Studio Album · No. 1
Ten Songwriting Credits by Pearl Jam
Produced by Rick Parashar, Pearl Jam · Engineered by Rick Parashar, Tim Palmer, Dave Hillis, Don Gilmore, Adrian Moore
Holds writing credit on 11 of 11 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 11 / 11 documented
Scored across the 11 tracks with documented writers, by whether Pearl Jam carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 11 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 1
Ten lays out the Pearl Jam authorship template that holds for their whole career: Eddie Vedder writes every lyric, sitting alone in the lyricist column, while the music is composed by the band, mostly Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament on this album. There are no outside writers, so the record is fully self-authored, with the only variation being which members share each song's music credit.
Ten is the debut studio album by Pearl Jam, released in August 1991 and one of the records that carried grunge into the mainstream. Built on Mike McCready's classic-rock guitar leads and the rhythm section of Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, it pairs anthemic music with Eddie Vedder's brooding, narrative lyrics on songs like 'Alive,' 'Jeremy,' and 'Black.' The credits make the band's working method clear: Vedder wrote all of the lyrics while the music was composed mostly by Gossard and Ament, with contributions spread across the group. A slow-building success, it eventually became one of the best-selling rock debuts of all time, certified 13-times platinum in the United States. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021.