"Lost Dogs" is a two-disc compilation album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 11, 2003 through Epic Records.
The shift from world's biggest band to world's biggest cult band was a deliberate move, of course, one that came about through their precisely crafted, often humorless, deliberately idiosyncratic records that came after "Vs". If a song didn't fit the specific mood of an album, it was shelved. This meant that there was a lot of material that was never heard (apart from the occasional concert or bootleg, naturally), or some of it drifted out on singles released through their fan club. Then, it being the '90s, the golden age of the multipart international single and benefit compilation albums, there were a number of officially released songs that never made it to a proper Pearl Jam album. These two things meant that a Pearl Jam rarities collection was necessary, and when they reached the end of their contract with Epic ten years after "Ten", the group assembled the double-disc, 30-track set "Lost Dogs". This is a selection of the best B-sides, stray singles, and compilation tracks, enhanced by no less than 11 previously unreleased cuts and presented in a non-chronological sequence. This approach has a considerable benefit for the band, since, for one, it doesn't play like a dumping ground for rarities; like all Pearl Jam albums, it follows its own internal logic and has its own flow. Better still, the album benefits from what it chronicles: the loosest, hardest-rocking, most relaxed, and most intimate music the band cut. Since their proper albums are so somber and tightly controlled, it seemed as if the band didn't have a sense of humor, or even gave themselves a chance to breathe. These songs not only prove that assertion false; they capture what the band sounded like at its peak they capture their passion, their open-heartedness, their stance as true believers. This spirit was damped on the albums since they deliberately shied away from it and obscured it with ventures into experimentalism, but here, they not only sound committed but also eclectic and alive. This is where the nonchronological sequencing is a plus everything here sounds like it could date from their heyday of the first of the '90s, even though much of it dates from later. This is further proof that Pearl Jam consciously turned away from the big, anthemic sound and spirit that won them a mass audience with "Ten" they still had the songs and sound, they just chose to bury it. "Lost Dogs" crackles with that passion and it has another advantage: unlike most of Pearl Jam's album, it's a fun, compulsive listen. More than any other album in its catalog, "Lost Dogs" captures what Pearl Jam stood for and what it felt like at their peak.
Disc one
01. "All Night" (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Jack Irons, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder) - 3:22
Previously unreleased. No Code outtake
02. "Sad" (Vedder) - 3:39
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake. Originally titled "Letter to the Dead"
03. "Down" (Gossard, McCready, Vedder) - 3:15
Originally from the "I Am Mine" single
04 ."Hitchhiker" (Vedder) 3:17
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake
05 ."Don't Gimme No Lip" (Gossard) - 2:35
Previously unreleased. No Code outtake
06. "Alone" (Dave Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) - 3:11
Originally from the "Go" single. This version has new vocals and slightly different
lyrics and is shorter than the B-side version.The music from this version is from
the Ten sessions.Drummer Dave Abbruzzese gets writing credit for this because it
wasn't published until 1993(when all members were getting equal credit), even though
it was written a year before he joined the band.
07. "In the Moonlight" (Matt Cameron) - 3:07
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake.
08. "Education" (Vedder) - 2:46
Previously unreleased.[11] Binaural outtake.
09 ."Black, Red, Yellow" (Vedder) - 3:26
Originally from the "Hail, Hail" single. This version is longer than the B-side version.
10. "U" (Vedder) - 2:53
Originally from the "Wishlist" single. A different version from the B-side version,
featuring Matt Cameron on drums. Listed as "You" on the back cover.
11 ."Leaving Here" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.) - 2:51
Originally from the Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense compilation.
12 ."Gremmie Out of Control" (Jimmy Haskell) - 2:25
Originally from the Music for Our Mother Ocean Vol. 1 compilation.
13. "Whale Song" (Irons) - 3:35
Originally from the Music for Our Mother Ocean Vol. 3 compilation.
14 ."Undone" (Vedder) – 3:10
Originally from the "I Am Mine" single.
