Release (song)

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"Release"
Song by Pearl Jam
Album Ten
Released August 27, 1991
Recorded March 27, 1991April 26, 1991 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre Alternative rock
Length 5:06
Label Epic
Writer Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, Dave Krusen
Producer Pearl Jam, Rick Parashar
Ten track listing
"Deep"
(Track 10)
"Release"
(Track 11)
"Master/Slave"
(Hidden track)

"Release" is the final track on Pearl Jam's debut album Ten. It is the only song on the album for which all of the members of Pearl Jam received a writing credit. "Release" was written instantaneously; it was initially developed as Stone Gossard was tuning up his guitar.[1] On Ten, it is followed by a hidden final track, "Master/Slave".

"Release" was the very first song the band performed in front of a live audience.[2] The meditative song has gone on to become one of the band's most popular concert openers.

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A popular interpretation of the song is that lead singer Eddie Vedder is speaking to his biological father who died when Vedder was very young. Before the song starts Vedder can be heard whispering "Oh father".[3]

  • Musician Allison Crowe has performed the song live in concert.
  • The band O.A.R. covered "Release" live in concert in 2004.

  1. ^ Clay, Jennifer (December 1991). Life After Love Bone. RIP Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
  2. ^ "1990/1991 Concert Chronology". fivehorizons.com.
  3. ^ "The Sky I Scrape: Pearl Jam FAQ". theskyiscrape.com.

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