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Share the story of the first time you heard this album

I got Vs shortly after it came out (I don't recall if it was the first day), and this was right around the time I was becoming a music fan, so Vs (and In Utero--didn't these come otu the same day?) was the first time I ever bought an album with expectations based on a previous listen.

I remember liking it on first listen, but not as much as Ten--I was actually somewhat unprepared for the rawness--the screaming in go and blood and the like--and the acoustic songs took me by suprise. It took me a few listens to get used to it, and I may have actually liked In Utero a bit more at first. But obviously I got used to it pretty quick and for many many years this was my second favorite pearl jam record behind Vitalogy

This is the record I have the fewest memories of coming out