8/25/00 – Jones Beach, New York is a two-disc live album and the forty-first in a series of 72 live bootlegs released by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam from the band's 2000 Binaural Tour. It was released along with the other official bootlegs from the first North American leg of the tour on February 27, 2001.
Overview The album was recorded on August 25, 2000, in Wantagh, New York at Jones Beach Amphitheater. It was selected by the band as one of 18 "Ape/Man" shows from the tour, which, according to bassist Jeff Ament, were shows the band found "really exciting."Cohen, Jonathan. "Pearl Jam: Spreading The Jam". Billboard. March 30, 2001. AllMusic gave it four and a half out of a possible five stars. Allmusic staff writer Zac Johnson said, "The last show in Jones Beach proves to be one of those nights where everything falls into place: The band feeds off of the crowd's energy, and the audience pays them back in full. One of the better shows in this series by far." It debuted at number 159 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Track listing
Disc one "Sometimes" (Eddie Vedder) – 3:19 "Grievance" (Vedder) – 3:09 "Corduroy" (Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Vedder) – 4:25 "Whipping" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:43 "Do the Evolution" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:32 "Animal" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:41 "Evacuation" (Matt Cameron, Vedder) – 2:57 "Red Mosquito" (Ament, Gossard, Jack Irons, McCready, Vedder) – 5:22 "In Hiding" (Gossard, Vedder) – 5:16 "Even Flow" (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:15 "Mankind" (Gossard) – 3:52 "Untitled" (Vedder) – 2:19 "MFC" (Vedder) – 2:30 "Rearviewmirror" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 7:46 "Present Tense" (McCready, Vedder) – 5:55 "Given to Fly" (McCready, Vedder) – 4:04 "Thin Air" (Gossard) – 3:28
Disc two "Off He Goes" (Vedder) – 5:50 "Black" (Vedder, Gossard) – 7:08 "Jeremy" (Vedder, Ament) – 6:02 "Immortality" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 7:20 "Encore Break" – 0:44 "Go" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:54 "Insignificance" (Vedder) – 4:31 "In My Tree" (Gossard, Irons, Vedder) – 4:52 "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 4:32 "Better Man" (Vedder) – 5:54 "Smile" (Ament, Vedder) – 6:21 "Baba O'Riley" (Pete Townshend) – 6:22 "Yellow Ledbetter" (Ament, McCready, Vedder) – 6:25
Personnel Pearl Jam Jeff Ament – bass guitar, design concept Matt Cameron – drums Stone Gossard – guitars Mike McCready – guitars Eddie Vedder – vocals, guitars
Production John Burton – engineering Brett Eliason – mixing Brad Klausen – design and layout
Chart positions Chart (2001)Position US Billboard 200 159
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