Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
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Artist: Jimmy Eat WorldEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-16
Music Label: Tiny Evil
Soundtracks:
- Big Casino
- Let It Happen
- Always Be
- Carry You
- Electable (Give It Up)
- Gotta Be Somebody's Blues
- Feeling Lucky
- Here It Goes
- Chase This Light
- Firefight
- Dizzy
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Free Music Review: album of the year
Hit: 5 Stars
"Futures" is easily one of my favorite albums of all time. That one caught me at a really tough time in my life, and the songs spoke to me like almost no music had ever done before. Every song on that album means something to me, and i absolutely love each and every one of them. After that album I went back and bought "Clarity" which was said to be the best album these guys ever recorded. I was underwhelmed. It was a different sound, less emotional, less catchy, and maybe just because of what "Futures" meant to me, far less powerful. In the years since, I've become somewhat fond of both "Clarity" and "Bleed American", though it was always individual songs that caught me on those albums, not the work as a whole. Not like "Futures". "Stay on my side tonight" was the closest. There it became clear that more than anything, I loved the fresher, softer, slightly more produced new sound of Jimmy Eat World. "Disintigration" was a masterwork, as good as most of "Futures", and the other three were great too. A different sound, but that same power, that same amount of emotion.
When I got wind of "Chase This Light" being released, my first feeling was one of high anticipation. Very few bands had ever been able to reach me like they did in fall 2004, and I was pumped to hear the first full album since. As the release date drew nearer however, i became less sure. Live versions of "Big Casino" and "Electable" reached my collection and i was less than impressed. "Big Casino" was decent, but "Electable" soundled like a muddled out of tune mess. I got to thinking that there was absolutely no way this could top "Futures".
Well, I was right, but at the same time, I've been immensely impressed and pleased with this album. "Big Casino" turned out to be one of the catchiest songs of the year, and that trend continues throughout the first five tracks. "Electable", wow that one blew me away. What started out as sub-par has grown into one of the best rock songs on the decade. It rocks harder than anything the band has done since "Bleed", and it serves a nice break from the midtempo rock songs. The bridge is nothing short of sublime. A true anthem. Thats not to lessen the worth of tracks 2-4. "Alway Be", the second single, is one of my favorite songs on the album. Not only does it boast the catchiest chorus on the album, the lyrics are also brilliant. "Gotta Be someones Blues" is the weakest track on the album. It just doesnt really fit well with the mood, and i would much rather have seen "Be Sensible" in its place.
Where this album truly excels is in the last 3 tracks. The title track and "Firefight" are both wonderful musically and lyrically, both boast gorgeous choruses and bonechilling bridges. But nothing, absolutely nothing compares to the closer that is "Dizzy". I don't know what it is with this band, but they always end their albums in brilliance. "23" from "Futures" was breathtaking, as was "My Sundown", and even though the 16 minutes of "Goodbye Sky Harbor" was a bit drawn out, it was still one of the best songs on "Clarity". "Dizzy" is not only one of, if not THE best song this band has ever written, not only the best song of the year, but one of the best songs ever. period. This song gave me chills from the first listen, and continues to do so 30 or 40 plays later. The song just builds and builds, spinning bittersweet lyrics in as it adds piano. It continues to build to the climax that is the bridge, where everything drops out except for a single electric guitar and Jim's voice, souring high above everything. The lyrics here are the best, the most emotional and powerful on the entire album. As the bridge concludes Jim lets out one final emotional wail, and the rest of the band comes crashing back in for that final chorus, that chorus that means more somehow, than all that came before it. The track is beautiful, flawless, and powerful as hell. It ends the album in true brillance, leaving the listener with chills, in awe of what just came out of their speakers. Thats something that all the money in the world can't buy. That my friends, is true perfection.
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Jimmy Eat World, one of rock's most lasting and loved icons, return with Chase This Light. The first album since 2004's Futures finds the band partnered with legendary producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins) overseeing as executive producer. Largely recorded in the band's own studio in Arizona, Chase This Light has a powerful optimism and, like 2001's beloved platinum break-through Jimmy Eat World (aka Bleed American), each song finds a way to compel the listener to keep coming back again and again to discover a new favorite.Jimmy Eat World have the unique ability to be a bands-band as well as fans-band, marrying credibility with a tuneful accessibly that makes them a permanent fixture of the modern music scene. Jimmy Eat World never stop striving to make the best music of their career, Chase This Light proves this.
The rough edges have been shaved away, but there is something admirable about the way Jimmy Eat World recovers from 2004's dreary Futures album with a follow-up that displays all the confidence and vitality of its seminal early work. Executive-produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins), Chase This Light is packed with huge pop moments, galloping off with the exhilarating "Big Casino" and swiftly following it with the towering "Carry You," songs seemingly custom made for action-packed pick-up truck commercials. Clarity, the Arizona band's 1999 breakthrough, remains in a completely different class, but at least you get the sense that it's making the effort this time around, despite following what is clearly a more mainstream glow. --Aidin Vaziri
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