Bought at the time for numerous reasons. I was a big fan of singles, live recordings, and Pearl Jam (in that order).
Animal isn't exactly the best song on "Vs" (I much prefer Go and Rearviewmirror) and I'm a bit surprised it was a single, but I suppose it's short, with a fun chorus.
The live tracks (Jeremy, Daughter, Animal) are all sourced from 3 April 1994 at Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, a much bootlegged show, owing to it having been broadcast on the radio. The next single, Dissident, would come in multiple parts and include across all of the singles nearly the whole show. So in a way, I screwed up... I should have got Dissident. But I wasn't a big enough fan really to care.
Listening now I'm reminded at how good (solid) Pearl Jam are/were live. Flawless performances, but with life that makes them fun to listen to. Their habit of plugging a cover into the end of Daughter included Another Brick In The Wall this time around. It's hard to believe that a recent "cover" of Let It Go from Frozen at the end of Daughter was deemed newsworthy enough to be covered by the TV media in Australia. I hope everyone is embarrassed by that.
Fun little listen, but the single itself it's worth getting.
4/10
