![]() “But it turns out you just end up arguing with yourself.” ![]() “I didn’t have to have any arguments with anyone else,” he said at the listening gathering. Vedder has previously undertaken projects that were more purely solo, including the 2007 soundtrack to “Into the Wild” and 2011′s “Ukulele Songs.” He said the solitude was great at first. ![]() “We sold enough records of this one last week to actually be the No. “Years ago, selling records seemed a little bit scary, then all the sudden you didn't sell records anymore,” Vedder said during the band's tour stop Friday at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. Released in February, it now sits atop the Billboard album sales chart, which measures traditional in-store purchases of CDs and vinyl. The album is like a tour through music history in more ways than one. It features a band of his peers, including producer Andrew Watt, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and former Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, along with guest stars including Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Ringo Starr that made the process feel like a fantasy camp. "People just kept elevating the sounds by contributing.” ![]() “It’s my picture on the cover of the record but really there should be so many people on it,” Vedder said when he first played the finished album for a small group of friends and reporters at a Hollywood studio. “The Earthling" was all about collaboration and camaraderie. Technically, Eddie Vedder's new album and tour are a solo project.īut the longtime Pearl Jam frontman was anything but alone on the almost-accidental venture. ![]()
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