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Pearl Jam’s “Backspacer” Art Goes Viral: Grab a Piece Here

7/29/09, 10:14 am EST

If you’re seeing an awesome illustration up top, it means you’ve found one of the nine pieces of Backspacer album art that Pearl Jam are hiding all over the Internet today. Click it to head to Pearl Jam’s official site and add the image to your set of nine snapshots — once you find them all, there is a reward (keep reading …)

For Backspacer’s artwork, the band enlisted their friend and political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow. “The artwork collaboration between Tom Tomorrow and the band for this album is so compelling, we felt like it deserved its own online gallery showcase,” said Tim Bierman, the manager of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club, who as Rock Daily previously reported, is already taking pre-orders for Backspacer. The band’s ninth LP is due out September 20th.

There is some extra incentive for fans to scour the ‘Net looking for the remaining Backspacer art: Once fans find the other eight images, they’ll nab a “free download.” Also, the Backspacer art gallery (click the image to go there) is currently streaming the album’s first single “The Fixer.” “The Fixer” debuted on radio last week.

Pearl Jam have a long history of collaborating with artists — check out some of their coolest poster art here: Pearl Jam in Posters: A Gallery of Illustrated Tour Art.

Backspacer was produced by Brendan O’Brien, who’s back working with the band for the first time since 1998’s Yield. After a one-off show in Calgary, Alberta, and a brief European trek, Pearl Jam officially begin touring North America on August 21st with a performance at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre. Fans can expect to get a preview of some Backspacer tracks like “Got Some” — which the band played on The Tonight Show — and “The Fixer,” plus possibly songs like “The End” and “Speed of Sound” that Eddie Vedder recently debuted during his solo tour.

Related Stories:

• Pearl Jam’s New “Backspacer” Single “The Fixer” Hits Radio
• Pearl Jam Reveal “Backspacer” Track List, Pre-Order Details
• Pearl Jam Announce Tour Dates, “Backspacer” Out September 20th

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Red Mosquito | 7/29/2009, 10:30 am EST

Can’t wait!!!

Hole | 7/29/2009, 10:57 am EST

Best song I have heard in years from anyone

long ron daniels | 7/29/2009, 10:58 am EST

come on y’all we gets the picts and we all relax with a cool soda and if you’re lucky, your sexy mama lady.

the fixer is a good rocker.

Eddie Vedder | 7/29/2009, 11:07 am EST

I am honored that Bill Cosby was available to do the album art.

Off-Topic | 7/29/2009, 1:22 pm EST

I need help where are some of these.

?? | 7/29/2009, 2:13 pm EST

Pearl Jam = Mumbly noise music

guitar_davey | 7/29/2009, 2:35 pm EST

?? = Celien Dion fan

mfc | 7/29/2009, 3:37 pm EST

where’s #2?

rj | 7/29/2009, 4:11 pm EST

where is #4

Al YUnk | 7/29/2009, 4:14 pm EST

This should be all of them:

spinner
spin
nme
yahoo
wired
kerrang
rollingstone
dro wnedinsound
jambase

Red | 7/29/2009, 4:29 pm EST

Pearl Jam has done much better. But its OK.

davidpennmusic | 7/29/2009, 7:50 pm EST

Who cares about the art – seriously. They better just put out one hell of an album. If “The Fixer” and “Got Some” are any indication, they’re in a world of trouble.

Greatest Rock Band Ever | 7/29/2009, 8:29 pm EST

How f*cking cool is this?!

jays5672 | 7/29/2009, 9:16 pm EST

I can’t for the life of me find the last one. It’s number 7. I have every other one but this one. Oh, and Al YUnk, I’ve been all over both NME and Yahoo and I don’t know what your talking about with those ones cause there isn’t any pieces of the album cover on either of those sites.

tgi101 | 7/29/2009, 10:11 pm EST

recordstoreday.com has #7 :)

TheCoz | 7/29/2009, 10:15 pm EST

Yahoo News has one, just google it. Another one is at Tom Tomorrow’s website.

tgi101 | 7/29/2009, 10:25 pm EST

last one is on tomorrows website
sorry im just posting them as i find them but the down load is a demo of a song called “speed of sound” by eddie vedder

Tom E. G. | 7/29/2009, 10:27 pm EST

Go to Yahoo and search “Pearl Jam, Backspacer”. Click on the News Results link.

