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| | TrouserPress.com :: Pearl Jam |
 | | (Album packaging, however, is something else entirely.) A few new musical ideas crop up acoustic guitar in "Daughter," chukkachukka wah-wah in "Blood," hand drums in "W.M.A.," a different sort of hook in "Glorified G," a moody minor-key progression in "Rearviewmirror," organ on "Indifference" but the band's central equation already seems set in stone. |
 | | By resisting its instinctive bump and grind, Pearl Jam is revealed to be far more profound in the impact of a whisper than a scream. |
 | | After successfully flouting, then embracing, career- rocker nichedom, Pearl Jam boiled down their heroic hard rock into a thick slash ‘n’ hum that could appeal to no one but the already-converted. |
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