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".. paint Ed big .. turn Ed into .. one of his enemies .."
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TEN .. VITALOGY .. NO CODE .. YIELD .. LIVE ON TWO LEGS .. BINAURAL .. RIOT ACT .. LOST DOGS ..
BENAROYA HALL .. REARVIEWMIRROR .. PEARL JAM
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ALBUM: Vs
RELEASED: 19^th October 1993
LENGTH: 46:18
SINGLES: Go, Daughter, Animal and Dissident
TRACK LISTING:
Go [3:13]
Animal [2:49]
Daughter [3:55]
Glorified G [3:26]
Dissident [3:35]
W.M.A [5:59]
Blood [2:50]
Rearviewmirror [4:44]
Rats [4:15]
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town [3:15]
Leash [3:09]
Indifference [5:03]

DAVE ABBRUZZESE - drums .. JEFF AMENT - basses .. STONE GOSSARD - guitars .. MIKE McCREADY - lead guitars .. EDDIE VEDDER - vocals

NOTES: PRODUCED BY BRENDAN O'BRIEN AND PEARL JAM .. ASSISTING: Nick Didia, Kevin Scott, Adam Kasper .. CREATED AT: Potatohead in Seattle, Washington .. The Site in Nicasio, California .. INSIDE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Lancer Mercer .. ARTWORK AND B&W PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Ames .. ART DIRECTOR: Joel Zimmerman

.. so is that one pissed off lOOkin' sheep or what¿ cOuld well have bEEn Eddie in it's plAce there .. seein' as he and the bAnd had to put up with some perty nAsty crAp goin' on round during that time .. BUT, VS be the fOllOw up to their sUceSSful debut album .. TEN. I dUnno .. mAyBe they alls thoUght thAt this woUldn't be aS biG as TEN .. fOr anyOne I gUess the cOming of the secOnd alBum wOuld be a haRd aCt to fOllow especiAlly if yOur deBut did so wEll .. bUt whEn it finAlly hit the stOres aFter a deLay in the oriGinal release dAte .. VS aPParently debuted aT number one seLLin' cLose to oNe miLLion cOpies in it's fiRst wEEk¡ .. nOt a bAd eFFort eh¿
ThiS wAs s'pOsedly reLeased with three differeNt coVers .. 1. no title on the cAse with 5 against 1 written on a hAnd under the CD cOmpaRtment .. 2. No title in a cArdboArd pacKage .. and 3. Title on the cAse is VS wiTh 5 aGainst 1 is still on the inside. I've gOt the laTTer coPy .. so wHat's with the words 'against one' written on tHe hand¿ aHH I caN' t evEn see it on miNe bUt the wOrds scrawled on the haNd "5 against one" .. tHe bloKes in Pearl Jam aGainst one .. hence the title "Vs" maybe¿ sO whAt wOuld thAt mAke it¿ the bAnd 'vs' .. THEM .. as in eVeryOne else out there to do with the mEdia blah blah blah¿ .. wouldn't surprise me.
TheSe gUys sEEm mUch tigHter havin' deVeloped and grOwn a littl' aftEr eigHteen moNths of touring aFter the release of TEN. Producer Brendan O'Brien encoUraged the gUys to set up as thEy wOuld wHen pLayin' livE to record the albUm .. and rigHt frOm the fiRst trAck "Go" with Abbruzzese's funky drUmming VS deMands to be listEnEd to in soMe deGree. This is an albUm with diverSe mUsic sTyles and no doUbt .. lyRric wise VS sees Eddie at his nAstiEst .. laShinG aNd voicin' oUt his frUstRatioNs at THEM. alTHough there were trAcks a littl' fUry driVen .. sOme wErE expErimEntal as wElls .. wiTH the mOst cArefrEE soundin' trAck beiN' "Glorified G" .. wHich is .. aBout gUns *L* .. thrOugh to the foLsky soUnding "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" .. dAmn thAt's a lOng tiTle¡. I perSonally recKon with trAcks liKe "Animal" .. "Rats" .. and mayBe "Blood" [dEpEndin' on hOw you reAd intO it] pErty mUch hits the nAil on the hEad. Hey y'know on the trAck "Rats" on hOw it eNds with Eddie siNgin' "Ben .. the two of us need look no more .." I alWayz woNdered wHat that liNe wAs about¡ WellS ive fOund sOmewHere that "Ben" is aCtually a [gEt this] Michael Jackson sOng. It wAs a thEmE song used for a mOvie about RATS¡ .. wElls i'll bE bUggered¡
.. rEmEmbEr the trAck 'Why Go" dEdicAted to Heather on TEN .. "Leash" is a cOntinUation frOm that frOm whEn Eddie talked to her aFter sHe gOt ouTTa hospiTal. aNd I lurv the congo drUms or whAteVa on "W.M.A" *L* .. reAl grOOvy =) hEy I dunno 'boUt yOu, bUt I lUrv reAdin' the liTTl' scriBBles 'n nOtes thEy leAve beHind .. kiNda gEts yOu thinkin' .. it'S greAt¡
wHateVa the caSe .. wiTH the gUys bein' in the spOtliGHt .. the preSSures and all the oTHer b.s and so VS clOses with the trAck "Indifference" .. wHich is a cHoice trAck¡ =) theSe gUys WILL SURVIVE .. as Eddie sings "I'll keep taking punches until their will grows tired" .. Pearl Jam will not change aNythiNg .. their beliefs or thEir miNds .. for anyoNe .. thEy'll taKe in all the neGative hype and wHatevA cuz he and the baNd hAve gOne throUgh too mUch to giVe up for anythiNg .. they'll juz go on maKiN' their way through "one more day in hell .. how much difference does it make" ..