This one's gonna be short and simple. I love Pearl Jam but does the world really need another live album from them? If you count authorized bootlegs, Live on Ten Legs is roughly the six hundred and forty third live recording the band has released in their career. I suppose they want to get live version of some of the songs off Backspacer out there for the die hard fans (of which there are many), but this just seems unnecessary even by live album standards.
The good news is that the music contained here is excellent. There is a nice mix of radio hits and lesser known album tracks. Pearl Jam are one of the finest live bands in the business today and their concert sound is generally faster and tougher than on their records. That's documented here as every song is very well done and enjoyable. It's also fun to see what covers the band will bust out and here we get versions of Joe Strummer's "Arms Aloft" (which is great) and Public Image Ltd.'s "Public Image" (not as great).
The problem with Live on Ten Legs has nothing to do with the music presented. It verifies that Pearl Jam is still a great live band but I don't think anyone really doubted that. There are few surprises (other than the covers) and the album just feels unnecessary. If you're a die hard Pearl Jam fan who wants to own anything they release by all means pick this up (though you were gonna no matter what I say), but for everyone else there's no shortage of live Pearl Jam material available to choose from so I can't say this a must own.
Rating: 3/5
Track Listing:
1. "Arms Aloft" (3:27)
2. "World Wide Suicide" (3:16)
3. "Animal" (2:41)
4. "Got Some" (2:57)
5. "State of Love and Trust" (3:18)
6. "I Am Mine" (3:23)
7. "Unthought Known" (3:55)
8. "Rearviewmirror" (7:00)
9. "The Fixer" (3;27)
10. "Nothing as it Seems" (5:13)
11. "In Hiding" (4:52)
12. "Just Breathe" (3:53)
13. "Jeremy" (5:19)
14. "Public Image" (2:52)
15. "Spin the Black Circle" (3:05)
16. "Porch" (7:00)
17. "Alive" (6:21)
18. "Yellow Ledbetter" (5:20)
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