Pearl Jam – Ten

Got it for 15 on AMZN so im not that upset but I definitely wouldn't pay over 20 for this pressing for the reasons stated below .....

I bought it at Walmart along with Green Day's "Dookie". I opened up my Pearl Jam record & I found that both sides has the side 1 label. I'd may have bought a mispress or something.

Found my copy at Wal Mart today. It sounds fantastic. And for 20 bucks? Hell yeah. Yes, it does have some surface noise but I didn't notice it being super quiet. Of course the first thing I did was grab a cold beer and crank it up regardless so who knows. I also run mine through a 10-band EQ so maybe that helps with the volume on my end. Either way, it's a record, not an MP3. It's hilarious to me that a *grunge* album has a bunch of people critiquing wanting absolute perfection. I didn't seem to care in the 90's listening to it on the radio where it definitely wasn't audiophile quality. Or on cassette tape for that matter. Lol. Sorry for the rambling. To each their own I suppose. 🤘

I have a copy that is mispressed. The entire side b is some Belgian hip hop (I used Shazam to figure out what I was hearing). Does anybody have any info on the mispress I have? Suggestions on what I should do with it?

Just picked this up for $15 on AMZ. Based on the first two tracks, it is indeed a bit quiet but it also sounds out of phase and poorly mixed to me. Vocals and kick drum are ok while the rest of the band is pushed back. Not very enjoyable to listen to. Feels like a recording from the 80s, and for a $15 record of a band's first album circa 1991, I guess that's okay. For an album I rocked out to all through high school, this record sucks all the life out of the room and is wholly unfamiliar to me.

Edit: uh... wow. Side two is FAR better 🤘. wtf.

Pressing is quiet but sounds fine, however, my copy was I assume pressed incorrectly, as Jeremy does not end properly, with it just skipping backwards and repeating before ending early

not a bad pressing id say its average at best though but it does not sound as bad as everyone made out to me and i have a nice enough system to discern the difference in a poorly mastered recording vs a good AAA analog dynamic press and unfortunately this isnt quite there i would be curious to hear any of the first vinyl pressings or the 1999 /2000 simply vinyl uk pressings

Not bad but not the best. The sound is a little quiet and the inner is awful so I replaced it. Otherwise not too bad. Good pressing considering I bought it at Walmart.

First off, the vinyl is housed in a paper inner sleeve, so unsurprisingly it comes out of the package scuffed and dusty. After a good clean the dust was gone, and the scuffing, thankfully, did not cause much surface noise. As for the sound? It's not bad, but it's not great. It sounds compressed and there is no dynamic range. You need to boost your volume to hear it properly, but it's like listening to a typical noise war CD at that level. Overall a disappointment as it's hard to engage with this great music in the way that you would want. 6.5/10.

I've tried a couple different vinyl pressings of this album, and unfortunately they're all just average. Those of us who had the original CD remember how amazing this record sounded: the dynamics just reached up and slapped you in the face. Not sure why we can't get that incredible sound on vinyl with this one. Bummer