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Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt

Review by Christian Cottingham

Not classic Pearl Jam by any stretch - let’s not get carried away here - but enough to kindle at least a little optimism for whatever comes next.»

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'Lightning Bolt' is the tenth studio album by Pearl Jam. The band have always understood the importance of sounding like Pearl Jam. They have a sound, a feel, something that immediately identifies the music as being by them. They have developed within this but never strayed from it. They have that 'big sound' - massive sounding drums and bass, guitars up to eleven and Eddie Vedder's exceptional vocals driving the whole thing forward. So, it's no surprise that 'Lightning Bolt' is what you would expect from Pearl Jam. With trusted producer Brendan O' Brien (famed for his big rock sound) at the helm it has the bombast to be considered up there with the band's best.
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