release date: May 31, 2011
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,58]
producer: Adam Kasper and Eddie Vedder
label: Monkeywrench Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Can't Keep" - 2. "Sleeping by Myself" (4 / 5) - 3. "Without You" (4 / 5) (live on Letterman) - 4. "More Than You Know" - 6. "Broken Heart" (4 / 5 ) - 7. "Satellite" - 8. "Longing to Belong" (4 / 5) - 12. "Sleepless Nights" (feat. Glen Hansard) - 13. "Once in a While" - 15. "Tonight You Belong to Me" feat. Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
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2nd solo album by Eddie Vedder is a 16-track album and a really daring release. Many Pearl Jam fans must have stood with mouths wide open listening to this the first time, however, it's much more an album I wished for having listened to the man for the past 2 decades in mostly hard rock grunge rock and alt. rock settings. This is the gentle and more "naked" side to his talent. He has a gorgeous voice and it really suits him to sing these simple songs accompanied only by ukulele, regardless the simpleness, 'cause his voice lifts the songs alone.
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5 stars ]
