''No Code'' is the fourth studio album by the American rock band

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, released on August 27, 1996 through Epic Records. Following a troubled tour for its previous album, '' Vitalogy'' (1994), in which Pearl Jam engaged in a much-publicized boycott of

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, the band went into the studio to record its follow-up. The music on the record was more diverse than what the band had done on previous releases, incorporating elements of

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and

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. Although ''No Code'' debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, making it Pearl Jam's third consecutive number one album, it left a large section of the band's fanbase unsatisfied and quickly fell down the charts. Critical reviews were also mixed, with praise to the musical variety but criticism to the album's inconsistency. The album became the first Pearl Jam album to not reach multi-platinum status, receiving a single

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certification by the

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(RIAA) in the United States.

Recording

For its fourth album, Pearl Jam again worked with producer Brendan O'Brien, with whom they had worked on predecessors '' Vs.'' (1993) and '' Vitalogy'' (1994). ''No Code'' was the band's first album with drummer

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, who had joined the band as ''Vitalogy'' was being completed. Following the summer U.S. leg of the band's Vitalogy Tour, the band began work on ''No Code'' at the

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studios in

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for a week in July 1995 during the infamous Chicago heat wave. During a break in a string of make-up dates for the 1995 tour the band went into the studio for a week-long session in

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, where the band recorded "

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".(2003) Album notes for ''Lost Dogs'' by Pearl Jam, D booklet New York: Sony Music. The rest of the recording took place in the first half of 1996 in

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at Studio Litho, which is owned by guitarist

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. The album was then mixed by O'Brien at his mixing facility at Southern Tracks in

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. The sessions for the album began with strife and tension. Bassist

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was not made aware that the band was recording until three days into the sessions, and said that he "wasn't super involved with that record on any level."Weisbard, Eric, et al. "Ten Past Ten". '' Spin''. August 2001. Guitarist

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said, "I'm sure Jeff was pissed, but it was more about separating, because if we played all together nothing would get done. We'd all just get pissed off at each other." At one point Ament even walked out of the recording sessions,Garbarini, Vic. "All For One: Pearl Jam Yield to the Notion That United They Stand and Divided They Fall". ''

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''. March 1998. and considered quitting the band due to lead vocalist

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's control of the creation process. Due to Pearl Jam balancing recording and touring, Irons commented that the band was "more on-the-fly during the making of ''No Code'', and some good things happened out of that, but we were also really tired. It was difficult to tour and play these shows that were two or three hours long and then force ourselves to produce something in a studio."Peiken, Matt. "Jack Irons: This Inner Life". ''

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''. June 1998. McCready said that a lot of the songs were developed out of

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s, and said "I think we kind of rushed it a little bit." Ament said that the band members would bring in fragments of songs, and it would take hours before Vedder could have music to which he could add vocals. He added that "Ed's typically the guy who finishes off the songs...But by the end of ''No Code'', he was so burnt, it was so much work for him."Moon, Tom. "Calling Off the Crusades". ''

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''. February 8, 1998. The band's mood had gotten better by the time the album was finished, and the bandmembers gave credit for this to Irons. Regarding Irons, O'Brien stated that "everybody was on their best musical behavior around him." McCready said that Irons urged the band members to discuss their problems, and called him "a big spiritual influence, if not the biggest." Vedder said, "Making ''No Code'' was all about gaining perspective."Marks, Craig. "The Road Less Traveled". '' Spin''. February 1997. Commenting upon the sessions as a whole, O'Brien said, "It was really a transitional record. We had a good time making it."

Outtakes

Two outtakes from the recording sessions ended up as

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s, "Black, Red, Yellow" on the " Hail, Hail" single, and "Dead Man", which was originally intended for the film '' Dead Man Walking'', on "Off He Goes". Both songs were included on the 2003 ''

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'' collection of rarities, along with four other tracks from the ''No Code'' sessions, two of which ended up on compilations – " Leaving Here", which appeared on '' Home Alive'', and "Gremmie Out of Control", featured on '' Music for Our Mother Ocean Vol. 1''. The other rejected songs were "All Night" and "Don't Gimme No Lip". "Olympic Platinum", written by the album's mixer Nick DiDia around the time of the 1996 Summer Olympics, was recorded by the band and released on its 1996 fan club Christmas single.

