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All rights reserved.Binaural - Pearl Jam (CD 2000)
| Track Listing 1. Breakerfall 2. God's Dice 3. Evacuation 4. Light Years 5. Nothing as It Seems 6. Thin Air 7. Insignificance 8. Of the Girl 9. Grievance 10. Rival 11. Sleight of Hand 12. Soon Forget 13. Parting Ways
Album Notes Pearl Jam: Eddie Vedder (vocals, guitar); Stone Gossard, Mike McCready (guitar); Jeff Ament (bass); Matt Cameron (drums). Additional personnel: April Cameron (viola); Justine Foy (cello); Mitchell Froom (harmonium, keyboards); Pete Thomas, Wendy Melvoin (percussion). Recorded at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington. "Grievance" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Amidst predictable pre-fabricated teen sensations and saccharine-loaded pop, the sturdy severity that Pearl Jam embraces on its sixth studio album almost seems quaint and archaic. But this stubborn refusal to assimilate makes for some challenging, and eventually rewarding, listening. Hearing Eddie Vedder bellow on the Who-like bashing of "Breakerfall," and the pounding "God's Dice," shows how much Bush's Gavin Rossdale and Creed's Scott Stapp looked to this San Diego native for inspiration. Former Soundgarden drummer and longtime friend Matt Cameron replaces the departed Jack Irons, and also composes the music for the choppy "Evacuation." Other non-Vedder contributions include the ethereal slide and glide of Stone Gossard's "Of The Girl," and the sparse poignancy of Jeff Ament's "Nothing As It Seems." About the only time Pearl Jam repeats itself is with "Thin Air" a mellow number that could pass as the sequel to the J. Frank Wilson hit "Last Kiss" that the band recorded for the 1999 Kosovar refugee benefit album NO BOUNDARIES. Oddest of all is "Soon Forget," a frothy number that finds Vedder doing a clenched teeth impression of Nick Drake, while making like Arthur Godfrey and accompanying himself on ukulele. | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||
Reviews  Pearl Jam: BinauralReview created: 09/05/06 by:  This is one of the best Pearl Jam albums available. Some of the songs are mesmerizing. If you like rock or alternative, buy this album. Review ID: 10000000001748884 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Good JamReview created: 08/03/06 by: 0 of 2 people found this review helpful. This is a good Pearl Jam album. If you like the Jam - then it's for you. Track listing 1. Breakerfall 2. God's Dice 3. Evacuation 4. Light Years 5. Nothing As It Seems 6. Thin Air 7. Insignificance 8. Of The Girl 9. Grievance 10. Rival 11. Sleight Of Hand 12. Soon Forget 13. Parting Ways Review ID: 10000000001487865 Was this review helpful? Report this review  The 1990s may have been dead, but Pearl Jam wasn'tReview created: 02/26/03 by: HawgWyld -- a member of Epinions Pros: Very strong blend of classic rock; band regained momentum with this one Cons: Some of the experiments don't come off too well I really figured we'd seen the end of Pearl Jam at the end of the 1990s. After all, the band's Seattle peers (all members of the alleged "grunge" movement, of course) were gone, and Pearl Jam seemed to stall a bit with 1998's Yield. Fortunately, 2000's Binaural is a fantastic album which set the band up to stick around and produce great music well into the future. I don't know if it's the addition of a new drummer (Matt Cameron, a former member of Soundgarden), the fact that Pearl Jam's particular blend of classic rock and pre-Smashing Pumpkins "alternative" resulted in truly unique music or.. Review ID: 10000000000440650  "make my Jam the P.Jam," part 6Review created: 03/11/04 by: Stairway2Drew-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Music Pros: flashes of greatness Cons: uneven and occasionally half-hearted "I'm sorry, we've stopped rocking." - Pearl Jam by way of Guildenstern, May 25, 2000. The title of Simon's review of Binaural might be the best, simplest, one-line summation of the album I've read. The band who buttered their bread with earth-shaking socially- and self-conscious rock-- 1993's Vs. and 1995's Vitalogy two of the most blisteringly effective cases for the art as the mainstream (or the direct left of mainstream, anyway) has ever allowed us to hear-- effectively ceased to rock with 2000's Binaural. And with the airy, schizophrenic album, Pearl Jam's discography-- which, mind you,... Review ID: 10000000000440649 SignificanceReview created: 04/08/02 by: PacManY2J-- a member of Epinions and Top Reviewer in Music Pros: Lyrics; great mix of solid rock and experimental stuff Cons: Underappreciated<BR/> With every new album, Pearl Jam continues to disappoint the people who long for a return to their early '90s sound. To that, I say, "good" because as Pearl Jam does that, they also manage to make their dedicated fans love them even more. Their 2000 release Binaural does just that. There is so much good stuff on this album, but many casual fans are not willing to listen because they still, after all this time, expect grunge rock. This is evidenced by the short amount of time Nothing As It Seems spent on the radio before fading out. Sorry, but Pearl Jam has evolved in a better way than you... Review ID: 10000000000440648 Forgive me my insignificanceReview created: 05/27/03 by: foxy_shy -- a member of Epinions Pros: Some amazing songs and Insignificance Cons: Too many weak songs and God's Dice When Pearl Jam returned in 2000, they already were veterans. In fact, by the end of the 90s every band playing that kind of music automatically was perceived as veterans. Veterans - do you receive the sarcasm contained in this word? It actually means old . And no matter how many hardcore fans there still are, one always can feel when the things are getting old. Pearl Jam felt they were becoming veterans. It wasn t their fault, just the music scene had made another step, and it s still hard to say in which direction, I would in any case hesitate on calling that a step forward . That was the... Review ID: 10000000000440651 It's Pearl Jam...BABY! Part Six: BinauralReview created: 11/14/03 by: andym173 -- a member of Epinions Pros: Moody, atmospheric, varied Cons: Some of the band's weakest songs are on here, production More Pearl Jam you say? What s that, you can t take any more? You wish I d give you a break and stop reviewing the band to death? Well, y all just better friggin deal with it! Because I ve got a few more to go yet, starting with this little slice of equal amounts of joy and pain, the band s inconsistent 2000 effort, Binaural. (I really am running low on intro ideas for these PJ reviews, so much that I ve started yelling and acting like a maniac. Probably losing a few trustees in the process.) This was actually the last Pearl Jam album I bought, and I was rather disappointed because I was... Review ID: 10000000000440656 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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