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PoyndexterPoyndexter Posts: 92
edited April 2008 in The Porch
Not by me. Although it is their worst album IMHO. Pulled this from an espn.com article. Thought it might cause some uproar. Or not.

Q: Your stubborn insistence on writing basketball nonsense for months on end reminds me of when Pearl Jam made albums like "Binaural" to purposely drive fans away. The baseball season just started and have we been treated to an SG column about it? No! I'd even read a Red Sox column or a Tom Brady column just because it's not a basketball column. You do realize the baseball season started right?
-- Danny G., Kansas City, Mo.
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  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    Real fans know that No Code, Yield and Binaural (the 3 "disappearance albums") are at the top of their best.
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  • simplemansimpleman Posts: 425
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    Real fans know that No Code, Yield and Binaural (the 3 "disappearance albums") are at the top of their best.
    I am clearly not a " real fan ". I'm turning in my membership and giving away my front 7 row seats. Damn it.
    " Jump from a cliff to fly, not to fall..."
  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Binaural is my favorite PJ album.
  • dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    Real fans know that No Code, Yield and Binaural (the 3 "disappearance albums") are at the top of their best.
    Pearl Jams "diappoinment albums" are far better than most bands, "best" albums.
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Binaural is my favorite album, and easily the best recording session the band has ever had. So many amazing songs from one session. People can complain about the songs that didn't make the final album, but it shows the strength of the sessions that there were so many amazing outtakes.
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  • writersuwritersu Posts: 1,867
    Poyndexter wrote:
    Not by me. Although it is their worst album IMHO. Pulled this from an espn.com article. Thought it might cause some uproar. Or not.

    Q: Your stubborn insistence on writing basketball nonsense for months on end reminds me of when Pearl Jam made albums like "Binaural" to purposely drive fans away. The baseball season just started and have we been treated to an SG column about it? No! I'd even read a Red Sox column or a Tom Brady column just because it's not a basketball column. You do realize the baseball season started right?
    -- Danny G., Kansas City, Mo.


    I don't like the CD because it has a lot of oldies kind of melodies to it, but that is not to say it is good just because I don't count it as one my favorites.
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • writersuwritersu Posts: 1,867
    simpleman wrote:
    I am clearly not a " real fan ". I'm turning in my membership and giving away my front 7 row seats. Damn it.


    you have my address, right???????
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    How an album that has Breakerfall, Light Years, Nothing As It Seems, Insignificance, Of The Girl, Grievence, Sleight of Hand, and Parting Ways on it with b-sides like Sad, Fatal, Education, and In The Moonlight can be called PJ's worst album is either an attribute to how awesome a band like Pearl Jam is, or the listener has no ears.
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    ledvedderman wrote:
    How an album that has Breakerfall, Light Years, Nothing As It Seems, Insignificance, Of The Girl, Grievence, Sleight of Hand, and Parting Ways on it with b-sides like Sad, Fatal, Education, and In The Moonlight can be called PJ's worst album is either an attribute to how awesome a band like Pearl Jam is, or the listener has no ears.

    Because people are dumb.
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    I may be alone on this but Binaural is my favorite PJ album.also i am one of the few fans who loves ALL their albums!!!

    never liked last kiss...but that is it..well parachutes,but that's it for sure!!!
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,845
    Stone Is God wrote:
    Because people are dumb.

    Everyone has an opinion. You're the one who sounds dumb thinking that someone is dumb because they don't share your opinion.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i was listening to it yesterday and i think its actually worse than Riot Act. Parting Ways and maybe Sleight of Hand are all i really care about. if i had to live without one album, Binaural would be it.

    oh and after further review, Evacuation is still the worst song ever played by Pearl Jam. just atrocious. I think i hate it more and more with every listen.
  • writersuwritersu Posts: 1,867
    MrSmith wrote:
    i was listening to it yesterday and i think its actually worse than Riot Act. Parting Ways and maybe Sleight of Hand are all i really care about. if i had to live without one album, Binaural would be it.

    oh and after further review, Evacuation is still the worst song ever played by Pearl Jam. just atrocious. I think i hate it more and more with every listen.


    oh, c'mon don't hold back.......tell us how you REALLY feel........
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • Army & NavyArmy & Navy Posts: 120
    I think the Binaural sessions did bring about some great songs (Sad, Fatal, Education, NAIS, Sleight, Insignificance, Greivance, Of The Girl)

    Problem is 3 of the above weren't on Binaural, and there in lies Pearl Jam's worst error so far - The final tracklisting was poor, with the first 3 songs sounding like B-Sides. Light Years just seems to not go anywhere (should of stuck with the Demo version).

