The discography of American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, consists of 12 studio albums, 23 live albums, 3 compilation albums, 46 singles, and numerous official bootlegs.
Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by bassist Jeff Ament, guitarist Stone Gossard, and guitarist Mike McCready, Alt URL who then recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen. The band signed to Epic Records in 1991. A few months after the completion of the band's debut studio album, Ten, drummer Dave Abbruzzese joined the band. Ten broke Pearl Jam into the mainstream, and became one of the best-selling alternative albums of the 1990s. Following an intense touring schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would become its second studio album, Vs. Upon its release, Vs. set the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. Burdened by the pressures of success, Pearl Jam decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos.Ashare, Matt. "The Sweet Smell of (Moderate) Success". CMJ New Music Monthly July 2000. In 1994, the band released its third studio album, Vitalogy, which became the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status in the U.S.
Following Abbruzzese's exit in 1994, original Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons joined the band. Pearl Jam subsequently released No Code in 1996 and Yield in 1998. The band once again changed drummers in 1998, with Irons being replaced by Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who had previously worked with the members of Pearl Jam in the Temple of the Dog project and had drummed on the band's first demos. Cameron has remained as Pearl Jam's drummer ever since. In 1998, Pearl Jam released "Last Kiss" on the band's fan club Christmas single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" became the band's highest-charting single in the U.S., peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In 2000, Pearl Jam released its sixth studio album, Binaural, and initiated a series of "official bootlegs" of live albums. The band released 72 such live albums in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time. The band's seventh studio album, 2002's Riot Act, was their last for Epic. After a one-record deal with J Records in 2006 for the distribution of their eighth studio album, Pearl Jam, the band started releasing through self-owned label Monkeywrench Records, starting with their ninth studio album, Backspacer, in 2009. Since its inception, Pearl Jam has sold 31.5 million albums in the U.S., including all of the band's live official bootlegs, and over 100 million copies worldwide until 2017. Pearl Jam released their eleventh studio album, Gigaton, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on March 27, 2020, in the US. Internationally, the album was distributed by Universal Music Group International.
Albums
Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US AUSPeaks in Australia: All except noted: Peaks below 50: Give Way: AUT "Oceans": "Sirens": CAN GER IRE NLD NOR NZ UKTen Released: August 27, 1991 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP, download 2 11 31 2 15 10 10 8 3 18
Vs. Released: October 11, 1993 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP, download 1 1 7 1 8 1 1 1 1 2
Vitalogy Released: November 22, 1994 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP, download 1 1 7 2 8 1 7 7 1 4
No Code Released: August 27, 1996 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP, download 1 1 3 1 6 3 5 3 1 3
Yield Released: February 3, 1998 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP, download 2 1 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 7
Binaural Released: May 16, 2000 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP, download 2 1 8 2 4 6 5 2 1 5
Riot Act Released: November 12, 2002 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP, download 5 1 24 4 13 9 23 3 2 34
Pearl Jam Released: May 2, 2006 Label: J Formats: CD, LP, download 2 2 3 2 4 4 2 4 2 5
Backspacer Released: September 20, 2009 Labels: Monkeywrench, Universal Music Group Formats: CD, LP, download 1 1 3 1 3 2 3 4 1 9
Lightning Bolt Released: October 15, 2013 Labels: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, LP, download 1 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 2 2
Gigaton Released: March 27, 2020 Labels: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, LP, download 5 3 1 5 3 6 2 4 6 6 Dark Matter Released: April 19, 2024 Labels: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, LP, download 5 2 2 9 2 2 2 — 3 2 "—" denotes albums that did not chart.
Live albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US AUS AUT BEL CAN GER IRE NLD NZ UK Live on Two Legs Released: November 24, 1998 Label: Epic Formats: CD, CS, LP 15 4 — 42 7 49 — 37 11 68
Live at Benaroya Hall Released: July 27, 2004 Label: BMG Formats: 2-CD set, LP 18 27 31 38 10 100 48 25 12 76 Live in NYC 12/31/92 Released: May 2, 2006 Label: Ten Club Format: Bonus CD with fan club versions of Pearl Jam — — — — — — — — — — Live at Easy Street Released: June 20, 2006 Label: J Format: CD exclusive to independent record stores, LP (2019 reissue) — — — — — — — — — — Live at the Gorge 05/06 Released: June 26, 2007 Label: Rhino/Warner Music Format: 7-CD box set 36 — — 43 — 92 71 50 36 — Live at Lollapalooza 2007 Released: September 18, 2007 Label: Self-released Format: Download exclusive to iTunes — — — — — — — — — — Live on Ten Legs Released: January 17, 2011 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD, LP 21 15 21 28 2 23 41 9 22 49 9.11.2011 Toronto, Canada Released: November 10, 2011 Label: Monkeywrench, Inc. Formats: Download exclusive to Google Music — — — — — — — — — — Vault #1 Moore Theatre January 17, 1992 Released: September 2011 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD (given to attendees of PJ20 Weekend in Alpine Valley WI) — — — — — — — — — — Vault #2 Vic Theatre Chicago August 2, 2007 Released: June 2012 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download — — — — — — — — — — Vault #3 Constitution Hall Washington, D.C. September 19, 1998 Released: October 2013 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 3LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Vault #4 Mount Baker Theatre Bellingham, WA May 10, 2000 Released: December 2014 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 3LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Vault #5 Aladdin Theatre Las Vegas, NV November 30, 1993 Released: December 2015/January 2016 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 2LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Vault #6 Great Western Forum Inglewood, CA July 13, 1998 Released: November 2016 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 3LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Live at Third Man Records Released: September 2016 Label: Third Man/Monkeywrench Formats: LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Let's Play Two Released: September 2017 Label: Republic Formats: CD, download, 2LP vinyl 31 45 55 — — 37 — 48 — — Vault #7 Soldier Field Chicago, IL July 11, 1995Released: December 2017 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 3LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Vault #8 Adams Center Missoula, MT August 29, 2005Released: December 2018 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 3LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — MTV Unplugged Released: November 29, 2019 (vinyl); October 23, 2020 (CD) Label: Legacy Formats: CD, vinyl 47 20 55 45 — 75 — 33 — — Vault #9 Mercer Arena Seattle, WA December 8, 1993 Released: December 2019 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 3LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Vault #11 Atlanta April 3, 1994 Released: December 2020 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: CD, download, 4LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Vault #10 Moline, IL October 17, 2014 Released: May 2021 Label: Monkeywrench Formats: 4LP vinyl — — — — — — — — — — Give Way Released: April 22, 2023 Label: Epic, Legacy Formats: CD, 2LP, download 26 56 — — — — 74 22 40 78 "—" denotes albums that did not chart.
