While My Heart Beats | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Jeff Ament |
Cover: | Jeff Ament second.jpg |
Released: | June 12, 2012 |
Recorded: | 2009–2011 |
Studio: | Horseback Court, Blue Mountain, Montana |
Genre: | Alternative rock |
Length: | 38:22 |
Label: | Monkeywrench |
Prev Title: | Tone |
Prev Year: | 2008 |
Next Title: | Heaven/Hell |
Next Year: | 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.
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".
All songs were written by Jeff Ament.