Binaural: Where does it rank?

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Bottom 5
    it is not bad. I just think they have done better.
    I go:
    No Code
    Ten
    VS
    Yield
    Vitology

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    Binaural
    Backspacer
    Riot Act
    Lightening bolt
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  • surforia
    surforia SoCal Posts: 352
    Bottom 5
    Top of the bottom, for me. Just can't crack the Ten, Vs., Vitalogy, No Code and Yield ranks. My bottom five is, in order, Binaural, Riot Act, BackSpacer, LB and Self-Titled.
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  • JP33
    JP33 Posts: 1,348
    Bottom 5
    definitely not in the top 5 ....But a Classic .....Self-titled..........No Code..........Yield.......Lightning bolt.....and of course Ten........Vs. ......Vitalogy.......not way in top five.........its just that we have played the poop out of all these classics............
  • Dissident67
    Dissident67 Posts: 570
    Top 5
    The actually album itself might not be in the top 5, the production doesn't always sound great. But I consider it top 5 because all the songs sound incredible live, and I love hearing them
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  • cydonia
    cydonia Denbighshire, North Wales , UK Posts: 456
    Top 5
    Just! First saw the band on the binaural tour so through the bootleeg(Manchester 4/6/00) listened to the songs again & again , great headphones album too..
  • shetellsherself
    shetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    Top 5
    Love it
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    Top 5
    Tough but fair
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  • AceCool
    AceCool Texas Posts: 455
    Top 5
    I love Binaural. It was definitely an acquired taste for me but I have come to see it as one of my favorite PJ records.
  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,223
    Bottom 5
    rummy said:

    A solid #6...best post-1990s album.

    Same for me
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Top 5
    It's really tough tough the first 6 albums are classics and Riot Act is a good one too.......
  • RS151862
    RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,736
    Bottom 5
    Jmeiii said:

    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.
    My thoughts exactly too.. and I love Binaural.
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  • HawkeyeJam
    HawkeyeJam Posts: 209
    Bottom 5
    Dead last. Its not a bad album, it's just the one album that gets one go around before pulled from the car CD player
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Bottom 5
    I would say Number six for me.
  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 431
    Top 5
    It wasn't at first but over time it definitely became a favourite. Benaroya Hall is what actually made me realize just how good Binaural is
    10
  • dogmatt
    dogmatt Napa, CA Posts: 128
    Bottom 5
    I like Riot Act better.
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  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,958
    Top 5.... Especially now the Fall weather is making it's way in.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,253
    Bottom 5
    number 9 for me only in front of riot act.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Jammalambo
    Jammalambo Posts: 1,321
    Top 5
    Degeneratefk said:

    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.

    I exacly thought "I hope this doesn't kill their career." when I first heard Sirens. Even now, I just wish they'd never wrote that song.. Funny, eh?
    Oh, and Inside Job is not on Binaural
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    edited October 2016
    Top 5
    The No Code through Riot Act period was their most creative period IMO.
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,866
    Bottom 5
    It's a great record but it's Bottom 5 for me - actually bottom 7 as it's pretty much Yield, Riot Act, No Code, then everything else for me.
    It's got some great songs (NAIS is a top 5 PJ song for me), and I saw one of my favourite shows on this tour (Cardiff 2000), but as people have already pointed out they have other records that are better
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