Binaural - Blu-ray Audio Disc Coming Soon

Lennon_Cobain · April 17

Looks like we'll be getting Binaural on Blu-ray Audio to commemorate the album's 25th anniversary. Presumably it will include the Dolby Atmos mix that was briefly on Apple Music about a month or so ago before being quickly pulled.

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Here is one online retailer's product listing: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/pearl-jam-binaural/hnum/12266562?lang=en

I'd imagine 10C will have an official announcement sometime in May closer to the actual anniversary date.

It was great to get the Vitalogy Dolby Atmos mix on Blu-ray Audio, and I hope that we'll get the remainder of the back catalog in this physical format.

demetrios · April 17

Sweet!

CROJAM95 · April 17

Keep em coming…

pjpjpaul · April 17

I wish the band would do a proper deluxe reissue of Binaural. There were a lot of great outtakes and demos from that album that have still never seen a proper release.

darthvedder · April 17

pjpjpaul said:

I wish the band would do a proper deluxe reissue of Binaural. There were a lot of great outtakes and demos from that album that have still never seen a proper release.

It's almost criminal what we got instead of the original track listing.

wnh1977 · April 17

darthvedder said:

pjpjpaul said:

I wish the band would do a proper deluxe reissue of Binaural. There were a lot of great outtakes and demos from that album that have still never seen a proper release.

It's almost criminal what we got instead of the original track listing.

Here is the original tracklisting that surfaced back in early 2000...

"Breakerfall"
"Insignificance"
"Evacuation"
"Letter to the Dead"
- Later renamed to "Sad"
"Rival"
"Grievance"
"Light Years"
"Of the Girl"
"Thin Air"
"Nothing as It Seems"
"Fatal"
"Sleight of Hand"
"Soon Forget"
"In the Moonlight"
"Parting Ways"
"Education"

So I agree and disagree with your point.

This 16-track tracklisting is just too much. Too many albums in the 90's/early 2000's just became bloated with too many tracks. I love the restraints of a standard vinyl album. 45 minutes is about ideal. I feel like a ton of albums from this era would've benefitted with the "less is more" attitude.
"Parting Ways" is the perfect closer. "Education" after "Parting Ways"? Get the fuck out of here. And get rid of the stupid "typing" hidden track... "Parting Ways" fading out should be the closer on Binaural.
Pearl Jam historically has great tracks in slots 2 and 3. "Gods' Dice" and "Evacuation", in my opinion have always hampered this album, especially in those early slots and back-to-back.
I don't think this 16-track album flows at all.

igotid88 · April 17

Gods' Dice and Evacuation are very underrated. I wouldn't mind an EP of those extra tracks

trees · April 18

One of their best Albums along with Riot Act and No Code and Yeild

darthvedder · April 18

This was a very interesting time period for the band. After 4 straight albums produced by Brendan O'Brien, they decided they would go with Tchad Blake and a more experimental approach with binaural recording. When they heard Blake's mix of the album, they hit the panic button and brought O'Brien in to salvage what he could. Only fragments of Blake's mix remain, most notably in Of The Girl and the dog in Rival. It would be so interesting to hear Blake's mix of the entire album, but that will probably never happen.

demetrios · April 18

CROJAM95 said:

Keep em coming…

yanknuck · April 18

And how about a release party for Pitt1. That would be awesome!

pjpjpaul · April 18

My Dream Binaural Tracklist would be something like this-

1. Of The Girl
2. Breakerfall
3. God's Dice
4. Letter To The Dead
5. Insignificance
6. Puzzles and Games
7. Nothing As It Seems
8. Grievance
9. Evacuation
10. Thin Air
11. Fatal
12. Rival
13. In The Moonlight
14. Sleight of Hand
15. Parting Ways

demetrios · April 18

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Track-listing:

Breakerfall
Gods' Dice
Evacuation
Light Years
Nothing As It Seems
Thin Air
Insignificance
Of The Girl
Grievance
Rival
Sleight Of Hand
Soon Forget
Parting Ways

demetrios · April 19

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dreamweaver · April 20

darthvedder said:

This was a very interesting time period for the band. After 4 straight albums produced by Brendan O'Brien, they decided they would go with Tchad Blake and a more experimental approach with binaural recording. When they heard Blake's mix of the album, they hit the panic button and brought O'Brien in to salvage what he could. Only fragments of Blake's mix remain, most notably in Of The Girl and the dog in Rival. It would be so interesting to hear Blake's mix of the entire album, but that will probably never happen.

I'm on your page. I believe Binaural suffered from a studio production that went sideways. Don't get me wrong, some cool sounds and songs. But even Eddie has said "that was a weird one". Of all their albums, I'm excited to hear what Josh does with it. Avocado would be next on my list of least best PJ studio productions.