![]() ![]() Jimmy Eat World have always made a point of challenging themselves to think outside the proverbial square. It’s darker, more direct and daring for a band in their position - just a few key reasons as to why it deserves to be mentioned in the same conversation as the previous two LPs. The tension of ‘Pain,’ the urgency of its title track and the crushing, relentless march of ‘Nothing Wrong’ are among the most vital and necessary cuts in the Jimmy Eat World canon. Though purists may bemoan the LP for being Jimmy’s quote-unquote “sellout” moment, it’s not for nothing that Bleed American remains the highest-selling album of the band’s career – meaning, ostensibly, that it connected with more people than anything else they’ve done.Īs for Futures, released a decade after their eponymous debut, the band recalibrated and re-emerged as an alternative rock band with serious teeth. Some of the earworms offered up across its 11 tracks are truly indelible, and that’s outside of the obvious “everything, everything” and “woah-oh-oh-oh-oh,” too. ![]() Think about it: We’re not talking about the surviving legacy of, say, Better Than Ezra or The Verve Pipe now, are we? Both acts found way more success at the time than Jimmy, whose 1994 self-titled debut and 1996 follow-up Static Prevails didn’t even scrape the charts - and yet, you’re probably googling both as we speak.įall Out Boy's 'From Under The Cork Tree' Was The Best And Very Worst Of Emoīleed American, for all intents and purposes, is a pop album - and, it must be stressed, a fantastic pop album at that. It says a lot, then, that Jimmy Eat World lived to tell the tale. ![]() Needless to say, rock music was in a constant state of change in the ’90s - its trends and big-name acts would often shift completely within months. Instead, Jimmy emerged from Mesa, a city in the south-east of Arizona where there was relatively little music of note period - let alone within the niche Jimmy were pursuing. They weren’t from a musical hotbed like New York (as Jawbreaker were), nor were they on the precipice of a cultural zeitgeist like Seattle (as Sunny Day were). Jimmy Eat World didn’t so much emerge from this scene as they did start their own chapter of it. From 'Three Cheers' To 'Bleed American': The 10 Most Important Emo Albums ![]()
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