While My Heart Beats

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While My Heart Beats
Jeff Ament second.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 2012
Recorded2009–2011
StudioHorseback Court, Blue Mountain, Montana
GenreAlternative rock
Length38:22
LabelMonkeywrench
Jeff Ament chronology
Tone
(2008)
While My Heart Beats
(2012)
Heaven/Hell
(2018)

While My Heart Beats is the second studio album by the American musician Jeff Ament. It is his second solo album apart from his main band, Pearl Jam, preceded by 2008's Tone.

Background[]

The album was recorded between April 2009 and May 2011 at Horseback Court, Ament's studio in Blue Mountain, Montana. Frequent Ament collaborator Richard Stuverud performed drumming duties on most of the album; Ament's Pearl Jam bandmate Matt Cameron drummed for two tracks, "When the Fire Comes" and "War in Your Eyes". Additional guitar work was done on "When the Fire Comes" and "War in Your Eyes" by Pearl Jam's Mike McCready. Joseph Arthur, Ament's bandmate from RNDM, provided the vocals for "When the Fire Comes".

Track listing[]

All songs were written by Jeff Ament.

  1. "Ulcers & the Apocalypse" - 3:14
  2. "When the Fire Comes" - 3:27
  3. "War in Your Eyes" - 3:48
  4. "While My Heart Beats" - 6:36
  5. "Shout and Repeat" - 2:38
  6. "Give It a Name" - 2:31
  7. "The Answers" - 3:36
  8. "Time to Pay" - 2:26
  9. "Take My Hand" - 2:58
  10. "Down to Sleep" - 4:16
  11. "Never Forget" - 2:52

Personnel[]

  • Jeff Ament – all instruments (unless otherwise noted), additional recording
Additional musicians and production
  • Richard Stuverud – drums
  • Mike McCready - "Atmospheric" guitar on "When the Fire Comes" and "The Answers"
  • Matt Cameron - drums on "When the Fire Comes" and "War in Your Eyes"
  • Joseph Arthur – lead vocals on "When the Fire Comes"
  •  – recording, mixing
  • Ed Brooks – mastering at RMI
  • John Burton,  – additional recording
  • Regan Hagar - Layout
  • Don Pendleton - Logo, cover & back paintings
  • Inside photo by P.

External links[]

  • [1] pjcollectors.com
  • [2] pearljam.com
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