Pearl Jam "No Code" Promo Posters

The release of Pearl Jam's fourth album "No Code" on August 27th, 1996, was a departure from their previous work to many. With Jack Irons back behind the drum kit for his first full Pearl Jam release, they went on two short tours throughout America and Europe, and despite good sales, most people dismissed the album as a failure. Eddie once said in an interview that "No Code" actually means the opposite...that is "Full of Code" and that it represents misinformation. This is the reason for all the polaroids, symbolism, and abstract images...they beg for your interpretation. The music is this way as well, and many Pearl Jam fans now say this is their finest hour. During the 1996 tour, Ames Brothers was also now in full swing, having helped design the artwork for "No Code" as well as releasing unique personalized silkscreened posters for most of the concert dates.

In this section, our goal is to display all the known commerical and promotional posters for Pearl Jam that started distribution after their fourth album "No Code", and up to their fifth album "Yield", and in no real particular order. This also includes promotional posters that were for a range of cities as well. Most of these featured either a "polaroid" theme or the "No Code" triangle.

NOTE: Again, please feel free to contact us if we are missing something (but do note that we are not interested in "posters" from magazines)!

Last Updated: August 22nd, 2002

"Clown? (Sometimes)" Polaroid (card 23615106091-6C) †	"Man Falling From Building (Hail Hail)" Polaroid (cards 23615106091-1C, 23615106091-1O) †	"Rescue (Hail Hail)" Polaroid (cards 23615106091-1D, 23615106091-1E) †
"Ed in the Rearviewmirror (Who You Are)" Polaroid (card 23615106091-6E) †	"The Enigma (Smile)" Polaroid (of the Jim Rose Circus fame) (cards 23615106091-2C, 23615106091-2O) †	"Cigarette Butts (Off He Goes)" Polaroid (of the Jim Rose Circus fame) (cards 23615106091-3D, 23615106091-3E) †
"Cat (Off He Goes)" Polaroid (cards 23615106091-3C, 23615106091-3O) †	"Chicken? (Habit)" Polaroid (card 23615106091-9C) †	"Dog's Teeth (Red Mosquito)" Polaroid (card 23615106091-7C) †
"Beer (Lukin)" Polaroid (card 23615106091-9E) †	"Banana (Present Tense)" Polaroid (card 23615106091-8C) †	"Stain (Mankind)" Polaroid (cards 23615106091-4D, 23615106091-4E) †
"Skin (I'm Open)" Polaroid (picture taken by Dr. Paul J. Bubak of Ed's foot after he was stung by a stingray) (card 23615106091-7E) †	"Triangle"	"Camelot Music Promo"
"German Promo"	"Australian Promo"	"Band"
"Polaroid Collage"	"No Code" (black)	"Flat"

SOME NOTES:
† These polaroid poster cards are basically flats (12"x12") of the 4"x4" polaroid lyric cards normally found in the "No Code" music release. For each card flat, it is noted of what song lyrics (though some cards like "I'm Open" are blank and others are incomplete) are on the back as well as the identifying "card number", and a description (note that these are really up to your interpretation) is given for each. The last letter in the card number corresponds to the set that the card is in (there are four sets of nine cards each: "C", "O", "D", and "E"; some cards are in more than one set). It is possible that there are flats for each of the other cards like these (there are a total of 23 unique cards found in all four sets), and one would think that there are flats at least for the other two missing songs titles: "In My Tree" and "Around the Bend", but we have never seen one at this time (and please email us if you possess any information we don't). It is also worth noting that collecting a full set of these flats is probably a pretty impressive feat.