He added that "80 percent of the songs were written 20 minutes before they were recorded." During the production of Vitalogy, lead guitarist Mike McCready went into rehabilitation to receive treatment for alcohol and cocaine abuse. Gossard said the band was having trouble collaborating, so most of the songs were developed out of jam sessions. At the time, Gossard thought of quitting the band. According to Gossard, Vitalogy was the first album for which lead vocalist Eddie Vedder made the final decisions. Drummer Dave Abbruzzese stated that the communication problems started once guitarist Stone Gossard stopped acting as the band's mediator. I'm being polite-there was some imploding going on." Bassist Jeff Ament said that "communication was at an all-time low". Producer Brendan O'Brien said: " Vitalogy was a little strained. Tensions within the band had dramatically increased by the time they were working on Vitalogy. Sources state that most of the album was completed by early 1994, but it was not released until November due to either a forced delay by Epic or the band's battle with ticket vendor Ticketmaster. " Immortality" was written in April 1994 when the band was on tour in Atlanta. The rest of the material was written and recorded in 1994 in sessions in Seattle, Washington and Atlanta, Georgia, with the band finishing the album at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle after the tour's completion. The first session took place late in 1993 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the band recorded " Tremor Christ" and " Nothingman". Tour, and the majority of the album's tracks were recorded during breaks on the tour. The band wrote many of the songs during soundchecks on its Vs.
įor the band's third album, Pearl Jam again worked with producer Brendan O'Brien. He was initially replaced by session drummers and later officially replaced by former Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer Jack Irons, who completed the recording of the album. It is Pearl Jam's last album to feature drummer Dave Abbruzzese, who left the band before recording was finished. The album has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA in the United States. Upon its CD release, Vitalogy became the second-fastest selling album in history, behind only the band's previous release Vs., selling 877,000 copies in its first week and quickly going multi-platinum. The LP sold 34,000 copies in its first week of release, and until Jack White's 2014 album Lazaretto it held the record for most vinyl sales in one week since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The album was first released on vinyl, followed by a release on CD and cassette two weeks later on December 6, 1994. Considered a departure from the grunge sound of the band’s first two albums, the record focuses more on punk rock and hardcore styles in its production. The music on the record was more diverse than previous releases, and consisted of aggressive rock songs, ballads, and other stylistic elements, making it Pearl Jam's most experimental album at that period. Pearl Jam wrote and recorded Vitalogy while touring behind its previous album Vs. Vitalogy is the third studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 22, 1994, on Epic Records.
" Spin the Black Circle"/" Tremor Christ".