Ament described it as a 'real collaborative effort,' and Vedder described it as 'absolute democracy.' Guitarist Mike McCready stated that the band members were feeling 'fresh and energetic' and 'were communicating better than ever.' Toward the end of the sessions it came down to Vedder to finish up the material, with Ament observing that 'the way the record started and the way that it finished is probably two different things.' Regarding his lyric writing process, Vedder said that he wrote at least four different sets of lyrics for each song, with many going as high as eight. Vedder admitted that the band 'really went in with nothing.' The band sat around playing music together and discussed the song arrangements, and in just one week had completed ten songs. Р”Р‡or the first time since 1993's Vs., the band members did not go into the recording sessions with any completed songs, only guitar riffs. The album was mixed by Kasper at Studio X. Bassist Jeff Ament attributed the length of time recording to lead vocalist Eddie Vedder having a child and the band touring in the middle of recording. The recording sessions started in February 2005, and they worked on it off and on throughout the year, with the sessions being interrupted toward the end of the year when the band toured North America and South America.

The band began work on the album following the 2004 Vote for Change tour in November 2004, and again employed producer Adam Kasper, who worked with them on predecessor Riot Act. Pearl Jam was recorded at Studio X in Seattle, Washington.

Writing for Kerrang!, George Garner called the album 'criminally underrated'. The band supported the album with a full-scale world tour in 2006. The album also produced three singles-' World Wide Suicide,' ' Life Wasted' and ' Gone'-which were moderately successful. Pearl Jam was critically well received and a commercial success, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart and eventually outselling the band's previous release, Riot Act.

The song lyrics are mostly told from the point of view of characters and deal with the socio-political issues in the United States at the period, such as the War on Terror. The music on the record was proclaimed as a return to the band's roots, with an emphasis on up-tempo songs with an aggressive sound. The band commenced work on Pearl Jam in November 2004 at Studio X in Seattle, Washington and finished in February 2006. It was the band's first full-length studio release in almost four years, since Riot Act (2002). It was Pearl Jam's first and only release for J Records, their last album issued by Sony Music. With a more accessible mainstream rock sound and a full-scale tour that found the band relenting to use some Ticketmaster venues (and replacing Irons with Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, the bands drummer to this day), Yield became the bands fifth straight album to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.Pearl Jam (sometimes referred to as The Avocado Album or simply Avocado) is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on on J Records. On Yield, Pearl Jam and Brendan O'Brien teamed up once again for a spirited session marked by the breakthrough of band members (guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Irons) bringing in finished songs for Vedder to add his signature lyrics to. The album is mastered specifically for vinyl, by Grammy Award-winning engineer Bob Ludwig and it features recreations of their original packaging Pearl Jam reissues Yield on 150-gram vinyl for the first time since the album has been available on the format since its original release.

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