Pearl Jam – No Code (LP) (03.09.2021)

No Code ist das vierte Studioalbum von Pearl Jam und ihr drittes Nr. 1 Album in Folge in den USA. Auch in anderen Ländern schaffte es No Code bis auf Position 1: In Australien, Kanada, Dänemark, Neuseeland, Portugal und Schweden. In Deutschland reichte es nur bis auf Platz 6, in Frankreich war Schluss bei Platz 28.

To celebrate the anniversary of No Code, we are reissuing No Code on 150-gram black vinyl. This is the first time the album has been available on the format since its original release. It features recreations of their original packaging, including the set of nine replica Polaroids/lyric cards. The 1996 sessions for No Code featured longtime producer Brendan O’Brien (his third consecutive collaboration with the band) and drummer Jack Irons, who’d joined the band at the end of the Vitalogy sessions. They explored new approaches to writing and recording, developing songs out of jam sessions and eschewing their stadium-grunge style for self-examining ballads, garage rock and even psychedelic sounds. No Code became the band’s third consecutive No. 1 album, with lead single „Who You Are“ topping Billboard’s Modern Rock chart.