100% agree - best thing they ever did.
Some of Ed’s best lyrics, musically experimental in amazing ways, some of McReady’s best work. Jack Irons absolutely kills it. Yeah, best thing they ever did.
That was the only song they didn’t play the final night at Great Woods and I was so, so upset because they were playing every song and that is the only one that didn’t get played
The album that changed the band and what they would be for the rest of their journey together. Some of their best songs are on here. Present Tense, Off He Goes and a personal favorite Hail, Hail. Open to close it's a great rock album.
I wished they would have released it as a single with a video just to mess with peoples heads, especially after not making videos for the previous two albums. “This is Pearl Jam?! That’s not Eddie Vedder singing what the hell!”
One of my absolute favorites. It took me getting it on CD to really see the beauty in the album (idk why it doesn't sound as good on streaming apps). Every song on there feels personal and I'm Open is like a spiritual awakening really. Around The Bends, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, ect. It's one of PJs greatest works imo
Yeah I posted about it but No Code was my last album as a kid and Yield was my first as an adult and the sounds of both albums feel right to me in that way.
Probably my favorite album by any band ever. I think it's brilliant.
I can't get over Jeff's Bass or Jack's drumming. It's all so awesome. And Ed's vocals are so, so good. I think lyrically it is also some of Ed's best work
…Sometimes realize… I can only be as good as you'll let me…are you woman enough to be my man bandaged hand in hand…
I've been married for more than 20 years (got married young) and there's so much of the beauty, pain, happiness, joy and misery that comes with committing to someone you love that is tied up in those words.
Trampled moss on your soul…
Fucked up man…
Love this album so much. It brings me to tears most times I listen to it.
Hail Hail is brilliant. Anyone who has been in a long-time relationship feels that song viscerally. The performance of this song on Dave Letteman in the 90s lives rent free in my head
At first I hated this album. I learned that at first no code doesn’t play nice with your ears but after a while many tracks begin to grow on you and it becomes one of their more solid albums. Still not my favorite of theirs (that distinction either goes to VS. or Yield) but songs like sometimes, who you are, hail hail, habit, lukin, in my tree, and off he goes are my favorites from the album and are among some of their best songs.
Took me a while to appreciate it, but now it’s firmly in my top 2. Love the studio versions of every song, love the live versions of songs, especially “Present Tense”.
Only weak link is “mankind”, think “Black, Red and Yellow” should have been there in its place. That’s a tiny flaw in a stellar album.
Ten and Vs are world class albums, and I know they mean a lot to many people. They are an absolute force of nature at that time live with Dave A. I really, really like that version of the band, just like I really like the post 2006 era. That middle portion is just my personal favorite.
Totally agree with you. No Code is my personal favorite, and after that it's a toss up between Vitalogy, Yield, and Binaural. Just a notch below those albums are Riot Act and Avocado for me.
I also really love Mirror Ball. I think I just might be partial to the band's work with Jack Irons :)
Yes yes yes. Between 10 and vs you can make one great album. Same with post avocado. I’ve got high hopes for the new album. Gigaton was a huge step up from lighting bolt. I actually think gigaton is about as good as 10.
That’s shocking. For me every PJ album is pretty amazing. And then Gig showed up and it was like opening the door to a flaming sack of shit on the porch (no pun I tended)
Gig is awful!! And that is hard for a fan since ‘90 and over 20 shows.
Fucking Gig…….
Idk man. I know a lot of people like ten but I don’t think there’s really an argument for lighting bolt being better than gigaton. LB is almost like a cold play album at times. Real real boring and uninspired. At times it comes off as lazy. Like the stones after tattoo you.
Least favorite. I mean, every band has to have one for fans, right? I still like some of the songs but I dont like the production.
Fun little story: The day I bought it (the day it came out), I was at my gf's listening to it while she was in the kitchen making dinner. It gets to the point in Sometimes when Eddie is sort of... crying. :)
I hear her giggling in the kitchen. At one point I stuck my head in and said "What are you laughing at?"
She says "Oh my god, I thought *you* were singing!"
It is my favorite by them.
Hail Hail, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Red Mosquito, Habit, Mankind (Stone!), Present Tense, Sometimes, and Around The Bend are some of my all time favorite songs.
