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''Backspacer'' is the ninth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on September 20, 2009. The bandmembers started writing instrumental and demo tracks in 2007, and got together in 2008 to work on an album. It was recorded from February through April 2009 with producer Brendan O'Brien, who had worked on every Pearl Jam album except their 1991 debut ''Ten'' and 2006's self-titled record—although this was his first production credit since 1998's ''Yield''. Material was recorded in Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California and O'Brien's own Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, Georgia. The music on the album—the shortest of the band's career—features a sound influenced by pop and new wave. The lyrics have a more optimistic look than the ones in the politic-infused predecessors ''Riot Act'' and ''Pearl Jam'', something frontman Eddie Vedder attributed to the election of Barack Obama. The band released the album through their own label Monkeywrench Records with worldwide distribution by Universal Music Group via a licensing agreement with Island Records. Physical copies of the record were sold through Target in North America, and promotion included a deal with Verizon, a world tour, and moderately successful singles "The Fixer" and "Got Some"/"Just Breathe". Reviews for ''Backspacer'' were positive, praising the sound and composition, and the album became Pearl Jam's first chart topper at the United States' ''Billboard'' 200 since 1996's ''No Code'', while also topping the charts in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. ==Background and recording== In 2007, after Pearl Jam's 2006 tour had ended, the band members began recording demo material on their own while staying in occasional contact via e-mail. Guitarist Mike McCready revealed at the time that he had tested out some ideas with guitarist Stone Gossard and drummer Matt Cameron in separate sessions as well. After the band was invited to record The Who's "Love, Reign o'er Me" for the ''Reign Over Me'' soundtrack, they opted to call long-time collaborator Brendan O'Brien to produce their cover. During the experience, O'Brien and Pearl Jam decided it was a good time for them to work again in a studio album. This ninth album would mark O'Brien's first production credit with Pearl Jam since 1998's ''Yield''. The band allowed O'Brien greater latitude in determining the sound of ''Backspacer''. "At this point, I think we're willing to let somebody cut the songs up a little bit," says lead vocalist Eddie Vedder. "In the past, Brendan would say, 'It's a great song, but I think you should do it in a different key', and we'd say no. But now that we've heard Bruce The band begun working on the album on May 2008,〔 making demos in Seattle, Washington before recording sessions at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, where O'Brien usually works.〔 Ament said it was "the first time since the first record that we've really rehearsed instead of just going to the studio with a handful of ideas."〔 On May the band had "about five ideas that have been worked on",〔 which were given some instrumental beds later in the summer. Additional demos were put to tape in December,〔 following a trip by all bandmembers but Vedder to Ament's home in Montana.〔 The singer later proceeded to put rough vocals on those tracks,〔 and also brought in his own material for the band members to work on. In February 2009, Pearl Jam went for a two-week session at Henson.〔 It was the first time the band spent a considerable amount of time recording outside of Seattle since 1996's ''No Code''.〔 McCready said, "() we got together with Ed and it really started getting more cohesive, we took that momentum down to Los Angeles with Brendan... It was a great idea to get us out of Seattle. You've gotta get out () your comfort zone, and we've talked about doing that for the past ten years and kind of haven't, so we trusted Brendan's judgment."〔 In April 2009, the band went for a two-week session to finish the album with O'Brien at his mixing facility at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, Georgia. The album took a total of thirty days in the studio to get finished, and O'Brien stated "we had 90% of the record cut in the first nine days".〔 The album title was chosen in part because of nostalgia for the historical name of the backspace key on typewriters that went out of use in the 1950s〔 and also as a reference to looking back on one's life. Vedder is known to use typewriters when writing lyrics and letters.〔 Vedder said, "''Backspacer'' () actually you kind of have to go back and look at your mistake."〔 Gossard said, "There's some retrospective moods on this record, where Ed is looking at both his past and his future." The album title ''Backspacer'' was also used for the name of a leatherback turtle that was sponsored by Pearl Jam for Conservation International and National Geographic's Great Turtle Race. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Backspacer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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