03. Spin The Black Circle
04. Not For You
05. Tremor Christ
06. Nothingman

its interesting this seems to be the main order of the album. they are working everything around these 4 songs in this order.

It’s all very fascinating. It’s hard to imagine (yes pun intended) hearing Hard to Imagine in the context of this album. If anything, it could work to open the album as a sonic and thematic transition from Vs. into Vitalogy, which makes sense in light of the quick turnover between the two albums (13 months is the fastest turnaround they ever had between albums). Indifference > Hard to Imagine > Last Exit actually seems like a cool concept to bridge the two albums.

I know people love Vitalogy, but I always felt it was a missed opportunity towards reaching greatness. But with a few changes, replacing some of the weaker songs, with strong ones, as well as retracking it, and it could have been the band’s best album.

I've said it before, I love it for what it is, but we could've had the very best album had they only waited a bit more.

01 Hard To Imagine
02 Last Exit
03 Spin the Black Circle
04 Not for You
05 Tremor Christ
06 Nothingman
07 Whipping
08 Pry, To
09 Corduroy
10 Bugs I Got ID
11 Satan's Bed
12 Better Man
13 Aye Davanita
14 Immortality
15 Stupid Mop Long Road

Those belong more in the No Code era I think. Neil Young, Jack Irons and all.

Jack Irons completed the recording of Vitalogy though (October 1994).
Merkin Ball recorded February 1995.

Stupid Mop

So simply from an arithmetic point of view

we would have ended up without Stupid Mop and Bugs existing

as opposed to us now having all those songs from the list AND Stupid Mop and Bugs

and somehow that would be BETTER?

«The band wrote many of Vitalogy’s songs during soundchecks on the Vs tour, and most of the album’s tracks were recorded during breaks in the touring schedule. The first session occurred in late 1993 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the band recorded “Tremor Christ” and “Nothingman”. The rest of the material was written and recorded in 1994 in sessions in Seattle, Washington and Atlanta, Georgia, with the band finishing the album at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle after the tour’s completion.

Before Vitalogy’s release, drummer Dave Abbruzzese was fired in August ’94»

Vitalogy:
Released
November 22, 1994
Recorded
November 1993 – October 1994

Merkin Ball:
Released
December 4, 1995
Recorded
February 1995

No Code:
Released
August 27, 1996
Recorded
July 12, 1995 – May 1996

Umm, yeah!
We never needed Stupid Mop other than for nightmare fuel and Bugs is a B-Side at best.
It doesn't make much of a difference if you're an all digital, spotify playlist kinda guy.
But if you're a physical media kind of guy, just imagine that puppy on vinyl.

Like I wrote above, I think those two songs exist in the No Code era, but still, it’s about having a better album. Stupid Mop could have been a b-side to a Christmas single. Bugs a b-side to a single.

oh this would be amazing.

I need to hear this. We can call the reworked track list bubytalogy - I’m into it. And I like Bugs and how it fits on the album.

Bubytalogy shirts on the way!

01 Hard To Imagine
02 Last Exit
03 Spin the Black Circle
04 Not for You
05 Tremor Christ
06 Nothingman
07 Whipping
09 Corduroy
11 Satan's Bed
12 Better Man
13 Immortality
14 Aye Davanita

Maybe something like this.

that's not exctly how it works. wasn't i got shit written on the spot? and 'long road' is about someone who died around that time?

They really aren't Vitalogy-era songs. Great songs tough.

Complaining about the novelty tracks on "Vitalogy" and suggesting better track listings is about as lame and played-out as it gets.

While we're at it, let's discuss how to shrink the White Album down to a single LP so we can remove "Revolution 9".

How would you re-construct John Lennon's discography to remove all of the Yoko songs?

What would Nirvana's next album have been like had Kurt Cobain lived?

Will AI ever advance to the point where we can replace all of the drums in Pearl Jam's discography with Dave A?

These are the burning questions of our time.

Complaining about people suggesting better track listings for Vitalogy, is about as lame and played out as it gets.

have you heard Dark Matter