Editorial Review:Product Description:track listing and sequence subject to change
Amazon.com:Taking a break from his day job fronting rock heavyweight Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder immerses himself into the big-screen story of a young man who gives all his money to charity and hitchhikes to a new life--and his eventual death--in the wilds of Alaska. Prompted by the film's creator, Sean Penn, to contribute to the musical score, the Seattle musician tackled the entire project, playing every instrument on the soundtrack's nine original and two cover songs. Vedder contemplates the traveler 'setting forth in the universe' in the opener 'Setting Forth,' then tracks in the remaining songs the realizations and disillusionments that follow. A wish comes true in banjo-plucked 'No Ceiling' to 'up and disappear,' while affluence is questioned on the hard-rocking 'Far Behind,' with Vedder singing, 'Empty pockets will/Allow a greater sense of wealth.' No song in the album's first half exceeds two-and-a-half minutes, remedied by Vedder's pertinent five-minute stamp on the remake of Indio's 'Hard Sun,' complete with eerie backing vocals by Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker. The songwriter puts wealth on the hot seat in 'Society,' questioning, 'If less is more/How you keepin' score?' The darkly sung folk song bookends the reticent declaration 'Guaranteed,' wonderfully delivered and quietly strummed, in which the prodigal Vedder wraps the journey in one line: 'Leave it to me as I find a way to be/Consider me a satellite forever orbiting.' (The record is packaged like a hardcover book, with vivid photography and lyrics.)
--Scott Holter
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Related Items:
see more
Related Items:
Disc 1:- Setting Forth
- No Ceiling
- Far Behind
- Rise
- Long Nights
- Tuolumne
- Hard Sun
- The Wolf
- End of the Road
- Society
- Guaranteed
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
-
Takes you to another place...
Great music, fit the movie perfect and best of all it stands alone....One bad thing to say: The songs are too short!
If you are going on a road trip, this CD is perfect! Also it is a great stress reliever! Eddie's voice has so much emotion and the lylics are pure poetry!
Rating: 
-
Better with age....
* This album is a just a slight step away from Pearl Jam, but well worth the short trip. Eddie brings all passion and storytelling of Pearl Jam, but this time he has clearly pushed his music in the direction he wants it to go. In my opinion this some of his best work as a vocalist, relying on an acoustic sound and feel to deliver a very good sit and listen session.
Simply a must have album. ...
Rating: -
lovin' the guitar
movie was good, so i ventured into the soundtrack... its great for those times one is in the mood for mellow, perhaps melancholic music. vedder's raw voice makes for good driving company.
Rating: -
Even If you are not a Pearl Jam Fan, It's a good purchase
* I have been PJ fan since first album (TEN) and i can say... it's Eddie Vedder making a trip to he fan's dreams, like a baby sleeping song.
It's short but in a couple of time you listen to it, you will be hearing the songs in your head, again and again....
I can say that the album is manufactured in materials of first quality. Even if you have not seen the film (like me) you will feel the history inside the lirics and through what is exposed in the pictures.
I could give 6 stars. ...
Rating: -
Guaranteed
'Guaranteed' is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. It makes my heart ache every time I hear it. The instrumentals, the vocal, the lyrics, they just send me. I was never a big Pearl Jam fan through the nineties, so don't expect any accolades or comparisons here. I "googled" Eddie Vedder just to find out who he was. I recently rented the dvd and the music has haunted me every since then. I bought the cd and enjoyed listening to it tonight. The 'hidden' track came on while I was busy cooking dinner and I had left the cd in play. I might never have known about it otherwise. This cd is as long as it needs to be. I enjoy listening to several different cds during the course of the evening, and 'Into The Wild' definitely makes it into my playlist. My taste leans toward acoustic, blues, jazz. 'Long nights' is my favorite song on the album. The thing about these songs is that they are true.