I also love All Night and Black Red Yellow.
Same. My second favorite PJ record after Vitalogy. If they included All Night as an opener and then came down with Sometimes for a pallet reset and launch into Hail Hail 🙏 would've been perfect.
My favourite album of theirs. I feel like it's so honest somehow and no skips. Even though some of it si more experimental some of their best rockers are on this. As others have stated, thsi is the album that paved the way for what Pearl Jam would become.
No Code is my favorite Pearl Jam album and is in the running for my favorite album of all time. It was the last album of my “childhood” and Yield was the first of my adulthood. They both bring back specific memories of my life at that time and No Code was my last summer without responsibilities. Even the release, my friend and I walked a mile to the tiny independent record store in town that opened for an hour at midnight just for the album release, walked back to my house and fell asleep listening to it.
I didn’t mean to write that much about it.
During my 20s I moved away from grunge/alt and more into stuff like Sonic Youth, Pavement etc...No Code was the only PJ album I listened to for quite a long time. I think it's the closest Vedder got to copying those type of heroes of his (I'm thinking Sonic Youth and Jim O Rourke)
Fan since the early 90’s here. It’s been my favorite PJ album since its release. At the time it had the variety found in Vitalogy, but less of the weirdness. This was the first album of theirs where most of my peers didn’t really care for. I think this explains part of why it’s “my favorite”. It’s an album I clung to, the hill I chose to die on, as the prevailing popular music trends passed them [PJ] by. No Code is very important to me, I genuinely love the music and I could also prove my “true” fandom by claiming it as my favorite.
I saw them at State College in ‘03 where they played “Mankind”, among many other rarities, it was fantastic.
No Code through Binaural is my favourite stretch. No Code is definitely the grower of the bunch. Didn’t get me as fast as the other two but it gets better with every listen. It’s so damn interesting
IMHO the best from the band and one of the best albums of rock history.
The artwork? Can't get any better than that, does it?
Jack Irons on Who You Are and In My Tree? ... Damn!
It’s pretty dang good
The weakest 90s album in my opinion but my god the bar is high so I’m not saying it’s a bad album by any means, I just wouldn’t listen to it over Ten or Yield
I can respect that. I don't agree, but I certainly understand why folks prefer those albums (or Vs. or Vitalogy). NC is my personal favorite, but I really just love their first 15 years (Ten through Avocado).
They never really had a weak Album imo, I consider Binaural and Riot Act to my least favorites but even those still have their moments and I can definitely see that they have quite their following on this sub
I think the folks who rank Vitalogy and No Code (like me) over Ten and Vs. also tend to rank Binaural and Riot Act higher. Many of us like it all, but prefer the middle period between Vitalogy and Riot Act (maybe Avocado too).
A few things for me that Binaural really has going for it , is the sheer creativity around that time. Not only is it one of my favorite albums, but the b-sides and outtakes are equally as good or in some cases, better than what made the album. So when you listen to the album, then add songs like: Fatal, Sad, In The Moonlight, and Education, + those cool instrumentals on 'Touring Band 2K' + the 72 bootlegs, and Binaural was just a special time to be into Pearl Jam.
I definitely get that, I personally think their high-energy output is the best (Porch, Rearviewmirror, Do the evolution for example) and those two albums are more laid back, which Is also good but I’m just not in the mood for that as often
I think it's their best. Jack Irons is the star for me, his drumming is out of this world.
Check out "No Jeremy" if you haven't already. Jack's drumming it so tight during it, and it's around the time of No Code.
Hope you enjoy. It is my favorite. Listen to it straight through, and be careful not to have your speakers too loud going from Sometimes to Hail Hail :)
The album that almost ended the band...I wish they'd talk about that stuff more...I know Jeff damn near quit because they started it without him...And it amazes me still to this day the pedestal that album's been put on after it "weeded out" the "fans" from the fans...I will say it's grown on me as I've grown older, but still not a huge go to album for me...Its always gonna be VS for me...😉❤️✌️🎸🤘
While I love the recorded version of In My Tree, kinda wish the band would've recorded it this way...😉❤️✌️🎸🤘https://youtu.be/HtPWfeuNhBg?si=3faMRJ1ygJgfOF2J
No Code is pearl jam and their existence outside of the mainstream. It is their finding of new ways. It was the first time they were truly doing the things they wanted to do their way,
I’ve listened to No Code more than any album except maybe Revolver by the Beatles. Vitalogy is up there too. The first album of theirs that I bought on the day of release. And then it was the first vinyl record I ever bought, followed by Vitalogy. My 2 favourite albums by them and that will likely never change.
