Question: When was Pearl Jam's studio album preceding Riot Act released?

Context articles: Riot Act Tour
Save You (Pearl Jam song)
Love Boat Captain
Binaural (album)
Backspacer
½ Full
Riot Act (album)
Thumbing My Way
Pearl Jam (album)
I Am Mine

The Riot Act Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its seventh album, "Riot Act".
"Save You" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on February 11, 2003 as the second single from the band's seventh studio album, "Riot Act" (2002).
 Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music primarily written by guitarist Mike McCready.
 The song peaked at number 23 on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
 The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, "rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)".
"Love Boat Captain" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam.
 Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music co-written by Vedder and keyboardist Boom Gaspar, "Love Boat Captain" was released on February 18, 2003 as a single from the band's seventh studio album, "Riot Act" (2002).
Binaural is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on May 16, 2000 through Epic Records.
 Following a full-scale tour in support of its previous album, "Yield" (1998), Pearl Jam took a short break before reconvening toward the end of 1999 to begin work on a new album.
 During the production of the album, the band encountered hindrances such as singer Eddie Vedder's writer's block, and guitarist Mike McCready's entrance into rehabilitation due to an addiction to prescription drugs.
Backspacer is the ninth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on September 20, 2009.
 The bandmembers started writing instrumental and demo tracks in 2007, and got together in 2008 to work on an album.
 It was recorded from February through April 2009 with producer Brendan O'Brien, who had worked on every Pearl Jam album except their 1991 debut "Ten" and 2006's self-titled record—although this was his first production credit since 1998's "Yield".
 Material was recorded in Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California and O'Brien's own Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.
 The music on the album—the shortest of the band's career—features a sound influenced by pop and new wave.
 The lyrics have a more optimistic look than the ones in the politic-infused predecessors "Riot Act" and "Pearl Jam", something frontman Eddie Vedder attributed to the election of Barack Obama.
"½ Full" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam.
 Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by bassist Jeff Ament, "½ Full" is the thirteenth track on the band's seventh studio album, "Riot Act" (2002).
Riot Act is the seventh studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 12, 2002 through Epic Records.
 Following a full-scale tour in support of its previous album, "Binaural" (2000), Pearl Jam took a year-long break.
 The band then reconvened in the beginning of 2002 and commenced work on a new album.
 The music on the record featured a diverse sound, including songs influenced by folk, art rock, and experimental rock.
 The lyrics deal with mortality and existentialism, with much influence from both the political climate after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the accidental death of nine fans during Pearl Jam's performance at the 2000 Roskilde Festival.
"Thumbing My Way" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam.
 Written by vocalist Eddie Vedder, "Thumbing My Way" is the seventh track on the band's seventh studio album, "Riot Act" (2002).
Pearl Jam (sometimes referred to as The Avocado Album or simply Avocado) is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on May 2, 2006 on J Records.
 It was the first and only release for J Records, their last album issued by Sony Music.
 It was the band's first full-length studio release in almost four years, since "Riot Act" (2002).
 Following their performances at the Vote For Change tour in 2004, the band commenced work on "Pearl Jam" in November 2004 at Studio X in Seattle, Washington and finished in February 2006.
"I Am Mine" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam.
 Written by vocalist Eddie Vedder, "I Am Mine" was released on October 8, 2002 as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, "Riot Act" (2002).
 The song peaked at number six on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart.
 The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, "rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)".