No Code: Official Album Thread

[Birds in Hell]

Even if they have some good b sides and outtakes ( all night being the best of them i think) i love No Code so much, for me its just perfect the way it is.

Me too.

[Kevin Davis]

high school poetry

Sounds like magic, though--especially once the full band kicks in.

[Kevin Davis]

To me the Merkinball tracks are closer in spirit to Vitalogy than No Code. "I Got Shit" especially.

I completely agree with this. Merkinball feels way more Vitalogy than No Code.

In that case, where would you track them on Vitalogy?

And don't you dare cut Aye Davanita to do it! I've got my eye on you, Davis.

Don't worry, I'm not into the retracking thing. I'll leave Vitalogy be, "Stupid Mop" and all.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I actually quite like I'm Open.

I enjoy it

[Fuzzcharger]

I find I listen to this album at certain times of the year. Like the end of summer.

[bodysnatcher]

Vitalogy, No Code, and Binaural are all night albums for me. Preferably while it's cold and raining.

[Fuzzcharger]

Vitalogy and Riot Act all get a bit of run around Autumn/Winter too.

[mray10]

Vitalogy and Riot Act all get a bit of run around Autumn/Winter too.

Your time periods (and for No Code too) are related to when those albums were released. That often happens to me, too.

In some ways, it even still remains an issue I have with Binaural. That is not a summer album, but it came out right at the start of summer. Felt all wrong.

[darth_vedder]

Vitalogy, No Code, and Binaural are all night albums for me. Preferably while it's cold and raining.

I agree with Vitalogy and Binaural, but I'd drop NC for RA for the cold / rainy / winter vibe.

[bodysnatcher]

Vitalogy, No Code, and Binaural are all night albums for me. Preferably while it's cold and raining.

I agree with Vitalogy and Binaural, but I'd drop NC for RA for the cold / rainy / winter vibe.

Normally I would agree, but the first time I listened to No Code, I was out for a drive in a solid thunderstorm, so I guess it just stuck with me

[epilogue]

I always do....

01 Long Road
02 I Got ID
03 Hail, Hail
04 Who You Are
05 In My Tree
06 Smile
07 Off He Goes
08 Red Mosquito
09 Present Tense
10 Around The Bend


Bummer to drop Sometimes but Shit into Hail works great....

Damn.

That's outstanding. I'd probably throw All Night after Off He Goes. That would be my perfect No Code.

[bodysnatcher]

I wish PJ would do more Merkinball type releases

[VinylGuy]

I wish PJ would do more Merkinball type releases

Yes. This is very true...i wish they could put out some singles with 2 or 3 songs instead of waiting for 4 years to get a new record..for example, why not release a single with of the earth, ole and some new song?

[nah]

at times 'im open' has a dead can dance 'the carnival is over' jingle which i'm not ok with.

[McParadigm]

I'm Open is a great sonic landscape. I can ignore/suspend disbelief on the lyrics for the sake of that sound. If they wanted to replace it with Dead Man, I'd say "sure," but anything else I'd say 'no' to. Insturmentally, those two songs really master the blend of high fidelity shimmer and low-fi mud that makes the record great.

[Norah]

I'm Open is a great sonic landscape. I can ignore/suspend disbelief on the lyrics for the sake of that sound. If they wanted to replace it with Dead Man, I'd say "sure," but anything else I'd say 'no' to. Insturmentally, those two songs really master the blend of high fidelity shimmer and low-fi mud that makes the record great.

And this is what pisses me off about I'm Open. Everything you say is true, it's just man, those lyrics are awful.

[nah]

I'm Open is a great sonic landscape. I can ignore/suspend disbelief on the lyrics for the sake of that sound. If they wanted to replace it with Dead Man, I'd say "sure," but anything else I'd say 'no' to. Insturmentally, those two songs really master the blend of high fidelity shimmer and low-fi mud that makes the record great.

And this is what pisses me off about I'm Open. Everything you say is true, it's just man, those lyrics are awful.

i hear johnny firecloud got his hands on an 'im open' demo with more lyrical tradebacks

[McParadigm]

I'm Open is a great sonic landscape. I can ignore/suspend disbelief on the lyrics for the sake of that sound. If they wanted to replace it with Dead Man, I'd say "sure," but anything else I'd say 'no' to. Insturmentally, those two songs really master the blend of high fidelity shimmer and low-fi mud that makes the record great.

And this is what pisses me off about I'm Open. Everything you say is true, it's just man, those lyrics are awful.

Of all times for Ed to bother with enunciation

[bodysnatcher]

I'm Open could have been a cool instrumental track that ran throughout the album in interludes... or as an instrumental hidden track

[bodysnatcher]