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Binaural as my favorite album

Hubmann2513Hubmann2513 Posts: 238
edited June 2008 in The Porch
You know, I was giving this album a spin today, and I believe that this baby is my favorite album. I mean, how could it not be? Breakerfall, God's Dice, Light Years, NAIS, Thin Air, Insignificance, Of the Girl, Grievance, Rival, Sleight of Hand, Soon Forget, and Parting Ways...even Evacuation is good to me. How could this album not be everyone's favorite, or at least close to it? Those songs are amazing! and the b-sides from that album, Sad, Education, Fatal...man, they wrote amazing songs during that studio session! Who else agrees with me?
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  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    Hubmann2513 wrote:
    You know, I was giving this album a spin today, and I believe that this baby is my favorite album. I mean, how could it not be? Breakerfall, God's Dice, Light Years, NAIS, Thin Air, Insignificance, Of the Girl, Grievance, Rival, Sleight of Hand, Soon Forget, and Parting Ways...even Evacuation is good to me. How could this album not be everyone's favorite, or at least close to it? Those songs are amazing! and the b-sides from that album, Sad, Education, Fatal...man, they wrote amazing songs during that studio session! Who else agrees with me?



    I agree it is a way underrated album thats for sure.......


    FATAL -- what a great song..
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • sailboatcaptainsailboatcaptain San Juan, Puerto Rico Posts: 251
    ppffffffffff!! amazeing album !!
    a WAVE came crashing like a fist to the jaw !
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    favourite album for years.

    you've listened to it through headphones right?



    NAIS
    OF THE GIRL
    RIVAL
    SLEIGHT OF HAND
    SOON FORGET

    were the songs recorded using the binaural process.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • MohabMohab Posts: 310
    my favourite pearl jam album and album period. sleight of hand, of the girl, rival, insignificance and light years are awesome
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    very true...binaural is a very underrated album.
    scratching my butt...
    kinakamot ang aking puwit...
    me rascando pompis...
    krap mijn reet...
    boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
    bahrosh teezy...
  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    I still don't care for the album in its entirety, but I've always maintained that some of the best songs they've ever written are on this record.
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    I just don't get it...Binaural is f'ing awesome...
    What gives???
    Because it isn't constantly telling everyone to fuck off? That is has major soul and feeling???
    I love Binaural.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Hubmann2513Hubmann2513 Posts: 238
    restlesssoul wrote:
    favourite album for years.

    you've listened to it through headphones right?



    NAIS
    OF THE GIRL
    RIVAL
    SLEIGHT OF HAND
    SOON FORGET

    were the songs recorded using the binaural process.

    Yeah, it sounds absolutely amazing through headphones. It's a completely different experience really.
  • Its Evolution BabyIts Evolution Baby Posts: 849
    I will always maintain that Binaural was a solid album...but its no way better then Ten Vs. Vitalogy No Code or Yield.

    The band was on such a hot streak that this album was harder to appreciate, but Sleight of Hand, Parting Ways, Insignificance, and Grievance are all great songs.

    There is no such thing as a bad PJ album even Riot Act was quality.
    10/31/2000 (****)
    6/7/2003 (***1/2)
    7/9/2006 (****1/2)
    7/13/2006 (**** )
    4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
    6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
    10/1/2009 LA II (****)
    10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Binaural may have just become my favorite PJ album as well. Dethroned Yield and No Code recently ...
  • PJ17MKDPJ17MKD Posts: 136
    i agree with you people, its a great album...

    I think its not a favourite album to the most of the people here cause its not epic at all, its more intimate and dark and its kinda experimental sounding considering the binaural microphones that were used for the recording process...
    After Yield people didn't expect something like Binaural that's why it's underrated... just my 2 cents... for me it will always be in TOP 3...

    My story with Pearl Jam started exectly with Binaural. I went to CD shop and i liked the cover of the album, looked cool to me and i bought the CD, i was 16 years old at the time. Went home , placed the CD in the player, pushed play and instantly loved it. At first i loved the voice the most :D, second of all loved the songs, loved all of them , great diversity on the record, sounded unique for me at the time. I remember my favourites were after a couple of listenings: Light Years, Nothing As It Seems, Gods Dice, Thin Air, Breakerfell. Listen after listen, today i cannot say which song off of it i like more, i love all of them.
    So after Binaural i read some things on the internet about Pearl Jam that they were very successfull band at the early 90s together with Nirvana and started to buy the other albums, starting with Ten(what a discovery it was), Vitalogy, Yield, No Code, Vs. and that was a hell of a ride for me. What i loved the most about the band was its diversity, i couldn't find 2 songs that sounded alike from all of their albums. Thats one of the reasons i become such a fan of this band.

    I would give anything just to experience that same period while i was discovering Pearl Jam ...
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