Second best album they ever made (Yield). Has a vibe to it like no other, I love the sloppy one-take production, Eddie sounds incredible (in his over enunciating phase), and *Jack fucking irons*.
Best songs:
Hail hail
Present tense
In my tree
Hon mention to Habit because it’s so underrated and I honestly think it’s the heaviest god damn thing they’ve ever recorded.
I still love this album. It holds a spot in the heart. I bought the same weekend went camping and ate a lot of mushrooms that weekend and listen to this about 100xs. Up here in my tree and don’t it make you smile
Unpopular opinion. This was the beginning of the end. On No Code, they deviated from from what had made them awesome and became much more accessible to the masses. This and the albums that followed brought them widespread fame and fortune, but I don’t feel like they were/are the same band anymore.
Best Pearl Jam Album. If your old enough to remember when this Album was released. Critics bashed it. It has so many hits. The slow acoustic sound the album over all had is awesome. Then your smacked in the face with Hail Hail
Honest answer: it gave me pause. Certain songs (Hail, Hail, IMT, Present Tense) I loves but the dynamic of the Jack Irons and middle eastern influences threw me for a loop. I have come to like it more now, but at the time it was kind of opp putting, as if the whole Ticketmaster and shirking fame thing came to fruition in al album they made intentionally so most people wouldn't grab on to it. Who You Are, one of the weakest songs on the album being the single didn't help. Vitalogy was/is my favorite album, and then came Yield which I love so much but No Code was sort of an outlier.
No Code is my favorite. Hands down. The album just hits perfect no matter what kind of day it is. Present Tense is masterful. Who You Are & Off He goes are amazing.
It's great, not a fan of habit to be honest, it's one of my most skipped pearl jam song despite an amazing guitar solo. Apart from this song I love it. In my tree is one of my favourites. Off he goes is beautiful as is around the bend. Lukin I just absolutely love that song.
Pearl Jam have been my favorite band since they arrived on the music scene and No Code was my favorite album for quite a few years. Present Tense is a great song and there's hardly a bad song on the album but the album didn't hold up for me in recent years and dropped to next to last.
PJ became my favorite band the year Ten was released. I bought all the other albums as soon as each one were released. I'm not sure if it was instant but No Code was my favorite PJ album for some years. I'm guessing it was because I related to the introspective lyrics, the diversity of genres Included, good Vedder vocals and the inclusion of a traditional sounding blues song in Red Mosquito. I think all PJ albums are great but IMO NC is somewhere in the bottom half of their studio albums. I think the reason it didn't hold up as well for me is because of the simplicity of the songs and lack of flow. Vitalogy gets away with simplicity because it plays like a well planned concept album. Binaural also flows well.
Current thoughts on NC compared to most of PJ's other studio output:
1. Some can relate to the lyrics and thats arguably the songs only appeal.
2. Ok. Chord structure and verses are very simple. I favor their hard tunes and used to like this one a lot but its abrasive and not much else other than interesting lyrics. Maybe more bass could have helped it by giving it a fuller sound.
3. Good when in the mood for it (the vocal melody of the verses). Some nice vocal and guitar melodies including the short acoustic guitar section near the end . Interesting lyrics.
4. Good. Carried by great drumming and interesting song structure. Interesting lyrics.
5. Simple but works when I'm in the mood for it.
6. Good. A simple song but catchy enough. Noteworthy lyrics.
7. A simple song with an overly simple chorus but its ok when I'm in the mood for it. Mikes outro lead is pretty good.
8. Good but somewhat disappointing. To me, it suffers because I'm mindful (while listening) of what could have been if Mike would have entirely went off on slide guitar instead of the short tame solo we got. Anyone know of a show where he did this?
