10 Most Underrated Pearl Jam Songs
10. Low Light - Yield
After the disastrous sessions for No Code, Pearl Jam really sounded like they needed a break. Having lost their drummer on the album before and virtually no one being on the same page, something needed to ignite the spark to remind these guys why they loved playing music again. While Yield didn't have nearly the return to form numbers as something like Vs., this is the highest quality Pearl Jam you could expect...but with a twist.
In the same vein as classics like Elderly Woman and Better Man, Low Light is a breezy acoustic song that feels as far away from grunge as possible. Since grunge wasn't always the best look on Pearl Jam, this almost feels like a folk song that their old musical uncle Neil Young would have written, only with bits and pieces of off kilter time signatures thrown in for good measure.
Being one of the first lyrical contributions from Jeff Ament, you can tell that Eddie really clicked with this kind of writing, using minimal words but making every single one of them count in the context of the song. Granted, this is not the Pearl Jam song that really says it all for the band who wrote classics like Alive. Save this one for a rainy day and then you'll realize the many facets that these guys have.