Binaural
| Pearl Jam
Binaural
Binaural is the sixth studio album by U.S. alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released May 16, 2000 through Epic Records. Following a full-scale tour in support of its previous album, Yield (1998), Pearl Jam took a short break before reconvening toward the end of 1999 to begin work on a new album. During the production of the album, the band encountered hindrances such as singer Eddie Vedder's writer's block, and guitarist Mike McCready's entrance into rehabilitation due to an addiction to prescription drugs. This is Pearl Jam's first album to feature former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who joined during 1998's Yield Tour to replace Jack Irons. -Wikipedia
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All Music
The songs are sharper, the production is layered, and the performances are as compassionate as ever, resulting in their finest album since Vitalogy.
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Sputnik Music
A necessary failure by some extents of the word, Binaural provides the occasional heavy hitter tucked between fluff that hasn’t aged remarkably well.
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Ultimate Guitar
I would recommend this album if you already have Ten, Vs., No Code and Vitalogy but if you don't I'd say to get those first. A good album but just lacking spice.
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Orlando Weekly
"Binaural" reaffirms that there are still very few bands that can rip it up like Pearl Jam. You just wish they'd do it a little more often here.
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Medium
This is a Pearl Jam album. This sounds like a Pearl Jam album. To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, it’s the sort of thing you’ll like if you like that sort of thing. In a fairly uneventful album, “Insignificance” is a clear standout. Also, Ed Ved discovers the ukulele on this album. A sign of things to come.
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Rolling Stone
Binaural is a warts-and-all album; it has grabbers, songs that sink in slowly and a few absolute duds (e.g., “Light Years”).
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Metal Reviews
Binaural was easily one of the stronger Pearl Jam albums in existence at the time of its release, and still stands there today as far as I’m concerned.
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The Goon Report
Despite the slump in the album’s second half, I feel ‘Binaural’ is a pleasant listen, even if there are only two songs that really stand out. ‘Binaural’ is far from important, but it’s far from a thumbs down.
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Daily News
Several years after losing music's center spotlight, Pearl Jam continues to make records with a righteous sense of alarm, fired by the rare and moving belief that rock still matters.
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Bullz-eye
With a collection of songs that jumps from one end of the rock spectrum to the other, there's plenty to love on this disc.
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The Music Box
Binaural still fares better than most, and it further expands Pearl Jam’s string of consistently strong releases.
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