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“Tremor Christ” by Pearl Jam
From the album Vitalogy (1994)
“Tremor Christ” by Pearl Jam appears on 12 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1994 and 2005. It was first released in 1994 on the album Vitalogy. Its best result is #36 on The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #281 alternative song of 1994 and #1,857 alternative song of all time.
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"Tremor Christ" sits fourth on Pearl Jam's Vitalogy from 1994, and it was knocked out fast in a New Orleans studio, cut a day apart from "Nothingman". Stone Gossard called it barely more than a riff and a half that seemed to write itself, while Eddie Vedder remembered the lights down low and the feel of the room.
You can hear that dim-lit mood. The music came mostly from Mike McCready and Jeff Ament, and the track lurches and sways, McCready's slide guitar wailing, Ament adding double bass, Gossard stirring in mellotron and Vedder squeezing an accordion behind his lyrics, with Dave Abbruzzese on drums. Brendan O'Brien produced it with the band. It also rode along as the B-side to "Spin the Black Circle".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 101 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 415 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 916 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 967 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 968 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 968 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 557 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2002 | 662 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 953 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 953 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 953 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 36 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 77 Pearl Jam Songs of All-Time (September 2005) | 77 |
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