Pearl Jam

Yield Epic, 1998

After the stylistic left turn and subsequent commercial failure of No Code, the band’s fifth album was a corrective. While there were still low-key moments – Given To Fly is Led Zep’s Going To California given a 90s makeover – the band toughened up their approach on the garagey Brain Of J. and Do The Evolution, even if they stopped short of returning to the emotional scale of Ten.

Significantly, Yield marked a shift in the power balance – Vedder abdicated responsibility as chief decision maker, lightening the mood within the group, and Pearl Jam were a band again.