Pearl Jam – Ten (CD)

Seattle in 1991 was ground zero for something that would rewrite rock radio, and Ten arrived as one of the defining statements of that moment. Eddie Vedder's baritone and the band's arena-sized riffs gave songs like "Alive," "Even Flow," and "Black" an emotional weight that connected with millions of people who felt like rock had forgotten them. More than three decades later, it still sounds like it means it.