"Spin the Black Circle" is on which Pearl Jam album?

"Spin the Black Circle" is on Vitalogy, Pearl Jam's third studio album. The album was released in 1994 and followed the band's breakthrough records Ten and Vs.

The song was released as the first single from Vitalogy in November 1994. Its title and lyrics evoke the ritual of playing a vinyl record, while the fast, aggressive performance draws heavily on punk and hard-rock energy. Eddie Vedder wrote the lyrics, with the music credited to Pearl Jam members.

Vitalogy was recorded during a turbulent period for the band, when Pearl Jam was pushing back against the pressures of fame and the commercial expectations surrounding its success. The album's unusual packaging and eclectic material reflected that more confrontational, inward-looking approach.

"Spin the Black Circle" became one of the album's best-known tracks and won Pearl Jam a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1996. A frequent mix-up is confusing it with songs from Ten or Vs.; it belongs specifically to Vitalogy, the album released between those two records and No Code.