Binaural
by Pearl Jam

Album
Binaural by Pearl Jam
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-05-16
Overall rank: 3,215th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 293 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (54th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (536th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,215th)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY

Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.
eBay
Sorry, no matches on eBay for "Binaural Pearl Jam".
See full search results on eBay

  My favourite store:  

Listen & Collect

Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.

  • Listened Upgrade your listening setup on Amazon(headphones, turntables & speakers)
  • Find vinyl editions of this album on eBay
  • Browse Pearl Jam merchandise on Amazon (T-shirts & more)
  • Need a birthday or celebration gift? Browse unique music memorabilia on Amazon

Pearl Jam bestography

Binaural is ranked 7th best out of 85 albums by Pearl Jam on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pearl Jam is Ten which is ranked number 52 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,913.

Pearl Jam album bestography « Higher ranked (2,693rd)
Backspacer This album (3,215th)
Binaural Lower ranked (3,388th) »
Lightning Bolt

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Listen to Binaural on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Binaural rankings

Binaural rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,215th | 2000s rank: 536th | 2000 rank: 54th  Overall chart history
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings).Help Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)

Binaural collection

Binaural ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 293 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 3 ratings for this album.  | Show all 293 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
75/100
 !		09/13/2026 12:49 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,36369/100
 
75/100
 !		07/16/2026 12:28 glebrus  Ratings distribution  46981/100
 
65/100
 !		06/22/2026 15:05 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,67970/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.


Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating

Binaural favourites

Showing latest 10 members who have added this album as a favourite  | Show all 20 members

Fatkins
rubkill
djnizzi
jeremy9
hestiacarrow1994
Moonhead
ExTeaSea
wacochran
Talleumela
kevinweed7

Binaural forum mentions

This album has been referenced 34 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From mrmcrook 06/16/2026 22:50 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
View forum topic (10 mentions) →

From pedro1976 05/16/2024 07:35 in What album are you listening to right now?
“08:30 On This Day... Released May 16, 2000”
View forum topic (23 mentions) →

From dihansse 03/16/2023 21:36 in My discoveries per year
“Two albums of 2000 I listened to: An album I already own (originally on CD): This is not their best album and at some points fairly mellow but with tracks like Nothing As It Seems you can't go wrong. So still a good one and climbs from the 60th to the 23rd rank of the year. An album on my wishlist:…”
View forum post →

View all forum mentions

Binaural comments

Showing latest 5 comments | Show all 13 comments |
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Rating:  
75/100
From 06/16/2026 23:00 | #314943
Slow bland start. For me it didn't hit it's groove until Light Years, then flowed nicely from there. Not to the epic scale of most of their 90's albums. Handful of great tracks but mostly a touch above average as a whole. (Edited)
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 0
Reply
Rating:  
40/100
From 12/30/2021 18:03 | #278227
Very forgettable album. No standout songs. Just meh. Surprising after their run of great stuff in the 90s. Maybe the millennium bug was true after all, and it only affected Pearl Jam? (Edited)
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 0
Reply
Rating:  
90/100
From 06/27/2021 03:08 | #271081 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Underrated! Bump this up! But seriously it's really good. Easily one of their most classic albums. (Edited)
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 3
Reply
Rating:  
80/100
From 02/10/2021 23:09 | #266149
Algumas das músicas são vigorosas e a experimentação não causa estranheza.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 0
Reply
Rating:  
90/100
From 09/06/2019 16:00 | #242280
One of the best album of Pearl Jam
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) · 0
Reply
Anonymous
What do you think of this album? Join the conversation!.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.

Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.
Best Albums of  2000
1. Kid A by Radiohead
2. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
3. The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
4. Since I Left You by The Avalanches
5. Parachutes by Coldplay
6. The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
7. Stankonia by OutKast
8. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey
9. White Pony by Deftones
10. Relationship Of Command by At The Drive-In