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Riot Act by Pearl Jam
Riot Act is an album by Pearl Jam, released in 2002. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 37 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Am Mine”, on 27 lists with a best position of #7.
Riot Act, Pearl Jam's seventh studio album, came out on Epic on November 12, 2002, and it's the sound of a band carrying heavy weight. After a year off following the Binaural tour, they regrouped in early 2002, co-producing with Adam Kasper, and the songs brood over mortality and what it means to be alive, shadowed by the political climate after September 11 and the deaths of nine fans at their 2000 Roskilde Festival show.
The music wanders widely, from folk to art rock to experimental noise. "I Am Mine" is stately and clear-eyed, "Save You" and "Get Right" bring the scrappy punch, and "Love Boat Captain" and "Arc" go somewhere stranger and more hushed. Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Jeff Ament are joined by Matt Cameron on drums. It was their last album of all-new material for Epic, and it went gold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Riot Act on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Am Mine | 27 | #7 | – | 2002–2013 | |
| 2 | Save You | 4 | #47 | – | 2002–2005 | |
| 3 | Get Right | 3 | #63 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 4 | Love Boat Captain | 2 | #55 | – | 2005–2024 | |
| 5 | Arc | 1 | #56 | – | 2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.