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Thanks to its stripped-down, lean production, Vitalogy stands as Pearl Jam's most original and uncompromising album. While it isn't a concept album, Vitalogy sounds like one. Death and despair shroud the album, rendering even the explosive celebration of vinyl "Spin the Black Circle" somewhat muted. But that black cloud works to Pearl Jam's advantage, injecting a nervous tension to brittle rockers like "Last Exit" and "Not for You," and especially introspective ballads like "Corduroy" and "Better Man." In between the straight rock numbers and the searching slow songs, Pearl Jam contribute their strangest music -- the mantrafunk of "Aye Davanita," the sub-Tom Waits accordion romp of "Bugs," and the chilling sonic collage "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me." Pearl Jam are at their best when they're fighting, whether it's Ticketmaster, fame, or their own personal demons. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Overrated
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- By Major Flankage
- 9/18/2008 17:04:42
- This album went multi-platinum for the same reason that Metallica's St. Anger went multi-platinum - because of all the people who rushed out & bought the album sight-unseen because they liked the band's previous work. There is very little here that is reminiscient of Pearl Jam's prior albums, Ten & Vs. Both of those albums are far better, start to finish. Notable highlights of Vitalogy include "Nothingman"," "Corduroy", "Better Man" & "Immortality". I read somewhere that Jeff Ament (bass) once said that 80% of the songs on Vitalogy were written in about 15-20 minutes each, during pre-show rehearsals while touring for Vs. Taking Ament's remark into consideration while listening to Vitalogy, I can't say that I'm entirely surprised.
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