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Rate Binaural

5 Stars: A top tier album
82
50%
4 Stars: A very good album
59
36%
3 Stars: Average
17
10%
2: Stars: I expect more
5
3%
1 Star: Embarrassing
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 163

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Thu July 20, 2017 4:04 pm

Listened to this on my walk last night. Good god, what an album. The Of the Girl through Sleight of Hand run is as good as it gets.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri July 21, 2017 4:16 am

Monkey_Driven wrote:Listened to this on my walk last night. Good god, what an album. The Of the Girl through Sleight of Hand run is as good as it gets.

Every time I go back and listen through Binaural after a long time away from it I gain more appreciation for it. It sounds fucking fantastic, and I never really feel like I've heard every little bit. There's always more to unpack.

And yes, that run from Of the Girl --> Sleight of Hand is wonderful.

Light Years remains the one song on this album that has never "clicked" for me. Well, that and Soon Forget, I guess.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri July 21, 2017 6:11 am

PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Listened to this on my walk last night. Good god, what an album. The Of the Girl through Sleight of Hand run is as good as it gets.

Every time I go back and listen through Binaural after a long time away from it I gain more appreciation for it. It sounds fucking fantastic, and I never really feel like I've heard every little bit. There's always more to unpack.

And yes, that run from Of the Girl --> Sleight of Hand is wonderful.

Light Years remains the one song on this album that has never "clicked" for me. Well, that and Soon Forget, I guess.

Bwah ha ha Light Years is amazing!

But this exact album is dead to me; I only do the Deluxe Version now.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri July 21, 2017 6:55 am

tragabigzanda wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Listened to this on my walk last night. Good god, what an album. The Of the Girl through Sleight of Hand run is as good as it gets.

Every time I go back and listen through Binaural after a long time away from it I gain more appreciation for it. It sounds fucking fantastic, and I never really feel like I've heard every little bit. There's always more to unpack.

And yes, that run from Of the Girl --> Sleight of Hand is wonderful.

Light Years remains the one song on this album that has never "clicked" for me. Well, that and Soon Forget, I guess.

Bwah ha ha Light Years is amazing!

But this exact album is dead to me; I only do the Deluxe Version now.

I went through a long phase where I only listened to the original (alternate) sequence, which I love. Actually doing that made me fall in love with Binaural. And in doing that, it made me more interested in listening to the official release again. I used to rank Binaural at or near the bottom of PJ's albums (this was before Backspacer and Lightning Bolt), now I have it second only to Vitalogy, and I could see it passing that too. I obviously get the love for the alternate sequencing, but after many years of listening to both I think the official release accomplishes exactly what it wants. And it is brilliant in its own right.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri July 21, 2017 7:41 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:Listened to this on my walk last night. Good god, what an album. The Of the Girl through Sleight of Hand run is as good as it gets.

I'd include Insignificance

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri July 21, 2017 8:03 pm

chewm wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:Listened to this on my walk last night. Good god, what an album. The Of the Girl through Sleight of Hand run is as good as it gets.

I'd include Insignificance

Hell, you could go with NAIS-->SoH.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri July 21, 2017 8:12 pm

breakerfall -> parting ways.

Entire thing, baby. Perfection.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri July 21, 2017 11:47 pm

Strat wrote:breakerfall -> parting ways.

Entire thing, baby. Perfection.

:thumbsup:

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Sat July 22, 2017 4:46 am

PHATJ wrote:
Strat wrote:breakerfall -> parting ways.

Entire thing, baby. Perfection.

:thumbsup:

I still feel like I haven't gotten a proper closer on this album. Parting Ways will always feel like a Long Road re-tread to me -- and their very first retread at that; and Education, from the original tracklisting, is just a song that I sort of hate for its hammy, on the nose approach to enlightenment. Sounds not too far from Jesus Christ Superstar...

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Sun July 23, 2017 12:18 am

Education as the original closer must have been a gag.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Sun July 23, 2017 2:10 am

Education would have fitted wonderfully as a closer. It has a "hidden track" ish thing to it.

Also, Parting Ways is the best song from this album.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Sun July 23, 2017 2:20 am

chewm wrote:Education would have fitted wonderfully as a closer. It has a "hidden track" ish thing to it.

Also, Parting Ways is the best song from this album.


Agree with point A, strongly disagree with point B.

*fit

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Sun July 23, 2017 2:26 am

Parting Ways is a total snooze, one of my least favourite songs the band had released at that point. Education makes for a much better closer.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Sun July 23, 2017 3:44 am

PHATJ wrote:
chewm wrote:Education would have fitted wonderfully as a closer. It has a "hidden track" ish thing to it.

Also, Parting Ways is the best song from this album.


Agree with point A, strongly disagree with point B.

*fit

shit I can't type

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Mon October 09, 2017 11:08 pm

Anyone got a link to Ridleys super ultra deluxe version of Binaural please?

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri October 13, 2017 12:22 am

I love the feel and atmosphere of Binaural. Can anybody recommend any other albums that have a similar feel to them?

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri October 13, 2017 12:26 am

Leatherhead wrote:I love the feel and atmosphere of Binaural. Can anybody recommend any other albums that have a similar feel to them?

Like, non PJ?

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri October 13, 2017 12:30 am

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
Leatherhead wrote:I love the feel and atmosphere of Binaural. Can anybody recommend any other albums that have a similar feel to them?

Like, non PJ?


Yea.

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri October 13, 2017 12:31 am

Leatherhead wrote:
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
Leatherhead wrote:I love the feel and atmosphere of Binaural. Can anybody recommend any other albums that have a similar feel to them?

Like, non PJ?


Yea.

REM's Reckoning

Re: Binaural: Official Album Thread

Fri October 13, 2017 12:32 am

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
Leatherhead wrote:I love the feel and atmosphere of Binaural. Can anybody recommend any other albums that have a similar feel to them?

Like, non PJ?

I think Bob Dylan's Time Out Of Mind has a similar feel. A warm, evening feel of humidity. I know TooM was all recorded at night to specifically get that feeling and songs like NAIS and Of The Girl certainly match it.
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