The Seattle based quintet Pearl Jam has released their first CD since 2002. It's a self titled affair that with it's content announces that Pearl Jam has certainly arrived back onto the music scene, and in quite impressive fashion.

Not that they ever really left but four years is a long time to go between releases, especially when you consider the wave of success the group was and has enjoyed.

From the sound of it though the lay off did them a world of good as their last few releases prior to going on hiatus were sounding a bit flat.

This CD launches with a great track, Life Wasted, that you can expect to hear being played on radio stations everywhere, and justifiably so. It's a very nice tune.

On into the collection, touching on the issues of today, lead singer Eddie Vedder wonders out loud on track 2, World Wide Suicide about the state of the post September 11 world in which we live.

Overall the CD Pearl Jam is very much on par with Peal Jam, the groups now classic early releases. It's a very good comeback CD and one Pearl Jam fans will enjoy immensely.

While this entire CD is outstanding the truly standout tunes are World Wide Suicide [track 2], Marker In The Sand [track 5], and Army Reserve [track 11]. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 9, Come Back. Very nice!

Release Notes:

Pearl Jam originally released this CD on May 2, 2006 on the J-Records label.

CD track list follows:

1. Life Wasted
2. World Wide Suicide
3. Comatose
4. Severed Hand
5. Marker In The Sand
6. Parachutes
7. Unemployable
8. Big Wave
9. Gone
10. Wasted Reprise
11. Army Reserve
12. Come Back
13. Inside Job

To listen to samples of each song on the self titled Pearl Jam CD go to: Pearl Jam CD MP3 Samples