Earthling (Eddie Vedder album)

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Earthling
Eddie Vedder Earthling.jpg
Studio album by
Eddie Vedder
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2022
Length47:57
Label
Producer Andrew Watt
Eddie Vedder chronology
Ukulele Songs
(2011)		Earthling
(2022)
Singles from Earthling
  1. "Long Way"
    Released: September 8, 2021
  2. "The Haves"
    Released: November 18, 2021
  3. "Brother the Cloud"
    Released: January 14, 2022
  4. "Invincible"
    Released: May 9, 2022 [1]

Earthling is the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Eddie Vedder. [2] The album was released on February 11, 2022, by Republic Records and Seattle Surf. [3] [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Clash 6/10 [8]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [11]
PopMatters 6/10 [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Earthling received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 79, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews. [5] In March 2022 the album received a glowing review from Record Collector magazine: "Earthling gives an uplifting sense of the creative energy shared between Eddie Vedder and his keenly empathetic collaborators, distilled into striking, memorable songs, and unified by a fresh, cohesive sound." [14]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Eddie Vedder.

Earthling track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Invincible"
4:46
2."Power of Right"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
3:33
3."Long Way"
4:45
4."Brother the Cloud"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
  • Smith
4:22
5."Fallout Today"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
  • Smith
3:20
6."The Dark"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
  • Smith
3:56
7."The Haves"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
5:07
8."Good and Evil"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
  • Smith
2:41
9."Rose of Jericho"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
  • Smith
2:25
10."Try"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
  • Smith
2:51
11."Picture" (with Elton John)
  • Vedder
  • Elton John
  • Wotman
3:59
12."Mrs. Mills"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
4:04
13."On My Way"
  • Vedder
  • Wotman
  • Klinghoffer
2:08
Total length:47:57

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Design

Charts

Chart performance for Earthling
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 8
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 7
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [19] 27
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [20] 62
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 5
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 149
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 6
Irish Albums (OCC) [24] 41
Italian Albums (FIMI) [25] 10
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [26] 17
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [27] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC) [28] 9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [29] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] 3
UK Albums (OCC) [31] 36
US Billboard 200 [32] 29
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [33] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [34] 1

Notes

  1. ↑ Credited under the pseudonym "Jerome Turner".

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