Audiology: Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American"

My thoughts on Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album, "Bleed American", a record that I've enjoyed for years. Recently someone remarked to me that because of downloading songs, the concept of albums has become irrelevant and he's somewhat right and this saddens me. I've always liked the idea of these little collections of songs that fit together and tell a cohesive story by sharing various musical qualities and themes. And so I enter...Audiology.

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• audiology
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• jimmy
• eat
• world
• bleed
• american
• rock
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• middle
• sweetness
• authority
• song

[danElarusso]

This CD introduced me to one of the best bands ever. It was one of the best purchases I made for under $10 and found a new home in my CD player. `The Authority` song is a guilty pleasure, `Get It Faster` is very against-type as it almost advocates cheating though this could be satire from a band known for lovesongs and the video for `The Middle` has the band surrounded by naked extras thus poking fun at what it takes to sell a video these days. Every track is flawless.

[jetsilveravenger]

yeah, the video's kinda fun. it goes against convention which i guess is why i bothered to mention it. glad you liked the vid. comics are still my main thing but i couldn't resist talking some music when ryho started Audiology.

[SmackPatterson]

Woo! Love this album. It's the only Jimmy Eat World album I own though.

I listen to Authority Song the most, though I don't think it's the best song. The whole album is perfect for summer.

[jetsilveravenger]

Glad you enjoyed it. my advice to you is to check out some of their other albums as this one only scratches the surface, really.

[RyHoMagnifico]

Excellent first entry!

This album got me into Jimmy Eat World, back in the day, but when Futures was released I really got hooked. I remember enjoying this one very much, though. It's weird, I used to love these guys and then just completely forgot about them.

It's funny you brought up Fall Out Boy because I've always felt they had some connection with Jimmy Eat World for some reason. I find their song titles the same for one thing, but not just that.

[jetsilveravenger]

i strongly considered doing Futures (which includes probably my favourite Jimmy Eat World song, Work) but decided to go with this one because it was how i got into the band in the first place.

Fall Out Boy are just one band who get their sound from older groups like Jimmy Eat World, and, while I think they're ok, I don't think they really touch them

[danElarusso]

that`s cool. I`m a music nut on top of comics (and snowboarding!) so i always enjoy a new band or a good band. Seen a bunch of shows when I lived in Montreal (`the big city`). Can`t wait to move back!

[oldschool4091]

Sounds pretty cool. I'll be definitely looking into them.

[RyHoMagnifico]

That would be a very odd song to get a lap dance to, unless there were two ladies making it just appropriate.

[RyHoMagnifico]

Yeah, I wouldn't compare the two. I just found that from the moment I heard Fall Out Boy, over anyone else, I could hear Jimmy Eat World in there somewhere.