Editing Live on Two Legs

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Live on Two Legs
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Pearl Jam]]
| cover      = PearlJam-LiveOnTwoLegs.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 24, 1998
| recorded   = June 24&nbsp;– September 23, 1998, various venues
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[grunge]]
| length     = 71:17
| language   = English
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer   =
| chronology = [[Pearl Jam]] live albums
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Live at Benaroya Hall]]
| next_year  = 2004
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score =  {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/>
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}<ref>Christgau, Robert. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Pearl+Jam "Pearl Jam"]. robertchristgau.com. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = A−<ref name="entertainmentweekly"/>
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4Score =  (7/10)<ref>[http://www.nme.com/reviews/pearl-jam/436 "Pearl Jam: ''Live on Two Legs''"]. ''[[NME]]''. October 26, 1998. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.</ref>
| rev5 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev5Score =  (6.1/10)<ref>Fowler, Shan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20000816183712/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pearl-jam/live-on-two-legs.shtml "Pearl Jam: ''Live on Two Legs''"]. [[Pitchfork Media]]. February 1, 1999. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/pearl-jam/albumguide|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910170740/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/pearl-jam/albumguide|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2012|title=Pearl Jam: Album Guide|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=2012-05-11}}</ref>
}}
'''''Live on Two Legs''''' is the first major [[live album]] by the American [[alternative rock]] band [[Pearl Jam]], released on November 24, 1998, through [[Epic Records]]. The album has been certified [[RIAA certification|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in the United States.

==Overview==
''Live on Two Legs'' consists of live performances of songs from different shows of the band's [[Yield Tour|summer 1998 North American tour]]. Guitarist [[Mike McCready]] stated that the band released the live album due to the strength of Pearl Jam's shows on the tour.<ref name="aural">Aledort, Andy. [http://www.giventowail.com/new/mike/articles/gw700.php "Aural Exam"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210155325/http://www.giventowail.com/new/mike/articles/gw700.php |date=2005-02-10 }}. ''[[Guitar World]]''. July 2000.</ref> It debuted at number fifteen on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart. ''Live on Two Legs'' has been certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Live+on+Two+Legs&artist=Pearl+Jam&perPage=25&go=Search |title=Gold and Platinum Database Search |access-date=2007-02-12}}</ref>

"[[Daughter (song)|Daughter]]" features vocalist [[Eddie Vedder]] singing lyrics to [[Neil Young]]'s "[[Rockin' in the Free World]]" (as the band continues a quiet jam to "Daughter") along with lyrics to Pearl Jam's own "[[W.M.A. (song)|W.M.A.]]" towards the end of the song. The album also contains Pearl Jam's rendition of Young's song "Fuckin' Up".

[[AllMusic]] staff writer [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] gave the album three out of five stars. He said that "Pearl Jam still sounds good, but they lack the wild energy that distinguished their early years. Professionalism has its good points, however, and it's true that ''Live on Two Legs'' is eminently listenable, thanks in no small part to a fine track selection...''Live on Two Legs'' is a souvenir, a thank you to fans who have stood by throughout the years, and on those terms, it's successful."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=''Live on Two Legs'' Review|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r382279|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|access-date=May 20, 2009}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reviewer David Browne gave the album an A−. He said, "Despite the band's continuing self-importance and fuzzy-around-the-edges arrangements, this set of uptight anthems ("[[Corduroy (Pearl Jam song)|Corduroy]]", "[[Better Man (Pearl Jam song)|Better Man]]", "[[Go (Pearl Jam song)|Go]]") packs a post-[[grunge]] wallop."<ref name="entertainmentweekly">{{cite web | url=https://ew.com/article/1998/11/23/live-two-legs/ | title=''Live on Two Legs'' | access-date=2009-05-20 | author=Browne, David | work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=1998-11-23}}</ref>

