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Pearl Jam - Vitalogy Audio CD

A fair review of the Pearl Jam "Vitalogy" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Pearl Jam reviews here, or go back to the Pearl Jam tabs.

Pearl Jam Band: Pearl Jam
Title: Vitalogy
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Release Date: 1994-12-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Last Exit 2: Spin the Black Circle 3: Not for You 4: Tremor Christ 5: Nothingman 6: Whipping 7: Pry, To 8: Corduroy 9: Bugs 10: Satan's Bed 11: Better Man 12: Aye Davanita 13: Immortality 14: Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me

How time does change minds
Really, the only decent song on this album is Better man, everything else is filler. I remember when everybody I knew thought this album was a train wreck when it first came out. This was a haphazardly produced album that has no tempo or feeling, but rather a compilation of songs to meet a production deadline. Apparently though time has softened opinions on this album, at least according to Amazon reviewers. So with this in mind, I removed Vitalogy from my cd case, dusted off the cover and placed the disk into the stereo. What I heard was exactly how I remembered it, mediocre material. Time definitely did not soften my opinion on this album! For all newcomers to Pearl Jam, stick with Ten, which has much more solid writing and production.


Vital growth
Even here PJ can feel a little strained in experimental interludes, but feels utterly balanced between earnest anthems and gritty rockers. This sounds like their true last attempt at a masterwork, before filler-based attributes robbed the group of completely compelling spins. .


Pearl Jam on top of there game
It took them away from there anthematic solo driven rock songs and transformed there sound more quick poignant punk influenced numbers. This album represented a turning point to to me in the sound of Pearl Jam.
This album is a definite reflection of the time. Kurt just died and rock was in a confusing place. This seems like a response to some some of the criticism that Kurt gave to PJ saying that they were a bunch of "butt rockers". To prove there punk roots they responded with Vitalogy. It is dark, it is moody, it is fast, it is packed with angst it had attitude like the greatest of punk albums but it is still Pearl Jam. I wont go through every song but I will say that this album and the follow up No Code are two of the greatest albums to go together. They seem to talk to one another. This album is dark and filled with songs that question life and God and then No Code is a response with a much lighter view of life. .


Cut the fat and this is a stellar album.
This is Pearl Jam's mix of weird and simultaneously accessible before both traits were thrown into a blender for the follow-up, No Code. Anthemic rockers and ballads spread out across a disc containing a few instances of time wasting filler. This is also the last of PJ's trio of smash hit albums before they distanced themselves from the mainstream (without compromising the listenability of the music, of course).

The "normal" songs are pretty much a continuation of some of the harder-edged stuff they did on Vs. If you like that album, the odds are you'll dig this one too. Also contains two sublime "man" ballads - better and nothing (better being the better of the mans; rimshot). I guess the most positive thing I can say about this album is that it has the most dynamics of any PJ disc. You'll have no difficulty distinguishing one song from another. No matter what I say about the experimental stuff, Vitalogy is never boring.

This album has been kind of a friend to me for years. An imperfect friend, but a perfect friend would be creepy.


Vitalogy
It still has some rock tunes like SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE, CORDUROY, LAST EXIT, SATAN'S BED, NOT FOR YOU, BETTER MAN, WHIPPING. If you are just discovering pearl jam, this album is not for you at first. There is some experiemental stuff on here, like BUGS, AYE DAVAITA, PRY TO, and FOXYMOP HANDLE ITS ME. One other hit is TREMOR CHRIST, it charted at number 18 on the hot 100 but is now largely forgotten. But I do recomend buying this after you buy their first two records TEN and VS.


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