Pearl Jam: Place/Date Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Pearl Jam: Place/Date
Book Review: a couple of wonderful photographs
Summary: 3 Stars
I love Pearl Jam's music, but, they do take themselves a bit too seriously. A few of the photographs (a color band grab in Istanbul '96 is wonderful) show them as people and as a band. The standard guitar and/or Christ poses are a bit much. While you're at it... try buying their music, like Yield, easily their best work.
Book Review: The best Pearl Jam photos around.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so happy to see this book. Pearl Jam have deliberately avoided the camera for several years( hoping to limit overexposure), and so we have seen the same photos over and over. What a pleasure to have so many new ones, all so beautifully done. I hate to buy unauthorized stuff, so it's great to have an official book to buy, so I can support the band. This book is excellent, better than any of the other stuff I have seen. You have got to buy it!Book Review: One word...Class
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has class written all over it. What else would you expect from such a great band? Lance Mercer and Charles Peterson are very talented and their photos really show the emotion and intensity of the band. The packaging and layout is fantastic with each photo carefully positioned on the page. One great sequence of 4 photos (which also happens to be the back cover) shows four of the band member's silhouettes in front of a coloured light. Eddie-red, Mike-green, Jeff-yellow and Stone-purple/blue. The effect is absolutely fantastic. I was in awe when I saw the photo of Eddie hanging 30 feet in the air during the 'Drop in the Park' concert. Some photos made me laugh, like mike pretending to sleep on hei guitar with a little smirk on his face and the scrabble photo was pretty funny too. I absolutely cherish this book and believe that any Pearl Jam fan should have it. It is the best way of showing the history of Pearl Jam, no words to criticise, just beautiful pictures. Classy.Book Review: Great photos, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a great collection of some very artistically done work from some very talented photographers...but it doesn't go too far beyond that. Granted, some of the pictures are actually about something (I love the Drop In the Park shots, so wish I could have been there). And the shots of the band just as people, as friends, those are great, personal depictions, but the artsy blurring effects are definitely a bit much. I don't much see the point in the really grainy black-and-white shots either. Black-and-white is definitely classy, but they could at least be clear. I do like the colored pictures, the close-ups of the silhouettes...those are great. And the posed shots are cool, a lot of them look like they should have been posters. (Although perhaps those aren't "real" enough for some people.) I think this book is overall a great collection of photography, albeit a far too serious one. It seems the attempt to create art instead of just the same lame old press photos superseded the actual point of the book, which was to give the fans a look into the band in a more personal way. But don't accuse Pearl Jam of taking themselves too seriously; anyone who has ever seen a video or read an article about them knows they have a sense of humor. It's the photographers who took this too seriously (and also perhaps some of these reviewers!). One really cool thing about this book, though: it's the first time I've ever seen Dave Krusen, the band's first drummer. Everyone's seen pictures and videos with Dave Abbrusezze and Jack Irons, but Krusen left so soon after recording "Ten" that I don't think he was ever featured in too many photos. So that was interesting. So all in all, I'm glad I got this book, but it's not for everyone. With no words whatsoever except for the places and dates the different pictures were taken, this book better be something you really plan on looking through again and again if you're going to spend your money.Book Review: Pearl Jam takes the backseat to photography in this book
Summary: 2 Stars
An artsy-fartsy photography book, which tries real hard to be classy but totally fails. Apart from a few decent, clear shots of the band there|s a lot of blur and graininess and other "cool" effects. Buy this if you are a photography student, not if you are a Pearl Jam fan.