06/6/00 - Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales [Live]

Pearl Jam | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00004Y75V
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Nothing As It Seems

2. Breakerfall

3. Gods' Dice

4. animal

5. Red Mosquito

6. Insignificance

7. Corduroy

8. I Got Shit

9. Alive

10. Given To Fly

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. go

2. MFC

3. elderly woman behind the counter in a small town

4. Black

5. Immortality

6. Spin The Black Circle

7. Even Flow

8. Smile

9. yellow ledbetter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars essential, if you were there or not., October 5, 2000

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kris ilic (Cardiff, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 06/6/00 - Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales (Audio CD)

This CD is a monument to the only time (as far as I know) that Pearl Jam have ever visited Cardiff.

Perhaps my view is a little biased as I was there, and consider the concert to be the highlight of my whole year so far.

This was an almost perfect gig, recorded on a cd for all to own.

Eddie Vedder's voice is better than I've ever heard it before, including on all six of their studio albums! The extended versions of several of the more established favourites are excellent, and really show off the bands' awe inspiring musicianship. The guitars of Mr Stone Gossard and Mike McCready are superb, complementing the amazing vocal performance (and each other) perfectly. Matt Cameron's drumming is totally spot on, as usual (his touring with them being an extra treat for me, being a huge soundgarden fan). Unfortunately, while Jeff Ament's performance on the bass was utterly awe inspiring on the night, the recording is lacking somewhat in the bass dept. being strangely mixed far into the background.

Apart from this the cd is great. There's no overdubs at all, what you hear is the real thing, including several funny little (and not so little) anectdotes from Eddie.

This is a truly magical performance, particularly on the set closer Yellow Ledbetter, Alive (with slightly modified lyrics), Betterman, Immortality and a spine-tingling performance of Black.

Absolutely priceless.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Loose-Limbed and Flawless Performance, October 23, 2001

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doomsdayer520 (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 06/6/00 - Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales (Audio CD)

Disclaimer: Owner of all 72 official PJ bootlegs. The ninth show of the tour, in mysterious but beautiful Cardiff, Wales, constitutes one of the most solid, no-nonsense performances of the early part of the 2000 World Tour. This show is not incredibly dramatic, ear-catching, or especially powerful in any way. So if you only listen to this bootleg a few times, you may not notice how loose, relaxed, and insistent this performance really is. This requires close listening, but your patience will be rewarded. The rhythm section of Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron are in an especially limber and even bluesy mood, giving the songs an extra bit of swing. The guitar interplay by Stone Gossard and Mike McCready is relaxed and flawless. Eddie Vedder is clearly in a good mood, and while he keeps the stage talk relatively low-key in this gig, he's clearly having fun with the crowd, especially in his story about a tour guide named Jerry. This show has the benefit of a rather unconventional set list, as compared to many of the other bootlegs. "Nothing As It Seems" is the show opener for the only time in the tour, and this is a great idea, because the song can often be a mid-show downer but works very well as the opener. Crushing renditions of the heavy rockers "Gods' Dice," "Red Mosquito," and "I Got Shit" make welcome appearances early in the set, while some more rarities like "Spin the Black Circle" and "Smile" appear in the encore. Pearl Jam had apparently never been to this town before, and may not be there ever again, but the Cardiffians should be talking about this for years to come.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the new and the old, November 18, 2004

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David R. Finnegan II "rock geek" (Rockford, IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 06/6/00 - Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales (Audio CD)

From the unprecedented opener "Nothing as it Seems", you know the Cardfiff show is going to be unlike any other on the tour. Great versions of Binaural's rockers 'Breakerfall' and 'God's Dice' follow. The performance of 'Insignificance' is the highlight of the show: probably the best I've heard, and I've heard quite a few. The rarity 'I Got S***' makes an oddly early appearance, and the same can be said for the next song- 'Alive'. With every bootleg I get that lacks this song, I can tell you I miss hearing it. It may not be Pearl Jam's best, but it's anthemic, it's moving, and it's definitive of the band themselves. The performance here is excellent. 'Pilate' off of Yield is a nice surprise, and 'Once' is a surprising rocker of a set ender. The nine song encore is marred only by another horribly butchered version of 'Immortality', but saved by good versions of 'Black' and 'Smile', as well as the obligatory 'Yellow Ledbetter'.

If you like the setlist on this bootleg, especially the Binaural and Ten songs, I can tell you you won't be disappointed by the performance.