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This Deluxe Edition includes a bonus disc of the band's original demos for the FUTURES album. Also included are extended liner notes and band commentary, as well as an auto-link to a secret site loaded with extras and exclusives.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Jimmy Eat World: Jim Adkins , Rick Burch , Tom Linton, Zach Lind.
The massive success of Jimmy Eat World's 2001 Bleed American propelled the band into the mass-culture spotlight, with the hit single "The Middle" seemingly popping up in every third movie released and the group turning in an energized performance on Saturday Night Live. Many, many groups followed in their wake, crafting a similar blend of melodic, anguished punk-pop and leaving Jimmy Eat World in the position of crafting a follow-up that set them apart from their acolytes. Futures gets around this dilemma in two ways. First, with the help of producer Gil Norton, the band polishes its sound until it shines like a slick '70s arena rock record. The guitars are stacked like thick diamonds, the vocals are way out front and buttressed by sweet harmonies in the choruses, the drums sound large, and the mix is loaded with sweetening from acoustic guitars, keyboards, and female vocals. In the process, they sacrificed the immediacy of the previous record, but they gained an epic and weighty feel. Secondly, the lyrics are much darker and more mature, including themes that revolve around politics, drugs, and despair. The piano-and-feedback ballad "Drugs or Me" and the bittersweet love song "Night Drive" are the products of age and experience the band lacked until now. The best song on the record, the very Disintegration-era Cure-sounding "23," seems like it was recorded by a different group entirely. Some things have remained the same, however. Jim Adkins' vocals are as intense and heart-tugging as ever, and the band still writes hooks that will have you singing along before the song is half over. "Just Tonight," "Futures," and the AC/DC-sampling "Pain" are all trademark Jimmy Eat World punky pop/rockers with anthemic choruses, while "The World You Love" and "Work" display the sweetly melodic side of the band. There are a couple of stumbles (the decision to replace Petra Haden's charming vocals with Liz Phair's, the generic "Nothingwrong"), but they don't detract from the overall power of the record. Futures will most likely not be the sensation that Bleed American was -- it is too dark and inwardly focused for that -- but it shows a progression of sound and emotion that fans of the band should embrace. ~ Tim Sendra
After firmly establishing itself in the hearts and minds of rock fans through numerous EPs and two albums of angst-fueled power-pop, Jimmy Eat World scored a big hit single with "The Middle," from the excellent BLEED AMERICAN (re-christened JIMMY EAT WORLD in the wake of 9/11). The mainstream had finally caught up with Jimmy Eat World.
FUTURES, the ensemble's first album following its breakthrough, doesn't stray from the formula that has worked so well for the Arizona band. Jim Adkins's vocals are quietly insistent, and at times fiery, conveying reflective, intelligent lyrics that complement intricate melodies. Like its immediate predecessor, FUTURES opens with a politically minded title track ("I hope for better in November"), but, in general, the songs mostly revolve around love and longing. "Work" and "Pain" are filled with heart-on-the-sleeve emotions, and Jimmy Eat World makes these tunes work with undeniable sincerity. With many sharp, catchy songs on display, FUTURES is another outstanding record from Jimmy Eat World.
Rolling Stone (p.104) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "[T]heir fifth and finest album....With unashamedly sentimental pop-punk tunes that aim for the upper-register quaver in Adkins' voice."
Rolling Stone (p.144) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[They] finally show off the pop-wise maturity they have been hiding and refining inside the punk fuzz guitars..."
Spin (p.65) - Ranked #21 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "[T]hese are gorgeously overwrought anthems..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.94) - "[T]hese songs sound supersized..." - Grade: B-
Uncut (p.140) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]horoughly pleasant....More Foo Fighters than Fugazi, and all the sparklier for it."
Alternative Press (p.148) - 4 out of 5 - "The end result is a beautiful example of what 'heart-on-sleeve' music should be..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "FUTURES mixes crunchy, rockier numbers with delicate, fragile songs..." Futures Music Review Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars)   best album of 2004
buy this now! Screw the haters!
