Rank Em RESULTS! No Code
Johnny Abruzzo
Posts: 11,410
Alright, 2 more albums to go. Next to last is No Code. This album certainly did not strike a chord with me when I bought it on the day it came out. I listened to it maybe 3 times, then stored it away for about 10 (!) years. My 2006 PJ resurrection (inspired by the Avocado album) led me to give No Code a 2nd look, and I wondered what the hell I had been thinking back then. I still think the album has its ups and downs, but the highs are pretty damn high.
I also have 4 Lost Dogs to go with it today, for a total of 17 songs. The Lost Dogs are All Night, Don't Gimme No Lip, Black Red & Yellow, and Dead Man.
Here are the songs to rank. As usual, a top 5-10 and maybe a bottom 1-3 is fine. Enjoy!
1 Sometimes
2 Hail, Hail
3 Who You Are
4 In My Tree
5 Smile
6 Off He Goes
7 Habit
8 Red Mosquito
9 Lukin
10 Present Tense
11 Mankind
12 I'm Open
13 Around the Bend
14 All Night
15 Don't Gimme No Lip
16 Black, Red & Yellow
17 Dead Man
Final Rankings:
1 In My Tree 378 pts (7 1st place votes)
2 Hail, Hail 349 (3)
3 Off He Goes 342 (7)
4 Present Tense 337 (9)
5 Red Mosquito 332 (1)
6 Smile 318
7 Sometimes 278 (1)
8 Who You Are 241
9 Lukin 223
10 Around the Bend 185
11 Dead Man 166.5
12 Habit 158
13 All Night 139
14 Black, Red & Yellow 112
15 Mankind 106.5
16 I'm Open 84
17 Don't Gimme No Lip 59
I also have 4 Lost Dogs to go with it today, for a total of 17 songs. The Lost Dogs are All Night, Don't Gimme No Lip, Black Red & Yellow, and Dead Man.
Here are the songs to rank. As usual, a top 5-10 and maybe a bottom 1-3 is fine. Enjoy!
1 Sometimes
2 Hail, Hail
3 Who You Are
4 In My Tree
5 Smile
6 Off He Goes
7 Habit
8 Red Mosquito
9 Lukin
10 Present Tense
11 Mankind
12 I'm Open
13 Around the Bend
14 All Night
15 Don't Gimme No Lip
16 Black, Red & Yellow
17 Dead Man
Final Rankings:
1 In My Tree 378 pts (7 1st place votes)
2 Hail, Hail 349 (3)
3 Off He Goes 342 (7)
4 Present Tense 337 (9)
5 Red Mosquito 332 (1)
6 Smile 318
7 Sometimes 278 (1)
8 Who You Are 241
9 Lukin 223
10 Around the Bend 185
11 Dead Man 166.5
12 Habit 158
13 All Night 139
14 Black, Red & Yellow 112
15 Mankind 106.5
16 I'm Open 84
17 Don't Gimme No Lip 59
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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1. Off He Goes (loved it even before I learned Eddie wrote it about himself)
2. In My Tree (the sky I scrape!)
3. Red Mosquito (the song that convinced me to get into No Code)
4. Hail, Hail (amazing rocker)
5. Smile (I miss you already!)
6. Dead Man (great song without a home)
The Eastern Philosophy Introspective Songs (Pretty damn good, but something about these rubs me the wrong way, for some reason)
