Red Mosquito

Hatfield wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Anders wrote:Love Ed’s singing on Off He Goes. Natural and beautiful. Wish we had more songs where he sang like that.

I agree.

like Comes then Goes?

I've always wondered how they got No Code to sound as good as it does. The space, depth and tone of all the parts has blown me away since it came out.

Comes Then Goes has a very solid performance from Ed. My least favorite part is when he sings the name of the song, but still very good.

You’re spot on about No Code. Sounds amazing.

Yeah the Comes then Goes chorus is easily the weakest part of a pretty great song

stip wrote:Yeah the Comes then Goes chorus is easily the weakest part of a pretty great song

Respectfully disagree.

Released: August 27, 1996

Anders wrote:Released: August 27, 1996

Always the bridesmaid never the bride.

i remember the first time listening to this after buying it at midnight. i played it in my car on the way home, and i was a little jarred by the start of Hail, Hail.

Anders wrote:

Hatfield wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Anders wrote:Love Ed’s singing on Off He Goes. Natural and beautiful. Wish we had more songs where he sang like that.

I agree.

like Comes then Goes?

I've always wondered how they got No Code to sound as good as it does. The space, depth and tone of all the parts has blown me away since it came out.

Comes Then Goes has a very solid performance from Ed. My least favorite part is when he sings the name of the song, but still very good.

You’re spot on about No Code. Sounds amazing.

combs then goes

I don't know if it's my favorite (although it's probably held the top spot at some point), but this has been the PJ album I tend to return to the most, certainly over the past several years.

digster wrote:I don't know if it's my favorite (although it's probably held the top spot at some point), but this has been the PJ album I tend to return to the most, certainly over the past several years.

I've been doing a blog series about each record and how I first found the band and what they mean to me and all of that nonsense. But during that process I've come to think of No Code in a new light. I still don't think of it as a top 5 record but I think I'm wrong.

epilogue wrote:

digster wrote:I don't know if it's my favorite (although it's probably held the top spot at some point), but this has been the PJ album I tend to return to the most, certainly over the past several years.

I've been doing a blog series about each record and how I first found the band and what they mean to me and all of that nonsense. But during that process I've come to think of No Code in a new light. I still don't think of it as a top 5 record but I think I'm wrong.

Wrong? Top 5 what?

I have had moments where nearly every one of their albums has been at the top (exceptions to that are Lightning Bolt and Backspacer who have never been at the top). No Code may have spent the most time up there though at the moment I would rank a few albums ahead of it - though always subject to my own whims.

liebzz wrote:I have had moments where nearly every one of their albums has been at the top (exceptions to that are Lightning Bolt and Backspacer who have never been at the top). No Code may have spent the most time up there though at the moment I would rank a few albums ahead of it - though always subject to my own whims.

I dont think i've ever considered anything past Vitalogy as the bands best, but No Code has always been in my top 4 for the band, and really probably more like top 3.

oasisfan35 wrote:

epilogue wrote:

digster wrote:I don't know if it's my favorite (although it's probably held the top spot at some point), but this has been the PJ album I tend to return to the most, certainly over the past several years.

I've been doing a blog series about each record and how I first found the band and what they mean to me and all of that nonsense. But during that process I've come to think of No Code in a new light. I still don't think of it as a top 5 record but I think I'm wrong.

Wrong? Top 5 what?

In my mind I keep ranking it lower. But the more I write about it, and the more I listen to it, the more I feel that I still undervalue it.

I'm saying I think it should be a top 5 PJ record but I never rank it that highly. I always find excuses to move it down. I'm not sure why because it's clear after writing about it that the album means a lot to me and has affected me in tremendous, long-standing ways.

No Code and Vs are my longtime number 1. They switch places from time to time, but they are untouchables.

Wow, 25 years of No Code -- somehow that seems so much more surreal to me than the 30 years since Ten, which was already something of an artifact of the past when I "discovered" PJ in early 1995. But No Code has been with me for all of its life and, now, almost 2/3 of mine. A beautiful, confounding, enduring work of art that I'm glad to have had with me all these years.

Calling something “Top 5” when there are only 10 to choose from isn’t saying much

Bammer wrote:Calling something “Top 5” when there are only 10 to choose from isn’t saying much

Geezes Christ Bammer

who spiked bammer's coffee with contrarianism today?

who!?!