Jimmy Eat World
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Jimmy Eat World (formerly known as Bleed American)

Released in 2001, Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American marked the bands first album with a new label, Dreamworks, and would prove to be their most successful album yet. While the anti-suicide power-pop anthem "The Middle" became a massive hit, it only scratches the surface of the record. More dark, harder songs such as the title track and "Get It Faster" sit alonside slower, more hypnotic fare reminiscent of their masterpiece Clarity, including "Cautioners" and "My Sundown." The Jesus And Mary Chain-referencing/John Cougar Mellencamp-tribute "The Authority Song" and the 80's rock rundown of "A Praise Chorus" are all excellent, but the album's true highlight is the fast-paced and insanely catchy "Sweetness," with its "whoa-oh" chorus that will get stuck in your head for days. Bleed American is a much more straight-forward and more upbeat affair than Clarity, but Jimmy Eat World is able to escape the confining "emo" label and harken back to when power-pop could be exciting and fresh.

Tracks:
Bleed American
A Praise Chorus
The Middle
Your House
Sweetness
Hear You Me
If You Don't, Don't
Get It Faster
Cautioners
The Authority Song
My Sundown













Singles

A year prior to their Dreamworks debut, Jimmy Eat World released a compilation of 7"'s, compilation tracks, and other early material on indie label Big Wheel Recreation. Before signing to Capitol, the band remained active on the indie circuit releasing numerous 7"'s on many now-defunct labels and appearing on numerous compilations. Singles gives a nice overview of the band's early years and shows just how much the group has progressed. More straightforward, sometimes typical punk-pop tunes like "Carbon Scoring" and "H Model" sit alongside more power-pop-meets-indie-rock fare like "Opener" and "77 Satellites." While some of the material reveals a band still trying to find its own voice, the emo-meets-noise-pop of "What I Would Say To You Now" and the instrumental "Ramina" are quite remarkable. The former sounds like a great, typical emo-pop tune, but explodes into squalling walls of feedback and noise near the end while the latter shows a talented, more mature band that are capable of holding the listener's interest without the usual vocals.

Tracks:
Opener
77 Satellites
What I Would Say To You Now
Speed Read
Spangle
H Model
Ramina
Christmas Card
Untitled
Carbon Scoring
Digits













Clarity

Despite being labeled an "emo" classic, Clarity has very little to do with the emo-core pioneers such as Rites Of Spring or even indie "emo" faves such as Sunny Day Real Esate. Rather, Jimmy Eat World's sound is routed much more in indie-pop and power-pop, but the emotional sincerity and intensity of Clarity is definitely worthing of emo's knack for laying one's feelings on the table. With Mark Trombino behind the boards, Jimmy Eat World created a masterpiece with Clarity, an underrated album full of beautiful melodies, catchy tunes, and intelligent, emotional lyrics. "Table For Glasses" and "A Sunday" are smooth and flowing with aching strings while "Just Watch The Fireworks" is able to sound grandous and driving without the pretention. "Lucky Denver Mint" became a minor hit, but the anti-corporate radio bashing of "Your New Aesthetic" and the upbeat, driving title track should have been all over the radio (subject matter of the former excluded). "Goodbye Sky Harbor," the album's closer, is probably best known for its length (over sixteen minutes long), but uses the time to create a hypnotic collage of vocals, organs, and the band that grows and grows until it all turns into an interesting lo-fi, electro jam in the end. Modern rock on MTV and radio might have left something to be desired in 1999, but Clarity was a fantastic record that should keep fans of the band happy and earn many new ones in the process.

Tracks:
Table For Glasses
Lucky Denver Mint
Your New Aesthetic
Believe In What You Want
A Sunday
Crush
12.23.95
Ten
Just Watch The Fireworks
For Me This Is Heaven
Blister
Clarity
Goodbye Sky Harbor














Jimmy Eat World (EP)

Tracks:
Lucky Denver Mint
For Me This Is Heaven
Your New Aesthetic (Demo)
Softer
Roller Queen














Static Prevails

Jimmy Eat World's Static Prevails showcases the band still in their early stages, but with a much tighter, focused sound. Much like the early material on Singles, Tom Linton sings many of the songs and Jim Adkins' voice sounds very young and raw thus giving much of the material a harder, punkier feel. Static Prevails finds Jimmy Eat World playing intelligent, catchy, punkish power-pop that is accessible, yet still very engaging and original. Tracks such as "Claire," "Seventeen," "Call It In The Air," and "Anderson Mesa" are all great alt-rock treats with extremely catchy melodies and some fantastic musicianship. Also included is a extended version of "Digits" with a new ending and buffed-up sound. While it might wear a bit thin in the end, Static Prevails is still a fun, satisfying listen that should please both new and old fans.

Tracks:
Thinking, That's All
Rockstar
Claire
Call It In The Air
Seventeen
Episode IV
Digits
Caveman
World Is Static
In The Same Room
Robot Factory
Anderson Mesa
Jimmy Eat World is an excellent, underrated four-piece band from Arizona. Although they just recently scored a well-known hit with "The Middle," they've been around for years and have gained fame in emo circles along the way. Despite the emo label, Jimmy Eat World plays punkish power-pop alt-rock in the vein of bands like Ash and Weezer. Their sound might be accessible, but they manage to create some original, engaging music.