Binaural: Official Album Thread

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Replace the first three songs and Soon Forget with Fatal, Sad, In the Moonlight and Education this goes from a 3 to a 4.5. Track it anyway you want.

In the moonlight wasnt for this record...it doesnt have the same mood than the rest of the songs. It was a good call to have it as a outtake, although i should have been on Riot Act.
Sad should have been on the record..not replacing anything just add another fucking song...after god dice.

I agree, the only song id be ok with being off the record is soon forget, and not because i don't like it, but because it seems unnecessary, so something like sad would be better suited for the album

I don't see how it doesn't fit the mood unless its lyrically which I admit I haven't really thought about. It's not like it's 'Shiny Happy People' or something. All the songs from those sessions seem to fit together to my ear.

01 Breakerfall
02 Gods' Dice
03 Insignificance
04 Of The Girl
05 Sad
06 Light Years
07 Education
08 Nothing As It Seems

09 Fatal
10 Evacuation
11 Grievance
12 Thin Air
13 In The Moonlight
14 Rival
15 Sleight Of Hand
16 Parting Ways (Soon Forget Tag)

I guess more then saying to doesn't fit i should just say that i could do with out it, but i love the idea of it instead of writers block as the hidden track or tag

[bada]

Replace the first three songs and Soon Forget with Fatal, Sad, In the Moonlight and Education this goes from a 3 to a 4.5. Track it anyway you want.

In the moonlight wasnt for this record...it doesnt have the same mood than the rest of the songs. It was a good call to have it as a outtake, although i should have been on Riot Act.
Sad should have been on the record..not replacing anything just add another fucking song...after god dice.

I agree, the only song id be ok with being off the record is soon forget, and not because i don't like it, but because it seems unnecessary, so something like sad would be better suited for the album

I don't see how it doesn't fit the mood unless its lyrically which I admit I haven't really thought about. It's not like it's 'Shiny Happy People' or something. All the songs from those sessions seem to fit together to my ear.

01 Breakerfall
02 Gods' Dice
03 Insignificance
04 Of The Girl
05 Sad
06 Light Years
07 Education
08 Nothing As It Seems

09 Fatal
10 Evacuation
11 Grievance
12 Thin Air
13 In The Moonlight
14 Rival
15 Sleight Of Hand
16 Parting Ways (Soon Forget Tag)

I guess more then saying to doesn't fit i should just say that i could do with out it, but i love the idea of it instead of writers block as the hidden track or tag

opps I meant to respond to VinylGuy about In The Moonlight not fitting not about Soon forget.

[VinylGuy]

Replace the first three songs and Soon Forget with Fatal, Sad, In the Moonlight and Education this goes from a 3 to a 4.5. Track it anyway you want.

In the moonlight wasnt for this record...it doesnt have the same mood than the rest of the songs. It was a good call to have it as a outtake, although i should have been on Riot Act.
Sad should have been on the record..not replacing anything just add another fucking song...after god dice.

I agree, the only song id be ok with being off the record is soon forget, and not because i don't like it, but because it seems unnecessary, so something like sad would be better suited for the album

I don't see how it doesn't fit the mood unless its lyrically which I admit I haven't really thought about. It's not like it's 'Shiny Happy People' or something. All the songs from those sessions seem to fit together to my ear.

01 Breakerfall
02 Gods' Dice
03 Insignificance
04 Of The Girl
05 Sad
06 Light Years
07 Education
08 Nothing As It Seems

09 Fatal
10 Evacuation
11 Grievance
12 Thin Air
13 In The Moonlight
14 Rival
15 Sleight Of Hand
16 Parting Ways (Soon Forget Tag)

I guess more then saying to doesn't fit i should just say that i could do with out it, but i love the idea of it instead of writers block as the hidden track or tag

opps I meant to respond to VinylGuy about In The Moonlight not fitting not about Soon forget.

i was saying lyrically yeah, but also the music seems different than the others songs..i dont know why, more uplifting than the others. Still an awesome song... and i really like the soon forget tag..maybe as a bonus track?

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Replace the first three songs and Soon Forget with Fatal, Sad, In the Moonlight and Education this goes from a 3 to a 4.5. Track it anyway you want.

In the moonlight wasnt for this record...it doesnt have the same mood than the rest of the songs. It was a good call to have it as a outtake, although i should have been on Riot Act.
Sad should have been on the record..not replacing anything just add another fucking song...after god dice.

