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For the longest time. I couldn’t bring myself to like this era of Pj. Probably down to some weird expectation that every record would be a carbon copy of Ten.

Seeing them play Yield in its entirety opened me up to all of that; specifically No Code, Yield, and Binaural. “In My Tree” is a legit top 10 PJ track for me.

I wrote about it somewhere, but my son and I were in the middle of nowhere WI on the way to one of his games when “Hail Hail” came on. Very nice surprise and somehow made a shitty drive just a little better.

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I'm glad you've come around to this era, as I think that while different from their beginnings, it's much better than anything that has come after with the exception of 2006's ST. I don't know why Yield is my favorite PJ album, something about the unexplainable airiness to it while having warm, slick production.

Agree 100% on "In My Tree" and I know I'd be stoked to hear "Hail Hail" organically on the radio these days!

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Memory serves me that you collected Pearl Jam LIVE CD's like you used to collect baseball cards

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Ha, this is TRUE.

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