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Yield (album)
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| Studio album by Pearl Jam | |||||
| Released | February 3, 1998 | ||||
| Recorded | February 1997 - September 1997 at Studio Litho and Studio X, Seattle, Washington; Southern Tracks Recording and Doppler, Atlanta, Georgia | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 48:37 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam | ||||
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Yield is Pearl Jam's fifth album, released on February 3, 1998 through Epic Records. As of 2007, Yield has been certified platinum in the United States.
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Pearl Jam again worked with producer Brendan O'Brien. Some observers suggest that members of the band had become frustrated with Vedder's control of the creation process and that this album was a true collaboration between all members of the group. The music documentary, Single Video Theory, details the making of the album.
Overall, Yield resembles the straight-ahead rock approach of the band's early work. The album was inspired by Daniel Quinn's novel Ishmael, Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita,[1] and the writings of Charles Bukowski,[2] amongst others. The album title is rooted in the idea of "yielding to nature", a theme central to Daniel Quinn's novel Ishmael. Guitarist Stone Gossard penned the lyrics for the songs "No Way" and "All Those Yesterdays", and bassist Jeff Ament, making his first lyrical contributions to a Pearl Jam album, penned the lyrics for the songs "Pilate" and "Low Light".
The front cover art image was taken from a photograph of a road outside Billings, Montana.[3] The photograph was doctored to form a 360° panorama, as in reality there is a curve in the road.[4] The cover of the cassette version has slightly different artwork, moving the Yield sign from the right of the road to the left side and reversing the picture of the road. Regarding the liner notes art, there is a yield sign hidden in every picture in the booklet.[5] In 1999, the album received a Grammy nomination for Best Record Packaging.[6]
The album was proclaimed as a return to the band's early, straightforward rock sound. Yield sold 358,000 copies during its first week of release and became Pearl Jam's first album not to peak at number 1 on the Billboard charts since Ten in 1991. However, the album did go platinum in the US,[7] and eventually outsold its predecessor No Code, selling 1,500,000 copies.
Yield included the singles "Given to Fly" and "Wishlist". "Given to Fly" reached #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and spent a total of six weeks at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. The band hired famed comic book artist Todd McFarlane to create an animated video for the song "Do the Evolution" from the album. It was their first music video since 1992. In 1999, the song "Do the Evolution" was nominated the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance and its music video was nominated the Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form.[8]
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All information taken from All Music Guide.[9]
- "Brain of J." (Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) – 2:59
- "Faithfull" (McCready, Vedder) – 4:18
- "No Way" (Stone Gossard) – 4:19
- "Given to Fly" (McCready, Vedder) – 4:01
- "Wishlist" (Vedder) – 3:26
- "Pilate" (Jeff Ament) – 3:00
- "Do the Evolution" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:54
- "●" (Jack Irons) – 1:06
- "MFC" (Vedder) – 2:27
- "Low Light" (Ament) – 3:46
- "In Hiding" (Gossard, Vedder) – 5:00
- "Push Me, Pull Me" (Ament, Vedder) – 2:28
- Contains a sample of "Happy When I'm Crying", a song written by Jack Irons and released on Pearl Jam's 1997 Ten Club Christmas single.
- "All Those Yesterdays" (Gossard) – 7:47
- Contains the hidden track "Hummus"
All information taken from various sources.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Australian Albums Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 1 | |
| The Billboard 200 | 2 | |
| Top Canadian Albums | 2 | |
| German Albums Chart | 4 | |
| UK Albums Chart | 7 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Given to Fly" | Canadian Singles Chart | 2 |
| "Given to Fly" | New Zealand Singles Chart | 12 | |
| "Given to Fly" | UK Singles Chart | 12 | |
| "Given to Fly" | Australian Singles Chart | 13 | |
| "Given to Fly" | Irish Singles Chart | 18 | |
| "Given to Fly" | US The Billboard Hot 100 | 21 | |
| "Given to Fly" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 | |
| "Given to Fly" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 3 | |
| "Given to Fly" | German Singles Chart | 67 | |
| "Wishlist" | Canadian Singles Chart | 7 | |
| "Wishlist" | UK Singles Chart | 30 | |
| "Wishlist" | US The Billboard Hot 100 | 47 | |
| "Wishlist" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 6 | |
| "Wishlist" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 6 | |
| "Wishlist" | US Adult Top 40 | 39 | |
| "Wishlist" | Australian Singles Chart | 48 | |
| "In Hiding" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 13 | |
| "In Hiding" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 | |
| "Do the Evolution" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 33 | |
| "Do the Evolution" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 40 |
All information taken from All Music Guide.[22]
- Mike McCready – guitar
- Stone Gossard – guitar, bass
- Eddie Vedder – vocals, guitar
- Jeff Ament – bass
- Jack Irons – drums
- Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam – production
- Brendan O'Brien – mixing
- Nick DiDia – mixing on "Push Me, Pull Me"
- Nick DiDia – recording
- Matt Bayles – additional engineering
- Matt Bayles at Studio Litho, Sam Hofstedt at Studio X, Ryan Williams at Southern Tracks – sound engineering
- Rodney Mills' Masterhouse – mastering
- Carpenter Newton – album concept
- Jeff Ament, Jerry Gay, Greg Montijo – photography
- P. – j. glacier photo
- Barry Ament, George Estrada, Coby Schultz, Jeff Ament – layout
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- ^ "The Sky I Scrape: Pearl Jam FAQ". theskyiscrape.com.
- ^ OfTheSea and DigitalKat. "Pearl Jam Rumor Pit: Issue #31". SonyMusic.com. March 31, 1998.
- ^ "The Sky I Scrape: Pearl Jam FAQ". theskyiscrape.com.
- ^ "Hidden Yield Signs". yield.8m.com. 1998-1999.
- ^ OfTheSea and DigitalKat. "Pearl Jam Rumor Pit: Issue #35". SonyMusic.com. January 11, 1999.
- ^ Gold and Platinum Database Search. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
- ^ 41st Grammy Awards. Rockonthenet. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Yield. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ Pearl Jam – Billboard Albums. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ Pearl Jam - Yield. Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Chartverfolgung / Pearl Jam / Longplay. musicline.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ PEARL JAM - YIELD (ALBUM). New Zealand-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ EveryHit.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
- ^ Pearl Jam Artist Chart History. Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ Pearl Jam – Billboard Singles. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ PEARL JAM - GIVEN TO FLY (SINGLE) (3611). Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ PEARL JAM - WISHLIST (SINGLE) (12662). Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ The Irish Charts - All there is to know. Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ Chartverfolgung / Pearl Jam / Single. musicline.de. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
- ^ PEARL JAM - GIVEN TO FLY (SONG). New Zealand-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ Yield: Credits at All Music Guide. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
| Preceded by Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture by Celine Dion and James Horner |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album February 15, 1998 |
Succeeded by Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture by Celine Dion and James Horner |
| Preceded by Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture by Celine Dion and James Horner |
RIANZ number-one album February 15, 1998 - February 22, 1998 |
Succeeded by Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture by Celine Dion and James Horner |