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WARNING: THIS ALBUM MAY CAUSE YOU TO STOP DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS AND WONDER HOW A BAND THAT CREATED 'BLEED AMERICAN' COULD POSSIBLY RELEASE ELEVEN OF THE LAMEST, CORNIEST, CRAPPIEST, MOST INSULTINGLY CHEESY SONGS OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, THIS ALBUM ALSO CONTAINS DEMOS (THAT'S RIGHT! OTHER VERSIONS OF EVERY LAME, CORNY, CRAPPY, CHEESY SONG ON THIS BLESSED DISC). I'm serious! It's that bad! This is the kind of Velveeta soaked, "I-wrote-my-girlfriend-a-poem" type of crap that you'd listen to at 11 or 12 on the way to the mall with your Mom. The only song that even remotely stands out is "Pain" but if you've heard any kind of 90's guitar music whatsoever, you've heard this song too. Don't buy this album, please! Save your money and buy a Hootie and the Blowfish T-shirt instead...
Submitted by JohnJay (Bristol, RI)
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Good Ol' Jimmy Eat World...
I might be a bit biased here, because Jimmy Eat World happens to be one of my favorite bands. I've been loving thier music for quite a while now; but to be fair this is a decent album. Compared to earlier works, its not thier greatest but it is indeed worth a listen if you're a Jimmy Eat World listner or your typical "Emo-Kid".
The cd bursts in full of energy and heavy guitars from the beginning, and sweetly mellows down toward the end.The demos, while just being demos, are quite awesome as well in thier own right. All in all, I'm happy with this album, and as I said before, if this music is your style then this is a cd you should really check out.
Submitted by d_meth51 (Garner, NC)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No This Album Rocks
I dont care what other people think, this album rocks, its so freekin rad. It has some awsome songs like "Pain",and "Drugs or Me", not to mention just about every other song an the album. The bottom line is Jimmy Eat World's, "futures" rocks.
Submitted by markhoppus_number1fan (where ever)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  OK; was expecting more
This album is okay, but just okay. Nothing stands out. It's all very average. And after "Bleed American," which had 3 excellent songs and 5 or 6 very good ones, it's a bit of a letdown. The demos disc is quasi-interesting, some of the songs changed, but some didn't. The die-hard Jimmy Eat World fan will pick this one up; casual fans probably should not.
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Jimmy Eat World: Jim Adkins , Rick Burch , Tom Linton, Zach Lind.
Personnel: Mark Trombino , Tony Hajjar (percussion).
Additional personnel: Tony Hajjar.
Audio Mixer: Chris Fudurich.
Recording information: Ocean Studios; Unit 2, Tempe, AZ.
Photographer: Dan Monick.
Of the five tracks on Jimmy Eat World's 2005 EP Stay on My Side Tonight, three are songs the band worked on during the recording of Futures but decided didn't work on that record. It is hard to see why they were left off, as they are as good as -- if not better than -- some of the more pedestrian material that did make the cut. Maybe it is the slightly less polished sound, and maybe it is the fact that they aren't surrounded by 50 minutes of similar-sounding songs, but the three songs have more life and power than one might expect. "Disintegration" is an epic dirge that builds impressively and ends with the chanted vocals that give the EP its name; "Closer" is a hooky, lightweight pop tune that harks back to the mood of Bleed American; and "Over," while slightly less impressive than the other two, is a decent emo ballad. The other two tracks are interesting but not vital. They gamely cover Heatmiser's "Half Right" but can't quite find the magic that Elliott Smith was so effortlessly able to conjure up. The Styrofoam remix of Futures' "Drugs or Me" is OK, with the vocals glitched into near oblivion and the tune bouncing along on a bouncy, broken beat. So there's nothing earthshaking, but fans will want to grab it, and those who were put off by the slick surface of Futures might take some solace in the slightly stripped-down sound -- and hope that Jimmy Eat World continue to shed their studio sheen by the time the next album is recorded. ~ Tim Sendra
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