15 ."Hold On" (Gossard, Vedder) - 4:22
Previously unreleased. Ten outtake. The booklet incorrectly lists this as a Vs. outtake.
16 ."Yellow Ledbetter" (Ament, McCready, Vedder) - 5:00
Originally from the "Jeremy" single. The song became a radio hit in 1994.
The last note cuts off on this version.
Disc two
01. "Fatal" (Gossard) - 3:39
Previously unreleased. Binaural outtake. Originally named "Plato", but when
Vedder sang the lyric it sounded like he was singing "Play-Doh", so it was
changed to "Fatal".
02. "Other Side" (Ament) - 4:04
Originally from the "Save You" single.
03. "Hard to Imagine" (Gossard, Vedder) - 4:35
Originally from the Chicago Cab soundtrack, which is from the Vitalogy sessions.
This version is an outtake from the Vs. sessions.
04. "Footsteps" (Gossard, Vedder) - 3:54
Originally from the "Jeremy" single. Recorded live during Pearl Jam's appearance
on Rockline on May 11, 1992. The harmonica was not present on the B-side version.
The song's music, with different lyrics, also appeared on Temple
self-titled LP under the name "Times of Trouble."
05. "Wash" (Ament, Gossard, Dave Krusen, McCready, Vedder) - 3:48
Originally from the "Alive" single. It also appeared as an extra track on European
releases of Ten. This version is a different one than the B-side version.
06. "Dead Man" (Vedder) - 4:16
Originally from the "Off He Goes" single. Originally intended for the Dead Man
Walking soundtrack, but passed over in favor of Bruce Springsteen's
"Dead Man Walkin'".
07. "Strangest Tribe" (Gossard) - 3:49
Originally from the 1999 fan club Christmas single.
08. "Drifting" (Vedder) - 2:53
Originally from the 1999 fan club Christmas single. This version has a different
vocal recording than the fan club Christmas single version, sung an octave higher.
09. "Let Me Sleep" (McCready, Vedder) - 2:59
Originally from the 1991 fan club Christmas single.
10. "Last Kiss" (Wayne Cochran) - 3:17
Originally from the 1998 fan club Christmas single. It was released to the public
as a single in 1999. It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Pearl Jam
its biggest hit to date.
11. "Sweet Lew" (Ament) - 2:11
Previously unreleased.[11] Binaural outtake.
12. "Dirty Frank" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) - 5:42
Originally from the "Even Flow" single. It also appeared as an extra track on
European releases of Ten. This version is slightly longer than the B-side version
and features quite a bit of the lyrics removed.
13. "Brother" (Gossard) - 3:47
Previously unreleased. Ten outtake. All vocals were removed from the original
outtake version, making this version of the song an instrumental. McCready recorded
a new lead guitar part for this version. Another version of "Brother" with vocals
appears on the 2009 Ten reissue and became a radio hit that same year.
14. "Bee Girl" (Ament, Vedder) - 9:55
Previously unreleased. Recorded live during Pearl Jam's appearance on Rockline on
October 18, 1993. "Bee Girl" contains the hidden track "4/20/02" at 6:04, roughly
four minutes and twenty seconds after "Bee Girl". "4/20/02", a Riot Act outtake,
is a song honoring Layne Staley of Alice
Released: November 11, 2003
Recorded: 1991–2003
Genre: Alternative Rock, Grunge
Length: 111:55
Label: Epic
Producer: Tchad Blake, Stone Gossard, Adam Kasper, Brendan O'Brien, Rick Parashar, Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Westwood One Broadcast
Personnel
Dave Abbruzzese - drums
Jeff Ament - bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Matt Cameron - drums, percussion, guitar
Stone Gossard - guitar, vocals, bass guitar, percussion
Jack Irons - drums, guitar, vocals, percussion
Dave Krusen - drums, slit drum
Mike McCready - guitar, piano
Eddie Vedder - guitar, vocals, E-Bow, harmonica
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