Gimme Some [Import]

Peter Bjorn and John | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 29, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2011
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B004GF3CNM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #864,883 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tomorrow Has To Wait

2. Dig A Little Deeper

3. Second Chance

4. Eyes

5. Breaker, Breaker

6. May Seem Macabre

7. Cool Off

8. Black Book

9. Down Like Me

10. Lies

11. IKYDLM

Editorial Reviews

For their sixth album the band chose to work with a producer for the first time ever enlisting the skills of Per Sunding at Tambourine Studios in Malm". For a band that has always produced their own albums, this is a big move and when asked about the choice in a recent interview with SPIN.com John Eriksson said, " 'We needed someone who can make us play differently, someone to remember to back up the hard drive [laughs].'" The new album, a follow up to 2009's more experimental Living Thing release, is a definite return to Peter Bjorn And John's pop roots. So the move to work with Per Sunding - a member of the now defunct Eggstone (a band that was once dubbed "the godfathers of Swedish pop") seemed especially fitting. When SPIN.com asked Eriksson about the sound on the new album he said, "'We originally planned to make a punk rock album, but listening to it now it's definitely a pop rock album. But it sounds more punk rock when we play the songs live!'" In the nearly two years since the band's last album, Peter Bjorn And John have been very busy. Bjorn Yttling produced the new and wildly popular Lykke Li record -Wounded Rhymes, Peter Mor‚n released his second solo album and his debut Swedish language album - I Sp†ren av T†ren, and John Eriksson released a new album - Favorite Flavor - with his disco-kraut band Holiday for Strings as well as three EPS with his solo project Hortlax Cobra. In addition, in January 2010 the entire band participated in an auction to help Haiti by submitting the bongos used on the recording of "Young Folks" along with Peter's jacket that he wore when they performed with Depeche Mode at MSG in the summer of 2009.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PB&J Return to Rock!, April 16, 2011

By 

Neil Harris (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Gimme Some (Audio CD)

Writer's Block was a great record, full of hooky rock tunes like Young Folks (the whistling chorus went viral overnight). This record is a return to form after some more mellow discs. There's not a weak song here. The band's roots are showing with riffs lifted from Archie Bell & the Drells classic "Tighten Up" on Dig a Little Deeper, just to mention one of the more obvious homages.

The first single, "Second Chance" is made for heavy airplay. "(Don't Let Them) Cool Off" is a hard charging 80's-ish arena rocker that has to sound great live -- it's in parts punky, REM-ish, and pure PB&J fun. "Black Book" starts off like a White Stripes outtake but late in the track it rocks harder and harder.

There is a lot more guitar up-front on this record than in past efforts and it has a great sound. It's as if REM moved to Sweden and got good again.

Five stars, one of the best CDs so far this year. If you like your rock with jangly guitars and hooky melodies, check out this great disc from Peter Bjorn & John.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Vinyl Sounds Like Garbage - Get the MP3's instead, November 7, 2011

By 

Monty (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gimme Some (Vinyl)

i purchased this on vinyl and it is the worst sounding record in my collection. Everything sounds muffled and muddy. Highly, highly disappointed. It even came with a CD that sounds just as bad. It's obvious that the dynamic compression on both the Cd and Vinyl were cranked up. If I were to buy it again I'd save a ton of money and buy the MP3 download. I suggest you do the same. It's too bad, the music itself is great.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars... Back to the sunnier side, March 29, 2011

By 

Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Gimme Some (Audio CD)

Peter Bjorn and John shot to indie-critical claim out of nowhere in 2006 with their 3rd album "Writer's Block", which truly was an instant-classic album, containing so many memorable tracks. The band toured crazily behind it and then took its time to come back with new studio material. There was the side/interim-release of "Seaside Rock", which then was followed in 2009 with "Living Thing", a decidedly much darker album than anything before from the Swedes. Not surprisingly, the album fell mostly on deaf ears here in the US. Now comes the band's 6th album.

"Gimme Some" (11 tracks, 37 min.) kicks off with "Tomorrow Has to Wait", one of the few tentative tunes on here. But after that things pick up and things feel differently from the "Living Thing" album. The energy seems back and the vibration is positive. "Dig a Little Deeper" feels like it could be a radio single, but wait, there's more of that! "Second Chance" is en equally upbeat can't miss sing-along, and is certainly the most infectious tune from the Swedes since "Young Folks" on the "Writer's Block" album. "Breaker Breaker" is a 1'39" rock and roll romp, just great. "May Seem Macabre" takes its time to develop but pays off, with great underlying drums. And so it goes, the album goes non-stop from up-tempo track to hum-along track, and in fact there is only one slow song on here ("Down Like Me") that almost seems out of place on the album. But it all culminates into the closer "I Know You Don't Love Me", which is the "Up Against the Wall" equivalent from "Writer's Block", a long but irresistible song that brings it all back home.

In all, I can't emphasize enough how pleased and surprised (in a very good way) I am with this album, which, there is no denying it, is a return to the sunnier side of the Swedes. At 37 min., it zips along in no time and before you know it you'll find yourself playing this again and again. Whether or not it is done as a cynical or sincere attempt to return to the success of "Writer's Block" is besides the point, as "Gimme Some" is a fun and enjoyable album from start to finish. No, I wouldn't go as far as giving it three thumbs up (as on the album cover art), but it is definitely two thumbs up, as this album has been one of the most unexpected surprises of the year so far. I've seen PB&J in concert a number of number of times over the years, and I cannot wait for them to go on the road again in support of the new album. Welcome back PB&J!