Studio Album · No. 3
Vitalogy Songwriting Credits by Pearl Jam
Produced by Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam · Engineered by Nick DiDia, Brett Eliason
Holds writing credit on 14 of 14 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 14 / 14 documented
Scored across the 14 tracks with documented writers, by whether Pearl Jam carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 14 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 1
Vitalogy keeps Vedder as the sole lyricist while the music credits show a bit more individual variation than usual: most tracks are credited to the full band, but Jeff Ament wrote the music to 'Nothingman,' Stone Gossard to 'Satan's Bed,' and Vedder himself to 'Better Man.' There are no outside writers, so the band owns the record entirely, with the composer column quietly mapping who drove each song.
Vitalogy is the third studio album by Pearl Jam, released in November 1994 at the peak of their fame and their discomfort with it. The band's most experimental and abrasive 1990s record, it mixes raw punk energy on 'Spin the Black Circle' with the tender ballad 'Better Man' and willfully strange detours like the closing sound collage. Eddie Vedder wrote all of the lyrics, while the music was credited mostly to the full band, with a few tracks composed by individual members. It marked the end of drummer Dave Abbruzzese's tenure, and the album won the band their first Grammy, for 'Spin the Black Circle.' Vitalogy debuted at number one and was certified five-times platinum.