Guitarist Mike McCready said that he had always wanted the band to feature keyboards. When they were done, Vedder asked Gaspar if he was "ready to go to Seattle." According to Gossard, bringing in Gaspar was about being "open to new things", while Vedder stated Gaspar "was able to find his place" and fit in easily with the band dynamics. According to Gaspar, the song initially developed out of a jam session he had with Vedder in Hawaii shortly after the two first met.
Riot Act was the first Pearl Jam album to feature Kenneth "Boom" Gaspar on keyboards, most notably on the song " Love Boat Captain". According to Cameron, everyone in the band had "four or five" ideas coming into the sessions, and there was "a lot to just kind of weed through and work on." The band often recorded material intended to be demo recordings, but lead vocalist Eddie Vedder would come along and record his vocals afterwards, stating, "I just sang it, that's the take." Regarding the creative process, guitarist Stone Gossard said that while playing alone "the anal-retentive side of you goes, 'I think I could play better.'", but when reuniting "the entire band goes 'No, it's great as it is,' then you just get in the mood and embrace it." Gossard stated that "the process of letting go is constant in this band", adding that bandmembers would arrive with "a clear idea of what a song is going to be" but eschew for other musical ideas while discussing the song with the group. Similar to the process for Yield and Binaural, band members worked on material individually before starting the recording sessions together. The album was mixed by Brendan O'Brien at Studio X. Riot Act was recorded in two sessions in February 2002 and April 2002 at Studio X in Seattle. Kasper had engineered other Pearl Jam albums, and was brought to produce following a suggestion by drummer Matt Cameron, who worked with Kasper on his previous groups Wellwater Conspiracy and Soundgarden. Producer Adam Kasper was brought in to work with the band on its seventh album. The album received mostly positive reviews, and has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. Riot Act was the band's last album of all-new material for Epic. The band supported the album with a politically charged concert tour in 2003. The lyrics deal with mortality and existentialism, with influence from both the political climate after the Septemterrorist attacks and the accidental death of nine fans during Pearl Jam's performance at the 2000 Roskilde Festival. The music on the album was diverse, including songs influenced by folk, art rock and experimental rock.
The band reconvened in the beginning of 2002 and commenced work on a new album. Following a full-scale tour in support of their previous album, Binaural (2000), Pearl Jam took a year-long break. Riot Act is the seventh studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released Novemthrough Epic Records.
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