    It gets better from there, but if you place the worst 4 songs at the beginning of the album you're asking for trouble.

    Thing is, I think they did it on purpose!
  • PoyndexterPoyndexter Posts: 92
    Army & Navy wrote:
    I think the Binaural sessions did bring about some great songs (Sad, Fatal, Education, NAIS, Sleight, Insignificance, Greivance, Of The Girl)

    Problem is 3 of the above weren't on Binaural, and there in lies Pearl Jam's worst error so far - The final tracklisting was poor, with the first 3 songs sounding like B-Sides. Light Years just seems to not go anywhere (should of stuck with the Demo version).

    It gets better from there, but if you place the worst 4 songs at the beginning of the album you're asking for trouble.

    Thing is, I think they did it on purpose!
    Rolling Stone atricle from last year, I believe noted that they purposely left out the "better" or more catchy songs from that era in order to avoid overexposure. I'm sure someone else can confirm this. But they definitely steered away from commercial (for lack of a better term) songs, hence the greatness of Lost Dogs.
  • learntojamlearntojam Posts: 15
    People dislike this album? I think it's amazing!
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    they should just change their name and start over if they are scared of making great songs.
  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Everyone has an opinion. You're the one who sounds dumb thinking that someone is dumb because they don't share your opinion.

    Easy bro, it was said in jest. I forgot sarcasm doesn't come across well on message boards.

    I'm well aware everyone has an opinion and not everyone agrees with what people think or say.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,913
    binaural has grown on me over the years. still it cant crack the top 6 for me though.

    would have been much better had the incorporated the b sides onto it
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  • rearviewmirorrearviewmiror Posts: 894
    Binaural is by far my favorite album. I love listening to it from beginning to end.

    Although I also have much love for Riot Act. I am one of the weird ones, I never lost dropped pj at all and I love the new albums as much as the older ones. In fact I find I rarley listen to Vs. anymore.
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Great songs, terrible production.

    And "Evacuation" haters are gay.
  • LloydChristmasLloydChristmas Posts: 224
    I think Binaural is a great album...in the top 5.
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    LloydChristmas wrote:
    I think Binaural is a great album...in the top 5.

    What a fantastic user name...
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  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    Poyndexter wrote:
    Not by me. Although it is their worst album IMHO. Pulled this from an espn.com article. Thought it might cause some uproar. Or not.

    Q: Your stubborn insistence on writing basketball nonsense for months on end reminds me of when Pearl Jam made albums like "Binaural" to purposely drive fans away.

    I think the opposite is true,albums like Binaural are the reason why they have such a rabid fanbase.Everyone I know who just has Ten and Vs. wouldn't list PJ in their favourite bands or wouldn't go out of their way to see a PJ show or get a bootleg whereas anyone who owns No Code,Yield,Binaural and Riot Act is completely devoted to the band.

    Sleight Of Hand's the best song I've ever heard.
    It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    ledvedderman wrote:
    What a fantastic user name...

    You can't triple stamp a double stamp.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Binaural has survived more cd changes in my car than any other album.
    It is one of my alltime fave albums.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    people who dont like binaural dont understand it. not to sound like an elitist, but after much thought i have found this to be true.
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Binaural has survived more cd changes in my car than any other album.
    It is one of my alltime fave albums.
    isnt it the best driving album ever?
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • dannydanny Posts: 2,279
    Poyndexter wrote:
    Not by me. Although it is their worst album IMHO. Pulled this from an espn.com article. Thought it might cause some uproar. Or not.

    Q: Your stubborn insistence on writing basketball nonsense for months on end reminds me of when Pearl Jam made albums like "Binaural" to purposely drive fans away. The baseball season just started and have we been treated to an SG column about it? No! I'd even read a Red Sox column or a Tom Brady column just because it's not a basketball column. You do realize the baseball season started right?
    -- Danny G., Kansas City, Mo.

    not there best but not there worse!!!!!!!!!!!!
    danny d
  • pjpitt89pjpitt89 Posts: 1,852
    binural is amazing. enough said :)
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