Static Prevails [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Jimmy Eat World

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00005K9HG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,061 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars unbeliveable, September 17, 2001

By	D. Keusch "euchreman23" (MIchigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This cd is phenomenal. It's completely different from anything you may have heard before, in that it's so original. You listen to the radio and you get the same songs played over and over again, with most of the songs seeming so fake it's not even funny. Then a friend introduced me to Jimmy Eat World. I have since stopped listening to anything else.

All of the songs on this cd are awesome, and that's an amazing accomplishment by itself. Many groups will release a cd full of crap with one song they know is bankable, just so they can cash in. Not so here. It's hard to put into words how good this stuff is. The first time I heard "rockstar", i felt that I was home lol. "Episode IV" is an extremely powerful song that starts slow and builds in power as you go. "Seventeen" is an angst filled song that radiates raw power. The amount of vareity you get is stunning, with all of it being GOOD.

In short, Jimmy Eat World has instantly become my favorite band, and this cd is quite possibly the best cd I have ever listened to. It's that good. Very Highly Recommended.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is it, September 13, 2001

By	eli farmer (santa fe, nm) - See all my reviews

if you like to listen to music as more than just a passive hobby, meaning if you regularly sit down and do nothing but listen to an album all the way through, taking note of exactly what it contains, then this album is your holy grail. this is honestly the best album i have ever heard, it is the most amazing piece of art i have ever experienced, in fact. from the raw, powerful yet powerless "thinking... thats all", with its exquisite screams and builds, to the beautifully sad and touching "anderson mesa", that will chill you to your very soul, this album is brilliant. the earliness of this album combined with JEW's inherent talent for the intense makes it more incredible than any of their other stuff, but also make it a difficult listen at first. watch the way each song fades or rises into the next, each piece setting the stage for the next... no one has made an album flow like this since the beatles with "sgt. pepper". listen to it once and you will be hooked by "rockstar" and "seventeen", they are the highest point of punk/pop... listen to it twice and others gain luster, "claire", perhaps the best combination of quiet beauty and rock n' roll on the cd... "caveman", with the tiny sound of crickets and a forlorn harmonica or accordian in the end, "world is static" which provides the title... and eventually all of them. this album is a must have for anyone who ever liked punk, pop, and especially emo. please buy it for your own sake, it is magical.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely good punk rock, July 18, 2001

By	Infinity2 (Los Gatos, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Ever since I stopped listening to Green Day, I've had a major problem with punk rock. Whether it was the Offspring, Sum 41, or Blink 182 didn't matter. They all sounded the same, and all their songs sounded the same. This viewpoint changed after I bought Static Prevails. This is punk rock that isn't stale like the bands I listed above, but progressive like Tool and Radiohead. With an approach sounding like Far and old Sunny Day Real Estate (Diary, LP2), Jimmy successfully devours the world in a progressive gulp that would shatter the state of punk rock today if more people knew about him.

"Digits" especially is a masterpiece, starting with a quiet acoustic guitar, then destroying the tranquility with a full blast punk riff, and a cry to "pay attention." After a few minutes of this punk heaven, the pace slows to acoustic once again, ending with a whisper of crickets that transforms into "Caveman." There is no possible way a song like this could exist on any other punk rock album. From the muted riffs on "Thinking, That's All" to the violins on "Anderson Mesa," Jimmy Eat World delivers a potent cure to the stagnation of punk rock today. Any rock lover would enjoy this CD thoroughly.