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I’ve probably used way too much headspace and iPhone typing to explain why No Code is my favorite Pearl Jam album. There’s the unmatched warmth of this one, not a single one of the rest of their albums even comes close to the in your living with them vibe of this, and the way the songs twist and turn but always feel incredibly organic. Jack Irons contributes in such an essential way to those things, his playing noticeable yet fits like a glove to the songs themselves.
Yet even with that, this album jumps in all sorts of directions, from contemplative builders like Present Tense and Who You Are to big banging rockers that take no prisoners on Habit and Hail Hail. Yet the instrumental passages and bridges are unforced and largely killer - Habit’s breakneck finale as impressive as Present Tense’s slow build to catharsis. Add even to that mix a solid spoken word, a lullaby, a humorous rocker sung by Stone, and we haven’t even discussed the genius of Red Mosquito, In My Tree, the Neil Young dirge of Smile, or the storytelling mastery of Off He Goes. I love every inch and second of this album, one that has no business being a single document yet I couldn’t imagine it without everything it contains.
The b-sides are great fun here, and I tried to replicate the jump scare blast of Sometimes > Hail Hail with Dead Man > All Night (All Night has an almost Stone Temple Pilots like groove in it almost slithering in its execution while maintaining the Pearl jam vibe). Black Red Yellow is killer, Don’t Give Me No Lip great fun.
The live playlist again is disjointed with the audio quality but was still a nice listen, specifically Aound the Bend and Who You Are.
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Mon April 08, 2024 1:10 pm
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There's a real combination of experimentation and effortlessness in this album that's really striking, and pretty unique in their catalog. In albums like Vitalogy and Binaural, you can hear the struggle to create and push past the expectations others have for the band (and the band has for itself). But No Code doesn't feel labored in the slightest; it's the band finding a brand new house to roam around in, freely strolling into whatever room entices them.
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Wed April 10, 2024 5:25 pm
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Ok, lets do it
ahh i love the studio version of Sometimes...the way the bass kicks in, the little guitars, the quietness...that sound at the almost minute mark...this one sounds so good, so intimate, so small...is it Mike in the left? i love whats he is doing.
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Wed April 10, 2024 5:27 pm
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of course Hail Hail comes in and its a punch in the face....dude volume is UP!! This might the best garage type of song they did really, its a wonderful compositon, loooove the lyrics too
The guitars sound exactly like they need to sound goddamn
Post subject: Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Wed April 10, 2024 5:32 pm
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Who You Are was a wild choice for a single, but i guess very representative of the album maybe. Ive never been a huge fan of it, but they are so many cool things about it
Jack´s groove of course, the cool background vocals, the guitars...the way Jeff comes in, super loud in the mix and how it falls with the groove....song sounds beautiful
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