Sleepwalker

JamisonParker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B0009W5JVE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

JamisonParker’s debut full length "Sleepwalker" is a collection of well-crafted songs fitted with gorgeous sounds. The guitar tones alone were contrived with the kind of attention to detail that would make a Swiss watchmaker jealous. Putting yourself repeatedly through the wringer, whether it’s in search of the perfect guitar tone, or in dedication to the fine art of artfully spilling your guts, leads to a kind of certainty. Sleepwalker is filled with the confidence and artistic ambition pretty much unchanged since before Jamison and Parker were JamisonParker.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biggest Surprise Of The Year, January 7, 2006

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Danny (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleepwalker (Audio CD)

I first heard of these guys in an AP magazine. They looked like their music would be terrible and another run-of-the-mill emo band. About a month later, their name popped back into my head when I was listening to some music. I heard 4 of their songs and was very surprised. The names to their song also made me groan becaise again, it looked as if they were another emo band (which is just what the world needs...note the sarcasm). Anyways, so I really enjoyed these songs I heard and decided to buy this album since it was cheap on this site. I don't think I have ever been more surprised in an album. Although the names are very emo ideas, they take a bad situation and turn it into a good one. It's actually hopeful and pretty profound. How could these guys create such a gem after a very emo EP? This CD has amazing lyricism though. His voice is also very surprising in a good way. Songs:

1. Alcohol & Bandages - (4/5) Good opening to the CD. Solid song, not very long, got me to keep listening instead of just skimming through the CD.

2. Best Mistake - (5/5) I liked the theme of this song. It's pretty good musically as well. Overall, just a great song.

3. Goodbyes - (5/5) A hopeful outlook by guys who look like they do? I guess you never can judge a book by it's cover. Great lyrics.

4. Tearing Through Me - (5/5) Maybe the most emo lyrics on the album. Still a quieter, great song. Again, some great lyrics.

5. Paper, Rock, Scissors - (5/5) Made me mad that they emphasized the scissors part of that title. I have no idea why it's called this, but it's a great song. Very hopeful and very "poppy" sounding. One of the best on the album. Great chorus and great lyrics.

6. Emergency Room Romantic - (5/5) One of the most emo titles on the CD. Not that emo though. He actually takes the extremely negative situation that most emo bands just dwell on, puts it in the past, and says how he finds love in the emergency room. This made me very happy to hear how he turned such a bad topic into a good one.

7. Dusk, The Day After - (4/5) Not a bad song. Some pretty good lyrics. Solid song.

8. Slow Suicide - (5/5) The beginning of the zenith of this CD. He talks, not about killing yourself with a razor or something to that effect, but about how things that this world decides to disguise as innocent (sex, pain, drugs, alcohol) are slowly killing us. Amazing lyrics. Incredible song.

9. Here's Everything I Ever Meant To Say To You (or something to that effect) - (5/5) I should be giving this a (6/5). I didn't expect a completely selfless, amazing love song on this CD, but I found one. This song is without a doubt the best one on here. Incredible in every aspect. Listen to this if you haven't heard it.

10. The Here And Now - (4/5) A good wind down from the last two songs. Good opening. Pretty cool, solid song. Good lyrics.

11. I Should Mean More - (5/5) Great ending to the CD. Great lyrics again. A great intro to this song. I really enjoyed how it would get louder after the chorus, but stayed quiet the rest of the time.

Overall, a gem of a CD. I don't know what to classify it as, but I'm leaning towards pop-rock. It's unfortunate that they broke up right after this one. They could have continued their amazing lyricism. Get this CD, and you will not be disappointed (unless you want to hear the maligned emo that people like Hawthorne Heights sing).

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Misguided, September 26, 2005

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Jacob K. Repko "tweader22" (philadelphia, pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleepwalker (Audio CD)

JamisonParker is not Emo. Jamisonparker does not write juvenile lyrics. The whole Emo/Pop/Pop-Punk/Punk/Alternative thing is going too far. I actually met these guys on South Street in Philly after one of their shows at the Pontiac Grille and we asked Jamison what type of music they write. He said, "Rock, just rock ya know, too many people try classify bands these days, it's all rock music." I thought he had a good point because whether or not it's hard or soft or in between it's still rock and always has been. This band should make it big, they've got the talent and that other dimension that the majority of bands out there don't have.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Please enter a title for your review, August 18, 2005

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pancake_repairman "pancake_repairman" (gfjdhgfjhgj) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleepwalker (Audio CD)

This is a pretty good emo-pop band. They're very commercial sounding, but they aren't typical power-pop emo, they have much stronger and more prominent melodies, and intricately layered parts that compliment each other perfectly for the ultimate pop punch. Some of the lyrics are ridiculously juvenile ("Sleeping's overrated, we lay awake and cry, if this is love then kill me now and save me from my life"), but it doesn't bother me too much because musically these guys so have their own style. They aren't held back by the confines of the emo scene sound like every other band, they just write really good pop-rock songs, and actually use overproduction well to add depth to their sound instead of losing it like most bands do. The My Bloody Valentine style guitar on Tearing Through Me is a welcome surprise and further evidence that these guys have a wider range of influences and creativity than their emo peers.