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Track Listings
| 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 |
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Music cd.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Apart from 'Ten' this is maybe their best record. (Ten isn't 'dated' - its an album of music.) No Code is like the healing process after all the rage and torment of Vitalogy (yet still has a lot in common with that record.) Like Vitalogy, it is innovative + diverse + uncompromising + above all (as ever with PJ) comes straight from the heart. Although No Code is their most meditative/expansive and mellow record, it also contains their 3 heaviest songs: Hail Hail, Habit, and Lukin. Still, the fact that this album alienated most of the conservative kerrang-type fans Pearl Jam somehow managed to pick up, is surely a bonus point. In summary, this album will expand your mind + soul (and is a whole lot less pretentious than this review.)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Tim Whitwell
Format:Audio CD
Pearl Jam's second foray into alternative styles is an even more successful experiment than the punk-ish Vitalogy. Proving the band is versatile enough to try its hand at just about any type of rock, No Code refuses to adhere to the grunge foundations Pearl Jam helped to lay. Collaborating with Neil Young on Mirrorball clearly extended their musical confidence and, as evident in the delicate guitar harmonies and wistful ramblings of 'off he goes', added a touch of country and western to their musical repertoire. There's also a bit of The Who in the superb 'in my tree', and healthy dose of The Ramones in 'Mankind', during which Vedder's vocals rather refreshingly take a back seat to rhythm guitarist Stone Gossard‘s - again exuding the impression of a band at the height of their confidence. The sublime Dylan-esque finale, ‘around the bend’ (a nod towards Creedence Cleerwater Revival perhaps, who recorded another track titled ‘Green river’?) finishes the album on the same high point it sustains throughout the hour. Whatever your opinions regarding the direction Pearl Jam took with their music post-Vs, this is worth the asking price for the last two minutes of ’habit’ alone, which contains some of the most assured bass playing Jeff Ament has ever recorded. It is fairly obvious that the hybrid-rock niche the band continued to carve itself was detrimental to their mainstream success, but No Code will always be my favourite ‘mistake‘. Anyway, if seven equally fantastic and diverse studio albums come hand in hand with chart anonymity, here’s to the second half of Pearl Jam’s career. Smile!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I was a bit weary about buying this album as it didn't sell a lot of copies compared to the bands other albums and all the reviews i'd read of it weren't very good. However once i'd got it home and listened to it i was amazed! This is one of thier best albums and very under rated. It is quite mellow and shows a very artistic and creative band. Although in saying that there are also some very heavy songs on it such as Lukin and Habit. Stone also sings lead vocals on one song- Mankind. Although his voice isn't as powerful as Eddies, he is a good singer and Mankind is very catchy and upbeat. The lyrics on most of the songs are very meaningful and intruging and leaves it up to you to find your own meaning to the song. This album proves that Pearl Jam are a band who will experiment and risk putting out an album even if they think it may lose some of their existing fans, rather than making a half-hearted album that they know will be a commercial sucess. If you are a music lover then buy this
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!
I tend to think of this as the Pearl Jam album I like the least but when I take a closer look that's because there as 2 tracks on it I tend not to play (Mankind & Around the Bend)... Read more
Published 1 month ago by jackie
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Unfortunately i havent recieved any of the 9 albums i have ordered i expect because of the weather i havent had any mail either
Published 4 months ago by marky
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent listening
Bought this with some worry, as not everyone was not that keen.All this was ill founded as it hides some real gems.smile , in my tree and red mosquito stand out. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2011 by S. Finch
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant Stuff!!
Another classic addition to the Pearl Jam canon. Following on from the quality album that was Vitalogy, Pearl Jam became even more experimental and broadened their horizons to... Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2010 by Markie
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best Pearl Jam album
This album is brilliant. My favourite from Pearl Jam and one of my favourite albums of all time.
Published on 19 Oct 2009 by Ross Findlater
5.0 out of 5 stars
No Coda
Is there a better Pearl Jam album? Not in my opinion (although Yield and Vs. come close). Has there ever been a better album ever? Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2009 by Pablo K
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pearl Jam establish their new Code of Practice.
`No Code' is a decent Pearl Jam album but shows all too clearly that at this stage the band had relaxed off a little, let go of the bile and passion that fuelled the preceding... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2009 by Man Without a Soul
5.0 out of 5 stars
still the best
I first heard No Code in the summer of 1996. Had a bad day at work and then first track Sometimes hit me. No it knocked me stone out. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by Colonel Decker
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pearl Jam realises it's time to lose the rage on NO CODE. October 2,...
For those looking for another TEN, this is the wrong place to go. NO CODE is the key album to understanding Pearl Jam and is the turning point of their career, some say for better,... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2007 by Mike London
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pearl Jam at their adventurous and experimental best
I bought this album having heard Vs, Ten and their most recent self-titled album, hence I was expecting something along those lines: a mixture of energetic, punky, guitar driven... Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2007 by C. Davis
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