Binaural: Where does it rank?

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  • ambst95
    ambst95 Posts: 125
    Bottom 5
    It's a great album but is dwarfed by the power of Ten, Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, and Yield on my mind. I think the reason a lot of fans rank Binaural higher on their lists are the 2000 bootlegs. It's the first album that you could collect in 72 ways. That alone probably helps cement some of the songs on that album in to people's minds.
    2003: 4/26 Pittsburgh, PA
    2008: 6/20 Camden, NJ
    2009: 10/28 Philadelphia, PA
    2013: 10/22 Philadelphia, PA; 10/27 Baltimore, MD
    2016: 4/20/ Raleigh, NC; 4/28 Philadelphia, PA; 4/29 Philadelphia, PA; 8/20 Chicago, IL
  • dkast85
    dkast85 NYC area Posts: 99
    Bottom 5
    pledgeagrievance said:

    Bottom 5. I love the Binaural and its only in the bottom because Yield, No Code, Vitalogy, Vs., and Ten are so fucking good

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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Bottom 5
    Not only in my bottom 5, but it's in my bottom 2. It beats only backspacer.
    will myself to find a home, a home within myself
    we will find a way, we will find our place
  • Kev - Coat and Keys
    Kev - Coat and Keys Earth Posts: 357
    Bottom 5
    Great album, but still my #7.
    I always wonder with these questions if there is an age factor to responses and all us children of the 70s will struggle to put the post-Yield albums in a top 5.
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Bottom 5
    pledgeagrievance said:

    Bottom 5. I love the Binaural and its only in the bottom because Yield, No Code, Vitalogy, Vs., and Ten are so fucking good

  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,109
    Bottom 5
    #6 for me but a great rekkid.
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,700
    easy top 5, altho rankings are tough except for the bottom two :whistle:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Top 5
    It's their best.
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Top 5
    Is it weird that I'm happy they played it but pissed I wasn't there for it? It just makes me even more annoyed at the setlist for MSG 2. I was there. It was obviously awesome because it was PJ but fuck... The setlist was so goddamn boring and the next bunch of shows in Canada were incredible. I guess Ed feels like he has to play their better-known songs in NY because it's such a big market. I have to start traveling more...
  • guacamolejoe
    guacamolejoe Posts: 2,396
    dimitrispearljam said:

    SO EASY ANSWER

    NAIS
    So, What you Giving ?........ (Thanks Speedy, Alesek, & Arq+friends)
    What You Giving

    I suggest you step out on your Porch.
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh, See the World!
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Bottom 5
    A solid #6...best post-1990s album.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,567
    Top 5
    I always thought too that with the amount of material recorded around this time, it could nearly have been a double!?

    And there is always that talk of the alternative track listing!
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Top 5
    C'mon Bro.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Top 5
    I think if you asked me this question for all 10 albums individually, you would get 7 "Top 5" answers...
    2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA
    2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
    2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
    2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
  • marjen
    marjen CT Posts: 808
    Bottom 5
    8 or 9 for me.
  • Jmeiii
    Jmeiii Posts: 110
    Bottom 5
    pledgeagrievance said:

    Bottom 5. I love the Binaural and its only in the bottom because Yield, No Code, Vitalogy, Vs., and Ten are so fucking good

    Exactly how I feel.
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  • JT_JamFan
    JT_JamFan Posts: 170
    Top 5
    I like the recording. I just think it's not the best songwriting. Would love to hear the songs from Yield recorded this way.
    Escape is never the safest path....

    Atlanta 9.1.98
    Dallas 11.15.13
    Ft. Worth 9.15.23
  • 63schoefflin
    63schoefflin Posts: 2,581
    Live.... Bottom 3
    Studio... Probably number 4.
    '08- Camden 1-2   '09- Chicago 2; Spectrum 1-4
    '10- MSG 1-2   '11- PJ20
    '12- MIA; DeLuna '13- Wrigley; Pitt; Brooklyn 1-2; Philly 1-2; Baltimore; Seattle
    '14- Denver   '16- Philly 1-2; MSG 2
    '17- Pilgrimage Music Fest (Eddie)
    '18- Fenway
  • yellowledbetterman80
    yellowledbetterman80 Posts: 770
    Bottom 5
    its good but i dont have a lot of love for it
  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Bottom 5
    I just never connected with binaural. There are great songs on it. But when it came out, I wasn't in a dark place. It's a dark cd.

    I'm a die hard fan from day one. I can remember hearing NAIS for the first time on a boat when I was out on the lake fishing. The radio station hyped it up all day. I was stoked to hear it. After it was done, I thought "I hope this doesn't kill their career." OR something like that.

    As with many of the newer songs, I've grown to like NAIS and other sones from binaural. BUT there are certainly more songs I flat out do not like than any other pj album. (Inside job, slight of hand). On the flip side, grievance and light years are classics.
    will myself to find a home, a home within myself
    we will find a way, we will find our place

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