"We look back and think we didn't put some of the best songs on it," bassist Jeff Ament said. Even the band isn't that enamoured with the album now. Instead, Binaural is a dark, subdued, almost claustrophobic album that's short on big rock power and made seemingly as an excuse to work with Tchad Blake (Crowded House, Tom Waits, Bernard Fanning) and his method of binaural recording, which aims to replicate the human ear and the listening experience through mic placement. Ever stranger, given Cameron's power and skill, the album doesn't get the most out of the new guy, as guitarist Stone Gossard later admitted. Strangely, Cameron (formerly of Soundgarden) was also their first drummer in a way - he had played on the band's early demos before Dave Krusen joined. THE band were up to their fourth drummer when Matt Cameron took over on the Yield tour for Jack Irons.
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