Music and lyrics

While ''Vitalogy'' had shifted away from the earlier albums' accessible compositions and polished production, ''No Code'' represented a deliberate break from '' Tens

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sound, favoring

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ballads and noisy

songs. It stood out with its emphasis on subtle harmony ("

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influences (" Who You Are"), and

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("I'm Open"). Irons lends a tribal drum sound on the songs "Who You Are" and "In My Tree". Irons stated, "To turn my drum music into a song is pretty challenging, but the guys have been really supportive of me doing it, and we've worked some things into a few songs." Vedder said, "We realized that we had an opportunity to experiment." David Browne of ''

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'' stated that "''No Code'' displays a wider range of moods and instrumentation than on any previous Pearl Jam album." The lyrical themes on the album deal with issues of spirituality, morality, and self-examination.Hilburn, Robert. "Working Their Way Out of a Jam". ''

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''. December 22, 1996. Vedder said, "I think there's a little self-examination in those songs, something that a lot of my friends are going through too, as they approach 30." Ament said, "In some ways, it's like the band's story. It's about growing up." The lyrics of " Hail, Hail" refer to two people in a troubled relationship struggling to hold it together. Vedder has said that he wrote the song "Off He Goes" about himself and how he is a "shit friend", adding, "I'll show up and everything's great and then all of the sudden I'm outta there..." "Lukin" is about the "pretty intense stalker problem" Vedder faced during the mid-1990s. "Around the Bend" was written by Vedder as a

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that Irons could sing to his son. The lyrics to "Smile" are taken from a note that Dennis Flemion of

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hid inside Vedder's notebook while he was onstage performing. The words used in the note are taken from the Frogs songs "This Is How I Feel" and "Now I Wanna Be Dead". Flemion is given credit in the

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, but the credit is absent from the CD version. The lyrics to " Red Mosquito" were inspired by the events surrounding Pearl Jam's June 24, 1995 concert at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which happened on the same day Vedder was hospitalized due to

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.Vedder, Eddie. (Speaker). (2006). ''7/18/06, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco California'' udio Recording Ten Club. Vedder only made it through seven songs and the band was forced to cancel the remaining dates of the short tour that it was on. For the first time on a Pearl Jam album, a band member other than Vedder contributed lyrics, with Gossard writing the lyrics to "Mankind". Gossard also sang lead vocals on the track.

Packaging and title

The album package consists of 156 Polaroid photos that unfold into a 2×2 square. The Polaroid photos are seemingly random. One of the photos featured on the front cover is the eyeball of

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, former

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player and friend of the band, while another photo is of Vedder's foot after he had been stung by a

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. The pictures, when viewed from afar, blend to form the ''No Code'' triangle/eyeball logo that is the theme throughout the album. Later pressings of the CD featured a 1x4 format packaging, losing the hidden message effect. The CD and vinyl came with lyrics printed on the back of replica Polaroids. Only nine Polaroids came in a set, leaving one to have to obtain another set to accumulate all thirteen songs. When discussing the album's title, Vedder said "it's called ''No Code'' because it's full of code. It's misinformation." In medical terminology, a "no code" order is a medical order to withhold CPR on a patient. It is also known as a "do not resuscitate" order. In another interview, Vedder said that "if the record is a complete failure you've kind of owned up to it in a subliminal way. ''No Code'' was the same thing. For me, ''No Code'' meant 'Do Not Resuscitate'."

Tour

Pearl Jam promoted the album with tours in North America and Europe in the fall of 1996. The short tour of North America focused on the

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. As with ''Vitalogy'', very little touring was done in the United States to promote ''No Code'' because of the band's refusal to play in

's venues. The band chose to use alternate ticketing companies for the shows. A European tour followed in the fall of 1996, of which the band's November 3, 1996 show in Berlin, Germany at

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was broadcast on many radio stations worldwide. During the North American tour fans complained about the difficulty in obtaining tickets and the use of non-Ticketmaster venues, which were judged to be remote and impersonal. Gossard stated that there was "a lot of stress associated with trying to tour at that time" and that "it was growing more and more difficult to be excited about being part of the band." He added, "Ticketmaster, as monopolistic as it may be, is very efficient so we weren't playing the venues we wanted to play." On October 17, 2014 at the

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, during the Lightning Bolt Tour, Pearl Jam played the entire album in order as part of their set.

