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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1993 - November: Pearl Jam “Vs.”
Description: It is no surprise that Pearl Jam was under intense pressure to follow up their debut album "Ten" with another success. What may be surprising is that the band's second studio album, Vs. (pronounced "versus") did indeed live up to the success for their debut. Vs. started at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart, sold almost a million copies in its first five days, and in its first week outperformed all other albums in the top 10 combined.
Pearl Jam did a number of things differently with this album. First, they recorded the songs one at a tim...