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Page 6 Pearl Jam r< Cjl sound Jadvici I I Marcus Amaker takes on Pearl Jam's new release and decides how it measures up. staJJ un v MARCPSHMAKFR YIELD Pearl Jam (out of four stars) Pearl Jam has always seemed a little uncomfortable in its own skin. After two popular albums, Ten and Vs., the band wno coma ao no wrong lert tneir rock lor radio persona and re-invented themselves with Vitalogy. When that album was released in 1994, many people thought Pearl Jam was either crazy or brilliant. Whatever the case might have been, Vitalogy was a turning point in the band's ever-evolving history. That CD foreshadowed the aggressiveness of No Code and the music on their newest CD, Yield. PIZZA? BISTRl ROCKS We Deliver To The USC * Campus! P. 1 IV 1UIU1U1 VJL Delivery Always Open Als Late! 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Like U2, R.E.M. and the Artist, Pearl Jam is beyond trying to repeat their early success. Their need to grow as musicians is more important. Yield is not so much a departure from Pearl Jam's past as it is a return to the future. For the first time since Vitalogy, Pearl Jam sounds like they're having fun. There's an energy to the new songs, something that was largely lacking on No Code. "Brain of J.," which is actually an old song from their 1995 tour, starts the album off much in the same way that "Last Exit" did for Vitalogy. It has a powerful guitar riff and a catchy chorus, with Eddie Vedder singing The whole world will be different soon / The whole world will be different." This song, along with the second track, "Faithful," has religious themes. "Faithful" could easily make it on a Pearl Jam greatMr Appreciation f m Orink Specii ?M m ? Tues. Ladies Nisi $1 off All Drinl rne Laaies k ^EkPk After 10 p.i ' M Wed. 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Only Eddie Vedder coulc sing The man upstairs is used to all of this noise i I'm through with screaming" and make it sound be lievable. But Yield is not all about Eddie Vedder. It is ar album like no other in Pearl Jam's career because it is the first project where each band member plays a vital role in each song. Jeff Ament wrote the upbeat "Pilate," and the other members had a hand in the creation ot most ol the other songs. For all of its ambition, Yield is terribly uneven The good songs like "No Way" and "Low Light" are incredible, but other tracks like the repetitive "Wishlist" and random songs like "Push Me, Pull Me" and an untitled instrumental track could have been left off of thd album. "MFC" should have been an awesome song, but it's forgettable because it is too short. The same thing could be said about the whole album. Early reports said that Yield was Pearl Jam's best album since Ten. In truth, it is just an average CD from a more than average band. 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