Binaural
by Pearl Jam

Binaural by Pearl Jam
Year: 2000
Overall rank: 3,113th   
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 285 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (528th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,113th)

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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 51 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,356.

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Binaural track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Binaural rankings

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Overall rank: 3,113th | 2000s rank: 528th | 2000 rank: 55th

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72/100 (from 285 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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From 12/30/2021 18:03 | #278227
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From 06/27/2021 03:08 | #271081
Underrated! Bump this up! But seriously it's really good. Easily one of their most classic albums.
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From 02/10/2021 23:09 | #266149
Algumas das músicas são vigorosas e a experimentação não causa estranheza.
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From 09/06/2019 16:00 | #242280
One of the best album of Pearl Jam
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From 07/06/2018 21:03 | #217855
Probably the best album of pearl jam as an ensemble. 8/10.
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From 04/26/2016 17:40 | #164621
Binaural is misunderstood. Pearl Jam enters some dark times. Where Riot Act to follow just sounds like a band that is tired, Binaural sounds like a band that is tired of the way things are politically in our country.

Vedder was outspoken about his dislike for Republican Bush and the direction of the country. It shows as Pearl Jam gets as dark as ever in their career.

It is a solid album. No classic songs here but the mood and tone is consistent.

Evacuation and Sleight of Hand are throwaways.

The rest of the album is a solid listen.

It lands in 3rd tier Pearl Jam with No Code and Lightning Bolt.

It lands ahead of only the 2 Pearl Jam skippable albums, Yield and Riot Act.
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75/100
From 03/19/2016 10:20 | #162193
Nice work. They do what they know, nothing less, nothing more. All pretty songs, but no masterieces. Not unforgettable, not to be forgotten.
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From 09/15/2013 20:32 | #86027
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From 02/27/2013 13:29 | #66316
The sixth album of Pearl Jam's career, making it their "Physical Graffiti" or perhaps their "Aftermath." And I think the comparison to Zeppelin and the Stones is fitting, as they had settled in for the long haul by this point in the career. Pearl Jam was not concerned with what was going on with the Creed's and Limp Bizkit's of the era, or even trying to re-create what they had done on Ten and Vs.

The result is a collection of songs that stands up very well years later. Songs like "Light Years" and "Nothing As It Seems" are timeless Pearl Jam classics. This album is also interesting as it reflected the whole band, there were major contributions here from Jeff Ament (God's Dice & Nothing As It Seems), Stone Gossard (Thin Air, Of the Girl & Rival) and even the new drummer Matt Cameron (the music on Evacuation).
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From 04/27/2012 00:13 | #40992
This was their first dud. It's not a terrible album or anything, and none of the stuff here is outright BAD, but nothing really goes above and beyond the way their earlier stuff did. The whole thing just feels kind of limp and generic.
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