Pearl Jam
Live On Two Legs
1998, Kind of a perfect time for a live album. Pearl Jam was five albums deep in 1998 and Live On Two Legs does a fine job of presenting the band's discography, spreading itself around with tracks from each. "Even Flow" feels a bit rushed but the version of "Black" is great. "Daughter" mixes in Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" and PJ's own "WMA," but "Elderly Woman" is the real Vs. stand-out here. Vitalogy is represented quite nice with live opener "Corduroy." "Hail Hail" and "Red Mosquito" appear here from No Code in super rocking form. And then of course there's selections from Yield which the band were touring in support of while making this live album. The version of "Do The Evolution" is quite excellent and feels even looser than the original. Songs like this and a cover of Young's "Fuckin' Up" work well to counterbalance a lot of the slower material taken from Vs., Vitalogy and Yield. Overall this is a nice solid representation of where the live band was at towards the end of the 90's. It feels like a good retrospective that also manages to stay pretty loose and fun.