| Product Summary | | Label: Uni Distribution | | UPC: 00044007501221 | | