Bassist Jeff Ament said, 'Recording Vs., there was a lot more pressure on Ed. In order to keep up his intensity, Vedder traveled into San Francisco and began sleeping in his truck, as well as the sauna at the recording studio. The first week of recording produced ' Go', 'Blood', 'Rats', and 'Leash' before the band hit a lull.

That was where I realized there were going to be a lot of places to go with Ed.' I saw how it could change and evolve which gave me a lot of inspiration to go we can do ballads, we can do fast stuff, we can do slow stuff, we can do punk stuff.

Guitarist Stone Gossard said, 'I think we allowed things to develop in a more natural, band-oriented sort of way, rather than me bringing in a bunch of stuff that was already arranged.' Gossard added that most of the songs were arranged once Vedder joined in and started singing, elaborating, 'You could tell when the music wanted to change just by the way he was singing.' In a 2009 interview, Gossard stated, ' was probably where it felt better recording wise. O'Brien had the band members set up much as they do live, and most of the songs were developed out of jam sessions. The band took the approach of recording one song at a time, and agreed with O'Brien to mix the songs as each one was finished. Abbruzzese called the tranquil recording site 'paradise' while lead vocalist Eddie Vedder said, 'I fucking hate it hereВ . The band then moved to The Site in Nicasio, California in March 1993 to begin recording. began in February 1993 at Potatohead Studio in Seattle, Washington. It was also the band's first album with drummer Dave Abbruzzese, who had joined the band in August 1991 and toured for the album Ten. was the first Pearl Jam album to have production duties handled by Brendan O'Brien. In a 2002 interview, guitarist Mike McCready said, 'The band was blown up pretty big and everything was pretty crazy.' Vs. The album has been certified seven times platinum by the RIAA in the United States.ДЇor its second album, Pearl Jam felt the pressure of trying to match the success of its debut album, Ten. occupied the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for five weeks, the longest duration for a Pearl Jam album. set the record for most copies of an album sold during its first week, a record it held for five years. Pearl Jam decided to scale back its promotional efforts for Vs., including declining to produce music videos for any of the album's singles. It was the band's first collaboration with producer Brendan O'Brien and its first album with drummer Dave Abbruzzese.

The resulting album, Vs., featured a rawer and more aggressive sound compared with the band's previous release. 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. (pronounced versus) is the second studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released Octothrough Epic Records.

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