Studio Albums

Best PJ album to date.

Agreed. you can totally feel that they set out to make something special with this album. It is one of those albums, the first time you put it on, you are not exactly sure what to think of it, but the more time you give it, the more and more beautiful it becomes; it is a GROWER.
I listen to a lot of electronic dance music, and the guitar line in lukin, in the beginning sounds so much like it could be thrown into a SICK dance floor mix, how hypnotic, fast and rhythmic it is. That track, (or that particular part of the track rather) reminds me a lot of Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music for some reason (the end out locked groove.) I first listened to pearl jam as a young boy and became fascinated with their lyrics and music. I had heard and owned everything they released up until this album, and i remember when my friend gave No Code to me as a birthday gift. And looking back, while I didn't always or immeditly appreciate it, i think now, (tho this is a hard thing to say as each of their albums has a place for me,) No Code has to be my favourite pearl jam album of all time. Taking into consideration all of what it is: the album artwork; it folds out into the Eye of Providence, poloroid photos with song lyrics printed on back, the music, the vocals, and the whole general feel of something not having a limit. (-imsohigh theskyiscrape-) As an album it does exactly what i feel they set out to do. And for that reason, in my eyes, it is their best.

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It seems kind of silly to me that you can't buy some of Pearl Jam's albums on their own website. I know that Epic took these out of print, but couldn't PJ's new independent label (Monkeywrench) always keep a few copies on hand? Just a thought.

this album is pearl jam's answer to led zeppelin 3. it's the weird album but it just might be the best album. who you are is probably the best song on the album and one the band's best songs period but that's just my humble opinion.

awesome.

Simply the best album

Just from looking at the beautiful, bright-colored collage cover artwork for this record, you can tell instantly this is going to be a special album; a different album. And it is. The lyrics are introspective, uplifting, and energetic, as is much of the singing and music. I think this is PJ's most pensive, calming, diverse, and best album hands down. Side A, for me, is arguably the best side of any album I have ever heard (side A of Animal Collective's 'Feels' is up there too). In my opinion, Jack Irons' drumming on this album is unmatched by any other Pearl Jam album, or most any other album I've ever heard. Specifically his drumming on 'who you are', 'in my tree', and 'present tense', where he doesn't overuse the symbols, but rather purposefully plays them as exclamation points, giving more emphasis and power to the songs. There also is, melodically speaking, a wonderful flow to the album where each song seems to effortlessly roll into the next, beginning with 'sometimes,' the calmest, most beautiful opening track of any PJ album. And the songs that rock, with the exception of 'habit' and 'lukin,' are transcended by eV's beautiful singing, which creates a powerful, positive energy that I don't feel as strongly on recent albums when he's screaming on the harder rock songs. I don't know much, but I know when I find myself going through a time, this is the first record I look for.

Maybe only people who love the album bother to post. I waited in line to buy No Code at midnight and I remember my intial response being disappointment. That being said, It is still better than most of the crap on the radio at any given moment. And really this is the 1st PJ album that had to grow on me. It's still my least favorite PJ CD, but Sometimes, Who You Are, Present Tense, In my Tree, and Off He Goes are all GREAT songs.

Pearl Jam's best album and my favorite of all time from any band.

present tense is changing my life. used to be ashamed of the past but now i've come to terms with it and forgave myself. it does make more sense to live in the present tense :) incredible album.