Binaural
by Pearl Jam
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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 18,080.
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Binaural track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 37 hours ago |  Tamthebam | 23,186 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 12:28 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 15:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,113 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 22:56 | mrmcrook | 1,104 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2026 20:55 | Devilwoac | 1,377 | 97/100 |
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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.
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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.
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ExTeaSea 06/27/2021 03:08 | #271081 | TOP COMMENT
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Underrated! Bump this up! But seriously it's really good. Easily one of their most classic albums.
VictorVale 02/10/2021 23:09 | #266149
Algumas das músicas são vigorosas e a experimentação não causa estranheza.
jeremy9 09/06/2019 16:00 | #242280
One of the best album of Pearl Jam
luigybetis 07/06/2018 21:03 | #217855
Probably the best album of pearl jam as an ensemble. 8/10.
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.
Nice work. They do what they know, nothing less, nothing more. All pretty songs, but no masterieces. Not unforgettable, not to be forgotten.
junodog4 09/15/2013 20:32 | #86027
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drivebytornado 02/27/2013 13:29 | #66316 | TOP COMMENT
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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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