Your Alternate Binaural ~ Retrack Binaural
I did a search and came up with nothing. If a thread like this is here somewhere, sorry I missed it.
I know that this has been done before but I have always thought this was an interesting topic and have always wished Binaural's track list was reworked. I swear I have done this before, but I never put the time or thought into it before like I have today. I am really happy with what I came up with. What do you think?
1. Of the Girl
2. In the Moonlight
3. Fatal
4. Light Years
5. Sleight of Hand
-- Thunderclap (instrumental)--
6. Insignificance
7. Breakerfall
8. Grievance
9. Nothing As It Seems
10. Sad
11. Strangest Tribe
-- Harmony (Instrumental)--
12. Rival
13. Education
14. Parting Ways
-- Foldback (Instrumental)--
I am pretty pleased with this track list and sequence. Soon Forget is the obvious choice as a "hidden track". I left it out because I felt like the album was in danger of running long as it is. I also considered leaving Breakerfall off and placing Education in that position, which I think works well too, but I am one of the few that has always enjoyed Breakerfall. I decided to keep it in the mix. As it stands, Binaural is near the bottom of list when it comes to Pearl Jam albums for me. With this track list it could easily have been right at the top of the heap.
Songs left off:
1. God's Dice
2. Evacuation
3. Thin Air
4. Soon Forget
Songs added:
1. In the Moonlight
2. Fatal
3. Sad
4. Strangest Tribe
5. Education
(Thunderclap/Harmony/Foldback)
I know that this has been done before but I have always thought this was an interesting topic and have always wished Binaural's track list was reworked. I swear I have done this before, but I never put the time or thought into it before like I have today. I am really happy with what I came up with. What do you think?
1. Of the Girl
2. In the Moonlight
3. Fatal
4. Light Years
5. Sleight of Hand
-- Thunderclap (instrumental)--
6. Insignificance
7. Breakerfall
8. Grievance
9. Nothing As It Seems
10. Sad
11. Strangest Tribe
-- Harmony (Instrumental)--
12. Rival
13. Education
14. Parting Ways
-- Foldback (Instrumental)--
I am pretty pleased with this track list and sequence. Soon Forget is the obvious choice as a "hidden track". I left it out because I felt like the album was in danger of running long as it is. I also considered leaving Breakerfall off and placing Education in that position, which I think works well too, but I am one of the few that has always enjoyed Breakerfall. I decided to keep it in the mix. As it stands, Binaural is near the bottom of list when it comes to Pearl Jam albums for me. With this track list it could easily have been right at the top of the heap.
Songs left off:
1. God's Dice
2. Evacuation
3. Thin Air
4. Soon Forget
Songs added:
1. In the Moonlight
2. Fatal
3. Sad
4. Strangest Tribe
5. Education
(Thunderclap/Harmony/Foldback)
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Glad you dig the track list and the song choices. Would you swap In the Moonlight and Education? I suppose that could work. For some reason I just really dig In the Moonlight at the front of the album. It just seems to set up the dark and moody textures of the rest of the tracks really well.
Cool man. I love In the Moonlight and think it is a very interesting song too. Not a fan of God's Dice at all. Pretty cool that you had only one change. Not too shabby at all!
God's Dice
Sad
Light years
NIAS
Thin Air
Insignicance
of the Girl
Education
Rival
soon forget
Parting ways
Thunder clap
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No Sleight of Hand? It is my second favorite PJ song after Release. Bummer to see it missing.
I see you didn't mess around to much with the track sequence, just basically replaced a few of the tunes.
