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“Present Tense” by Pearl Jam
From the album No Code (1996)
“Present Tense” by Pearl Jam appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2005. It was first released in 1996 on the album No Code. Its best result is #43 on The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005).
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"Present Tense" comes from No Code, the fourth Pearl Jam album, which Epic released in August 1996, and it's a Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder co-write. Vedder sings lead and plays harmonica and guitar, sharing the guitar work with McCready and Stone Gossard, who also sings backup; Jeff Ament plays bass and Jack Irons drums, and producer Brendan O'Brien sits in on piano.
O'Brien produced it with the band and mixed it with Nick DiDia, who recorded it. No Code was the sound of a band regrouping after the troubled tour behind Vitalogy and its much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster: a wider-ranging record than anything they'd made before, wandering into garage rock and worldbeat, and one that left a big part of their audience cold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 43 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005) | 77 |
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