I agree, the only song id be ok with being off the record is soon forget, and not because i don't like it, but because it seems unnecessary, so something like sad would be better suited for the album

I don't see how it doesn't fit the mood unless its lyrically which I admit I haven't really thought about. It's not like it's 'Shiny Happy People' or something. All the songs from those sessions seem to fit together to my ear.

01 Breakerfall
02 Gods' Dice
03 Insignificance
04 Of The Girl
05 Sad
06 Light Years
07 Education
08 Nothing As It Seems

09 Fatal
10 Evacuation
11 Grievance
12 Thin Air
13 In The Moonlight
14 Rival
15 Sleight Of Hand
16 Parting Ways (Soon Forget Tag)

I guess more then saying to doesn't fit i should just say that i could do with out it, but i love the idea of it instead of writers block as the hidden track or tag

opps I meant to respond to VinylGuy about In The Moonlight not fitting not about Soon forget.

Ah, well i still wanted to mention that i love the idea of soon forget as the hidden track. Love it

[digster]

I think my thing with the alternate tracklists of Binaural is that inevitably people shift around from Light Years to the end, and I can't personally think of a better running order than what they came up with, considering what they had. Insignificance through Sleight of Hand alone makes it one of their best records.

[Angus]

Insignificance through Sleight of Hand alone makes it one of their best records.

I’d even make that: Light Years right through the end makes it one of their best records. I love every second on there. Song 2 & 3 make it fall just short of the very top, but I still wouldn’t mess with the tracklist.

[joostone]

Binaural as a double album as I would do it:

DISC 1)

"Of the Girl"
"Sad"
"Light Years"
"Gods' Dice"
"In the Moonlight"
"Nothing as It Seems"
"Insignificance"
"Thin Air"
"Drifting"
"Sleight of Hand



Disc 2)

"Breakerfall"
"Evacuation"
"Hitchhiker"
"Rival"
"Education"
"Fatal"
"Strangest Tribe"
"Grievance"
"Soon Forget
"Parting Ways"


Leave as lost dog:

"Sweet Lew"

[@SkitchP]

Or just leave it as Binaural.

[gardenparty]

i'm very happy Hitchhiker didn't make the cut. it's not good

[VinylGuy]

i'm very happy Hitchhiker didn't make the cut. it's not good

me too.

[EJ]

i'm very happy Hitchhiker didn't make the cut. it's not good

me too.

I'm one of the few who really dig Hitchhiker. I don't think it would have fit on Binaural at all. But, I love the song's rhythmic groove, Ed's delivery, and the nice bridge.

[Birds in Hell]

i'm very happy Hitchhiker didn't make the cut. it's not good

me too.

I'm one of the few who really dig Hitchhiker. I don't think it would have fit on Binaural at all. But, I love the song's rhythmic groove, Ed's delivery, and the nice bridge.

It's a cool little song.

[darth_vedder]

i'm very happy Hitchhiker didn't make the cut. it's not good

me too.

I'm one of the few who really dig Hitchhiker. I don't think it would have fit on Binaural at all. But, I love the song's rhythmic groove, Ed's delivery, and the nice bridge.

It's a cool little song.

Exactly. I'd go further and say it's a really good song. I love it. Having said that, I'm glad it's not on Binaural.

[Sigerson]

Hitchhiker is a really cool song but I agree that it has no place on Binaural.

[nah]

Hitchhiker is a really cool song but I agree that it has no place on Binaural.

this song has a good groove. i like it as well.

[bodysnatcher]

always been a fan of Hitchhiker. glad it's not on Binaural, but happy it saw the light of day

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

"Hitchhiker" is an okay song, but it's very b-side-ish, in the same vein as "Leatherman" and "U". I like the spot where the bass drops out completely...reminds of "I Heard Her Call My Name".

"Sad", "In The Moonlight" & "Fatal" are way too fucking good to be b-sides, and it irks me that they were presented alongside crap like "Sweet Lew" and "Gremmie Out Of Control", and old boring shit like "Yellow Ledbetter". Had they been on "Riot Act", I think people would hold that album in higher regard. But since "Riot Act" had a different producer, I guess they didn't want to mix up songs from old sessions. Kind of a bummer.

[epilogue]

In my estimation, Riot Act is just fine without those songs.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

In my estimation, Riot Act is just fine without those songs.

Oh yeah, absolutely.

[darth_vedder]

I think it's that time of year where I sip on some Scotch, smoke up, and then listen to Binaural and Riot Act. Yep, that sounds like a jolly 'ol time to me.