Episode 358: Montreal, QC, CAN - 8/20/1998

Live On 4 Legs: Pearl Jam Podcast · Mar 5, 2026 · 1h 55m

As the 90's were nearing the end, so was Pearl Jam's time in the limelight. But if you asked them, it was exactly what they wanted. Without the pressure bestowed upon them in the previous years, in 1998, Pearl Jam released their fifth studio album Yield. The record was a collaborative effort with Stone and Jeff digging into more songwriting and it displayed growth and maturity compared to their four previous attempts. Along with a new album came a new tour, and as we saw with every year of the 90's, more major changes were implemented. The Ticketmaster boycott was halted in order to have an…