Welcome to Album Clash! Not only is it new clash week but it’s also new season week, as we fire up the RV and recommence our musical road trip! First stop on the second leg of our tour of famous musical cities is Seattle, a hitherto unremarkable city in the US Pacific Northwest until the late summer of 1991 when it became the musical epicentre of the world with the explosion of grunge. And we have a veritable clash of the titans as we pit Pearl Jam’s debut album ‘Ten’ against Nirvana’s breakout smash, ‘Nevermind’.
First up this week it’s the turn of Eddie Vedder and chums as we cast our eye over the album which made Pearl Jam a household name, even outselling ‘Nevermind’ in the US. And boy do we have quite a bit to talk about - such as how Pearl Jam grew out of the tragic demise of one of the early pioneers of the Seattle scene, how Eddie Vedder drew on his personal experiences of growing up to write some incredibly dark and emotive lyrics, and the surprising way in which the band felt about the finished album…
In our latest ‘can’t get you out of my head’ feature Tim explains how the choice of background music in a hotel bar made sure he didn’t spend all night supping whisky.
Also this week:
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