It's been a couple weeks since my last album review. Two weeks ago I did not review the lone un-reviewed album, the #8 album The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack, because I could not find it on streaming services. This is not the first time I've struggled finding soundtrack or compilation albums. I suspect it's a licensing issue. One week ago was the same story.

This week there are two new albums that debuted at #1 and #2; I'll do the #2 album next week. Today it's No Code by Pearl Jam I'll be reviewing.

No Code is an album I've barely listened to. The majority of my historical plays were this week. It is one of the more poorly-reviewed Pearl Jam albums, and I have to agree. I don't think I've missed much by not listening to it. I can't recommend that you spend any time on it. I certainly won't purposely listen to it again.

After two weeks of Christmas music, the decidedly non-holiday Vitalogy by Pearl Jam hit #1 after three weeks on the chart.

I listen to Pearl Jam relatively frequently, but not that often to Vitalogy. It has a few good songs, like Better Man and Corduroy, but overall it's nowhere near as good as Ten. Of course, that's not exactly fair because Ten is one of the best rock albums ever, and one of a few that defined grunge rock.

Overall, I'd recommend checking it out, but if you don't like it as much as Ten, that's fine.