Editing Eddie Vedder (section)

==Legacy==
{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="I just love to hear Eddie sing. I think he's got such a distinctive, fabulous voice. He doesn't copy, so that's what I like; he does the Eddie Vedder version. It's never easy to do because most people will just try and copy what the Who have done. He's always himself."|source=—[[Roger Daltrey]] discussing Vedder's singing.<ref name="First Quotebox">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-daltrey-on-wild-beatles-fans-eddie-vedder-teen-cancer-charity-189814/|title=Roger Daltrey on Wild Beatles Fans, Eddie Vedder, Teen Cancer Charity|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Kory Grow|date=31 May 2016|access-date=11 February 2019}}</ref>}}

Lamenting the constant waning of [[Rock and roll|rock 'n roll]] from the music scene, [[Bono]], in 2017, expounded that "Rage" is the fundamental component of rock 'n roll and said, "Some great rock’n’roll tends to have that, which is why the Who were such a great band. Or Pearl Jam. Eddie has that rage."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Music has 'gotten very girly', says Bono from U2 {{!}} Pop and rock {{!}} The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/28/music-has-gotten-very-girly-says-bono-from-u2|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=amp.theguardian.com|date=December 28, 2017 |last1=Belam |first1=Martin }}</ref>

Vedder was ranked seventh on a list of "Best Lead Singers of All Time" compiled by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> ''[[Loudwire]]'' put him at number 35 on their Top 66 Hard Rock + Heavy Metal Frontmen of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://loudwire.com/top-hard-rock-metal-frontmen-of-all-time/#photogallery-1=33|title=Top 66 Hard Rock + Metal Frontmen of All Time|date=October 13, 2016|access-date=September 9, 2018|website=Loudwire}}</ref> He has been ranked at number 5 on a list of "Singer with the Most Unique Voice", compiled by ''Rolling Stone''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-which-singer-has-the-most-unique-voice-11041/5-eddie-vedder-13220/|title=readers' Poll: Which Singer Has the Most Unique Voice?|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 25, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2018}}</ref> Singers [[Roger Daltrey]] of [[the Who]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-daltrey-on-wild-beatles-fans-eddie-vedder-teen-cancer-charity-20160531|title=Roger Daltrey on Wild Beatles Fans, Teen Cancer Charity|first=Kory|last=Grow|date=May 31, 2016|website=rollingstone.com}}</ref> [[Bruce Dickinson]] of [[Iron Maiden]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dmme.net/interviews/dickinson.html|title=Interview with BRUCE DICKINSON|website=DMME.net|access-date=July 24, 2016|archive-date=October 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003231948/http://dmme.net/interviews/dickinson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and drummer [[John Densmore]] of [[the Doors]] have praised him for his singing ability.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Densmore Considers Full Doors Reunion - With Vedder|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/the-doors/news/densmore-considers-full-doors-reunion---with-vedder_1021472|website=[[Contactmusic.com]]|date=February 8, 2007|access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref> ''[[Hit Parader]]'' magazine placed him at number 23 on their list of the "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time".<ref name="Watch Dog">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(wiiaaygav3w40tsiqzmndjaa))/collection.aspx?collection=7164|title=Hit Parader's Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time|magazine=Hit Parader|date=n.d.}}</ref> His solo album ''[[Into the Wild (soundtrack)|Into the Wild]]'' was ranked at number 20 on the list of "Top 20 Rock 'n' Roll Solo Albums" by [[Consequence of Sound]].<ref name="EV COS ITW">{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/09/top-20-rock-n-roll-solo-albums/|title=Top 20 Rock 'n' Roll Solo Albums|publisher=Consequence of Sound|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=December 24, 2019}}</ref> In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Vedder at number 105 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 1, 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/eddie-vedder-15-1234643035/|access-date=June 8, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>