10 Classic Albums With Glaring Errors

In the ‘90s, Pearl Jam were looked at as the more hard-edged rock band of the Seattle movement. Whereas bands like Soundgarden and Nirvana were more artsy in their approach to riffs, these guys seemed to channel the power of ‘70s rock and filter it into their massive sounding debut Ten. Every instrument is played to a near perfection, but the running order could have been improved by just a touch.

Going back to the band’s inception, guitarist Stone Gossard first got the band rolling once Eddie Vedder got ahold of his demo tape of riffs. Immediately inspired, Vedder began singing and writing lyrics to the songs, which would become a rock opera detailing a boy’s complicated home life, criminal activities, and eventual execution.

The idea sounds amazing, but the band had other ideas when putting the album into sequence. Wanting to fill the disc with as much heavy-hitters as possible, the “Mamasun” trilogy ended up getting split up, with the final act “Footsteps” being put on a B-side and the boy’s criminal record “Once” opening the album.

There was a silver lining in the end when the opening scene “Alive” quickly began gaining steam as one of the band’s biggest singles. Though each song went its separate way, it’s anyone's guess as to whether the “Mamasun” songs will be connected again.