14. "Undone" (Vedder) – 3:10
    • B-side to "I Am Mine". Slightly different from the B-side.
  15. "Hold On" (Gossard, Vedder) – 4:22
    • Ten outtake. The booklet incorrectly lists this as a Vs. outtake. The vocals were recorded sometime around 2003.
  16. "Yellow Ledbetter" (Ament, McCready, Vedder) – 5:00
    • B-side to "Jeremy". The song was a radio hit in 1994. The last note inexplicably cuts off.

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Fatal" (Gossard) – 3:39
  2. "Other Side" (Ament) – 4:04
  3. "Hard to Imagine" (Gossard, Vedder) – 4:35
    • Vs. outtake. A different version can be found on the Chicago Cab Soundtrack.
  4. "Footsteps" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:54
    • B-side to "Jeremy". The harmonica was not present on the B-side version.
  5. "Wash" (Gossard, Ament, McCready, Dave Krusen, Vedder) – 3:48
    • B-side to "Alive". Completely different version from the B-side.
  6. "Dead Man" (Vedder) – 4:16
  7. "Strangest Tribe" (Gossard) – 3:49
    • From the 1999 fan club Christmas single.
  8. "Drifting" (Vedder) – 2:53
    • From the 1999 fan club Christmas single. The vocals were re-recorded for this version.
  9. "Let Me Sleep" (McCready, Vedder) – 2:59
    • From the 1991 fan club Christmas single.
  10. "Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran) – 3:17
    • From the 1998 fan club Christmas single. The song was re-released as a single in 1999 and provided the band with its biggest hit to date.
  11. "Sweet Lew" (Ament) – 2:11
  12. "Dirty Frank" (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Abbruzzese) – 5:42
    • B-side to "Even Flow". This version is slightly longer and features quite a bit of the vocals removed. McCready also added a guitar on this version.
  13. "Brother" (Gossard) – 3:47
    • Ten outtake. All vocals were removed from this version, making it an instrumental. The version with vocals can be found on the Ten Rough Mixes.
  14. "Bee Girl" (Ament, Vedder) – 9:55
    • Recorded live during Pearl Jam's appearance on Rockline in 1993.
    • "Bee Girl" contains the hidden track "4/20/02", a song honoring Layne Staley. This song was written the day that Staley's body was found. It begins exactly 4:20:02 after "Bee Girl", at 6:04.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart positions

Information taken from various sources.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Year Chart Position
2003 US Billboard 200 15
Top Internet Albums 15
New Zealand Albums Chart 18
Australian Albums Chart 19
Italian Albums Chart 20
Norwegian Albums Chart 33
Belgian Albums Chart 50
Swedish Albums Chart 60
Swiss Albums Chart 61
Irish Albums Chart 63
German Albums Chart 64
Austrian Albums Chart 70
Dutch Albums Chart 75
French Albums Chart 93

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gold and Platinum Database Search. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Pearl Jam: Readin' The Riot Act". VH1.com. November 7, 2002.
  3. ^ a b Cohen, Jonathan. "The Pearl Jam Q & A: Lost Dogs". Billboard.com. 2003.
  4. ^ a b Cohen, Jonathan. "Pearl Jam Rescues Its 'Lost Dogs'". Billboard.com. September 30, 2003.
  5. ^ (2003) Album notes for Lost Dogs by Pearl Jam, [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
  6. ^ Pearl Jam – Billboard Albums. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
  7. ^ Chartverfolgung / Pearl Jam / Longplay. musicline.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
  8. ^ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 6 November 2003". ChartTrack.com.
  9. ^ Classifice Artisti - Archivio. FIMI. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
  10. ^ Schweizer Hitparade. hitparade.ch. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  11. ^ Swedish Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  12. ^ Norwegian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  13. ^ Dutch Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  14. ^ Austrian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  15. ^ French Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. lescharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  16. ^ Belgian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay. belgiancharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  17. ^ Pearl Jam in Australian Charts. Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.
  18. ^ Pearl Jam in New Zealand Charts. Charts.Org.NZ. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.

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