Lightning Bolt

by Pearl Jam

Lightning Bolt cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 October 2013
  • Label: Monkeywrench
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:58
  • Community rating: 2.92/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike McCready, Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by long-time collaborator Brendan O'Brien, the grunge veterans' tenth studio album balances raw, driving punk energy with soaring, mature acoustic ballads. Eddie Vedder's lyricism directly addresses themes of aging, mortality, and ongoing socio-political frustrations.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, conscious, political

Tracklist

  1. Getaway (3:26)
  2. Mind Your Manners (2:38)
  3. My Father鈥檚 Son (3:05)
  4. Sirens (5:40)
  5. Lightning Bolt (4:13)
  6. Infallible (5:20)
  7. Pendulum (3:41)
  8. Swallowed Whole (3:51)
  9. Let The Records Play (3:45)
  10. Sleeping By Myself (3:01)
  11. Yellow Moon (3:50)
  12. Future Days (4:22)

Credits

  • Pearl Jam - primary artist
  • Andy Smetanka - artwork
  • Don Pendleton - artwork
  • Matt Cameron - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Mike McCready - guitar, music by, bass [six-string]
  • Stone Gossard - guitar, music by, bongos
  • Boom Gaspar - musician [additional], keyboards
  • Ann Marie Simpson - musician [additional], violin

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