![]() Pearl Jam in concert in 2006 |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 10 | |
| ↙Live albums | 6 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 2 | |
| ↙Extended plays | 1 | |
| ↙Singles | 28 | |
| ↙Video albums | 5 | |
| ↙Music videos | 15 | |
| ↙Official bootlegs | 263 | |
The discography of Pearl Jam, a Seattle, Washington-based alternative rock band, consists of ten studio albums, six live albums, two compilation albums, twenty-eight singles, and numerous official bootlegs. This list does not include material recorded by Pearl Jam band members with Green River, Soundgarden, Bad Radio, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Brad, Wellwater Conspiracy, Mad Season, Three Fish or The Rockfords.
Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by bassist Jeff Ament, guitarist Stone Gossard, and guitarist Mike McCready,[1] who then recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen. The band signed to Epic Records in 1991. A few months after the completion of the band's debut studio album, Ten, drummer Dave Abbruzzese joined the band. Ten broke Pearl Jam into the mainstream, and became one of the best-selling alternative albums of the 1990s.[2] Following an intense touring schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would become its second studio album, Vs. Upon its release, Vs. set the record for most copies of an album sold in a week,[3] and spent five weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. Burdened by the pressures of success, Pearl Jam decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos.[4] In 1994, the band released its third studio album, Vitalogy, which became the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status.
Following the firing of Abbruzzese in 1994, drummer Jack Irons joined the band. Pearl Jam subsequently released No Code in 1996 and Yield in 1998. The band once again changed drummers in 1998, with Irons being replaced by former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who had previously worked with the members of Pearl Jam in the Temple of the Dog project. Cameron has remained as Pearl Jam's drummer ever since. In 1998, Pearl Jam released "Last Kiss" on the band's fan club Christmas single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" became the band's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2000, Pearl Jam released its sixth studio album, Binaural, and initiated a series of "official bootlegs" of live albums. The band released seventy-two such live albums in 2000 and 2001, and set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time.[5] The band released its seventh studio album, Riot Act, in 2002, and its eighth studio album, the eponymous Pearl Jam, in 2006. The band released its ninth studio album, Backspacer, in 2009. Since its inception, Pearl Jam has sold over thirty million records in the US,[6] and an estimated sixty million worldwide.[7][8]
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| US [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (FLA) [12] |
CAN [13] |
GER [14] |
IRE [15] |
NLD [16] |
NOR [17] |
NZ [18] |
SWE [19] |
UK [20] |
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| 1991 | Ten | 2 | 11 | 31 | 20 | 2 [21] |
15 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 9.6 million + (US)[22] | US: 13× Platinum[23] CAN: 7× Platinum[24] UK: Gold[25] AUS: 7× Platinum[26] |
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| 1993 | Vs.
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1 | 1 | 7 | — | 1 [27] |
8 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.9 million + (US)[28] | US: 7× Platinum[23] CAN: 5× Platinum[24] UK: Gold[25] |
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| 1994 | Vitalogy
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1 | 1 | 7 | — | 2 [29] |
8 | — | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.7 million + (US)[28] | US: 5× Platinum[23] CAN: 5× Platinum[24] UK: Gold[25] |
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| 1996 | No Code
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1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 [30] |
6 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.4 million + (US)[28] | US: Platinum[23] CAN: 2× Platinum[24] |
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| 1998 | Yield
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2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1.6 million + (US)[28] | US: Platinum[23] CAN: 2× Platinum[24] UK: Silver[25] AUS: Platinum[31] |
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| 2000 | Binaural
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2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 718,000 + (US)[32] | US: Gold[23] CAN: Gold[24] AUS: Platinum[31] |
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| 2002 | Riot Act
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5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 34 | 508,000 + (US)[33] | US: Gold[23] CAN: Gold[24] AUS: Platinum[31] |
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| 2006 | Pearl Jam
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2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 706,000 + (US)[33] | US: Gold[23] CAN: Platinum[24] AUS: Platinum[31] |
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| 2009 | Backspacer
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1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 500,000 + (US)[34][35] | US: Gold[23] AUS: Platinum[31] |
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| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| US [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (FLA) [12] |
CAN [13] |
GER [14] |
IRE [15] |
NLD [16] |
NOR [17] |
NZ [18] |
UK [20] |
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| 1998 | Live on Two Legs
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15 | 4 | — | 42 | 7 | 49 | — | 37 | 20 | 11 | 68 | US: Platinum[23] CAN: Platinum[24] AUS: Platinum[31] |
