Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static
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Artist: Jack JohnsonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-05
Music Label: Brushfire Records
Product features:
- JOHNSON JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
- All At Once
- Sleep Through the Static
- Hope
- Angel
- Enemy
- If I Had Eyes
- Same Girl
- What You Thought You Needed
- Adrift
- Go On
- They Do They Don't
- While We Wait
- Monsoon
- Losing Keys
Free Music Notes for Sleep Through The Static
Free Music Review: A More Mature Jack
Hit: 5 Stars
To begin, I am a little biased in my review of anything Jack Johnson puts out. My wife and I both really enjoy his music, and consider his music "our music." It really started with In Between Dreams for us; the sweet soft melodies hooked both of us.
Anyway, I find that while his music all has a similar tune and feel to it, each album has explored different areas of his musical and lyrical knowledge. Sleep Through the Static is no different. The difference comes in his presentation. This album seems more somber, more mature than his previous albums.
People who are looking for tracks like Banana Pancakes, Wasting Time, Bubble Toes, or Better Together will probably be disappointed. But, people who are looking for tracks like No Other Way, Losing Hope, Mediocre Bad Guys, or Rodeo Clowns will probably enjoy this album.
As for myself, I've found that while I still really enjoy Johnson's other albums just as much, I find myself listening to Sleep Through the Static more and more. I really enjoy basically all the songs from If I Had Eyes through the end, the transitions and flow of the tracks seems excellent to me. A particular favorite of mine is Go On, an ode to his children.
Overall, I think this album is excellent. It is a major departure from the lovey feeling of many of his earlier albums, but I think that might only be a sign of the world at large right now and Johnson's continual growth as a family and socially oriented singer. By saying this, I'm not saying that he caters to whole families, rather he caters towards the attitude of being an honest family man.
Maybe I'm missing it here (and I'm intentionally avoiding the political aspects), but I really enjoy how Johnson emphasizes his relationship with his wife and children despite distractions and bad influences from the outside world. This album only serves to emphasize his great values of family first and of living life openly and honestly rather than getting caught up in all the things that malign our society today.
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My friends and I have just finished recording a new album called Sleep Through the Static. At this point in my life I weigh about 190 lbs and my ear hairs are getting longer. I also have a couple of kids. My wife popped them out, but I helped. Some of the songs on this album are about making babies. Some of the songs are about raising them. Some of the songs are about the world that these children will grow up in; a world of war and love, and hate, and time and space. Some of the songs are about saying goodbye to people I love and will miss.We recorded the songs onto analog tape machines powered by the sun in Hawaii and Los Angeles. One day, JP Plunier walked into the studio and told us, "It has been 4 to 6 feet and glassy for long enough," and so we gave him a variety of wind and rain as well as sun and so on. And Robert Carranza helped to put it all in the right places.
After inviting Zach Gill to join Adam Topol, Merlo Podlewski, and myself on our last world tour, we decided to make him an official member of our gang. So our gang now has a piano player, which probably makes us much less intimidating, but Merlo, our bass player, is 6'3" so we are still confident.
All of these songs have been on my mind for a while and it is nice to share them. I am continually grateful to my wife who is typing this letter as I dictate it to her.
I hope you enjoy this album.
Mahalo for listening,
Jack Johnson
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More from Jack Johnson
 A Weekend At The Greek & Live In Japan |  In Between Dreams |  Thicker Than Water |  Thicker Than Water |
 On And On |  September Sessions |  The September Sessions |  Brushfire Fairytales |
Jack Johnson recorded his fourth album using nothing but solar power. This is somehow fitting for a singer-songwriter, surfer, and filmmaker who spends most of his days floating in the ocean under Hawaii's open skies. The forces of nature certainly seem to have found their way into the mellow grooves of standout tracks like "What You Thought You Need," "Adrift," and "Go On," songs so lovely and effortless that you can almost hear the melodies coming to Johnson on a warm breeze that rustles through the coconut trees. Sleep Through the Static documents his best work to date, even better than the Curious George soundtrack. The sedate singer transforms the acoustic campfire strums of the past into sublime, soulful ruminations on his wife, kids, and the state of the world. He even manages to conjure up some real anger on the title track, which is hardly diminished by its lavish grooves and glistening harmonies. --Aidin Vaziri
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