unofficial import reissue on colored vinyl - Eddie Vedder's Into the Wild is a collection of nine original songs and two covers for Sean Penn's film of the same name, based on Jon Krakauer's novel. The novel and film are concerned with the short life of Christopher J. McCandless, an honor student and athlete who literally walked away from his life, donated his 24,000 dollars in savings to Oxfam, and left what he perceived to be a sick society behind. He stepped into the hinterlands of Alaska and never returned. He eventually died of starvation. Penn handpicked Vedder to score the project. Vedder in turn came up with this collection of folksy, rootsy tunes where rock & roll makes fleeting appearances (most notably on the opener, "Setting Forth," and the first single, "Hard Sun"). It's a true solo project in that he played virtually everything on the set, and had help in only two places, backing vocals by Corin Tucker on "Hard Sun" (written by Gordon Peterson), and a little extra acoustic guitar assistance and backing vocals from Jerry Hannan on "Society," a tune Hannan authored.
| A1 | Setting Forth |
| A2 | No Ceiling |
| A3 | Far Behind |
| A4 | Rise |
| A5 | Long Nights |
| A6 | Tuolumne |
| B1 | Hard Sun |
| B2 | Society |
| B3 | The Wolf |
| B4 | End Of The Road |
| B5.1 | Guaranteed |
| B5.2 | (silence) |
| B5.3 | Guaranteed (Humming Vocal) |
