Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Binaural

[Strat]

i like your style, mikejasond

Is Binaural your number 1 or what?

[---]

i like your style, mikejasond

Is Binaural your number 1 or what?

man i think so

it's tough to call between binaural, no code, and vitalogy though

[---]

where do you stand on the issue, start?

[Strat]

i like your style, mikejasond

Is Binaural your number 1 or what?

man i think so

it's tough to call between binaural, no code, and vitalogy though

I still can't wrap my head around how Eddie Vedder has written Grievance, Insignificance, Parting Ways but also wrote Future Days.

Binaural, for me, perfect top to bottom. Its awkward as fuck and sexy as hell.

There are emotions that are sitting right below a slightly boiling surface. These emotions are never fully released and that tension held throughout the entire record is fantastic. The guitars are not cranked up in the mix, the distortion and tones used are subtle. Sleek yet vigilante. Not overdone or "bro'd out" like every record since. They let the songs speak for themselves. The songs are intense. The playing is precise.

Of the girl, grievance, insignificance, rival, evacuation, nothing as it seems - Forget about it. That's where the truth lies.

[Norah]

this guy gets it

[---]

seriously though, how great is this record? how great were these recording sessions?

[---]

not a huge fan of sad, i must admit

[Strat]

seriously though, how great is this record? how great were these recording sessions?

I enjoy that Jeff Ament has recently stated it's his favorite record. I can only hope these idiots, once they get over themselves, can all look fondly back on Binaural as the special record it is. Hopefully it's before Mr. Vedder is on his death bed.

[Strat]

not a huge fan of sad, i must admit

That's weird.

[Norah]

sad is fantastic

[spike]

seriously though, how great is this record? how great were these recording sessions?

I enjoy that Jeff Ament has recently stated it's his favorite record. I can only hope these idiots, once they get over themselves, can all look fondly back on Binaural as the special record it is. Hopefully it's before Mr. Vedder is on his death bed.

old confessions

[Strat]

seriously though, how great is this record? how great were these recording sessions?

I enjoy that Jeff Ament has recently stated it's his favorite record. I can only hope these idiots, once they get over themselves, can all look fondly back on Binaural as the special record it is. Hopefully it's before Mr. Vedder is on his death bed.

old confessions

9.5/10

[---]

sad is fantastic

it's just too rightthere for me

i need less anthem, not more

[Norah]

sad is fantastic

it's just too rightthere for me

i need less anthem, not more

i understand

[---]

songs like insignificance and grievance and cropduster are exactly what i like my rawk to sound like

[---]

cutuphalfwolf, where does binaural rank for you?

[---]

and for you, spike?

[Norah]

bounces around the top 3 with yield and no code

[---]

bounces around the top 3 with yield and no code

where would you place vitalogy in your pantheon of pearl jam

[Strat]

I dont see Sad as anthem. I see it as anti anthem. Cropduster (which I will also place 5 stars on) has more anthemic qualities to it with that outro*

*perfect outro

Yield is pretty great but it sometimes bores me. I never feel challenged when listening to it. It can scoot in as background music. When im engaged, it clearly is amazing, but the production, the songs, they are somewhat less engaging than anything on binaural or no code.