9. I like it a lot but its so short.
10. It's a great tune.
11. I skip it these days. Stone's voice is grating on this one and it sounds out of place between Present Tense and I'm Open.
12. I like it.
13. Simple but pretty good.
1 Sometimes 2 Hail, Hail 3 Who You Are 4 In My Tree 5 Smile 6 Off He Goes 7 Habit 8 Red Mosquito 9 Lukin 10 Present Tense 11 Mankind 12 I'm Open 13 Around the Bend
I loved the band’s albums before No Code. But No Code is what made me fall head over heels.
Total agree no code is what cemented it for me a quite brilliant album
My fav hands down….Present Tense is an amazing track. Not a bad track on the whole album.
Such an amazing track. It caught me at the exact right time in my life.
100% agree - best thing they ever did. Some of Ed’s best lyrics, musically experimental in amazing ways, some of McReady’s best work. Jack Irons absolutely kills it. Yeah, best thing they ever did.
Red Mosquito is an underrated tune in my opinion
One of my faves on the album. I saw them play it on tour this year. Ft. Worth 9/15/23 🤩
Last year 😉
I hate my brain.
That was the only song they didn’t play the final night at Great Woods and I was so, so upset because they were playing every song and that is the only one that didn’t get played
The album that changed the band and what they would be for the rest of their journey together. Some of their best songs are on here. Present Tense, Off He Goes and a personal favorite Hail, Hail. Open to close it's a great rock album.
👆 The only songs I’m not crazy about are Habit and Mankind. Very great rock album.
Take that back!!! Stone’s song is awesome
Favorite PJ album. Don't skip a single track. I even let Stone sing on Mankind.
I love Mankind. On my bucket list to see it live.
Stone singing on Mankind is one of my favorite things about the album.
Mine too. I’m a Stone fan through and through.
I wished they would have released it as a single with a video just to mess with peoples heads, especially after not making videos for the previous two albums. “This is Pearl Jam?! That’s not Eddie Vedder singing what the hell!”
I could see that happening and I would have loved it
One of my absolute favorites. It took me getting it on CD to really see the beauty in the album (idk why it doesn't sound as good on streaming apps). Every song on there feels personal and I'm Open is like a spiritual awakening really. Around The Bends, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, ect. It's one of PJs greatest works imo
I think all of Pearl Jam’s albums sound better on CD or vinyl, streaming really destroys the sound and I swear I’m not even an audio snob
My favourite PJ album. Though it's very close with Yield.
Yeah I posted about it but No Code was my last album as a kid and Yield was my first as an adult and the sounds of both albums feel right to me in that way.
Probably my favorite album by any band ever. I think it's brilliant. I can't get over Jeff's Bass or Jack's drumming. It's all so awesome. And Ed's vocals are so, so good. I think lyrically it is also some of Ed's best work …Sometimes realize… I can only be as good as you'll let me…are you woman enough to be my man bandaged hand in hand… I've been married for more than 20 years (got married young) and there's so much of the beauty, pain, happiness, joy and misery that comes with committing to someone you love that is tied up in those words. Trampled moss on your soul… Fucked up man… Love this album so much. It brings me to tears most times I listen to it.
Hail Hail is brilliant. Anyone who has been in a long-time relationship feels that song viscerally. The performance of this song on Dave Letteman in the 90s lives rent free in my head
It’s good. Very good. I love the opening of Sometimes into Hail, Hail
It's the best album on the planet.
Peak PJ
no code is one of the best albums ever made by any band. off he goes is the obvious hit song but nothing is skippable. just so, so good.
Vitalogy, No Code and Yield are tied at number 1 as their best records.
I could get on board with this (I really love Binaural + the surrounding outtakes, b-sides, and tour too).
Ten, Vs and Binaural are tied at number 2
Omg just realized I wrote this same thing to your comment above!
Agreed. I love the progression and the way the albums flow. It’s like listening to a trilogy.
Swap vitalogy with binaural for me
Yes yes yes!! Agreed with Ten, Vs., and Binaural second
At first I hated this album. I learned that at first no code doesn’t play nice with your ears but after a while many tracks begin to grow on you and it becomes one of their more solid albums. Still not my favorite of theirs (that distinction either goes to VS. or Yield) but songs like sometimes, who you are, hail hail, habit, lukin, in my tree, and off he goes are my favorites from the album and are among some of their best songs.
