Vitalogy is a
grunge album by the band
Pearl Jam, released on
December 6,
1994 (see
1994 in music). Varied and original, the album, like many of the grunge-era, was a surprise hit. Sparse productions and often bizarre lyrics (such as on "Bugs") made the able inaccessible without repeated listens.
Eddie Vedder's hooks are a primary draw, built around furious guitar riffs and arrhythmic drum beats.
The album is packaged in a booklet which features what seem to be Victorian-era articles on health. The lyrics to "Whipping" are written on a copy of a petition to Bill Clinton against Pro-Life killings of abortionists, and the lyrics of "Immortality" feature a description of the scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide ("Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor"). Many of the other songs on the album seem to based on the pressures of fame.
Vitalogy was a #1 hit on Billboard[?]'s Top 200 album chart.
Track listing
- "Last Exit" (Pearl Jam) - 2:54
- "Spin the Black Circle" (Pearl Jam) - 2:48
- "Not for You" (Pearl Jam) - 5:52
- "Tremor Christ" (Pearl Jam) - 4:12
- "Nothingman" (Ament) - 4:35
- "Whipping" (Pearl Jam) - 2:35
- "Pry, To" (Pearl Jam) - 1:03
- "Corduroy" (Pearl Jam) - 4:37
- "Bugs" (Pearl Jam) - 2:45
- "Satan's Bed" (Gossard) - 3:31
- "Betterman" (Vedder) - 4:28
- "Aye Davanita" (Pearl) - 2:58
- "Immortality" (Pearl Jam) - 5:28
- "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me" (Pearl Jam) - 7:44
Personnel
- Pearl Jam - Producer
- Dave Abbruzzese - Drums
- Jeff Ament - Bass, Guitar (Bass), Vocals, Photography
- Nick DiDia - Engineer
- Brett Eliason - Engineer, Mixing
- Stone Gossard - Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron
- Jack Irons - Drums
- Adam Kasper - Assistant Engineer
- Mike McCready - Guitar, Vocals, Slide Guitar
- Brendan O'Brien - Producer, Engineer
- Eddie Vedder - Guitar, Accordion, Vocals
- Trina Shoemaker - Assistant Engineer
- Joel Zimmerman - Art Direction
- Barry Ament - Artwork, Layout Design
- Lance Mercer - Photography
- John Burton - Assistant Engineer
Charting singles
1994 Tremor Christ The Billboard Hot 100 No. 18
1994 Spin The Black Circle Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 16
1994 Tremor Christ Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 16
1994 Spin The Black Circle Modern Rock Tracks No. 11
1994 Tremor Christ Modern Rock Tracks No. 16
1995 Better Man Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 1
1995 Corduroy Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 22
1995 Immortality Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 10
1995 Not For You Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 12
1995 Better Man Modern Rock Tracks No. 2
1995 Corduroy Modern Rock Tracks No. 13
1995 Immortality Modern Rock Tracks No. 31
1995 Not For You Modern Rock Tracks No. 38
1995 Better Man Top 40 Mainstream No. 13
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