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Sleep Through The Static
by Brushfire Records
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Audio CD
Johnson
Publisher: Brushfire Records
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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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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| Happy, thoughtful, and a bit too mellow? |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Happy-go-lucky and thoughtfully, Johnson looks at life and love with an eye toward the positive aspects of each. Even when looking at more complicated issues like the war, as in the title song, his positive attitude is prevalent in both the friendly melody and the non-confrontational lyrics. Personally, I look for a bit more edge and conflict in music, but I can't deny Johnson's gentle powers of persuasion. "Even on songs like "Enemy" that are ripe for a touch of bitterness, Johnson infuses his lyric with lines like,
You might think I'm your enemy
But that don't make you mine
And all I have now is empathy
Lines like this are beyond standard criticism as the sentiment is hard to argue with, but occasionally a bit of edge would be welcome here. This is just overwhelmingly mellow that each song blends into the next with a sameness that becomes almost trance inducing. I liked it, but one Johnson will be enough for me. I wouldn't be sure which one I was listening to if I had two.
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| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I wanted to find this particular Jack Johnson CD, but didn't want to pay store prices for it. I found it on Amazon, and was thrilled! It was really affordable, and it sounded great!
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| Poor outing |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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Oh boy, if you can't write, just repeat the lyrics over; and over; and over.
Boring! A few nice turns of phrase, but not enough to keep me interested.
Poor mic placement; generally dull recording.
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| Jack Johnson's best CD so far |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Mellow mood setting music. Music that challenges you to think for yourself and take a look outside the box.
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| Definitely a Winner |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Anyone who gives this album less than 5 stars is probably deft. There is NOTHING in this album that is less than superior music. The arrangements are excellent, the acoustics are perfect, the melody is addictive and the bridge between All At Once and Sleep Through is just magical.
With all the garbage we are bombared with daily on the radio, when one of JJ's songs finally get air time, I'm all ears. I love this album and I highly recommend it.
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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
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