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Vitalogy

by Pearl Jam

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All Time

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1990's

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236
1994

of 12,914

22

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Overall Rating: 3.4781 Vitalogy is ranked overall as 3.4781 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.6250 Vitalogy has an avg. critic score of 3.6250 out of 4 stars

Vitalogy Album Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly

It's always been easier to admire Pearl Jam in theory than in practice. ...more

All Music Guide

Thanks to its stripped-down, lean production,Vitalogystands as Pearl Jam's most original and uncompromising album. While it isn't a concept album,Vitalogysounds like one. ...more

Rolling Stone

With Kurt Cobain and his agonized beauty so sadly gone, down on Pearl Jam thuds the dreaded mantle: spokesmen for their generation, genre, hometown, whatever.Vitalogyis their refusal. ...more

Yahoo! Music

On Vitalogy , the band seems to have caught the Eddie Vedder "angry man"/"troubled thinker" bug as they seemingly let loose any previous restraint; mayhem spills forth in "Spin The Black Circle" and others, and while they pull in a little for "Better Man," "Not For You" and "Nothingman," those songs also have a necessary reckless abandon. ...more

Yahoo! Music

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. ...more

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

I swear, Pearl Jam has to be one of the spottiest bands in the world. One minute they're impressing me with their all-guns-blazing approach to alternative, the next minute they're getting bogged down in their own pretentiousness or in Eddie...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

An album that challenges what Pearl Jam had become, challenged preconceptions about them. Easily their rawest and loudest moment to-date and actually, upon first hearing 'Spin The Black Circle' played on the radio ( strangely, all of a sudden...read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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