No Code is Pearl Jam's fourth album, released on August 27, 1996 through Epic Records. Following a troubled tour for its previous album, Vitalogy (1994), in which the band engaged in a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster, the band went into the studio to record its follow-up. The music on the record was even more diverse than what the band had done on previous releases, incorporating elements of garage rock, worldbeat, and experimentalism.
Although No Code debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, it left a large section of the band’s fanbase unsatisfied and quickly fell down the charts. The album became the band’s first to not reach multi-platinum status. As of 2007, No Code has been certified platinum in the United States.