7. Present Tense (I think it's overrated; hopefully I don't get booted from the Ten Club for that)
8. Who You Are (love that percussion...)
The Rest
9. Lukin (lots of fun, but not much to it)
10. Around the Bend (pretty little diddy)
11. Sometimes (by far the worst opener of a PJ album)
12. Habit (the jam at the end is incredible, but the first 3/4 of the song is a dud)
13. All Night (my definitive "ok" PJ song)
14. I'm Open (in general, I can't stand talking/rapping, etc in any song, even Eddie)
15. BRY
16. Mankind (even saw it live - sorry Stone)
17. Don't Gimme No Lip
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
1) Present Tense
2) Red Mosquito
3) In My Tree
4) Hail, Hail
5) Smile
6) Off He Goes
7) All Night
8) Don't Gimme No Lip
9) Lukin
10) Who You Are
11) Sometimes
12) Mankind
13) Around The Bend
14) Black, Red, Yellow
15) Dead Man
16) I'm Open
17) Habit
14)
DEGENERATE FUK
This place is dead
"THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015
"Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
2) hail, hail
3) all night
4) smile
5) up in my tree
6) habit
7) who you are
8) present tense
9) around the bend
10) lukin
11) sometimes
12) off he goes
13) don't give me no lip
14) red, black, yellow
15) i'm open
Now time to press play an get No Code rolling.
DEGENERATE FUK
This place is dead
"THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015
"Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
The first six here are all among my favourite PJ songs and their order could change. The 'middle order' is very strong too, but the b-sides are all pretty throwaway in my opinion, with the exception of Dead Man. Think I've read quotes from the band that they weren't really clicking as a group around this period so possibly they didn't hang around in studio for long once they had the album down.
1 In My Tree
2 Who You Are
3 Sometimes
4 Smile
5 Off He Goes
6 Around the Bend
7 Hail, Hail
8 Present Tense
9 Habit
10 Red Mosquito
11 Lukin
12 Dead Man
13 Mankind
14 I'm Open
15 All Night
16 Don't Gimme No Lip
17 Black, Red & Yellow
The Point - Oct 26, 1996
The Point - Jun 01, 2000
The Point - Aug 23, 2006
M.E.N. Arena - Aug 17, 2009
The 02 - Jun 22, 2010
Odyssey Arena - Jun 23, 2010
We'll let this one slide...
Just kidding - that app, and typing on the iPhone, are a little cumbersome.
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
1) Hail, Hail
2) Off He Goes
3) Red Mosquito
4) Who You Are
5) In My Tree
6) Lukin
7) Don’t Gimme No Lip
8) Smile
9) BR&Y
10) Habit
11) Mankind
12) I'm Open
13) Around the Bend
14) Present Tense
15) All Night
16) Sometimes
17 Dead Man
"I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine..."
1 Present Tense
2 Sometimes
3 Smile
4 In My Tree
5 Hail, Hail
6 Black, Red & Yellow
7 Habit
8 Red Mosquito
9 Dead Man
10 Lukin
11 Mankind
12 Who You Are
13 All Night
14 Off He Goes
15 Around the Bend
16 I'm Open
17 Don't Gimme No Lip
Hormones firin`like a fifty foot Roman, yeah!!!
2 Hail, Hail
3 Red Mosquito
4 In My Tree
5 Sometimes
6 Habit
7 Lukin
8 Dead Man
9 Off He Goes
10 Smile
11 Mankind
12 Around the Bend
13 I'm Open
14 All Night
15 Don't Gimme No Lip
16 Who you are
17 Black, Red & Yellow
2 Hail, Hail
3 Present Tense
4 In My Tree
5 Sometimes
6 Red Mosquito
7 Smile
8 Dead Man
9 Black, Red & Yellow
10 Around the Bend
11 Lukin
12 Who You Are
13 All Night
14 Habit
15 Mankind
16 I'm Open
17 Don't Gimme No Lip
something like that...
