No Code: Official Album Thread

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5 Stars: One of the best
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4 Stars: Very good
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3 Stars: Average
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2 Stars: Meh
1
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1 Star: Sucks
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tragabigzanda wrote:I think Jack's finest hour is the hi-hat on Wishlist
This isn't right, but it's interesting. I appreciate a less is more approach sometimes, and I'm a sucker for the high-hat. No one works it better than Charlie Watts.
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"Wishlist" is nice but c'mon.
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pearl jam sucks now
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
stip wrote:I like wishlist more than every song on no code
Apart from Hail, Hail, I could get on board with this
You have shitty taste about No Code.
I think it’s an awesome album full of 3-4 star songs, but only one 5-star song. And I think Yield has like theee 5-star songs.
you asked for it (kinda) :)
tragabigzanda wrote:Wish he's just tell everyone they have shitty opinions when they need to hear it.
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trag is feeling rather rambunctious today!
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I think it has 5-6 songs that are top 20 all time Pearl Jam.
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Though "Wishlist" is a good example of why, even if I largely prefer the songs on No Code, I like the sound of Yield better. That song is filled with a lot of little details that paint lovely colors around what is a very simple composition
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Anders wrote:I think it has 5-6 songs that are top 20 all time Pearl Jam.
for real
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wishlist is maybe the most beautiful performance of their catalog
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Strat wrote:trag is feeling rather rambunctious today!
He's sore from having to admit he doesn't know what implied harmony is
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Strat wrote:wishlist is maybe the most beautiful performance of their catalog
that's a positive thought, not a negative negative
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pearl jam sucks now
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Anders wrote:It’s sad that one of the best albums ever released get so little love.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:trag is feeling rather rambunctious today!
My day started with a kickass jam-grass video!
Post it here
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:trag is feeling rather rambunctious today!
My day started with a kickass jam-grass video!
I certainly hope you didn't watch the whole thing
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pearl jam sucks now
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neither Jack Irons nor Matt Cameron are my favourite PJ drummers

that's not to deny they've had great moments, and Jack has plenty here; they're mostly in the most Neil Young parts - Jack suited that brash country bar brawl by day, sitting on a rocking chair on the porch listening to crickets by night type of groove; he was lazy and lagging, not tight and cracking and funky like my Dave A-worshipping child self so missed when No Code came out

so at this point I don't quite feel like Stip does about him, or this album, but I completely understand his "playing to a different song" comment; it's a feeling I have about Matt, who again, has had his fair share of times to shine, but has also made some befuddling drumming choices that I wouldn't have made, if I was in his seat
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No Code perfectly exemplifies my feeling that Pearl Jam were (are?) both the best and most frustrating band in the world
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Sometimes may be one of my favorite studio tracks from this band; it's uncomfortably intimate for a full band performance, in a way that the band was never able to capture live even when they first premiered the song. It's a similar feeling to what you get on Wishlist, though that song is adorned and arranged in a way this song is not trying to accomplish.
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