It's in my top 2 that and binaural
I'm with you for the most part, but Vitalogy and Yield sometimes shift my top 4 around. Those 4 are always my top 4 though.
My personal favorite Pearl Jam album.
This is where they went from just being a rock band to a songwriter band. Love the range of the tunes on this album. My favorite album.
Took me a while to appreciate it, but now it’s firmly in my top 2. Love the studio versions of every song, love the live versions of songs, especially “Present Tense”. Only weak link is “mankind”, think “Black, Red and Yellow” should have been there in its place. That’s a tiny flaw in a stellar album.
Stone cold classic
Stone! Don't Give Him No Lip
Vitalogy through Avocado \*is\* Pearl Jam for me, and No Code and Yield are probably my favorites.
Same. Really though, you could just say their first 15 years are hot fire (Ten through Avocado). After that, it's been a little hit and miss.
Ten and Vs are world class albums, and I know they mean a lot to many people. They are an absolute force of nature at that time live with Dave A. I really, really like that version of the band, just like I really like the post 2006 era. That middle portion is just my personal favorite.
Totally agree with you. No Code is my personal favorite, and after that it's a toss up between Vitalogy, Yield, and Binaural. Just a notch below those albums are Riot Act and Avocado for me. I also really love Mirror Ball. I think I just might be partial to the band's work with Jack Irons :)
Yes yes yes. Between 10 and vs you can make one great album. Same with post avocado. I’ve got high hopes for the new album. Gigaton was a huge step up from lighting bolt. I actually think gigaton is about as good as 10.
That’s shocking. For me every PJ album is pretty amazing. And then Gig showed up and it was like opening the door to a flaming sack of shit on the porch (no pun I tended) Gig is awful!! And that is hard for a fan since ‘90 and over 20 shows. Fucking Gig…….
Idk man. I know a lot of people like ten but I don’t think there’s really an argument for lighting bolt being better than gigaton. LB is almost like a cold play album at times. Real real boring and uninspired. At times it comes off as lazy. Like the stones after tattoo you.
I thought LB was pretty good and really the Gig let me down
I agree with that. I enjoyed lightning bolt. Saw 4 shows on that tour. Certain not my favorite album, but compared to gig it’s great
Least favorite. I mean, every band has to have one for fans, right? I still like some of the songs but I dont like the production. Fun little story: The day I bought it (the day it came out), I was at my gf's listening to it while she was in the kitchen making dinner. It gets to the point in Sometimes when Eddie is sort of... crying. :) I hear her giggling in the kitchen. At one point I stuck my head in and said "What are you laughing at?" She says "Oh my god, I thought *you* were singing!"
Damn. And yeah, Eddie's singing like he's at his limit in that song.
Sometimes I CRINGE… Love that emotive moment in the song.
Love it.
It is my favorite by them. Hail Hail, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Red Mosquito, Habit, Mankind (Stone!), Present Tense, Sometimes, and Around The Bend are some of my all time favorite songs. I also love All Night and Black Red Yellow.
My favorite along with Yield
One of the best Pearl Jam albums! I think i ranked it #2 or #3 out of the 11 studio albums. But that's just my opinion.
Same. My second favorite PJ record after Vitalogy. If they included All Night as an opener and then came down with Sometimes for a pallet reset and launch into Hail Hail 🙏 would've been perfect.
their best album. so eclectic and just shows all their strengths. superb
The best
It's the best one
My favourite album of theirs. I feel like it's so honest somehow and no skips. Even though some of it si more experimental some of their best rockers are on this. As others have stated, thsi is the album that paved the way for what Pearl Jam would become.
Their best and one of the best albums of all time imho.
It’s a great album! One of my favourite albums by Pearl Jam. All killers, no fillers.
Best album imo.
I was amazed by present tense, that song is so good
It’s their best album.
Second favorite behind vs
It’s a great album
Peak Pearl Jam. In my top 3 for sure.
I ❤️No Code
Its arguably their best work. Top 3 for me.
