| Product Summary | | Label: Polygram Label Group | | UPC: 00042286099422 | | Release Date: 1/29/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60513671 | | Item#: MLQ2JJ | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24793 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Inaudible Melodies ~ Jack Johnson |  | | 2. Middle Man ~ Jack Johnson | | | 3. Posters ~ Jack Johnson | | | 4. Sexy Plexi ~ Jack Johnson | | | 5. Flake ~ Jack Johnson | | | 6. Bubble Toes ~ Jack Johnson | | | 7. Fortunate Fool ~ Jack Johnson | | | 8. News, The ~ Jack Johnson | | | 9. Drink The Water ~ Jack Johnson | | | 10. Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner) ~ Jack Johnson | | | 11. F-Stop Blues ~ Jack Johnson | | | 12. Losing Hope ~ Jack Johnson | | | 13. It's All Understood ~ Jack Johnson | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Jack Johnson (vocals, guitar, piano); Ben Harper (slide guitar); Merlo (bass); Adam Topol (drums, percussion); Tommy Jordan (steel drums). | | Surfer-turned-rocker Jack Johnson has composed songs for G. Love and Special Sauce, and is signed to Ben Harper's manager's record label, so it's no surprise that his debut turns out to be the kind of laid-back acoustic funk beloved of fans of both those outfits. What is surprising, however, is the unpretentious way these songs are presented--BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES is packed with bare-bones arrangements that highlight Johnson's catchy way with a lyric, so that when something unusual happens, such as the steel drums that dimly inhabit the background of "Flake," it's almost shocking. | | Johnson's songs are simultaneously well crafted and executed in an almost throwaway manner. "Fortunate Fool" is airy yet acidic--this surfer dude is no airhead--while "F-Stop Blues," on the surface a paean to the surfer lifestyle, is really a lament for wasted time that features Johnson's pleasant, lazy vocals to excellent effect. BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES displays the kind of insouciance born of innocence, almost as if no-one involved cared if the album sold ten copies or ten million--and of course that's the attraction. |
Producer: JP Plunier |
Engineer: Todd Burke |
Musical Guests | | Ben Harper |
| | Artist Overview | | In a crossover worthy of soap star-turned-rocker Rick Springfield, professional surfer Jack Johnson emerged as one of the hottest pop stars of the early '00s. The interesting thing is that, amid hordes of teen-poppers and nu-metallists, he came to fame with a spare, mellow, acoustic-oriented singer-songwriter sound influenced by Nick Drake and James Taylor. In a way, he can be seen as a successor to the easygoing beach-culture popster Jimmy Buffett, in both his music and his eschewing of media hype for grass-roots appeal in his rise to the top. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/29/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 860 994 | | Label : Universal Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00042286099422 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (11/02, p.103)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...It's laidback stuff, subtly melodious and really rather charming..."Uncut (12/02, p.134)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Johnson's sensitivity is authentic, and there's a chilled freshness and a hip hop lite inflection to his vocals..." Mojo (Publisher)
(3/03, p.114)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Johnson's songs are wordy and subtly funky, his voice sinewy....Cool..." |
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