Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code

[stip]

No, sadly. The closest we have is a live 95 version.

[hlniv]

I think the Brain of J that made on to Yield may very well actually have come from the No Code sessions. Listen to the album cuts of Hail, Hail, Lukin, and Red Mosquito, and it very closely resembles the Yield cut of Brain of J. It was recorded in sessions for both albums, and some of the No Code cuts were done in the spring of '96 at the same studios credited on Yield.

I'm sure it was mixed and mastered specifically for Yield, but the recording might well have been laid down in the spring of '96.

Maybe not, but it's hard to say one way or another, and it sure sounds like a No Code recording to me.

[its_not_1974]

I think the Brain of J that made on to Yield may very well actually have come from the No Code sessions. Listen to the album cuts of Hail, Hail, Lukin, and Red Mosquito, and it very closely resembles the Yield cut of Brain of J. It was recorded in sessions for both albums, and some of the No Code cuts were done in the spring of '96 at the same studios credited on Yield.

I'm sure it was mixed and mastered specifically for Yield, but the recording might well have been laid down in the spring of '96.

Maybe not, but it's hard to say one way or another, and it sure sounds like a No Code recording to me.

There is no way those are No Code vocals.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

I think the Brain of J that made on to Yield may very well actually have come from the No Code sessions. Listen to the album cuts of Hail, Hail, Lukin, and Red Mosquito, and it very closely resembles the Yield cut of Brain of J. It was recorded in sessions for both albums, and some of the No Code cuts were done in the spring of '96 at the same studios credited on Yield.

I'm sure it was mixed and mastered specifically for Yield, but the recording might well have been laid down in the spring of '96.

Maybe not, but it's hard to say one way or another, and it sure sounds like a No Code recording to me.

There is no way those are No Code vocals.

Well, the lyrics weren't written until the Yield sessions, so it would have to be a Yield vocal. If anything, the backing track is a No Code outtake, but I guess there is no way of knowing that unless tapes of the sessions turn up.

[hlniv]

I think the Brain of J that made on to Yield may very well actually have come from the No Code sessions. Listen to the album cuts of Hail, Hail, Lukin, and Red Mosquito, and it very closely resembles the Yield cut of Brain of J. It was recorded in sessions for both albums, and some of the No Code cuts were done in the spring of '96 at the same studios credited on Yield.

I'm sure it was mixed and mastered specifically for Yield, but the recording might well have been laid down in the spring of '96.

Maybe not, but it's hard to say one way or another, and it sure sounds like a No Code recording to me.

There is no way those are No Code vocals.

Well, the lyrics weren't written until the Yield sessions, so it would have to be a Yield vocal. If anything, the backing track is a No Code outtake, but I guess there is no way of knowing that unless tapes of the sessions turn up.

Yes, this is my guess.

And, no, we will never actually know

[BurtReynolds]

Of my top 5 Pearl Jam songs, 4 might be No Code songs.

[stip]

I may not have a single no code song in my top 20

[BurtReynolds]

I may not have a single no code song in my top 20

[stip]

Hail hail clocking in at 39 was the first

[Kaius]

You are nucking futs, stip.

[stip]

Pearl jam has a lot of great songs

[stip]

Songs before no code

Ten: 8
Vs: 6
Vitalogy: 6
Yield: 3
Binaural: 2
Riot act:1
S/t: 3
Backspacer: 2
Lightning bolt : 3
Other: 4

[BurtReynolds]

There might be a problem with your ranking system, Stip. Run the numbers again to be sure.

[VinylGuy]

I may not have a single no code song in my top 20

Hail , Hail??? PRESENT TENSE???

[Birds in Hell]

I may not have a single no code song in my top 20

Hail , Hail??? PRESENT TENSE???

Well, they're no World Wide Suicide or The Fixer.

[malice]

why did i read that

[Kaius]

We are all gluttons for punishment

[Iholdthepain]

I may not have a single no code song in my top 20

Without quantifying my entire list of Top Shelfs, I'd say In My Tree and Off He Goes are quite cozy in my top 20. Who You Are might be, too, but that has nothing to do with song quality.

[hlniv]

I may not have a single no code song

Who You Are might be, too, but that has nothing to do with song quality.

What, prey tell, might the appropriate criteria be, then?

[Iholdthepain]

I may not have a single no code song

Who You Are might be, too, but that has nothing to do with song quality.

What, prey tell, might the appropriate criteria be, then?

It was (but wasn't supposed to be) the show opener when I saw them in Portugal, 11/25/1996... Great opener, the crowd response still gives me goosebumps, the Jack Irons drumming... It's a sentimental thing...

Worth checking out online if you've never heard it.