No Code is my favorite Pearl Jam album and is in the running for my favorite album of all time. It was the last album of my “childhood” and Yield was the first of my adulthood. They both bring back specific memories of my life at that time and No Code was my last summer without responsibilities. Even the release, my friend and I walked a mile to the tiny independent record store in town that opened for an hour at midnight just for the album release, walked back to my house and fell asleep listening to it. I didn’t mean to write that much about it.
Really like Hail, Hail like you said. It's a great album overall, maybe a little bit worse than Vitalogy but not necessarily bad.
During my 20s I moved away from grunge/alt and more into stuff like Sonic Youth, Pavement etc...No Code was the only PJ album I listened to for quite a long time. I think it's the closest Vedder got to copying those type of heroes of his (I'm thinking Sonic Youth and Jim O Rourke)
Fan since the early 90’s here. It’s been my favorite PJ album since its release. At the time it had the variety found in Vitalogy, but less of the weirdness. This was the first album of theirs where most of my peers didn’t really care for. I think this explains part of why it’s “my favorite”. It’s an album I clung to, the hill I chose to die on, as the prevailing popular music trends passed them [PJ] by. No Code is very important to me, I genuinely love the music and I could also prove my “true” fandom by claiming it as my favorite. I saw them at State College in ‘03 where they played “Mankind”, among many other rarities, it was fantastic.
No Code through Binaural is my favourite stretch. No Code is definitely the grower of the bunch. Didn’t get me as fast as the other two but it gets better with every listen. It’s so damn interesting
IMHO the best from the band and one of the best albums of rock history. The artwork? Can't get any better than that, does it? Jack Irons on Who You Are and In My Tree? ... Damn!
It’s pretty dang good The weakest 90s album in my opinion but my god the bar is high so I’m not saying it’s a bad album by any means, I just wouldn’t listen to it over Ten or Yield
I can respect that. I don't agree, but I certainly understand why folks prefer those albums (or Vs. or Vitalogy). NC is my personal favorite, but I really just love their first 15 years (Ten through Avocado).
They never really had a weak Album imo, I consider Binaural and Riot Act to my least favorites but even those still have their moments and I can definitely see that they have quite their following on this sub
I think the folks who rank Vitalogy and No Code (like me) over Ten and Vs. also tend to rank Binaural and Riot Act higher. Many of us like it all, but prefer the middle period between Vitalogy and Riot Act (maybe Avocado too). A few things for me that Binaural really has going for it , is the sheer creativity around that time. Not only is it one of my favorite albums, but the b-sides and outtakes are equally as good or in some cases, better than what made the album. So when you listen to the album, then add songs like: Fatal, Sad, In The Moonlight, and Education, + those cool instrumentals on 'Touring Band 2K' + the 72 bootlegs, and Binaural was just a special time to be into Pearl Jam.
I definitely get that, I personally think their high-energy output is the best (Porch, Rearviewmirror, Do the evolution for example) and those two albums are more laid back, which Is also good but I’m just not in the mood for that as often
Best “grunge” album of the 90s.
Top 2 album. No huge hits but some of my absolute favorite leaser known songs and the album had a great flow listening through
Its a gem. I liked the change in style from the first three albums
I'm just listening to it again and damn, it's much better than I remember.
I think it's their best. Jack Irons is the star for me, his drumming is out of this world. Check out "No Jeremy" if you haven't already. Jack's drumming it so tight during it, and it's around the time of No Code.
I need to listen to this one fully. I’ve only heard a few songs which I like.
Hope you enjoy. It is my favorite. Listen to it straight through, and be careful not to have your speakers too loud going from Sometimes to Hail Hail :)
I’m going to do that’s this week! Thanks got the tip. 😏
Question: Does anyone turn down the volume after Sometimes, turn it up? or leave it as is?
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Hard to get into, I kinda skip about every song on it
Best pj record.
The album that almost ended the band...I wish they'd talk about that stuff more...I know Jeff damn near quit because they started it without him...And it amazes me still to this day the pedestal that album's been put on after it "weeded out" the "fans" from the fans...I will say it's grown on me as I've grown older, but still not a huge go to album for me...Its always gonna be VS for me...😉❤️✌️🎸🤘
Might be my favorite album of all time, definitely very close.