Release and reception

Commercial performance

''No Code'' sold 366,500 copies in its first week of release, topping the ''Billboard'' 200, but falling short of analysts' predictions of at least 535,000 copies. This was significantly less than what the band's previous two albums sold in their respective first weeks of release. It was, however, the seventh biggest-selling debut of what was a slow year for the industry. It stayed at number one for two weeks, and was Pearl Jam's last album to debut at number one on the album chart until '' Backspacer'' was released in 2009. By its sixth week, the album had sold 790,000 copies. ''No Code'' was certified platinum by the

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. Retrieved on May 28, 2008. but was the band's first album to not reach multi-platinum status. As of 2013, the album has sold 1.7 million copies in the United States according to

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. Three singles were released from ''No Code''. The lead single " Who You Are" peaked at number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and reached number one on the

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charts and number five on the

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charts. Neither of the album's other singles, " Hail, Hail" and "

", charted on the Hot 100, but both placed on the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, as did album track "Red Mosquito". Present Tense reached number 1 on iTunes Top 40 US Rock Songs on May 18, 2020 after being featured in the ending of the ESPN documentary series "The Last Dance."

Critical response

Upon its release, ''No Code'' received a mixed to positive critical reception. ''

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gave ''No Code'' four out of five stars, saying that the album "is abrupt in its mood swings almost to the point of vertigo." He praised the album as "the kind of impulsive, quixotic, provocative ruckus that has become rare in a modern-rock mainstream" and added that "''No Code'' basically means no rule books, no limits and, above all, no fear." '' Q'' gave the album four out of five stars. The review said that the album "constantly adds unexpected and fascinating details....A solid attraction amid intriguing oddities is the powerful array of guitar sounds." Critic

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described the album as "slowly winning a heartwarming battle against constitutional melancholia."

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gave the album three and a half out of five stars, saying, "While a bit too incoherent, ''No Code'' is Pearl Jam's richest and most rewarding album to date as well as their most human." '' NME'' gave ''No Code'' a seven out of ten. In the review, it is stated that "Vedder is still preoccupied with his own mortality, but now he appears more quasi-mystical than miserable....for all its relative placidity, ''No Code'' is still a difficult beast." Referring to the songs on the album,

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'' said "about half are worth the effort." He observed that "too often,

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falls into American culture's

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syndrome, idealizing childhood innocence above all." David Browne of ''

'' gave the album a C, saying that while ''No Code'' "cracks open their sound", it "becomes a collection of fragments that don't add up to much of anything, except a portrait of a musically disjointed band." On the change in mood compared with the band's previous releases, he said that "the album leaves you with the vaguely unsettling feeling that Pearl Jam without pain are like a pretzel without salt, or Seattle without rain." Ryan Schreiber of ''

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'' stated that "there's a ton of filler here. In fact, it's almost ''all'' filler." ''

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'' reviewer

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said that the album "makes it sound as if they're having a midlife crisis." Farley added that "too few of the songs on the Pearl Jam CD explore the musical possibilities they suggest in any kind of definitive or provocative manner."

Track listing

Personnel

Pearl Jam *

– bass guitar, vocals, guitar on "Smile", Chapman, Polaroids, black-and-white photography *

– guitar, vocals, piano, lead vocals on "Mankind" *

– drums *

– guitar, piano on "Sometimes", Polaroids *

– lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, electric sitar, Polaroids; credited as "Jerome Turner" for

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, concept of ''No Code'' Production *Barry Ament, Chris McGann – Polaroids, layout *

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, Caram Costanzo, Jeff Lane – assistant engineering *Dr. Paul J. Bubak, A. Fields – Polaroids * Nick DiDia – mixing, recording *

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– mastering *Lance Mercer – Polaroids, black-and-white photography * Brendan O'Brien – production, mixing, piano *Pearl Jam – production

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

*I Despite charting, "Red Mosquito" was never released as a single.

Certifications

References

External links

''No Code'' information and lyrics at pearljam.com
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