==Track listing==
Information taken from various sources.<ref>[http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/chords/twolegs.html "Pearl Jam: ''Live on Two Legs''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804080345/http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/chords/twolegs.html |date=2007-08-04 }}. [[Sony Music Entertainment|SonyMusic.com]].</ref><ref>[http://www.lukin.com/Discography/Albums/liveontwolegs.html "Live On Two Legs".] Lukin.com.</ref>
#"[[Corduroy (Pearl Jam song)|Corduroy]]" ([[Eddie Vedder]], [[Dave Abbruzzese]], [[Jeff Ament]], [[Stone Gossard]], [[Mike McCready]])&nbsp;– 5:05
#:June 29, [[United Center]] (Chicago)
#"[[Given to Fly]]" (McCready, Vedder)&nbsp;– 3:53
#:July 14, [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum]] (Inglewood, California)
#"[[Hail, Hail]]" (Gossard, Ament, McCready, Vedder)&nbsp;– 3:43
#:July 16, [[ARCO Arena]] (Sacramento, California)
#"[[Daughter (song)|Daughter]]"/"[[Rockin' in the Free World]]"/"[[W.M.A. (song)|W.M.A.]]" (Gossard, Vedder, Abbruzzese, Ament, McCready)/([[Neil Young]])&nbsp;– 6:47
#:September 19, [[DAR Constitution Hall|Constitution Hall]] (Washington, D.C.)
#"[[Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town]]" (Vedder, Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready)&nbsp;– 3:49
#:September 23, [[Coral Sky Amphitheatre]] (West Palm Beach, Florida)
#"Untitled" (Vedder)&nbsp;– 2:02
#:September 18, [[Merriweather Post Pavilion]] (Columbia, Maryland)
#"[[Yield (Pearl Jam album)|MFC]]" (Vedder)&nbsp;– 2:28
#:June 27, [[Alpine Valley Music Theatre]] (East Troy, Wisconsin)
#"[[Go (Pearl Jam song)|Go]]" (Abbruzzese, Vedder, Ament, Gossard, McCready)&nbsp;– 2:41
#:September 8, [[Continental Airlines Arena]] (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
#"[[Red Mosquito]]" (Ament, Gossard, [[Jack Irons]], McCready, Vedder)&nbsp;– 4:02
#:August 29, [[Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre]] (Camden, New Jersey)
#"[[Even Flow]]" (Gossard, Vedder)&nbsp;– 5:17
#:mixed from August 25 and August 31 performances at [[Star Lake Amphitheatre]] (Burgettstown, Pennsylvania) and [[Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre]] (Raleigh, North Carolina), respectively
#"[[Off He Goes]]" (Vedder)&nbsp;– 5:42
#:July 14, The Forum (Inglewood, California)
#"[[Nothingman]]" (Ament, Vedder)&nbsp;– 4:38
#:July 3, [[Sandstone Amphitheater]] (Bonner Springs, Kansas)
#"[[Do the Evolution]]" (Gossard, Vedder)&nbsp;– 3:45
#:July 13, The Forum (Inglewood, California)
#"[[Better Man (Pearl Jam song)|Better Man]]" (Vedder)&nbsp;– 4:06
#:June 24, [[Rushmore Plaza Civic Center|Rushmore Civic Center Arena]] (Rapid City, South Dakota)
#"[[Black (Pearl Jam song)|Black]]" (Gossard, Vedder)&nbsp;– 6:55
#:September 7, [[GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater]] (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
#"Fuckin' Up" (Young)&nbsp;– 6:17
#:September 15, [[Great Woods]] (Mansfield, Massachusetts)

