Search - Pearl Jam :: 23/5/00 - Estadio Do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal

Buy this as an example for other bands to see.

michael j jackson | 09/28/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this set was the first of the tour. recorded in lisbon in front of one of the most energetic crowds i have ever heard on a live album. uncut and really long. eddy vedder's vocals are rusty, they had a couple bad mics, and the drum kit broke down halfway through, but really pearl jam is the only band to have had enough balls to release an entire tour (minus Roskilde) yet. i really would be excited to see other bands try this. this is why i am asking anyone who is even remotely interested in pearl jam to buy at least one of these live albums to make the sales numbers rise high. my thinking is that if this set of live albums has successful sales numbers other great live bands will try something similar. imagine bands like; dave matthews band, rage against the machine, nine inch nails, and your favorite bands following pearl jam's example. bottom line this set is an awesome example of pearl jam's ability as live artists and daring enough to realease it uncut and with some open wounds. SUPPORT THE CAUSE, BUY AT LEAST ONE OF THE PEAL JAM OFFICIAL BOOTLEGS!!!"

I WAS THERE PEOPLE!!!

Joao Santos | Oeiras, Lisboa Portugal | 11/09/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm Portuguese, i was there! It rocked so hard, you wouldn't believe! The portuguese crowd is definetly one of the best in the world, and it's refered by many bands as so. This show was scheduled for the atlantic pavillion, which has a capacity of 15.000, but the tickets sold out in a week, so it was re-scheduled to a rather big stadium nearby.
Almost every song was sanged along with the band, as it is in almost every concert played in portugal!Scorpions recorded their "unplugged" album and dvd here too.We are proud of the reviews, thanks for the recognition!Pearl Jam Rocks!"

# 1 in a series

Joseph R. Marrero Jr. | 01/28/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"When I first discovered that Pearl Jam decided to release every show of their Binaural tour in 2000 I was initially skeptical of their intentions. I thought it was just another way for them to attarct attention in order to raise their diminished public profile and dwindiling record sales. While the cardboard sleeves these albums are packaged in are not exactly glamourous and actually cause damage to the discs after a while the musical contents of these bootlegs can be a potent reminder of why Pearl Jam, even on an off night, is one of the most thrilling and mercurial live bands of the last twenty years. This paticular show is their first of the tour and of the series and while you can definitely find more musically proficent ones it is a still a good introduction to their no overdubs, warts and all approach to live albubs. A good example of this is found in Faithful when, in the middle of the song, Matt Cameron's drums fall to the ground (the band continues and finishes the song, believe it or not.) Moments such as these are one reason for fans of the band to look into these albums as much as listening to the band tear into Animal and Red Mosquito. After the "technical difficulties" of the drums are sorted out during Last Kiss the show flows pretty well until Immortality when Ed forgets the words to Immortality (get used to this, he does this almost everytime this song is played during the tour.) Also, the band struggle to find their feet on Alive (another difficult song for them on this leg of the tour.) The band finish on a high note with their perennial closer, Yellow Ledbetter. All and all, a good introduction to what will prove to be a stellar series of shows to come."