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''Vitalogy'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 22, 1994, through Epic Records. Pearl Jam wrote and recorded ''Vitalogy'' while touring behind its previous album ''Vs.'' (1993). The music on the record was more diverse than previous releases, and consists of aggressive rock songs, ballads and other elements making this Pearl Jam's first experimental album. The album was first released on vinyl, followed by a release on CD and cassette two weeks later on December 6, 1994. 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. Upon its CD release, ''Vitalogy'' became the second-fastest selling album in history, only behind the band's previous release ''Vs.'', selling 877,000 copies in its first week. The album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the United States.〔 ==Recording== For its third album, Pearl Jam again worked with producer Brendan O'Brien. The band wrote many of the songs during soundchecks on its Vs. Tour and the majority of the album's tracks were recorded during breaks on the tour. The first session took place late in 1993 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the band recorded "Tremor Christ" and "Nothingman".〔Garbarini, Vic. "Mother of Pearl". ''Musician''. May 1995.〕 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.〔Gilbert, Jeff. "Alive". ''Guitar World''. April 1995.〕 "Immortality" was written in April 1994 when the band was on tour in Atlanta.〔Hilburn, Robert. "All Revved Up (As Usual)". ''Los Angeles Times''. November 20, 1994.〕 Sources state that most of the album was completed by early 1994, but that either a forced delay by Epic, or the band's battle with ticket vendor Ticketmaster, were to blame for the delay.〔DeRogatis, Jim. ''Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's''. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. ISBN 0-306-81271-1, pg. 60〕 Tensions within the band had dramatically increased by this time. Producer Brendan O'Brien said, "''Vitalogy'' was a little strained. I'm being polite—there was some imploding going on."〔 Bassist Jeff Ament said that "communication was at an all-time low."〔 Drummer Dave Abbruzzese stated that the communication problems started once guitarist Stone Gossard stopped acting as the band's mediator.〔 According to Gossard, ''Vitalogy'' was the first album in which lead vocalist Eddie Vedder made the final decisions.〔 At the time, Gossard thought of quitting the band.〔Hilburn, Robert. "Working Their Way Out of a Jam". ''Los Angeles Times''. December 22, 1996.〕 Gossard said that the band was having trouble collaborating, so most of the songs were developed out of jam sessions. He added that "eighty 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.〔〔 Drums on "Satan's Bed" were performed by Abbruzzese's drum tech Jimmy Shoaf. On the day it was recorded, Abbruzzese was in the hospital having his tonsils removed. Vedder and Gossard asked for Shoaf's help to get a drum machine working, and after setting it up, the pair asked Shoaf to perform the same beat on the drums. He is credited on the lyric sheet as "Jimmy".〔Reynolds, John, et al. ("Who is the drummer on "Satan's Bed"?" ). TwoFeetThick.com. May 12, 2005.〕 Months after finishing the initial recording sessions for ''Vitalogy'', Abbruzzese was fired in August 1994 due to personality conflicts with the band members.〔 Gossard said, "It was the nature of how the politics worked in our band: It was up to me to say, 'Hey, we tried, it's not working; time to move on.' On a superficial level, it was a political struggle: For whatever reason his ability to communicate with Ed and Jeff was very stifled. I certainly don't think it was all Dave Abbruzzese's fault that it was stifled."〔 Jack Irons, the original drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Abbruzzese's successor, plays drums on "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me". Gossard said, "Jack entered the band right at the end of making ''Vitalogy''. Jack's a breath of fresh air, a family man. Everybody had a strong sense of friendship with him immediately. He was just there to play drums and help out."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vitalogy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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