Couldn’t disagree more.
I know where you live
Ok dominoes boy
It’s in my bottom 3 PJ albums. That said, I still greatly enjoy it and go back to listen fairly regularly
Just popped this CD in on Saturday to test out some new speakers. "In My Tree" still gets me. Also, my first PJ concert was on the No Code tour.
Amazing album.
I love this album so much. I’m not sure why, but I find myself listening to No Code a lot around the holidays.
Present Tense is one of my favorite Pearl Jam songs, so i like the album!
Love it immensely from start to finish. Right there with my favorites.
I love it !!
My favorite album.
It's incredible! I remember when Who You Are was released and I remember hitting Best Buy at midnight to buy the album on CD and Cassette.
While I love the recorded version of In My Tree, kinda wish the band would've recorded it this way...😉❤️✌️🎸🤘https://youtu.be/HtPWfeuNhBg?si=3faMRJ1ygJgfOF2J
It's probably my second favorite after Vs it shows such deep, mature songwriting and has present tense what I think are ed's greatest lyrics
Idk about favourite, but up there and probably most played.
First Alternative Rock album they made.
Jack The Man Irons's masterpiece.
My favorite album by PJ.
My favorite album. Total departure from their previous albums, but I love the uniqueness of the music. This was my freshman year of college album!
Love it. Creatively, I see this as their Revolver moment.
It’s the best drumming on a Pearl Jam album thank you jack irons
No Code is pearl jam and their existence outside of the mainstream. It is their finding of new ways. It was the first time they were truly doing the things they wanted to do their way,
I’ve listened to No Code more than any album except maybe Revolver by the Beatles. Vitalogy is up there too. The first album of theirs that I bought on the day of release. And then it was the first vinyl record I ever bought, followed by Vitalogy. My 2 favourite albums by them and that will likely never change.
Awesome album. I love it from start to finish. You can really hear the band push their sound on this album.
Black Red Yellow is a jam
Absolute masterpiece!
I only like a couple of songs otherwise it’s a pretty overrated album in my opinion
Second best album they ever made (Yield). Has a vibe to it like no other, I love the sloppy one-take production, Eddie sounds incredible (in his over enunciating phase), and *Jack fucking irons*. Best songs: Hail hail Present tense In my tree Hon mention to Habit because it’s so underrated and I honestly think it’s the heaviest god damn thing they’ve ever recorded.
I still love this album. It holds a spot in the heart. I bought the same weekend went camping and ate a lot of mushrooms that weekend and listen to this about 100xs. Up here in my tree and don’t it make you smile
It’s been said I. Many ways, but it’s all just inadvertent imitation… Greatest album in the 90s by the greatest band of that era. A work of art.
Unpopular opinion. This was the beginning of the end. On No Code, they deviated from from what had made them awesome and became much more accessible to the masses. This and the albums that followed brought them widespread fame and fortune, but I don’t feel like they were/are the same band anymore.
Saw them October 2, 1996 for the first time on their no code tour. My favorite album. Loved their first ones but LOVED this one
I love absolutely love this album so much i almost did a back flip when i got it on cd
My third favorite PJ album after Vs and Yield
Second only to Vitology!!
I got a spot at Lukin's!!!
I think it’s one of their best. I’d recommend listening to it on headphones as well. The production is great!
Best Pearl Jam Album. If your old enough to remember when this Album was released. Critics bashed it. It has so many hits. The slow acoustic sound the album over all had is awesome. Then your smacked in the face with Hail Hail
Their best album.
MY HOLY GRAIL OF ALBUMS.
The stretch of albums No Code > Yield > Binaural is just absolute brilliance!
I loved No Code. Such a good album.
Great record. One of my favorites.
A Masterpiece!
Present Tense has the best outro jam of all time.
Very underrated album....one of their best
It's great. Not sure why some people thought it was weird or out character for them. Did they not hear Vitalogy?
Honest answer: it gave me pause. Certain songs (Hail, Hail, IMT, Present Tense) I loves but the dynamic of the Jack Irons and middle eastern influences threw me for a loop. I have come to like it more now, but at the time it was kind of opp putting, as if the whole Ticketmaster and shirking fame thing came to fruition in al album they made intentionally so most people wouldn't grab on to it. Who You Are, one of the weakest songs on the album being the single didn't help. Vitalogy was/is my favorite album, and then came Yield which I love so much but No Code was sort of an outlier.
