So with a new plan, Pearl Jam entered a pair of studios during 1997 with producer Brendan O'Brien, ready for a more collaborative effort.
I'd be an idiot not to enjoy the opportunity." I'm in a tremendous position, being in a band and making music. But at this point, I'd have to fake it to do that." He went on to add, "I'm a little more positive about the whole trip now. It's a perfect way to get to youth, you know, being sarcastic and saying everything sucks. There's 'cool' and 'cynical,' which to me is dull and boring. Vedder told the Philadelphia Inquirer, "We're not the same people we were five years ago. Less pressure also meant a less angst-ridden band and a new album lighter in tone. Actually, it's like we broke up but still made records." We gave each other some time off from each other. Gossard told Billboard, "Being able to pull back from all that pressure helped give us the space to figure out our internal problems, within the band and within us as individuals. We'd get passive-aggressive with each other instead of realizing we were all in this together." "Those things showed themselves in some of the songs we wrote and even some of the performances. Meanwhile, the ending of Nirvana and Soundgarden and the hibernation of Alice in Chains essentially left Pearl Jam as the lone "Seattle scene" act still pushing forward and for the first time since the Ten album, there wasn't a huge spotlight on the band's next move. "We were letting ourselves be too affected by all the pressure," admits Ament.
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As stated, No Code was the band's first album that wasn't a monster success. Meanwhile, a shift was starting to happen in the music industry. Have a partnership there and team up and write together on this one.” “I think the fact that everybody had so much input into the record, like everybody really got a little bit of their say on the record, and I think because of that, everybody feels like they’re an integral part of the band," concluded Ament. I had music and lyrics… we were able to team up, y’know. Vedder added, "Stone was writing music and lyrics. Ament told MTV, “I remember at the end of the last record, he said, ’Y’know, this was really a lot of work for me, and next time, it would be great if I didn’t have to work so hard on the arrangements, and if people came in with more complete ideas, and even more complete songs, that would really help me out a lot,’ and I think everybody took that to heart.”
But with No Code, the singer began to wear down and was welcome to the idea of other voices being heard. Where Pearl Jam was initially led by Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, later albums found Eddie Vedder being the primary creative force. It all started with the creative process. But while it would be easy to panic at the changing landscape, Pearl Jam took a step back, reflected at where things stood and embraced the idea of change. Add to that that the grunge scene from which they initially sprung seemed to be giving way as radio started to look for the next big thing. In addition, the band's battle with Ticketmaster led to difficulties in tour scheduling and resulted in a shorter run for the band. After a trio of hugely popular albums, Pearl Jam took a step backward with 1996's No Code album, which failed to meet the commercial success and critical raves of their previous releases. The times, they were a changing come 1998.
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