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Vs. is Pearl Jam's second album, released on October 19, 1993 through Epic Records. Several tracks from Vs. are still played on popular rock radio, a tribute to the record's significance in solidifying the band's artistic and commercial success.

The title is a nod to Mission of Burma, whose 1983 LP Vs. was greatly admired by Vedder. Originally, the album was titled Five Against One, but was later changed at the last minute, first as a self-titled album and later as 'Vs.', a nod to the album's general theme of conflict present in most of the songs.

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First Week

Pearl Jam's Vs. album sold over 950,000 copies in its first week on sale; this set the record for most albums sold in its first week of release. This record was later broken by the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC; however, by then, the method of counting first-week sales had changed. When Pearl Jam set the record, first-week sales only counted the first five days the album was on sale. Soundscan changed from this method to counting all seven days that an album was first released some time in the late 1990's. While others have sold more than Pearl Jam have in the first week of release, Pearl Jam still holds the title for most albums sold in the first five days.

Track listing

  1. "Go" – 3:12
  2. "Animal" – 2:49
  3. "Daughter" – 3:55
  4. "Glorified G" – 3:26
  5. "Dissident" – 3:35
  6. "W.M.A." – 5:59
  7. "Blood" – 2:50
  8. "Rearviewmirror" – 4:44
  9. "Rats" – 4:15
  10. "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" – 3:15
  11. "Leash" – 3:09
  12. "Indifference" – 5:02

Trivia

The alternate artwork issued on the album's vinyl edition, 1993.
The decision to change the album's name at the last minute resulted in a few different versions of the record:
  1. Some of the first pressings of the cassette still contained Five Against One printed on the cassette itself.
  2. The first couple of pressings of the CD and cassette do not contain the title printed on the artwork at all.
  3. The vinyl version has never had the title printed on it.
There are also different versions that are unrelated to the title:
  1. The initial versions of the CD came in an eco-pak. While not rare, they went out of print quickly and are now hard to find. The song titles aren't printed on the back cover of this version, but the artwork remains the same.
  2. The picture of the "elderly woman" changed at some point after the first pressings. Allegedly, the original woman never gave permission for her picture to be used, so Pearl Jam changed the picture to another woman. The difference is easy to spot, as "the new and improved woman behind the counter" is printed below the picture.
  3. The cover art on the vinyl copies is different from the CD and cassette.
  4. The lyrics to "Indifference" are only printed in the cassette version.

Singles

Charting singles

Album position: Singles position:

Credits

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