Yield is the fifth
studio album by the American
alternative rock band
Pearl Jam, released on February 3, 1998. Following a short promotional tour for its previous album,
No Code (1996), Pearl Jam recorded
Yield throughout 1997 at Studio Litho and
Studio X in
Seattle, Washington. The album was proclaimed as a return to the band's early, straightforward rock sound, and marked a more collaborative effort from the band as opposed to relying heavily on frontman
Eddie Vedder to compose the songs. The lyrics deal with contemplative themes, albeit seen in a more positive manner compared to the band's earlier work.