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| 2004 | Live at Benaroya Hall
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18 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 10 | 100 | 48 | 25 | — | 12 | 76 [36] |
CAN: Gold[24] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Live in NYC 12/31/92
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Live at Easy Street
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| 2007 | Live at the Gorge 05/06 | 36 | — | — | 43 | — | 92 | 71 | 50 | — | 36 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Live at Lollapalooza 2007
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In addition to the live albums Live on Two Legs, Live at Benaroya Hall, Live in NYC 12/31/92, Live at Easy Street, Live at the Gorge 05/06, and Live at Lollapalooza 2007, and myriad live versions of studio songs spread across singles as B-sides, the band has released an official bootlegs series of live recordings for each show of each tour since its 2000 European tour, with the exception of the 2004 Vote for Change tour and its 2007 European tour. The band has sold more than 3.5 million copies of shows since launching the bootleg series in 2000.[37] For its 2000 and 2003 tours the bootlegs consisted of double-disc (and sometimes triple-disc) albums. The bootleg series switched over to MP3 format for the band's 2005 shows and expanded to include lossless FLAC format for its 2006 tour. Official bootlegs are available for the band's 2008 U.S. Tour and 2009 North American Tour in FLAC, MP3, and CD formats.[37][38]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| US [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (FLA) [12] |
CAN [13] |
GER [14] |
IRE [15] |
NLD [16] |
NOR [17] |
NZ [18] |
SWE [19] |
UK [20] |
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| 2003 | Lost Dogs
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15 | 19 | 70 | 50 | — | 64 | 63 | 75 | 33 | 18 | 60 | 91 [36] |
US: Gold[23] CAN: Gold[24] AUS: Gold[31] |
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| 2004 | rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)
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16 | 2 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 75 | 22 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 58 | US: Platinum[23] AUS: 4× Platinum[31] |
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| Year | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US Hot 100 [39] |
US Main [40] |
US Mod [40] |
AUS [10] |
IRE [41] |
NLD [16] |
NOR [17] |
NZ [18] |
SWE [19] |
UK [42] |
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| 1995 | Merkin Ball[I]
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7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 25 | US: Gold[23] |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| US [40] |
US Main [40] |
US Mod [40] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [40] |
GER [44] |
IRE [41] |
NLD [16] |
NOR [17] |
NZ [18] |
SWE [19] |
UK [42] |
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| 1991 | "Alive" | — | 16 | 18 | 9 | — | 44 | 13 | 19 | — | 20 | — | 16 | Ten | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | "Even Flow" | — | 3 | 21 | 22 | 73 [45] |
— | — | — | 20 | — | — | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| "Jeremy" | 79 [39] |
5 | 5 | — | 32 [46] |
93 | 10 | 59 | — | 34 | — | 15 | US: Gold[23] | |||||||||||||||
| "Oceans" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | 16 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | "Go" | — | 3 | 8 | 22 | — | 96 | — | 21 | 5 | 2 | — | 190 [36] |
Vs. | ||||||||||||||
| "Daughter" | 97 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 [47] |
— | 4 | 46 | 11 | — | — | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | "Animal" | — | 21 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Dissident" | — | 3 | — | — | — | 97 | 7 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| "Spin the Black Circle" | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | — | 92 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | Vitalogy | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Not for You" | — | 12 | 38 | 29 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 10 | — | 34 | |||||||||||||||
| "Immortality" | — | 10 | 31 | — | 62 [48] |
— | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Who You Are" | 31 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 [49] |
— | 19 | 47 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 18 | No Code | ||||||||||||||
| "Hail, Hail" | — | 9 | 9 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Off He Goes" | — | 34 | 31 | 46 | 36 [50] |
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| 1998 | "Given to Fly" | 21 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 67 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 12 | AUS: Gold[31] | Yield | |||||||||||||
| "Wishlist" | 47 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | "Last Kiss" | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 77 | — | 19 | — | 42 | US: Gold[23] AUS: 3× Platinum[31] |
No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | "Nothing as It Seems/Grievance" | 49 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 98 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 42 | 40 | 22 | Binaural | ||||||||||||||
| "Light Years" | — | 17 | 26 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | "I Am Mine" | 43 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 60 | 35 [15] |
58 | 10 | 48 | 29 | 26 | AUS: Gold[31] | Riot Act | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | "Save You" | — | 23 | 29 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Love Boat Captain" | — | — | — | 29 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 110 [36] |
