The album was first released on vinyl, followed by a release on CD and cassette two weeks later on December 6, 1994. The LP sold 34,000 copies in its first week of release, and until Jack White's 2014 album "Lazaretto" it held the record for most vinyl sales in one week since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Upon its CD release, "Vitalogy" became the second-fastest selling album in history, only behind the band's previous release "Vs.", selling 877,000 copies in its first week and went multi-platinum quickly. The album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the United States. It is Pearl Jam's last album to feature drummer Dave Abbruzzese, who left the band before the recording session was finished. He was initially replaced by session drummers and later officially replaced by former Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer Jack Irons, who completed recording of the album.