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On one of their longer performances on the European tour, Pearl Jam starts slowly with one of Binaural's highlights, "Of the Girl." The Zurich show is heavy with core set-songs such as "Grievance," "Animal," "Given to Fly," and "Better Man," which are mainstays of the tour, but is also peppered with treats such as "Nothing Man," "Brain of J," "Dissident," and "Leaving Here." And if there's any doubt as to the truly live nature of these recordings, one need only listen to the false start at the beginning of "Nothing as It Seems," which bassist Jeff Ament apologizes for and blames on an out-of-tune guitar--a problem that doesn't seem altogether solved when they try it again a song later. Another magical moment captured by the mics in the crowd comes at the end of "Alive," when the crowd continues to sing the chorus after the band has stopped playing. The mammoth nine-song encore completes a performance that is both epic and, at times, gratifyingly human and prone to errors, a perfect summation of what makes Pearl Jam shows so great. --Adem Tepedelen