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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

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" (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" (Gossard) - 3:31
11. "Betterman" (Vedder) - 4:28
12. "Aye Davanita" (Pearl) - 2:58
13. "Immortality" (Pearl Jam) - 5:28
14. "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