Description:Though it contains none of the band's radio staples, No Code may be the one Pearl Jam record that holds up start to finish. Partly this is because of the songs, which like the hypnotic "Who Are You" are unusually straightforward. But it's also because this is the most musically varied effort of the band's career: "Hail,Though it contains none of the band's radio staples, No Code may be the one Pearl Jam record that holds up start to finish. Partly this is because of the songs, which like the hypnotic "Who Are You" are unusually straightforward. But it's also because this is the most musically varied effort of the band's career: "Hail, Hail" is a full-tilt firestorm, but the quiet "Sometimes" is a hesitating, slow burn. And while "Smile" has a Crazy Horse roar, the unplugged setting of "Off He Goes" lets the song breathe and the emotions sink in. --David Cantwell... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Sony Release date : 27 August 1996 EAN: 0074646750025 UPC: 074646750025
"An absolutely bizarre sounding album at first listen. Pearl Jam totally went off the tracks here, and deliberately too. After three albums, they didn't want to redo Ten again. Once you get past the weirdness, it's not a terrible album, but it doesn't touch the sustained intensity or the ability to connect at a visceral level of their earlier work (or the polish and focus of the albums Riot Act and beyond). Coming after Ten, Vs and Vitalogy, this is such a letdown.
About half the songs sound lik"
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