Your Alternate Binaural ~ Retrack Binaural

PHATJ
PHATJ Posts: 348
edited February 2011 in The Porch
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)
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  • Soulfire42
    Soulfire42 Posts: 404
    I'm pretty happy with the listing you have provided. The main change I think I'd make would be leaving off In the Moonlight and keeping God's Dice instead. But altogether I think we have pretty similar tastes.
  • YetAnotherFiasco
    YetAnotherFiasco Posts: 158
    I might not put In the Moonlight that close to the beginning and I probably wouldn't leave Education that far back, but that's just me. Song wise, I think you made all the right selections and this is a really good track list.
  • PHATJ
    PHATJ Posts: 348
    YetAnotherFiasco wrote:
    I might not put In the Moonlight that close to the beginning and I probably wouldn't leave Education that far back, but that's just me. Song wise, I think you made all the right selections and this is a really good track list.

    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.
    "I'll Ride the wave where it takes me. I'll Hold the pain. RELEASE ME!"

  • PHATJ
    PHATJ Posts: 348
    Soulfire42 wrote:
    I'm pretty happy with the listing you have provided. The main change I think I'd make would be leaving off In the Moonlight and keeping God's Dice instead. But altogether I think we have pretty similar tastes.

    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!
    "I'll Ride the wave where it takes me. I'll Hold the pain. RELEASE ME!"

  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Fatal
    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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  • PHATJ
    PHATJ Posts: 348
    red mos wrote:
    Fatal
    God's Dice
    Sad
    Light years
    NIAS
    Thin Air
    Insignicance
    of the Girl
    Education
    Rival
    soon forget
    Parting ways
    Thunder clap

    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.
    "I'll Ride the wave where it takes me. I'll Hold the pain. RELEASE ME!"

  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    The beginning of the record is soooooo slooooooooow. They always have a rocker in there and "In the Moonlight" doesn't count, its a slow tempo song. I love "Breakerfall" as an opener and think "Of the Girl" is a better later record song, also I would leave "God Dice" on there and Sleight of Hand is to early in the record as well.
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  • pj8
    pj8 Posts: 408
    I personally think Binaural is perfect the way it is, one of my fav PJ albums :D
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    I think I would do something like this.

    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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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    add all of the songs that were left out anywhere in the middle... done
  • Dr.Brainwave
    Dr.Brainwave Posts: 139
    1.Anything In Between
    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
    Weary is the mind of one stuck in repetition
  • The Waiting Trophy Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    I like this, but Light Years seems out of place to me.
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    I think I would do something like this.

    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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  • PHATJ
    PHATJ Posts: 348
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    The beginning of the record is soooooo slooooooooow. They always have a rocker in there and "In the Moonlight" doesn't count, its a slow tempo song. I love "Breakerfall" as an opener and think "Of the Girl" is a better later record song, also I would leave "God Dice" on there and Sleight of Hand is to early in the record as well.

    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.
    "I'll Ride the wave where it takes me. I'll Hold the pain. RELEASE ME!"

  • PHATJ
    PHATJ Posts: 348
    Dr.Brainwave wrote:
    1.Anything In Between
    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

    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?
    "I'll Ride the wave where it takes me. I'll Hold the pain. RELEASE ME!"

  • PilateOfTheStorm
    PilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    binaural is amazing the way it is
    but your tracklist was cool too
    PHATJ wrote:
    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)--

    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
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    I did this thread when I was off sick from work last year which was more to do with Riot Act but I found that tweaking the songs around was fun and these four albums I used still get listened to in this order now. I never added anything which I would maybe do now but Binaural sounds great like this... ;)
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  • robbyblaylock
    robbyblaylock Posts: 428
    of the girl
    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
  • YetAnotherFiasco
    YetAnotherFiasco Posts: 158
    PHATJ wrote:
    YetAnotherFiasco wrote:
    I might not put In the Moonlight that close to the beginning and I probably wouldn't leave Education that far back, but that's just me. Song wise, I think you made all the right selections and this is a really good track list.

    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.

    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.
  • PHATJ
    PHATJ Posts: 348
    YetAnotherFiasco wrote:
    PHATJ wrote:
    YetAnotherFiasco wrote:
    I might not put In the Moonlight that close to the beginning and I probably wouldn't leave Education that far back, but that's just me. Song wise, I think you made all the right selections and this is a really good track list.

    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.

    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)--
    "I'll Ride the wave where it takes me. I'll Hold the pain. RELEASE ME!"

  • PHATJ
    PHATJ Posts: 348
    veddertown wrote:
    I did this thread when I was off sick from work last year which was more to do with Riot Act but I found that tweaking the songs around was fun and these four albums I used still get listened to in this order now. I never added anything which I would maybe do now but Binaural sounds great like this... ;)
    http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic ... 8#p2705198
    I've been toying with the idea of doing this for Riot Act too. I haven't started anything yet, but I just might have to do it soon.
    "I'll Ride the wave where it takes me. I'll Hold the pain. RELEASE ME!"

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