Music : Jimmy Eat World

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- Pop-Rock Goodness
What can I say, this album is awesome. It doesn't have intricate lyrics or flashy guitar licks and drum beats, it's just wonderfully crafted pop-rock that you can listen to on repeat forever.

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- Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Ear World delivers with this CD. It has a great sound of mostly lighter rock with excellent lyrics. I promise you that you'll like this CD. For those who like the songs such as "My Sundown", "If You Don't, Don't", and "Hear You Me", I recommend their older CD, "Clarity". "Clarity" is a fantastic CD also, and the two of them are equally good. Buy them!

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- EMo mY A$$
If this album would have come out in the late 80's with REM and the rest...this would be alt rock....good college alt rock... I own very few albums that I can listen to "cover to cover" and love every single minute. This album is good for long summer drives at the beach. Buying this album on a whim is definately something you won't regret

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- Best Emo Album Ever?
...That's a good question! Thus begging the question, what are the best Emo albums? Well The Green Album has to be noticed, Weezer's influence on the genre to obvious to ignore. The Used gets several votes, Ocean Avenue not far behind, Panic!'s debut deserves some recognition for its current popularity, All Killer No Filler's inconsistent but a classic...Any more? Well sure if you count American Idiot, From Under The Cork Tree, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, and a few other wannabes but are those albums really quality? No. So is the commercial break though and best ever effort from one of the new millenniums most talent artists the greatest Emo album in existence? I say yes. Nothing beats `Bleed American', a new age anthem in the prestigious vein of `One Step Closer' and `Crawling In The Dark.' And with `A Praise Chorus', `The Middle', and of course everyone's favorite, `Sweetness', Jimmy Eat World has three of New Rock's grandest and most memorable songs. Even softer numbers `Here You Me' and `If You Don't, Don't' (which by the way, has excellent lyrics) have a special something that sets them apart from other mangled Emo ballads (i.e. the new Dashboard album). One complaint common among JEW fans is that the second half slightly lowers the quality bar; in other words `Cautioners' and `The Authority Songs' lack the quality of the anthems in front, thus creating some filler allegations. There are two problems with that argument: First, what songs are as good as `A Praise Chorus' and `Sweetness'? Not many period. Just because `Lounge Act' and `Drain You' aren't as good as `Teen Spirit' and `In Bloom' doesn't mean that they are filler, and it certain doesn't mean that Nevermind loses its impact during the second half. Because after all, what's as good as `Teen Spirit' and `In Bloom'? And secondly, it's not true anyways. I enjoyed the second half just as much as the first, especially after the first few listens where I just played the first three songs over and over. In the end, Jimmy Eat World has timeless classic written all over it. Classic Rock for the Emo generation.

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- 4 1/2 stars for the third album.
This was the first cd by JEW that I bought little knowing that they would soon become my favorite bands of all time. They have a very soft way about them that can only be explained as brilliant. The closest comparison I can come up with is a more diverse, mature, and stupendously lyrical version of Death Cab for Cutie. It is amazing that they were this far ahead of their time when they were about 21. If you haven't listened to this album, I would very strongly consider this to be your first JEW album and then get the better CD clarity. But for you who have listened and are curious about my favorite tracks, here is a list of them:

1. Bleed American- A very upbeat cool opener. It will get you moving. Not at all like Clarity but still a very good song. 4.5/5

2. A Praise Chorus- One of the more poppy songs on the cd but a very catchy song. It is a good one to put second because it is alot different from the first song. 4.5/5

3. The Middle- If you are reading this review you have probably heard this song. I was never a huge fan of this song because it is one of the few poppy songs by them. 4/5

4. Your House- An acoustic guitar song that is pretty good but could be better. This song has grown on me over the years. 4.25/5

5. Sweetness- One of my favorite songs ever and by far the best song on the album. I simply love it. 5/5

6. Hear You Me- Geat slow song. I could listen to this song 100 times without getting sick of it, but I would still never fall in love with it. 4.75/5

7. If You Don't, Don't- I enjoy this song. I think that it is different from every other song so it is good. 4.5/5

8. Get It Faster- You see an edge with Jim that you rarely see. But every style he tries, he pulls off. 5/5

9. Cautioners- My second favorite song on the album and another one of my favorite songs of all time. Nice and slow and GREAT lyrics. 5/5

10. The Authority Song- Another fast great song. May recognize it from the Hot Chick. Cool song. 4.5/5

11. My Sundown- My least favorite song on the Cd. 3.5/5

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