Pearl Jam, VS
Pearl JamVS.
Pearl Jam followed Ten with a record that sounded less polished and more immediate, beginning the band's long studio relationship with producer Brendan O'Brien.
Album artwork shown for commentary and historical reference. Image source: Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz.
SEVEN THINGS
WORTH KNOWING.
Recording stories, personnel, physical details and numbers worth keeping with the record.
Vs. was released in the United States on October 19, 1993 and contains 12 tracks.
Pearl Jam produced the album with Brendan O'Brien.
Nick DiDia is credited as an engineer on the sessions.
The recording lineup includes Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament and drummer Dave Abbruzzese.
The album includes "Go," "Daughter," "Animal" and "Dissident."
Jeff Ament is credited with design work connected to the album package, while Lance Mercer contributed photography.
Vs. began the major run of Pearl Jam studio albums produced with Brendan O'Brien.
WHY THIS
ALBUM MATTERS.
Vs. is a deliberate move away from simply repeating Ten, with rougher production, shorter songs and a band sound that feels more like five musicians pushing against one another.
THE
NUMBERS.
TRACKS
The album contains twelve songs.
MEMBERS
Vedder, Gossard, McCready, Ament and Abbruzzese form the lineup.
RELEASE
Vs. arrived in October 1993.
THE
PHYSICAL OBJECT.
The cover photograph of a sheep pressed against a fence gives the album a tense, constrained visual identity that fits a band suddenly dealing with enormous attention.
RESEARCH SOURCES
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DIGGING.
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