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| "Man of the Hour" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Fish: Music from the Motion Picture | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | "World Wide Suicide" | 41 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pearl Jam | ||||||||||||||
| "Life Wasted" | — | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 110 [36] |
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| "Gone" | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | "Love, Reign o'er Me" | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | "The Fixer" | 56 [51] |
10 | 3 [52] |
22 | 14 [53] |
97 | — | 77 | — | 11 | — | 93 [54] |
Backspacer | ||||||||||||||
| "Just Breathe" | 78 | 36 | 6 | — | 30 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| US Main [40] |
US Mod [40] |
CAN | UK [55] |
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| 1993 | "Black" | 3 | 20 | — | — | Ten | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Crazy Mary" | 26 | 8 | — | — | Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" | 23 | 17 | — | — | Vs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Glorified G" | 39 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Yellow Ledbetter" | 21 | 26 | — | — | "Jeremy" single | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tremor Christ" | 16 | 16 | 67 [56] |
— | Vitalogy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Better Man" | 1 | 2 | 9 [57] |
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| "Corduroy" | 22 | 13 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Leaving Here" | 24 | 31 | — | — | Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Red Mosquito" | 37 | — | — | — | No Code | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | "In Hiding" | 14 | 13 | — | — | Yield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Do the Evolution" | 40 | 33 | 50 [58] |
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| "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (live) | 21 | 26 | 27 [59] |
— | Live on Two Legs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | "Brother" | 5 | 1 | 60 [60] |
— | Ten (reissue) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Supersonic" | — | — | — | 170 | Backspacer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes songs that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Video details | US peak chart position |
Certifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998 | Single Video Theory | 2[61] | US: Platinum[23] CAN: Gold[24] |
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| 2001 | Touring Band 2000
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1[61] | US: Platinum[23] AUS: 3× Platinum[31] |
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| 2003 | Live at the Showbox
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Live at the Garden
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2[62] | US: 3× Platinum[23] CAN: 2× Platinum[24] AUS: 4× Platinum[31] |
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| 2007 | Immagine in Cornice
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1[63] | US: Gold[23] AUS: Gold[31] |
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| Year | Title | Director |
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| 1991 | "Alive" | Josh Taft[64] |
| "Jeremy" (Alternate version)[I] |
Chris Cuffaro[65] | |
| 1992 | "Even Flow" | Josh Taft[64] |
| "Even Flow" (Alternate version)[I] |
Rocky Schenck[65] | |
| "Jeremy" | Mark Pellington[64] | |
| "Oceans" | Josh Taft[66] | |
| 1998 | "Do the Evolution" | Todd McFarlane[67] Kevin Altieri[67] |
| 2002 | "I Am Mine" | James Frost[68] |
| "Save You" | ||
| "Love Boat Captain" | ||
| "Thumbing My Way" | ||
| "1/2 Full" | ||
| 2006 | "World Wide Suicide" | Danny Clinch[69] |
| "Life Wasted" | Fernando Apodaca[70] | |
| 2009 | "The Fixer" | Cameron Crowe[71] |
| "Just Breathe" [72] |
| Year | Song | Title | Label |
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| 1992 |
"Alive" (live) |
Stanley, Son of Theodore: Yet Another Alternative Music Sampler | Epic/Columbia |
| Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Epic | ||
| 1993 |
"Crazy Mary" (with Victoria Williams) |
Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams | Thirsty Ear/Chaos |
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"Real Thing" (with Cypress Hill) |
Judgment Night: Music from the Motion Picture | Epic | |
| 1995 |
"Catholic Boy" (with Jim Carroll and Chris Friel) |
The Basketball Diaries: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Island |
| 1996 | Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense | Epic | |
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"Gremmie Out of Control" |
M.O.M., Vol. 1: Music for Our Mother Ocean | Interscope | |
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"Not for You" (live from Self-Pollution Radio) |
Hype!: The Motion Picture Soundtrack | Sub Pop | |
| 1997 |
"Nothingman" (live) |
The Bridge School Concerts, Vol. 1 | Reprise |
| 1998 |
"Hard to Imagine" |
Chicago Cab: Soundtrack | Loosegroove |
| 1999 |
"Last Kiss" |
No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees | Epic |
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"Whale Song" |
M.O.M., Vol. 3: Music for Our Mother Ocean | Hollywood | |
| 2000 |
"Even Flow" (live) |
Wild and Wooly: The Northwest Rock Collection | Sub Pop |
| 2001 |
"The Kids Are Alright" (live) |
Substitute: Songs from the Who | Edel America |
| 2003 |
"Man of the Hour" |
Big Fish: Music from the Motion Picture | Sony |
| 2004 |
"Bu$hleaguer" (live) |
Hot Stove, Cool Music, Vol. 1 | Fenway |
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"Masters of War" (live) |
Songs and Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 | Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax | |
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"Better Man" (live) |
For the Lady | Rhino/WEA | |
| 2008 |
"Masters of War" (live) |
Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran | Sire |
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