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"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 ... Full Descriptionseems 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.
Recorded at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington.
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).
Rolling Stone (6/8/00, pp.117-8) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A warts-and-all album...it comes across as part of an extended conversation among the band....delving into jumpy post-punk and somber meditations, tightly wound folk rock and turbulent, neopsychedelic rockers..."
Spin (7/00, p.149) - 7 out of 10 - "...[They] relax into rock's postures and refine them....Everything you want is still there - goofy experimentalism, guitar frenzy, Eddie's self-abusive wail. It's just more solid, more clear..."
Entertainment Weekly (5/19/00, p.74) - "...Features more vulnerability than anger in its probing words....featuring the most forceful riffs since their best work, VS..." - Rating: B+
Q (7/00, p.121) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Easy to listen to....When Pearl jam gel...it's close to special....Grunge may have died, but Pearl Jam it seems will never be slayed..."
Magnet (8-9/00, pp.86-7) - "...Near-brilliant...[they] are bravely going into the woods....jolts of psychological amphetamines [and] smoldering slabs of sonic complexity..."
CMJ (5/29/00, p.3) - "...The group delivers a well-rounded work of earthy rock....confidently vacillating between epic power rock, slower, and experimental spacious tracks....[proving] Pearl Jam is still capable of sheer brilliance..."
NME (Magazine) (5/13/00, p.33) - 9 out of 10 - "...It's a seething, furious album; a declamatory statement against cynicism and passivity and the simple injustices of everyday life....An object lesson in rock'n'roll from some true believers, [it] burns with the intensity and desperation of a last stand..." Hide Description Pearl Jam Binaural Songs | 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 |
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Binaural Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Experimentation is good
Nice mix of driving songs and slower ballads. There is plenty of variety in the songs with most of the band members contributing songs. May take a little time to grow on you, but worth it.
Submitted by a reviewer (Canton, MI) 
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Good sTuff
This is a really good album. Nothing as it seems is one of the greatest songs ive heard.
Submitted by a reviewer (Centreville VA)
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This is their last and best album. Straight-up rock with songs to which many of us can relate.
Submitted by teh_chucksta (Denver, CO (via SF, CA))
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Yes!
Especially if you've thought that Pearl Jam is only Yellow Ledbetter and Jeremy, this cd is awesome. So many styles on cd, its great.
Submitted by Carlos (Texas)
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There is no Pearl Jam album to throw away. This album is as good as Yield and Vitalogy and No Code better in some aspects, worse in others. If Binaural lacks the early Pearl Jam energy, it gains in creativity and maturing. True, however, some songs just don't "catch". Until the middle of the album, the album fails to pick up and every song is just the next one but a close listen to the songs shows that the band have put a lot of efforts into this. "Insignificance" and "Grievance" are probably one of the most violent and bitter charged numbers since "Vs"."Of the Girl" is amazingly superp, and "Thin Air" althoug too short sees Eddie at his vocal best. Elsewhere "Breakerfall" "God's Dice" rock without really rocking and "Light Years" is a more melancholic version of Yield's wondery "Faithful".
The strongest point about "binaural" is that it is very solid. And indeed since "Vs" Pearl Jam have been delivering some intriguing experimental moments which may have left their progression too unfocussed.
"Binaural" is also a storng standpoint in the band's career in a time where rock no longer existed.
Submitted by tomjeremiebruce (sydney)
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