==Personnel==
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;Pearl Jam
*[[Jeff Ament]]&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]], [[Page layout|layout]], black and white [[portrait]]s
*[[Matt Cameron]]&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Stone Gossard]]&nbsp;– [[rhythm guitar]], [[lead guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Mike McCready]]&nbsp;– lead guitar, rhythm guitar
*[[Eddie Vedder]]&nbsp;– vocals, [[guitar]]; credited as "Jerome Turner" for layout
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;Production
*Barry Ament&nbsp;– layout, [[poster|poster art]]
*Ames&nbsp;– layout
*Mark Atherton&nbsp;– layout, poster art
*John Burton, Sam Hofstedt&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|assistant engineering]]
*Kristin Callahan, Lance Mercer&nbsp;– [[Photography|color photos]]
*Vito Costarella, [[Hatch Show Print]]s, Ward Sutton, Nate Williams&nbsp;– poster art
*Brett Eliason&nbsp;– recording and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
*George Estrada&nbsp;– layout, poster art
*Joe Gastwirt&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
*Coby Schultz&nbsp;– layout, poster art
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==Chart positions==
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===Album===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Chart (1998)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Pearl+Jam&cat=a|title=Australian-Charts.com|publisher= australian-charts.com | access-date=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"| 4
|-
!scope="row"|[[Ultratop 50|Belgian Albums]] ([[Ultratop]] Flanders)<ref name="BEL">{{cite web| url = http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=pearl+jam&cat=a| title = Belgian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay | publisher = belgiancharts.com| access-date = 2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"| 42
|-
!scope="row"|[[Canadian Albums Chart|Canadian Albums]] (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pearl-jam/chart-history/cna/|title=Pearl Jam Chart History (Canadian Albums)|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"| 7
|-
!scope="row"|[[Album Top 100|Dutch Albums]] ([[Dutch Charts|Album Top 100]])<ref name="NLD">{{cite web|url= http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&search=Pearl+Jam|title=Dutch Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay |publisher= dutchcharts.nl| access-date=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"| 37
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums ([[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|SNEP]])<ref name="FRA">{{cite web|url= http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Pearl+Jam|title=French Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay |publisher= lescharts.com| access-date=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"| 59
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|6|id=28577|artist=Pearl Jam|album=Live on Two Legs|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand ([[Official New Zealand Music Chart|RMNZ]])<ref>[https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pearl+Jam Pearl Jam in New Zealand Charts]. Charts.Org.NZ. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"| 11
|-
!scope="row"|Norwegian Albums ([[VG-lista]])<ref name="NOR">{{cite web|url= http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Pearl+Jam|title=Norwegian Single/Album Chart / Pearl Jam / Longplay |publisher= norwegiancharts.com| access-date=2008-02-19}}</ref>
|align="center"| 20
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|89|date=19981129|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums]] (OCC)<ref name="everyhit">{{cite web
| url = http://www.everyhit.com/
| title = EveryHit.com
| access-date = 2007-02-16
}}</ref>
|align="center"| 68
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pearl-jam/chart-history/tlp/|title=Pearl Jam Chart History (Billboard 200)|publisher=Billboard|access-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"| 15
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Chart (2022)
!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|94|M|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albums|title=Irish Albums Chart: 17 June 2022|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|rowheader=true|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
|}
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===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!rowspan="2"| Single (1998)
!colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
|-
!style="width:2.5em;font-size:75%"| [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|US Main]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pearl-jam/chart-history/rtt/|title=Pearl Jam Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay)|publisher=Billboard|access-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref>
!style="width:2.5em;font-size:75%"| [[Alternative Songs|US Mod]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pearl-jam/chart-history/mrt/|title=Pearl Jam Chart History (Alternative Airplay)|publisher=Billboard|access-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref>
!style="width:2.5em;font-size:75%"| [[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6987&volume=68&issue=11&issue_dt=December%2007%201998&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=lhaled67omcph7v3aq7fbveid1
| title=Top Singles
| volume=68
| issue=No. 11
| date=December 7, 1998
| work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]
| access-date=2008-03-07
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519135405/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6987&volume=68&issue=11&issue_dt=December%2007%201998&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=lhaled67omcph7v3aq7fbveid1
| archive-date=May 19, 2011
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|"Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (live)
|align="center"| 21
|align="center"| 26
|align="center"| 27
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Pearl Jam|title=Live on Two Legs|award=Platinum|certyear=1998|relyear=1998|accessdate=March 27, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Pearl Jam|title=Live on Two Legs|award=Platinum|certyear=1998|relyear=1998|accessdate=March 27, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Pearl Jam|title=Live on Two Legs|award=Platinum|id=1999-01-08|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1998}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Pearl Jam|title=Live on Two Legs|award=Platinum|certyear=2002|relyear=1998|accessdate=March 27, 2020}}
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://pearljam.com/music/releases/live%20cd%20package/live-two-legs ''Live on Two Legs'' information and lyrics at pearljam.com]

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