- rock, alternative rock, grunge, alternative and punk
- 37 min
- 11 tracks
- Monkeywrench Records
Backspacer is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on September 20, 2009. The band members started writing instrumental and demo tracks in 2007, and got together the following year to work on an album.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 79/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.1/10
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- The New York Timesmixed
- Pitchfork4.6/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- Timefavorable
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Tracks
- A1Gonna See My Friend2:48
- A2Got Some3:03
- A3The Fixer2:58
- A4Johnny Guitar2:51
- A5Just Breathe3:36
- A6Amongst the Waves3:59
- B1Unthought Known4:09
- B2Supersonic2:40
- B3Speed of Sound3:34
- B4Force of Nature4:05
- B5The End2:57
11 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pearl Jam
- Label
- Monkeywrench Records
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- US
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