tijdloze.rocks

"Vs." (Versus) is het tweede muziekalbum van de Amerikaanse rockband Pearl Jam en is in oktober 1993 uitgegeven. De verkoop van Vs. brak na uitkomst het Amerikaanse record van totaal aantal verkochte platen in de eerste week na vrijgave: bijna 1 miljoen exemplaren. Dit record bleef tot 1998 staan. Met de uitgave van Vitalogy in 1994 had Pearl Jam zelfs de twee snelst verkopende albums gemaakt. Tezamen met het enorme succes van het debuutalbum Ten maakte dit van Pearl Jam een van de grootste rock acts van de jaren'90. Vs. was succesvoller dan het in dezelfde periode uitgegeven album In Utero van Nirvana, waarmee de periode wordt gezien als waarin Pearl Jam de populariteit van Nirvana oversteeg. Vs. is in 2011 heruitgegeven.

Vs. (pronounced versus) is the second studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on October 19, 1993, through Epic Records. After a relentless touring schedule in support of their 1991 debut album Ten, Pearl Jam headed into the studio in early 1993 facing the challenge of following up the commercial success of its debut. The resulting album, Vs., featured a rawer and more aggressive sound compared with the band's previous release. It was the band's first collaboration with producer Brendan O'Brien and its first album with drummer Dave Abbruzzese.

Pearl Jam decided to scale back its promotional efforts for Vs., including declining to produce music videos for any of the album's singles. Upon its release, the album sold 950,378 copies in its first five days on sale, which set the record for most copies of an album sold during its first week since SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991, a record it held for five years. It occupied the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart for five weeks, the longest duration for a Pearl Jam album. Vs. received critical acclaim and has been certified 7× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of at least seven million copies in the United States.