Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static - 2/5/08
 

Finally, new Jack Johnson. Anyone else getting this?

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1. All At Once
2. Sleep Through the Static
3. Hope
4. Angel
5. Enemy
6. If I Had Eyes
7. Same Girl
8. What You Thought You Needed
9. Adrift
10. Go On
11. They Do They Don't
12. While We Wait
13. Monsoon
14. Losing Keys

I'll check it out

I'm sure I'll pick it up. I have liked all his other albums so far.

I'm a huge Jack Johnson fan so this is a must have...can't wait!

a.s.a.p.

Definitely a purchase. His last two albums were keepers.

His music is "must-listen" for me in warm weather. I'm looking forward to this one.

Hell ya I'm getting this. I have countless live shows, live FM broadcasts, etc, etc. He allows taping of his shows at ANY venue. I've downloaded them off of audioarchive.org

Check it out if you haven't as ALL of it is free. Can't wait for the new CD!!!

I can't seem to find his music on that website. My mom is a huge fan of Jack and I would really like to download his concerts for her.

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I heard this was a "big" departure from his previous releases...

Can't wait. Love the single already.

Any tracks leaked on the web?

Big fan, so I'm all over this. I've labeled him the New Jimmy Buffett (minus the fromage) because his music is just sooooo laid back and summer-y.

I hadn't heard anything about this one, but my brother said it was his electric album (as the cover alludes to). Should be interesting.

I've heard the new single a few times and I like it.

I just went and bought all 3 of his previous albums in anticipation :blush:

I actually agree with the Jimmy Buffett comparision...and there are so many other people *coughKennyChesneycough* who are trying to be Buffett and it ends up being some surfer...kinda weird.

Jack Johnson is one of my favorites, no doubt about it. This is one of the artists I really look forward to...his last album was one of my favorites in a long time.

Probably will start playin them on the iPod again in anticipation of this one....look forward to when it leaks so we can at least hear how it sounds (should be real soon)

Jack Johnson is pure win. The dude just has amazing lyrics.

Buying this asap

I think his live music is miles ahead of 99% of all other artists. Check them out as they are free and you can download mp3's - although I would not recommend it as I do not like the sound f mp3s.

Which of his live shows is a must-download? http://www.archive.org/search.php?qu...k%20Johnson%22

Don't want to go through them all, so any advice would be appreciated. Would love some of his best live stuff.

Also for those interested a couple of the tracks are floating around....do a Google Blog search for the name of the CD and you'll find 'em.

3/6/06 Le Zenith in Paris A phenominal show with a unique backing from members of ALO and a great crowd.

Weird, that's the show I downloaded about a week ago. And it's a great show.

Nice, just downloaded...lemme know if any other recommendations.

Forgive the dumb question but is it just a quality difference between thekbs shows VS. the VBR show?

There is going to be a big difference in the quality from the 64 KBs MP3s and the VBR MP3's. VBR is Variable Bit Rate which simply means when the music is quiet it takes up less space then when it is loud. It is just an encyption method that gives you quality sound at less of a bit rate making them take up less space.

The 64 KBs files are just a straight 64 KB thruout the music - I have yet to sample these but I would expect them to be the worse soudning of all of them.

In reference to other shows I would highly recommend the KFOG show from 2/13/02 as it is LIVE in studio right off of the soundboard. The fact that it is a VERY small audience helps matters and you don't have to deal with the idiot college chick talking to her girlfrind thru the whole recording like a lot of other shows. It is quiet thruout the recording as people attending proabably actually wanted to hear his music rather than going to a concert to 'hang out'.

Has anybody picked this one up yet? How does it rank against J.J.'s previous releases?

Weakest thus far. It's not that much of a "stylistic change" that everyone predicted, but lyrically its about politics & war. Not what you'd expect from him. Very quiet too for some reason.

I got it yesterday from Best Buy ($9.99!) and am going to give it a listen. I'm not thrilled that it's more of a political album, but I'm looking forward to it.

I think it's no coincidence that Jack Johnson released an album on a day that turned out to be sunny and 77 degrees in February (even if this album isn't his breeziest). :)

Pre-ordered it a month or so ago on iTunes. Should be downloading as we speak.

I've only listened to it once, but my initial reaction is that I'm a bit underwhelmed.

I don't think that it's a bad album at all, but I just think it's a bit bland compared to Brushfire Fairytales, On and On, and In Between Dreams.

It's not bad...but it is a lot slower, quieter and depressing than the majority of his other records...it's like the antithesis to the 'Curious George' soundtrack. It's growing on me, but my favourites are the more upbeat 'classic JJ' songs like "If I Had Eyes", "What You Thought You Need", "Sleep Through The Static" and my current fave song is easily "Hope".

So it's good, but it's February release date now makes perfect sense. This is not a Jack Johnson summer record...this is Jack Johnson's cold winter album.

wow. that's totally spot on.

I'm disappointed so far, its very slow and the least favorite of his albums. I'm hoping it will grow on me with future listenings. JJ usually puts me in a good mood but this one is so blah!

Not as good as previous, but still much better than a lot of other music out there.

I still don't have the Brushfire CD. Maybe I should purchase it first instead of his latest outing. Reviews for Sleep Through The Static seem lukewarm.

Considering most places have his back catalogue on sale (3 for $25 up here) I'd say get BOTH.

The Brushfire CD is a MUST.

Hi everybody,
I'm looking for one information : do you know the name of Jack's friend whose death "inspired" the first song of JJ new album, 'All at once' ?
Thanks !!!

Danny Riley.