Backspacer (studio album) by Pearl Jam

Backspacer by Pearl Jam
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-09-22
Overall rank: 2,644th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 350 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (35th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (447th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,644th)
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Pearl Jam bestography

Backspacer is ranked 6th best out of 84 albums by Pearl Jam on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pearl Jam is Ten which is ranked number 50 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,532.

Pearl Jam album bestography « Higher ranked (1,569th) This album (2,644th) Lower ranked (3,050th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 350 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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35/100
From 09/29/2024 00:16
Quite easily the worst album of Pearl Jam’s career and it should be ranked dead last among all their studio albums and it is quite possibly the worst album released by any of the big 90’s grunge/alternative rock bands.

Gonna See My Friend is the worst Pearl Jam album opener ever and The Fixer and Johnny Guitar are two of some the worst songs Pearl Jam ever recorded period. I have no idea why this album was so well received by critics at the time of its release or how it did so well in album sales compared to the band’s other 2000’s studio albums.
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75/100
From 02/02/2023 13:16
Solid Album and one I tend to overlook - Just Breathe probably the highlight to my ears - nothing outstanding but no duds either.
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70/100
From 08/28/2022 16:32
Sadly it and "Avocado" fall into the "generic version of themselves" category that most artists end up doing during their career. Riot Act and Binaural are leagues better.
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75/100
From 10/27/2020 14:11
Sempre agradáveis, mesmo com o som fugindo do habitual.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/15/2020 14:31
"Just Breathe" is a Pearl Jam Masterpiece! Rating (80.45)
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From 09/16/2019 13:29
So many very good songs , it's brilliant
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85/100
From 05/28/2018 16:14
A standout album definitely their best in dare I say 15 years at the time but don’t get me wrong plenty of nice tracks during that period. On this album I enjoy Tracks 1-8 and especially 1-3. The pace is a lot faster than a lot of their albums and that works until it slows down at the end.
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80/100
From 01/03/2018 20:57
Love this record. Every song is at least pretty good, with some I'd go as far as to say great. This is a record that you have low expectations going in, but you leave impressed. Definitely the dark horse of their catalog. I would almost take it over Vitalogy as my 3rd favorite Pearl Jam record, after the first and second one obviously. This record is probably more consistent, but Vitalogy's highs are a lot higher though. If you like Pearl Jam, you will love this record
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From 02/14/2017 18:00
This albums started pretty bland with some generic punkish rock tracks Pearl Jam likes but I was never a fan of. However, the second half is so much better with more melodic and interesting songs and some wonderful ballads. Possibly their best album of the decade.
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From 09/30/2016 14:29
They never write bad songs, and this album confirms it. Harder pieces alternate to soft ballads (the best pieces are two of them).
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