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by: Pearl Jam

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Average Rating: Rating: - Great EP that Screams "Neil Young" As said on the back of the EP, this piece is to "accompany" Neil Young's "Mirrorball." This is great little piece. The songs "I god id" and "Long Road" are both top shelf. "I got id" was a decent radio hit and it deserved it. "Long Road" seems to have been Eddie Vedder's favorite of the two, as it was re-recorded for the "Dead Man Walking" soundtrack with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, rather beautifully, and then again it was performed with the help of Neil Young on organ, on "America: A Tribute to Heroes." This EP is a must have for all Pearl Jam fans . . . it is well worth the money. It is really good to have the Neil Young album "Mirrorball" as well. They really do compliment each other. Pearl Jam plays back-up on the album. Eddie even sings on a track or two. Rating: - Solid. This single is packaged exactly like Neil Young's "Mirrorball", which is fitting since it's actually a "companion piece" to that album and Neil even plays guitar on "I Got ID". It only includes two songs, but both songs are top quality material. "I Got ID" has a sort of a ballad-ish feel to it for a while until the heavy guitar chorus kicks in... really hard to explain this song, but trust me when I say that it's one of the band's finest. The version on this CD is great, but I personally prefer this song live (a GREAT live version of this song, also called "I Got St", can be found on the Katowice 2 live album). The second song, "Long Road", is really the reason why every Pearl Jam fan should own this album; it is simply too beautiful to put to words. If you've heard a live version of it before, forget about it; the studio version blows all other versions of this song away. This song is also included on the "Dead Man Walking" soundtrack, along with another Vedder contriution called "Face Of Love", so if you like this one, check the other one out as well. Also worthy of notice is a hard-to-find Pearl Jam B-Side called "Dead Man" that was originally written for the film, but never included on the soundtrack. Find it on the import "Off He Goes" single. Rating: - at the height of their powers** These 2 songs deserve the cd all to themselves. Pearl Jam and Neil Young push each other to the best they can deliver on this one (in contrast to Mirrorball, which I found a real disappointment). Young's guitar playing on Id is reminiscent of his Rust Never Sleeps era, and is simply electrifying, conveying even more emotion than Vedder's vocals. Long Road displays Pearl Jam's ability slow it down a bit and make really beautiful music. I don't really think these 2 songs quite mesh with any of their full lengths in style. But this cd is a must for anyone who likes Pearl Jam, in my opinion... the versions released on the live cds still don't compare to these recordings.

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