Mirror Ball (Remastered) Neil Young

• 1 Song X (2025 Remaster) 04:37
• 2 Act of Love (2025 Remaster) 04:55
• 3 I'm the Ocean (2025 Remaster) 07:03
• 4 Big Green Country (2025 Remaster) 05:11
• 5 Truth Be Known (2025 Remaster) 04:36
• 6 Downtown (2025 Remaster) 05:14
• 7 What Happened Yesterday (2025 Remaster) 00:45
• 8 Peace and Love (2025 Remaster) 08:50
• 9 Throw Your Hatred Down (2025 Remaster) 05:56
• 10 Scenery (2025 Remaster) 08:49
• 11 Fallen Angel (2025 Remaster) 01:15
• Total Runtime 57:11

Info for Mirror Ball (Remastered)

Mirror Ball is the 23rd studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, and features members of American rock band Pearl Jam. It was released on June 27, 1995, through Reprise Records.

Pearl Jam fans have fresh reason to celebrate. Neil Young, the legendary Canadian rocker, is reissuing his 1995 album Mirror Ball on vinyl, with Pearl Jam's raw energy front and center. Dropping May 22, 2026, this release brings back one of the most electric collaborations in rock history.

Recorded in Seattle during the height of grunge, Mirror Ball captures Neil Young teaming up with Pearl Jam – the band that defined the '90s alternative scene. Young brought his poetic songwriting and guitar fire, while Eddie Vedder's vocals and the band's rhythm section added that gritty, live-wire punch. For young listeners in the U.S. and Canada, it's a gateway to understanding how West Coast rock evolved from folk roots to stadium anthems.

Why does this matter now? Vinyl is booming among Gen Z and younger millennials, who crave the tactile joy of records spinning tales from rock's golden eras. North American fans, from Seattle to Toronto, connect deeply with this story – Young's Canadian influence crashing into Pearl Jam's Pacific Northwest birthplace. It's not just nostalgia; it's a reminder of music's power to unite generations.

Pearl Jam formed in Seattle in 1990, rising from the grunge explosion alongside Nirvana and Soundgarden. Their debut Ten (1991) exploded with hits like "Alive" and "Jeremy," tackling heavy themes like youth angst and social issues. By 1995, they were arena-fillers, but collaborating with Neil Young showed their versatility beyond loud guitars.

Neil Young, born in 1945 in Toronto, has been a rock constant for over 60 years. From Buffalo Springfield to solo hits like "Heart of Gold," he's influenced everyone from CSNY to punk acts. His decision to record Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam was bold – no overdubs, pure live takes in the studio. The result? Tracks like "Downtown" and "Peace and Love" that feel urgent today.

This reissue symbolizes rock's enduring legacy in North America. Seattle's grunge scene put the region on the map, drawing kids from coast to coast to mosh pits and mics. Young, with his protest songs and environmental activism, added depth.

"Neil Young uses Pearl Jam on Mirror Ball much as he has used his perennial backup band Crazy Horse, looking for feel and spontaneity. At the start of the record, he can be heard instructing them: "No tuning, nothing," and the take of "I'm the Ocean" is an obvious run-through that became a master take. But Pearl Jam is not Crazy Horse; in place of the latter's primitive, non-swinging sound, the former boasts spirited rhythms and dense guitar interplay that Young makes excellent use of in a series of songs built out of simple, melodic riffs. Those songs come mostly in pairs: "Song X" and "Act of Love," the first two tracks, both seem to be about abortion, especially in its religious aspect, each containing a reference to "the holy war"; "What Happened Yesterday" and "Fallen Angel" are song fragments on which Young plays the pump organ; and "Downtown" and "Peace and Love" find Young addressing the musical and philosophical concerns of hippies and contain name-checks of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and Led Zeppelin. The songs also share highly imagistic lyrics that are allusive and frequently just obscure. At their best, notably on "I'm the Ocean" and "Scenery," they provide intriguing portraits of the artist -- "People my age/They don't do the things I do," Young sings in "Ocean" -- while "Scenery" is one of his bitter denunciations of celebrity. Such subject matter is not new for Young, and Mirror Ball is typically uneven. But it is always interesting musically, suggesting that he has found another catch-up that works. Probably due to the commercial power of Pearl Jam, the album became Young's highest-charting record since Harvest 23 years earlier, though it had a relatively short chart life." (William Ruhlmann, AMG)

Neil Young, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pump organ
Pearl Jam:
Jeff Ament, bass
Stone Gossard, electric guitar
Jack Irons, drums
Mike McCready, electric guitar
Eddie Vedder, vocals (tracks 8), background vocals
Additional musicians:
Brendan O'Brien, production, mixing, electric guitar, piano, background vocals

Recorded at Bad Animals, Seattle, Jan 26-27 & Feb 7-10 1995. Mixed at Bad Animals, A&M Studios and The Record Plant, L.A. Mastered at Ocean View Digital and Redwood Digital

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