This is pretty accurate for me, although I definitely would not say I enjoy S/T more than Binaural. While they do serve different purposes, the experience of Binaural through headphones is significantly more enjoyable than blaring S/T through open car windows. Yes, that definitely is the way to experience the album. There are 3 or 4 songs that are perfect for that, and much better in fact for car listening than most of Binaural or Riot Act. However, given the choice, I would always choose listening to Binaural through headphones than driving around blasting Comatose. There's other albums I'd rather blast.liebzz wrote:I am going to agree and say I enjoy Pearl Jam more than Binaural - but they serve different purposes. I feel like nowadays if I am going to listen to Binaural, it's about soaking it in alone with headphones. s/t belongs being blared from open car windows screaming "yes, they still make albums, they do in fact rock out, and no they are not some acoustic outfit now."
This is it for me as well. S/T had a definite and limited shelf life, at least the album cut. Most of the songs are still enjoyable played live, but I rarely (well, never) reach for either S/T or Backspacer when wanting to hear some album PJ. Just never happens. Binaural, does, however. And lately, it's been Riot Act as well. I almost always choose Vitalogy or Yield in the carl, very rarely (almost never) will it S/T, even if that is the preferred listening/experiencing method.Lament wrote:S/T had a initial shelf-life of about three months for me, and once it ended I never found myself wanting to listen to the album. When I did put on the album, it never did anything for me. I don't necessarily think it's a bad record, but there's nothing about it that makes me want to listen to it over any other Pearl Jam record. It doesn't do anything well that another album doesn't do better for me.
Binaural stayed in my rotation and kept me captivated for a solid twelve months, and is an album with multiple tracks I regularly enjoy (even when I'm in a phase where I'm more or less not listening to Pearl Jam at all), and is one of the first albums I reach for when I find myself in a Pearl Jam phase. When I'm scanning through Sirius and a track from Binaural is on, more often than not I'll stop and listen and find myself thinking "man, this really holds up well...what a well-crafted song," whereas tracks from S/T that I come across accidentally almost always have me changing the station again the first 30 seconds.
I'm not saying you're wong, Brain_of_K or liebzz, my experiences with S/T and just very different than yours.
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