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1. Breakerfall
2. Sad
3. Fatal
4. Nothing As It Seems
5. God's Dice
6. Education
7. Insignificance
8. Of the Girl
9. Grievance
10. Light Years
11. Rival
12. Sleight of Hand
13. Parting Ways
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2.Grievance
3.Harmony
4.Sad
5.In The Moonlight
6.Breakerfall
7.Thunderclap
8.Light Years
9.Puzzle And Game
10.Fatal
11.Gods' Dice
12.Nothing As It Seems
13.Last Kiss
14.Thin Air
15.Education (Rough Mix)
16.Insignificance
17.Foldback
18.Of The Girl
19.Evacuation
20.Sweet Lew
21.Rival
22.Sleight Of Hand
23.Drifting
24.Soon Forget
25.Parting Ways
26.Hitchhiker
27.Strangest Tribe
I love making extended mixes of albums
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self
The beginning of my mix may be "slow" in tyempo, but it certainly isn't boring. I hear what you are saying, but just because PJ always has a rocker in the beginning of an album doesn't mean it is necessary. However, I think in my mix either Grievance or Breakerfall could be swapped with Fatal to meet your criteria. Also, why do you believe Slight of Hand has to be a late in the album song? Just curious. As for Of the Girl, I love it as an opener. And God's Dice is just a crappy song in my opinion. That's why I didn't include it. But that is just an opinion.
This is fun, but not exactly the exercise I had in mind. The idea was to force yourself to edit the record into what could actually have been released as the album Binaural. Including every single track and every b-side, etc. defeats the purpose and obviously would never fit onto one album. If you had to edit it down to size, what would you do?
but your tracklist was cool too
only one or two changes that i would make for myself -
Take Fatal, Education and Strangest Tribe off the album
Add God's Dice (I LOVE this song), Evacuation, Thin Air and maybe soon forget instead of one of the instrumentals Soon Forget
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grievance
insignificance
rival
nothing as it seems
in the moonlight
education
rival
sleight of hand
light years
im still here
sad
god dice
breakerfall
parting ways
I think I would switch Moonlight and Education, sure. Education just doesn't feel like it should be at the end. Another possibility I would consider is moving Breakerfall to the Moonlight spot. So you'd start with Of the Girl and rock straight into Breakerfall.
Sweet. I can see either of those solutions working. I could like this set up for sure:
1. Of the Girl
2. Breakerfall
3. Fatal
4. Light Years
5. Sleight of Hand
-- Thunderclap (instrumental)--
6. Insignificance
7. Education
8. Grievance
9. Nothing As It Seems
10. Sad
11. Strangest Tribe
-- Harmony (Instrumental)--
12. Rival
13. In The Moonlight
14. Parting Ways
-- Foldback (Instrumental)--
Anything In Between
Grievance
Sad
Breakerfall
Puzzle And Game
Fatal
Gods' Dice
Nothing As It Seems
Thin Air
Insignificance
Evacuation
Soon Forget
Parting Ways
Strangest Tribe
This album originally had some great cuts, however I can't believe how many better ones were left off the record.
1. Of the Girl
2. Anything in Between
3. Breakerfall
4. Fatal
5. Puzzles & Games
6. Sleight of Hand
-- Thunderclap (instrumental)--
7. Insignificance
8. Education
9. Grievance
10. Nothing As It Seems
11. Sad
12. Strangest Tribe
-- Harmony (Instrumental)--
13. Rival
14. In the Moonlight
15. Parting Ways
-- Foldback (Instrumental)--
I think this is the best ever! Haha! God, if only...
According to everything I have found it is.
Roger.
Cool mix, btw. I will have to burn a CD for the car to test it out
I'm glad that you like it. I'm currently obsessing about it. Trying to make that perfect "Binaural". It's running a bit long right now. I'm considering cutting Fatal, or one or two of the Instrumentals, or Strangest Tribe. I'm not sure. I love working on it though!
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sleep = sleep - work * 10;}
else if (work >= 0) {
reality.equals(false);
work = work +1;
}system("pause");
return 0;}
1. Of the Girl
2. Anything in Between
3. Breakerfall
4. Fatal
5. Puzzles & Games
6. Sleight of Hand
7. Foldback
8. Insignificance
9. Education
10. Grievance
11. Nothing As It Seems
12. Sad
13. Strangest Tribe
14. Rival
15. In the Moonlight
16. Parting Ways
I have cut a couple of the instrumentals. This version runs at 60 minutes. I think that is doable for a realistic full length album. I have burned this onto a CD and played it a number of times and enjoy it a lot. I think I am finally satisfied with this alternate version, and I don't see myself changing it again.