Live on Two Legs

Overview

Live on Two Legs consists of live performances of songs from different shows of the band's 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. It debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 album chart. Live on Two Legs has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

"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." towards the end of the song. The album contains Pearl Jam's rendition of the Young 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." 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", "Better Man", "Go") packs a post-grunge wallop."

Track listing

Information taken from various sources.

1. "Corduroy" (Eddie Vedder, Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready) – 5:05
2. 6/29/98, United Center, Chicago
3. "Given to Fly" (McCready, Vedder) – 3:53
4. 7/14/98, The Forum, Inglewood, California
5. "Hail, Hail" (Gossard, Ament, McCready, Vedder) – 3:43
6. 7/16/98, ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
7. "Daughter"/"Rockin' in the Free World"/"W.M.A." (Gossard, Vedder, Abbruzzese, Ament, McCready)/(Neil Young) – 6:47
8. 9/19/98, Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
9. "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (Vedder, Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready) – 3:49
10. 9/23/98, Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida
11. "Untitled" (Vedder) – 2:02
12. 9/18/98, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
13. "MFC" (Vedder) – 2:28
14. 6/27/98, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
15. "Go" (Abbruzzese, Vedder, Ament, Gossard, McCready) – 2:41
16. 9/8/98, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
17. "Red Mosquito" (Ament, Gossard, Jack Irons, McCready, Vedder) – 4:02
18. 8/29/98, Blockbuster Music Entertainment Centre, Camden, New Jersey
19. "Even Flow" (Gossard, Vedder) – 5:17
20. Mixed from 8/25/98, Star Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania and 8/31/98, Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, North Carolina
21. "Off He Goes" (Vedder) – 5:42
22. 7/14/98, The Forum, Inglewood, California
23. "Nothingman" (Ament, Vedder) – 4:38
24. 7/3/98, Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas
25. "Do the Evolution" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:45
26. 7/13/98, The Forum, Inglewood, California
27. "Better Man" (Vedder) – 4:06
28. 6/24/98, Rushmore Civic Center Arena, Rapid City, South Dakota
29. "Black" (Gossard, Vedder) – 6:55
30. 9/7/98, GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, Virginia
31. "Fuckin' Up" (Young) – 6:17
32. 9/15/98, Great Woods, Mansfield, Massachusetts