No Code: Official Album Thread

[Strat]

That's the problem when you take 7 years to make an album. It needs to be a statement representing every aspect of Pearl Jam. There needs to be a punk song, an anthem, a midtempo song, a ballad, a single weird song... They can't wait 7 years and then have an album full of Buckle Ups. (I don't even think they or more than 1% of the Pearl Jam fan community would even want such a thing, that's only me and some other people on theskyiscrape)

Releasing albums more often would enable them to be more creative and not make their albums so much by the numbers I think. There wouldn't be so many expectations then.

Really interesting points. Are they bound by the past?

nah, bound out of obligation though, Cause thats all we've got.

[VinylGuy]

I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

That would have been very interesting. Doubt it will ever happen.

I'm hoping Stone's upcoming Painted Shield album with Mason Jennings scratches this itch. Apparently Stone wrote all the music.

I want it now yes.

[RockPusher]

That's the problem when you take 7 years to make an album. It needs to be a statement representing every aspect of Pearl Jam. There needs to be a punk song, an anthem, a midtempo song, a ballad, a single weird song... They can't wait 7 years and then have an album full of Buckle Ups. (I don't even think they or more than 1% of the Pearl Jam fan community would even want such a thing, that's only me and some other people on theskyiscrape)

Releasing albums more often would enable them to be more creative and not make their albums so much by the numbers I think. There wouldn't be so many expectations then.

Really interesting points. Are they bound by the past?

nah, bound out of obligation though, Cause thats all we've got.

I thought all we got was oddball ligation

[Anders]

I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

That would have been very interesting. Doubt it will ever happen.

I'm hoping Stone's upcoming Painted Shield album with Mason Jennings scratches this itch. Apparently Stone wrote all the music.

I want it now yes.

Hopefully won’t have to wait too long.

[VinylGuy]

I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

That would have been very interesting. Doubt it will ever happen.

I'm hoping Stone's upcoming Painted Shield album with Mason Jennings scratches this itch. Apparently Stone wrote all the music.

I want it now yes.

Hopefully won’t have to wait too long.

Its a perfect release for these days.

[RockPusher]

Average score currently 4.57

[Ms Harmless]

I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

for me the closest they came to that was Benaroya Hall

[Ms Harmless]

if they stay around for much longer hopefully they will have mellowed out enough to try that album

[Mike]

I would like them to try what Wilco did with Stars Wars and Smilco. Two albums released only one year apart that sound like they're not trying to prove anything at all but not in a lazy way. It's Wilco having fun without making a huge artistic statement which produced my two favorite records of them since A Ghost Is Born. I don't want Pearl Jam to only make records in this way but I think it would work out for them.

[Mike]

Following Gigaton, one of their most produced albums yet, with a spontaneous rough sounding album would be pretty nice, actually.

[Anders]

Yes, hopefully they can both keep up the good trend, and do something different.

[Anders]

I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

That would have been very interesting. Doubt it will ever happen.

I'm hoping Stone's upcoming Painted Shield album with Mason Jennings scratches this itch. Apparently Stone wrote all the music.

I want it now yes.

Hopefully won’t have to wait too long.

Its a perfect release for these days.

Couldn’t agree more.

[C4lukin]

I am just curious why.

Ten, VS. the greatest hits album often show up on the Itunes top 200. But No Code?

Did I miss something?

[C4lukin]

Ok after a bit of research, Present Tense is number 100 on ITunes singles.

The only thing I can imagine is that maybe it has something to do with the Michael Jordan documentary?

[Habitman]

Ok after a bit of research, Present Tense is number 100 on ITunes singles.

The only thing I can imagine is that maybe it has something to do with the Michael Jordan documentary?

Yes...MJ doc...the last episode (PT closed the last 5 minutes of the series) was seen by 5.5 million people.

[C4lukin]

Ok after a bit of research, Present Tense is number 100 on ITunes singles.

The only thing I can imagine is that maybe it has something to do with the Michael Jordan documentary?

Yes...MJ doc...the last episode (PT closed the last 5 minutes of the series) was seen by 5.5 million people.

Ha. I guess I am a little late to the party on this.

I never would have imagined my favorite Pearl Jam song would be a semi hit 25 years later.

[E.H. Ruddock]

No need for a new topic, we can discuss it in this thread.

[VinylGuy]

Listening to this one on vinyl right now.

I looove it so much. So fucking much. Hail, Hail lyrics are a masterpiece.

[lecherouslittlestump]

This album marked the beginning of the pussyficiation of PEarl Jam

[Kevin Davis]

I wish Pearl Jam would have made an album full of songs like Around The Bend. It's a sound they explore not often enough. Imagine an album full of Around The Bends, Parachutes, Buckle Ups and Strangest Tribes.

Yes, please. Writing duties delegated to a one S. Gossard, preferably.