Binaural: Where does it rank?

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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    ITS THE FAKING GREATEST

    WHAT A DUMB THREAD!
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,271
    Top 5
    Love it..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Top 5
    I freaking love Binaural, beats out everything(though sometimes it does battle Vs. for top spot). It has it all, the in your face, the dark and brooding, the introspective, the amazing music - it just has it all. That is the impression before hearing it on vinyl, after there can be no question, the layers on that album go so very deep.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • Fransway
    Fransway Posts: 9
    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

    Same

  • Uncle Snuffy
    Uncle Snuffy Posts: 959
    Top 5
    dimitrispearljam said:

    SO EASY ANSWER

    Like Dimi said. Sooooo easy to answer this poll.

    - Uncle Snuffy

    Soldier Field - Jul 11, 1995, Savage Hall - Sep 22, 1996,
    Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium - Nov 14, 1997,
    Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium - Nov 15, 1997, Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Jun 26, 1998, Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Jun 27, 1998, United Center - Jun 29, 1998, Riverport Amphitheatre - Jul 02, 1998, Allstate Arena - Oct 09, 2000, Assembly Hall - Apr 23, 2003
    United Center - Jun 18, 2003, Fox Theatre - Oct 05, 2004, United Center - May 16, 2006, United Center - May 17, 2006, United Center - Aug 23, 2009, United Center - Aug 24, 2009, Sprint Center - May 03, 2010, Scottrade Center - May 04, 2010, Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sep 03, 2011, Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sep 04, 2011
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited October 2016
    Bottom 5
    Quote features mixed up again or I just don't know anymore.
    Maybe it's just that I have forgotten how to post after all these years :i_dunno:
    Refer to my bottom quote.
    Post edited by PJfanwillneverleave1 on
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Bottom 5
    Bottom 5 for sure.
    Top with headphones on.
    Riot Act is lowest.
  • ehbacon
    ehbacon Posts: 1,972
    Top 5
    Top 3, some days #1
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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 3,059
    Top 5
    I have to admit, it used to be a bottom 5 for me, but after being lucky enough to see it in its entirety live this year, it's now a top 3 (maybe), especially after giving the album several more listens in the weeks following the show. I generally don't try to rank the albums since they're all so gloriously different, in the vein of Zeppelin's albums.

    That said, Yield's been number 1 for me since its release, although that has to do with a bunch of factors that have little to do with the album itself (I won it from a radio station and picked it up the day I flew out west for my grandmother's birthday/family reunion, one of just a couple CDs I took with me for the trip, lol). And the album kicks ass to boot, lol.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • deftones
    deftones Athens, Greece Posts: 2,444
    Top 5
    No.1 or 2, depends on the period
    ATHENS / 30-9-2006, MANCHESTER / 20-6-2012, MANCHESTER / 21-6-2012, AMSTERDAM / 16-6-2014, AMSTERDAM / 17-6-2014, AMSTERDAM / 12-6-2018, AMSTERDAM / 13-6-2018, PRAGUE / 1-7-2018, KRAKOW / 3-7-2018, BERLIN / 5-7-2018
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,399
    Top 5
    Great fucking record. Outstanding guitar work on it. Love the sound they got from the way it's recorded. Very creative lyrically and insanely good (and underrated) drum work from Matt.

    Easy answer. One of their best.
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    Bottom 5
    #6 for me. Everything after it is below that.
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • mrpink90
    mrpink90 Posts: 415
    the first 3 songs kill that album for me. breakerfall gods dice and evacuation are barely b side level songs. take out those 3 and add sad education and fatal and id rank it near the top.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,253
    Bottom 5
    mrpink90 said:

    the first 3 songs kill that album for me. breakerfall gods dice and evacuation are barely b side level songs. take out those 3 and add sad education and fatal and id rank it near the top.

    Totally agree. Take out sleight of hand too and put in harmony or thunder clap with words.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    mcgruff10 said:

    mrpink90 said:

    the first 3 songs kill that album for me. breakerfall gods dice and evacuation are barely b side level songs. take out those 3 and add sad education and fatal and id rank it near the top.

    Totally agree. Take out sleight of hand too and put in harmony or thunder clap with words.
    Why would you take out one of the best songs (SOH) on the album??????

    I originally agreed that the first 3 songs were kind of weak but now I appreciate them for how they fit with the rest of the songs and contribute to the overall feel of the album. This isn't a radio friendly, every song is a hit album like Ten. This is a get in, sit down and prepare to take a ride down the rabbit hole album. It took me years to get that.
  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Bottom 5
    Bottom 5, but not as a knock against it. Just the albums I'd put in front of it are so good.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,253
    Bottom 5
    TJ25487 said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    mrpink90 said:

    the first 3 songs kill that album for me. breakerfall gods dice and evacuation are barely b side level songs. take out those 3 and add sad education and fatal and id rank it near the top.

    Totally agree. Take out sleight of hand too and put in harmony or thunder clap with words.
    Why would you take out one of the best songs (SOH) on the album??????

    I originally agreed that the first 3 songs were kind of weak but now I appreciate them for how they fit with the rest of the songs and contribute to the overall feel of the album. This isn't a radio friendly, every song is a hit album like Ten. This is a get in, sit down and prepare to take a ride down the rabbit hole album. It took me years to get that.
    sleight of hand is a complete bore live. I've never been a fan of that song.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,634
    Top 5
    mcgruff10 said:

    TJ25487 said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    mrpink90 said:

    the first 3 songs kill that album for me. breakerfall gods dice and evacuation are barely b side level songs. take out those 3 and add sad education and fatal and id rank it near the top.

    Totally agree. Take out sleight of hand too and put in harmony or thunder clap with words.
    Why would you take out one of the best songs (SOH) on the album??????

    I originally agreed that the first 3 songs were kind of weak but now I appreciate them for how they fit with the rest of the songs and contribute to the overall feel of the album. This isn't a radio friendly, every song is a hit album like Ten. This is a get in, sit down and prepare to take a ride down the rabbit hole album. It took me years to get that.
    sleight of hand is a complete bore live. I've never been a fan of that song.
    It was one of my highlights in Columbia
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
    Columbia 2016
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,253
    Bottom 5
    drakeheuer14 said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    TJ25487 said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    mrpink90 said:

    the first 3 songs kill that album for me. breakerfall gods dice and evacuation are barely b side level songs. take out those 3 and add sad education and fatal and id rank it near the top.

    Totally agree. Take out sleight of hand too and put in harmony or thunder clap with words.
    Why would you take out one of the best songs (SOH) on the album??????

    I originally agreed that the first 3 songs were kind of weak but now I appreciate them for how they fit with the rest of the songs and contribute to the overall feel of the album. This isn't a radio friendly, every song is a hit album like Ten. This is a get in, sit down and prepare to take a ride down the rabbit hole album. It took me years to get that.
    sleight of hand is a complete bore live. I've never been a fan of that song.
    It was one of my highlights in Columbia
    cool
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • whoanelly15
    whoanelly15 Posts: 742
    Top 5
    Don't any of you dare touch Breakerfall, God's Dice, Evacuation or Sleight of Hand! I love them all right where they are. Binaural is a masterpiece - I can't rank PJ albums at all, but it's among my favorites. Agree that adding Sad, Education and Fatal would be amazing, but I also enjoy those in the Lost Dogs catalog.

    Was Strangest Tribe a Binaural scratch? And who wrote that song?

    One thing this thread has made me realize is that if you added Sad, Education, Fatal and Strangest Tribe to Binaural, that it would be, unquestionably, my favorite album ever... if it isn't already... which it is... depending on the day.

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