Maybe my fav PJ album of all time, neck and neck with No Code. I purchased this album on CD at Target in Pasadena, New Years Eve, waiting for the Rose Parade the next day. I was 15 years old.
Yeah...I remember waiting outside a snowy A & B Sound in Vancouver for the midnight release.
1992-07-21 Vancouver
1993-9-4 Vancouver
1996-9-16 Seattle
1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
2000-11-6 Seattle
2001-10-22 Seattle
2002 -12-09 Seattle
2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2 2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
I love Vitalogy. I was 14 and bought it the day it came out. Actually, I asked my mom to buy it for me and she had it waiting for me when I got home from school. I'll never forget what it felt like running up to my room, tearing it open, throwing in the disk and pouring over the liner notes. The weird jazzy intro followed by Dave and then that guitar crunch. Pure awesome.
However, I do remember a strong sentiment of disappointment around my high school about it and I was definitely in that camp. It just didn't have the punch that the previous two did. It was weird that our mothers didn't want to change the station when Pearl Jam came on shitty Z100 (I'm looking at you Betterman). I sort of resented that record because of Betterman. It's funny to think that this is the album that sort of damaged my love for this band in the early part of their careers and now I regard it as one of their two or three best.
I love Vitalogy. I was 14 and bought it the day it came out. Actually, I asked my mom to buy it for me and she had it waiting for me when I got home from school. I'll never forget what it felt like running up to my room, tearing it open, throwing in the disk and pouring over the liner notes. The weird jazzy intro followed by Dave and then that guitar crunch. Pure awesome.
However, I do remember a strong sentiment of disappointment around my high school about it and I was definitely in that camp. It just didn't have the punch that the previous two did. It was weird that our mothers didn't want to change the station when Pearl Jam came on shitty Z100 (I'm looking at you Betterman). I sort of resented that record because of Betterman. It's funny to think that this is the album that sort of damaged my love for this band in the early part of their careers and now I regard it as one of their two or three best.
Z100 changed their format at that time to a more alternative station with some pop.
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1993-9-4 Vancouver
1996-9-16 Seattle
1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
2000-11-6 Seattle
2001-10-22 Seattle
2002 -12-09 Seattle
2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2
2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
However, I do remember a strong sentiment of disappointment around my high school about it and I was definitely in that camp. It just didn't have the punch that the previous two did. It was weird that our mothers didn't want to change the station when Pearl Jam came on shitty Z100 (I'm looking at you Betterman). I sort of resented that record because of Betterman. It's funny to think that this is the album that sort of damaged my love for this band in the early part of their careers and now I regard it as one of their two or three best.