Doing the Evolution
In some respects, I think Yield is a better album, but Binaural still suffices for greatness. Binuaral contains three songs that are not Pearl Jam caliber, though they sound to be at first--God's Dice, Sleight of Hand, and Long Road 2, Parting Ways. Thriteen songs in the album, minus 3, equal 10, all of which are songs that could be played over and over again--some may argue for God's Dice--and I'm not say that it is bad either. The strength of the album is its quirkiness, and the band being able to compose songs that have natural sound to them. I think that's been key to their success. Key words that loom in Binaural are quirkiness,as in Rival and Soon Forget, supressed rage, as heard in Greivance, and mind-playing guitars that seem to want to spin into something off of Vs. but instead retain driving composure as in Of the Girl, Insignificance. What can you say? Vedder and the boys just keeping doing it . . .