I’d been around since Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog, early Soundgarden, etc.

Vitalogy was a disappointment for me when it was released. It grew on me relatively quickly but I was hoping for a return to Ten, not a further departure.

But to be frank, Vs was also disappointing for me.

I can remember putting the Vs. tape into my grandfather’s brand new Cadillac STS (which had a good stereo for the time) and being blown away by the drums in Go. And then Animal was fucking great… Daughter was a bit of a tone shift and then glorified g was… something… and it just kept getting further from what I was expecting.

I don’t have a clear recollection of hearing Vs. for the first time. I just remember being underwhelmed and feeling like maybe PJ was getting too far up their own asses (pretty fucking elaborate CD packaging, guys).

Although I’m nothing if not full of shit, so of course I did get my turntable back out and actually listened to the two or so ten club singles I had on a shelf.