Released 16 May 2000

Information:

Produced by Tchad Blake and Pearl Jam. Recorder at Studio Litho, Seattle. Mixed by Brendan O'Brien except 'Nothing As It Seems', 'Of The Girl', 'Rival', 'Sleight Of Hand' and 'Soon Forget'. Mixed at Southern Tracks, Atlanta and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles. Engineered by Matt Bayles, Ashley Stubbert and Adam Samuels. Astronomy photographs by R. Sahai, J. Trauger, R. O'Dell, K.P. Handron, J. Hester, P. Scowen and NASA. Album concept by Jerome Turner. Photography by Jeff Ament. Portraits by Tchad Blake. Layout by Ames Design.

Jeff Ament, basses
Matt Cameron, drums
Stone Gossard, guitars
Mike McCready, guitars
Eddie Vedder, vocals, guitars, ukulele

Additional Players:

April Cameron, viola
Justine Foy, cello
Mitchell Froom, keyboard, harmonium
Pete Thomas, percussion
Wendy Melvoin, percussion
Dakota, a dog

Tracks:

1. Breakerfall
   

   Vedder

   
   
2. Gods' Dice
   

   Ament

   
   
3. Evacuation
   

   Cameron, Vedder

   
   
4. Light Years
   

   Gossard, McCready, Vedder

   
   
5. Nothing As It Seems
   

   Ament

   
   
6. Thin Air
   

   Gossard

   
   
7. Insignificance
   

   Vedder

   
   
8. Of The Girl
   

   Gossard

   
   
9. Grievance
   

   Vedder

   
   
10. Rival
    

    Gossard

    
    
11. Sleight Of Hand
    

    Ament, Vedder

    
    
12. Soon Forget
    

    Vedder

    
    
13. Parting Ways
    

    Vedder

    
    

Japanese CDs come with an additional disc with tracks taken from the 1999 Bridge School Benefit.

1. Footsteps (live from 30 Oct 1999)
   

   Gossard, Vedder

   
   
2. Better Man (live from 31 Oct 1999)
   

   Vedder

   
   

Trivia:

• According to dictionary.com, binaural is
  
  bin·au·ral
  adj.
  
  1. a. Having or relating to two ears.
  b. Having to do with the perception of sound with both ears: binaural hearing.
  2. Of or relating to sound transmission from two sources, which may vary acoustically, as in tone or pitch, to give a stereophonic effect.
  
  
• The pictures from the booklet and cover were all taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, except of course for the ones that weren't. I think you know which ones weren't.
  
  
• Ed thanks Pete Townshend in the liner notes.
  
  
• The bonus, "hidden" song after Parting Ways is called 'Typing'.