Jimmy Eat World Band • Page 2

Carry You has been crushing me whenever I listen to it now. Always Be has always hit close too.

 

This is most definitely a sad album lyrically, but in a lot of ways, I find comfort in a lot of the lines, such as the "Big Casino" moment "There some living left when your prime comes and goes" and the extravagant bridge from "Dizzy"

 

Dizzy is one of the saddest songs ever

 

23 will forever be one of my favorite songs.

 

i'm turning 23 in 6 days

 

*cues 23*

 

Highly, highly recommend Chase This Light. For me, it's them doing everything they do best in one place. It packs a pretty large punch

 

Seconding CTL. Although it's only my 3rd favorite from them, it still is a masterpiece.

 

Gonna send Invented some love and say that that record sounds fucking massive.

 

Not to be hyperbolic, but to me, everything post-Static Prevails is amazing. And I like most of that record, too. This is a band where I can just throw on the whole discography and never hit skip.

 

that last chorus is a great album ender.

 

Futures is such an important album to me. it has carried me through some dark, lonely times in my life. "23" and "Polaris" are two of my favorite songs. I caught their Futures 10 year tour in Boston a year and a half ago, and to date it has been my all time favorite show that I have ever been to.

That being said, I love pretty much everything this band has recorded and released. Invented took me a while to appreciate but once i did, I grew to love it just as much as everything else. Bleed American, Chase This Light, Clarity, and Damage are all wonderful.

 

Bleed American is basically flawless. Probably in my top 10 favourite records of all time. Clarity might well be in my top 20.

 

Back for round two!

 

Clarity

 

Jealous. Wish I could relive my 23rd bday. Have fun!

 

There was a talk about best one-two punches in their catalog in the last thread. I'm partial to "Work" into "Kill" (or "Kill" into "The World You Love," frankly) and "Invented" into "Mixtape." There are so many good ones, though.

 

Night Drive -> 23

 

Futures --> Just Tonight...

but also I think that Polaris --> Nothingwrong --> Night Drive --> 23 is the best 4 song stretch in the catalog.

 

It's between those 4 and the first 4 tracks of SOMST.

 

I'd consider it if track 4 wasn't a cover. Although Half Right is a great one, Firestarter remains my favorite JEW cover to date.

 

Big Casino, Let It Happen, Always Be, Carry You & Dizzy are all amazing. CTL is horrifically overlooked imo, and actually my second favourite after Futures.

 

"Nothingwrong" being the default worst song on Futures doesn't help that run, but it's still a great one.

 

As much as I love everything off Futures and it's my second favorite record of all time, I think my favorite 4 song stretch from the band is "12.23.95" -> "Ten" -> "Just Watch The Fireworks" -> "For Me This Is Heaven"