Pearl Jam
Live at Benaroya Hall
(Sony/BMG)
Pearl Jam may be a household name but they aren’t a band you could consider mainstream. Live at Benaroya Hall is perfect example of this: Most live releases double as greatest-hits packages, but Pearl Jam releases a collection of live and acoustic obscurity. Few tracks garner name recognition (until you sift through PJ’s back catalogue) aside from the popular “Black” and “Daughter.” Rarities (“Crazy Mary,” “Yellow Ledbetter”) are played alongside obscure fan favourites “Lukin” and “Off He Goes.”
—Trevor Savory
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