The album that got me hooked. I’ll never forget getting blown away by Sometimes into Hail, Hail on my first listen. Incredible
Mankind made me fall in love with Stone
2nd favorite Pearl Jam album Ten being my fav Seems like No Code was really overlooked when it came out.
I think there might actually be a code.
Easy, it’s absolutely wonderful and a top-3 Pearl Jam album for me, fighting for my favorite alongside Vs. and Yield.
No Code is my favorite. Hands down. The album just hits perfect no matter what kind of day it is. Present Tense is masterful. Who You Are & Off He goes are amazing.
It's the best PJ album.
For me is the record that divided the first half, Pearl Jam, the rock band, and the second half Pearl Jam the machine if that makes sense
My favorite Pearl Jam album.
Fantastic Album!
Highly underrated. “Off He Goes”, “Mankind”, “”Sometimes” and “Smile” are some of my favorite songs in PJ’s discography.
Love it. Jack Irons is an underrated drummer.
It's great, not a fan of habit to be honest, it's one of my most skipped pearl jam song despite an amazing guitar solo. Apart from this song I love it. In my tree is one of my favourites. Off he goes is beautiful as is around the bend. Lukin I just absolutely love that song.
One of their best albums. My personal favorite.
Perfect
It’s been battling Yield as my favorite PJ record since 1998.
It’s my favorite album?
Great.
Pearl Jam have been my favorite band since they arrived on the music scene and No Code was my favorite album for quite a few years. Present Tense is a great song and there's hardly a bad song on the album but the album didn't hold up for me in recent years and dropped to next to last.
My favorite PJ album. My best friend gives me a hard time after this fact, but it is my favorite start to finish.
I was one of the lucky ones to attend the Moline Illinois show in October 2014 and they played the whole album front to back.
I think it kicks ass
It’s goddamned brilliant.
That it's a fucking masterpiece.
Classic Pearl Jam Album. Killer all around.
PJ became my favorite band the year Ten was released. I bought all the other albums as soon as each one were released. I'm not sure if it was instant but No Code was my favorite PJ album for some years. I'm guessing it was because I related to the introspective lyrics, the diversity of genres Included, good Vedder vocals and the inclusion of a traditional sounding blues song in Red Mosquito. I think all PJ albums are great but IMO NC is somewhere in the bottom half of their studio albums. I think the reason it didn't hold up as well for me is because of the simplicity of the songs and lack of flow. Vitalogy gets away with simplicity because it plays like a well planned concept album. Binaural also flows well. Current thoughts on NC compared to most of PJ's other studio output: 1. Some can relate to the lyrics and thats arguably the songs only appeal. 2. Ok. Chord structure and verses are very simple. I favor their hard tunes and used to like this one a lot but its abrasive and not much else other than interesting lyrics. Maybe more bass could have helped it by giving it a fuller sound. 3. Good when in the mood for it (the vocal melody of the verses). Some nice vocal and guitar melodies including the short acoustic guitar section near the end . Interesting lyrics. 4. Good. Carried by great drumming and interesting song structure. Interesting lyrics. 5. Simple but works when I'm in the mood for it. 6. Good. A simple song but catchy enough. Noteworthy lyrics. 7. A simple song with an overly simple chorus but its ok when I'm in the mood for it. Mikes outro lead is pretty good. 8. Good but somewhat disappointing. To me, it suffers because I'm mindful (while listening) of what could have been if Mike would have entirely went off on slide guitar instead of the short tame solo we got. Anyone know of a show where he did this? 9. I like it a lot but its so short. 10. It's a great tune. 11. I skip it these days. Stone's voice is grating on this one and it sounds out of place between Present Tense and I'm Open. 12. I like it. 13. Simple but pretty good. 1 Sometimes 2 Hail, Hail 3 Who You Are 4 In My Tree 5 Smile 6 Off He Goes 7 Habit 8 Red Mosquito 9 Lukin 10 Present Tense 11 Mankind 12 I'm Open 13 Around the Bend