Vitalogy
Album by Pearl Jam
Released	December 6, 1994
Recorded	1994 in Seattle, Washington; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Grunge
Length	55:30
Label	Epic
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Pearl Jam chronology
Vs. (1993)	Vitalogy (1994)	No Code (1996)

Vitalogy is a loose concept album by the band Pearl Jam, released on December 6, 1994 (see 1994 in music). Varied and idiosyncratic, the album was another big hit for Pearl Jam. Sparse productions and often bizarre lyrics (such as on "Bugs") made the album inaccessible without repeated listens. Eddie Vedder's hooks are a primary draw, built around furious guitar riffs and arrhythmic drum beats. Pearl Jam Vitalogy album cover This is an album cover. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Pearl Jam (formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington) are a rock band considered one of the most popular and influential artists of their decade. ... 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Brendan OBrien is a record producer who worked with many bands including Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Kings X, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Aerosmith, The Wallflowers, Matthew Sweet, Limp Bizkit, Lifehouse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Rage Against The Machine, The Black Crowes, Aimee Mann, Bruce Springsteen, The... Pearl Jam (formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington) are a rock band considered one of the most popular and influential artists of their decade. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Pearl Jam (formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington) are a rock band considered one of the most popular and influential artists of their decade. ... Vs. ... No Code is Pearl Jams fourth album, released on August 27, 1996 through Epic Records. ... It has been suggested that concept EP be merged into this article or section. ... 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The album is packaged in a booklet which features clearly dated discussions of health and well-being, based on an early 20th Century book of the same name that Vedder found at a garage sale. The lyrics to "Whipping" are written on a copy of a petition to Bill Clinton against Pro-Life killings of abortionists, and many think that the lyrics of "Immortality" describe the scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide: "Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor" (although Vedder himself has vehemently denied this, and many of the lyrics appeared in live versions of the song before Cobain's suicide). Many of the other songs on the album seem to be based on the pressures of fame and dealing with the resulting loss of privacy. William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... An abortion is the removal or expulsion from the uterus of an embryo or fetus, resulting in or caused by its death. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ...

"Better Man" is a song from Eddie's previous band, Bad Radio. It was never released as a single, but became one of the band's biggest hits, peaking at #13 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. Along with "Corduroy," it has become a live staple, and continues to be played at almost every show. "Tremor Christ," the B-Side of the single "Spin the Black Circle," also managed to reach #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, but it has since largely disappeared from the band's set lists and rock radio and was noticeably not included in the band's greatest hits compilation. Bad Radio Bad Radio was a four piece, progressive funk rock band from San Diego, California. ...

Vitalogy was a #1 hit on Billboard's Top 200 album chart, selling over 850,000 copies in its first week of release on CD. The album was first released on vinyl on November 22, 1994, and debuted at number 55 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It was the first vinyl album to be listed on this chart since the introduction of compact discs. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record album from the 1960s A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...

Drums on "Satan's Bed" were performed by Abbruzzese's drum tech Jimmy Shoaf. On the day it was recorded, Abbruzzese was in the hospital having his tonsils removed. Vedder and Gossard were working on the song, and asked for Shoaf's help to get a drum machine working. After setting up the drum machine, the pair asked Shoaf to perform the same beat on the drums. Shoaf noted later that he didn't expect his performance to actually make the record. He is credited on the lyric sheet as the drummer, but it was several years before the public found out who "Jimmy" was. [1]

Jack Irons plays drums on "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me". The song was a late addition to the album, recorded after Abbruzzese was fired from the band.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 492 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. // History John Lennon - RS 1 (November 9, 1967)How I Won the War Film Still Founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner (who is still editor and publisher) and music critic Ralph J. Gleason, Rolling Stone was initially identified with and reported on the hippie counterculture of the... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

Track listing

1. "Last Exit" (Pearl Jam) - 2:54
2. "Spin the Black Circle" (Pearl Jam) - 2:48
3. "Not For You" (Pearl Jam) - 5:52
4. "Tremor Christ" (Pearl Jam) - 4:12
5. "Nothingman" (Vedder/Ament) - 4:35
6. "Whipping" (Pearl Jam) - 2:35
7. "Pry, To" (Pearl Jam) - 1:03
8. "Corduroy" (Pearl Jam) - 4:37
9. "Bugs" (Pearl Jam) - 2:45
10. "Satan's Bed" (Vedder/Gossard) - 3:31
11. "Better Man" (Vedder) - 4:28
12. "Aye Davanita" (Pearl Jam) - 2:58
13. "Immortality" (Pearl Jam) - 5:28
14. "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me" (Pearl Jam) - 7:44
    • Stone Gossard and Mike McCready do not play on this song.

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Singles

• "Spin the Black Circle" / "Tremor Christ" (1994)
• "Not For You" / "Out Of My Mind" (live) (1995)
• "Immortality" / "Rearviewmirror" (performed by The Frogs) (1995)

Spin the Black Circle is a song on Pearl Jams third album, Vitalogy. ... The Frogs are a band with a history of controversy, founded in 1980, in Milwaukee. ...

Charting Singles

• 1994 Spin the Black Circle Mainstream Rock Charts No. 16
• 1994 Spin the Black Circle Modern Rock Charts No. 11
• 1994 Tremor Christ Mainstream Rock Charts No. 16
• 1994 Tremor Christ Modern Rock Charts No. 16
• 1994 Tremor Christ Billboard Hot 100 No. 18
• 1995 Not For You Mainstream Rock Charts No. 12
• 1995 Not For You Modern Rock Charts No. 38
• 1995 Better Man Mainstream Rock Charts No. 1
• 1995 Better Man Modern Rock Charts No. 2
• 1995 Better Man Top 40 Mainstream No. 13
• 1995 Corduroy Mainstream Rock Charts No. 22
• 1995 Corduroy Modern Rock Charts No. 13
• 1995 Immortality Mainstream Rock Charts No. 10
• 1995 Immortality Modern Rock Charts No. 31

Personnel

• Dave Abbruzzese - Drums
• Barry Ament - Artwork, Layout Design
• Jeff Ament - Bass, Vocals, Photography
• John Burton - Assistant Engineer
• Nick DiDia - Engineer
• Brett Eliason - Engineer, Mixing
• Stone Gossard - Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron
• Jack Irons - Drums (on "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me")
• Pearl Jam - Producer
• Adam Kasper - Assistant Engineer
• Mike McCready - Guitar, Vocals, Slide Guitar
• Lance Mercer - Photography
• Brendan O'Brien - Producer, Engineer
• Trina Shoemaker - Assistant Engineer
• Eddie Vedder - Guitar, Accordion, Vocals
• Joel Zimmerman - Art Direction

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External links

• Vitalogy lyrics