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{{Infobox album
| name         = No Code
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Pearl Jam]]
| cover        = PearlJam-NoCode.jpg
| alt          = A set of Polaroid photos. On the upper side the title "Pearl Jam&nbsp;– No Code" is written in red letters.
| caption      = One of four alternative covers to the album—all feature similar montages of Polaroid photos.
| released     = {{Start date|1996|08|27}}
| recorded     = {{Start date|1995|07|12}} – {{End date|1996|05}}
| studio       = *[[Chicago Recording Company|CRC]] (Chicago)
*Kingsway (New Orleans)
*[[Studio Litho|Litho]] (Seattle)
| genre        = *[[Alternative rock]]
*[[art rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Bray|first=Ryan|date=August 27, 2016|title=Pearl Jam Knew What They Were Doing on No Code, Even if I Didn't|url=https://consequence.net/2020/03/pearl-jam-no-code-anniversary/|access-date=June 20, 2018|website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Coffman |first1=Tim |title=The Pearl Jam album that almost made Jeff Ament quit |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-pearl-jam-album-that-almost-made-jeff-ament-quit/ |website=Far Out Magazine |access-date=February 8, 2024 |date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>
* [[garage rock|garage punk]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA778|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|date=2003|publisher=[[Rough Guides]]|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|page=778}}</ref>
| length       = {{Duration|m=49|s=30}}
| label        = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer     = [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]], Pearl Jam
| prev_title   = [[Vitalogy]]
| prev_year    = {{Start date|1994}}
| next_title   = [[Yield (album)|Yield]]
| next_year    = {{Start date|1998}}
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = No Code
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Who You Are (Pearl Jam song)|Who You Are]]
 | single1date = {{Start date|1996|07|30}}
 | single2     = [[Hail, Hail]]
 | single2date = {{Start date|1996|10|21}}
 | single3     = [[Off He Goes]]
 | single3date = {{Start date|1997|01|11}}
}}
}}
'''''No Code''''' is the fourth studio album by the American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Pearl Jam]], released on August 27, 1996, through [[Epic Records]]. Following a troubled tour for its previous album, ''[[Vitalogy]]'' (1994), in which Pearl Jam 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 more diverse than what the band had done on previous releases, incorporating elements of [[garage rock]] and [[worldbeat]].

Although ''No Code'' debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], making it Pearl Jam's third consecutive number one album, it left a large section of the band's fanbase unsatisfied and quickly fell down the charts. Critical reviews were also mixed, with praise to the musical variety but criticism to the album's inconsistency. The album became the first Pearl Jam album to not reach multi-platinum status, receiving a single [[RIAA certification|platinum]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in the United States.