Joined: 14 Aug 2020 Age: 44 Gender: Male Posts: 1,010 Location: In a red state wasteland
15 Feb 2025, 11:40 pm
Maybe it's just me but this album has always been the red headed stepchild of The Pearl Jam catalogue. No Code was released in 1996. I recall this album getting mixed reviews, some just didn't get it and it left some fan puzzled.
Myself, I really like it. It's a bit of a cluttered mess but that's what makes it interesting, and it has kind of a mellow vibe to it, mostly. Like REM did, Pearl Jam has not been afraid to try new things and do something different each time.
Favorite tracks are- Smile, Off he goes, and present tense. I'm open is a spoken word track and it's a bit of an odd story but I really like it.
If you like Pearl Jam and have never heard No Code. Check it out.
_________________ The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.” ― Turkish Proverb
15 Feb 2025, 11:40 pm