Official bootlegs
In addition to the live albums such as Live on Two Legs, Live at Benaroya Hall, Live at the Gorge 05/06, Live on Ten Legs, Let's Play Two and myriad live versions of studio songs spread across singles as B-sides, the band has released an official bootlegs series of live recordings for each show of each tour since its 2000 European tour, with the exception of the 2004 Vote for Change tour and its 2007 European tour. The band has sold more than 3.5 million copies of shows from the launch of this series in 2000 through to their 2008 tour.Cohen, Jonathan. "Pearl Jam, Verizon Go Mobile For Live Bootlegs". Billboard. June 10, 2008. For its 2000 and 2003 tours, the bootlegs consisted of double-disc (and sometimes triple-disc) albums. The bootleg series switched over to MP3 format for the band's 2005 shows and expanded to include lossless FLAC format for its 2006 tour. Official bootlegs are available for all of the band's tours since 2008 in FLAC, MP3, and CD formats.
Compilations + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US AUS AUT CAN GER IRE NLD NOR NZ UK Lost Dogs Released: November 11, 2003 Label: Epic Formats: 2-CD set, LP 15 19 70 — 64 63 75 33 18 91
Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003) Released: November 16, 2004 Label: Epic Formats: 2-CD set, LP 15 2 66 10 11 22 32 25 3 58
Pearl Jam Twenty Released: September 20, 2011 Label: Columbia Formats: 2-CD set, LP 10 14 48 12 37 21 12 33 10 47 "—" denotes albums that did not chart.
Singles 1990s + List of singles released in the 1990s, with selected chart positions and certifications Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US Main USAlt. AUS CAN GER IRE Note: User needs to enter "Pearl Jam" in "Search by Artist" and click "search". NLD NZ UKPearl Jam UK Singles Chart Archive officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 8, 2017."Alive"1991 — 16 18 9 — 44 13 19 20 16 BPI: Platinum Ten"Even Flow"1992 — 3 21 22 74 — — — 20 27 "Jeremy" 79 5 5 68 32 93 10 59 34 15
"Oceans" — — — 110 — — — 30 16 —"Go"1993 — 3 8 22 — 96 — 21 2 190 Vs."Daughter" 97 1 1 18 16 — 4 46 11 18
"Animal"1994 — 21 — 30 — — — — 7 —"Dissident" — 3 — — — 97 7 14 — 14 "Spin the Black Circle" 18 16 11 3 — 92 6 21 2 10 Vitalogy"Not for You"1995 — 12 38 29 — — 26 — 10 34"Immortality" — 10 31 51 62 — — — 29 — "I Got Id" 7 2 3 2 78 — 29 38 17 25 Merkin Ball"Who You Are"1996 31 5 1 5 4 — 19 47 17 18 No Code"Hail, Hail" — 9 9 31 — — — — — —"Off He Goes" — 34 31 46 36 — — — — —"Given to Fly"1997 21 1 3 13 24 67 18 36 12 12 Yield"Wishlist"1998 47 6 6 48 — — — — — 30"Last Kiss"1999 2 5 2 1 2 — — 77 19 42
No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
2000s + List of singles released in the 2000s, with selected chart positions and certifications Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US Main USAlt. AUS CANPeak positions for Peal Jam's singles in Canadian singles charts: RPM charts: Billboard Canadian Hot 100: GER IRE NLD NZ UK"Nothing as It Seems"2000 49 3 10 7 — 98 27 33 42 22 Binaural"Light Years" — 17 26 64 — — — — — 52"I Am Mine"2002 43 7 6 12 2 60 35 58 48 26 Riot Act"Save You"2003 — 23 29 — 17 — — — — — "Love Boat Captain" — — — 29 16 — — — — 110"Man of the Hour" — — — — — — — — — — Big Fish: Music from the Motion Picture"World Wide Suicide"2006 41 2 1 — 22 — — — — — Pearl Jam"Life Wasted" — 13 10 — — — — — — 110 "Gone" — — 40 — — — — — — — "Love, Reign o'er Me"2007 — 32 — — — — — — — — "The Fixer"2009 56 10 3 22 14 97 — 77 11 93 Backspacer"Just Breathe / Got Some" 78 36 6 — 30 — — 18 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
2010s