1. Sometimes
2. Lukin
3. In My Tree
4. Off He Goes
5. Smile
6. Hail Hail
7. Habit
8. Present Tense
9. Red Mosquito
10. Who You Are
11. All Night
12. I'm Open
13. Mankind
14. Around The Bend
15. Dead Man
16. Black Red Yellow
17. Don't Gimmie No Lip
2. Hail Hail
3. Red Mosquito
4. Smile
5. Off He Goes
6. Present Tense
7. Lukin
8. Who You Are
9. Habit
10. Sometimes
11. Mankind
12. Around The Bend
13. Don't Gimmie No Lip
14. I'm Open
15. Black Red Yellow
16. All Night
17. Dead Man
Montreal 10/04/00
Toronto 10/05/00
Toronto 06/28/03
Kitchener 09/11/05
Ottawa 09/16/05
Toronto 08/21/09
Toronto 09/11/11
Ottawa 09/14/11
Buffalo 10/12/13
Ottawa 05/08/16
Chicago 08/20/18
Ottawa 09/03/22
Nashville 09/16/22
2. In My Tree
3. Hail Hail
4. Sometimes
5. Red Mosquito
6. Dead Man
7. Smile
8. Off He Goes
9. Habit
10. Lukin
11. Who You Are
12. Around The Bend
13. I'm Open (Always thought this would be a cool way to open up a show)
14. Mankind
15. All Night
16. Don't Gimmie No Lip
17. Black Red Yellow (Rodman was Over Rated)
Fantastic Album!
Redigested past regrets
I see things clearer
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
1. Off He Goes* $
2. Smile
3. Sometimes**
4. Red Mosquito
5. Black, Red & Yellow***
6. Dead Man
7. Lukin
8. Hail, Hail
9. Present Tense
10. All Night
11. Habit
12. In My Tree
13. Around the Bend
14. Don't Gimme No Lip
15. Who You Are
16. I'm Open
17. Mankind
* Cool song put it blew my mind when I found out Eddie wrote it about himself from a perpective of a friend, then it became my 2nd fav song behind Thumbing My Way
** I got to disagree Johnny Abruzzo, in fact its my 2nd favorite live opener only after Release and one of their best album openers in my humble opinion
***Exremely cool song w/ odd/out there lyrics, but hey Dennis Rodman left a message on Eddies answering machine and they added it to the bridge of this song.... very nice find
$ This may tilt the tables a lil bit for Off He Goes at the present time
2003- 4/28 Philly, 7/5 Camden
2005- 10/3 Philly
2006- 5/27 Camden, 5/28 Camden, 6/3 East Rutherford
2008- 6/19 Camden, 6/20 Camden
2009- 10/29 Philly, 10/28 Philly, 10/30 Philly, 10/31 Philly
2012- 9/2 Made In America
2013- 10/21 Philly, 10/22 Philly
2016- 4/28 Philly, 4/29 Philly
Wishlist: Thumbing My Way, Black Red Yellow, Sleight of Hand
2. Red Mosquito
3. Lukin
4. Smile
5. Hail Hail
6. In My Tree
7. Who You Are
8. Dead Man
9. Mankind
10. Sometimes
11. Off He Goes
12. Don't Gimme No Lip
13. Habit
14. All Night
15. Black Red Yellow
16. Around the Bend
17. I'm Open
Los Angeles 10.7.2009
Unfortunately, Off He Goes is still in 6th, just barely. Maybe it will get some more love.
Re: Sometimes: I pretty much have a preference for fast, rocking openers, and the song Sometimes bores me a little bit. Just my opinion. No Code really makes for good discussion though, doesn't it?