Janie | 7/29/2009, 11:33 pm EST

WHERE IS PICTURE #1 AND #2 ? PLEASE HOOK ME UP SOMEONE~

Dave A | 7/30/2009, 12:24 am EST

You haven’t done anything great since Jack Irons left the band.

Anonymous | 7/30/2009, 12:33 am EST

YOU SUCK NOW. GET JACK IRONS BACK PLEASE.

What difference does it make? | 7/30/2009, 12:54 am EST

What ever the cover, the album will suck.

Barrack Obongo | 7/30/2009, 12:57 am EST

Pearl Jam is too much in love with itself..

Haha | 7/30/2009, 12:59 am EST

Idiots racing all around the internet trying to piece together a damn Pearl Jam cover. Get a life.

Matty.G | 7/30/2009, 2:32 am EST

I love all these heroes talking crap like this, how about you people get with the program, get into some decent music and get a life and not come here to moan about an all-time great band.
Hope your enjoying the latest Jonas Bros release you plebs!

Hunter | 7/30/2009, 9:57 am EST

Some people really like to talk bad about Pearl Jam. They talk bad about them because they either went downhill after “Ten”, or after “Vitalogy”, or after “Yield” – depending on who you ask.

What people really miss is comparing Pearl Jam to other bands today. Whether Pearl Jam isn’t as good as they used to be or not…

Pearl Jam is still so much better than so many bands being played on the radio today. I still think the only band today really giving them competition is Radiohead.

Harrison Bergeron | 7/30/2009, 10:24 am EST

Pearl Jam is one of the greatest bands of their generation.

They’ve always put out top notch quality music.

Pearl Jam will always be ahead of the pack by a country mile.

Tom Tomorrow’s artwork for this album is killer. Can’t wait for September.

viva’la’vinyl

Afonso Lara | 7/30/2009, 11:51 am EST

Pearl jam rules

pjlover | 7/30/2009, 2:43 pm EST

yes pearl jam sould love them selves they are the best band on the planet. so fuck all the haters

h_e_n_r_y | 7/30/2009, 6:03 pm EST

Didn’t Conan show the album cover when they performed on the show’s first episode?

Eddie Van Halen | 7/30/2009, 6:14 pm EST

Pearl Jam, weren’t they those vegetarian guys who used to sing about mommy not helping them when they wet their pants or something?

?? | 7/30/2009, 8:03 pm EST

guitar_davey =still lives with mom and never graduated

Slappy McGee | 7/30/2009, 8:13 pm EST

Actually, Eddie Van Halen has to wear a bag on his side that fills with his urine, because he’s wrecked his insides with booze. Pearl Jam sings about real things, whereas Eddie let Sammy sing about stumbling around after drinking tequila or wondering, “Why Can’t This Be Love?” – what novel, insightful lyrics.

EV | 7/30/2009, 8:52 pm EST

Dump on my chest!

use my ball hair to floss.

Stonedude | 7/31/2009, 8:55 am EST

What I want to know is – is this album actually going to sell anything?

this cover is similar to | 7/31/2009, 9:22 am EST

In My Head by Black Flag

btw, the songs I’ve heard from PJ aren’t so good
they’re the new U2

anon | 7/31/2009, 11:11 am EST

god are there angry and bitter people out there. raise your hand if you were picked on as a kid.

I | 7/31/2009, 12:11 pm EST

was beaten as a kid
so suck on it

Willy | 9/2/2009, 2:16 pm EST

Ojala y se aparescan por chile
!!

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