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Article: Record time // Renewed Pearl Jam `Yields' new set
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- January 18, 1998
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NEW YORK After Pearl Jam's mega-platinum early success and its
enshrinement as a cultural icon, the band has worked hard to step
back from the limelight. The group has followed an experimental muse
on its records and generally eschewed the press, videos, and (after
the quixotic bout with Ticketmaster) large-scale touring.
The biggest result of this path has been that Pearl Jam's sales
numbers have fallen with each new album, from 8 million copies for
1992's "Ten" to 1.3 million for last year's "No Code," according to
SoundScan. But the low-key ethos was partially borne out of
necessity, according to the band. Without such an approach, Pearl
Jam's striking new Epic album, "Yield," due Feb. ...