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
2) In My Tree
3) Off He Goes
4) Dead Man
5) Red Mosquito
6) Present Tense
7) Black, Red & Yellow
8) All Night
9) Smile
10) Lukin
11) Who You Are
12) Sometimes
13) Around the Bend
14) Habit
15) I'm Open
16) Mankind
17) Don't Gimme No Lip
Hopefully Off He Goes gets more love b4 its over and No Code was great time in PJ history (and at the time underrated) but memorable none the less
2003- 4/28 Philly, 7/5 Camden
2005- 10/3 Philly
2006- 5/27 Camden, 5/28 Camden, 6/3 East Rutherford
2008- 6/19 Camden, 6/20 Camden
2009- 10/29 Philly, 10/28 Philly, 10/30 Philly, 10/31 Philly
2012- 9/2 Made In America
2013- 10/21 Philly, 10/22 Philly
2016- 4/28 Philly, 4/29 Philly
Wishlist: Thumbing My Way, Black Red Yellow, Sleight of Hand
1. Present Tense
2. Who You Are
3. Off He Goes
4. Lukin
5. Hail, Hail
6. Smile
7. Around the Bend
8. Sometimes
9. Mankind
10. Red Mosquito
2. Who You are
3. Smile
4. Red Mosquito
5. Hail, Hail
6. Off He Goes
7. Present Tense
8. Around the Bend
9. Sometimes
10. Lukin
11. Habit
12. All Night
13. Black, Red, Yellow
14. Dead Man
15. Don’t Gimme No Lip
16. Mankind
17. I’m Open
1. In My Tree
2. Present Tense
3. Smile
4. Hail, Hail
5. Sometimes
6. Black, Red, Yellow (very underrated song. This is like a precursor to The Fixer ((which could be the problem for most people. I dont like the Fixer anywhere as much as BRY, just using it as an example)). A loose fun song when PJ didnt do that kind of thing. The only song I can think of like it up to that time was Satan's Bed. This song is a nice change from what they were doing at the time. Still love the feel and like someone else posted, they should break this out live. It's time. For example, right between Gonna See My Friend and Breakerfall would be sick. Anyway . . . )
7. Habit
8. Red Mosquito
9. Who You Are
10. Off He Goes
11. Lukin
12. Around the Bend
13. Mankind
14. All Night
15. Dead Man
16. Dont Give Me No Lip
2 Smile
3 Off He Goes
4 Present Tense
5 Around the Bend
6 Sometimes
7 Hail, Hail
8 Red Mosquito
9 Lukin
10 Habit
11 Mankind
12 I'm Open
13 Who You Are
14 All Night
15 Don't Gimme No Lip
16 Black, Red & Yellow
17 Dead Man
was so easy this one.my last of favorites album,so not alot favo song..
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
2. Off He Goes
3. Dead Man
4. Sometimes
5. Red Mosquito
6. Hail Hail
7. In My Tree
8. Who You Are
9. Smile
10. Around the Bend
11. All Night
12. Mankind
13. Black Red Yellow
14. Don't Gimme No Lip
15. Lukin
16. Habit
17. I'm Open
Huh ... Having now done this exercise, it strikes me as to why No Code may have hit a wrong chord when it first came out and has since become more appreciated in the PJ pantheon ... and that is that it's largely the slow songs that are the better songs and some of the hardest rockers fall to the bottom.
Of course ... someone could rank these in the completely opposite direction (and probably will!)
Off He Goes was one of the first songs I loved by PJ. When I told my friend this, a longtime fan himself, he declared me a "real" fan, lol. I still love it and it will be my #1 when I get to my rankings!
2. In My Tree
3. Off He Goes
4. Who You Are
5. Somtimes
6. Red Mosquito
7. Smile
8. Mankind
9. Dead Man
10. Black, Red & Yellow
11. Around The Bend
12. All Night
13. Lukin
14. Habit
15. Don't Gimme No Lip
16. I'm Open
17. Present Tense
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
2. Red Mosquito
3. Around The Bend
4. In My Tree
5. Off He Goes
6. Hail Hail
7. Sometimes
8. All Night
9. Dead Man
10. I'm Open
11. Smile
12. Lukin
13. Who You Are (better live on the 08 tour than on album)
14. Mankind
15. Don't Gimmie No Lip
16. Habit
17. Black Red Yellow (catchy tune - just think the lyrics are a little ?)
Melbourne #2 '03
Melbourne #3 '03
Melbourne #1 '06
Melbourne #3 '06
Melbourne '09
Melbourne '14
1 In My Tree 273
2 Hail, Hail 271
3 Red Mosquito 250
3 Present Tense 250
5 Off He Goes 243
6 Smile 239
7 Sometimes 209
8 Who You Are 173
9 Lukin 171
10 Around the Bend 133
11 Dead Man 128.5
12 Habit 125
13 All Night 105
14 Black, Red & Yellow 92
15 Mankind 88.5
16 Don't Gimme No Lip 54
17 I'm Open 51
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16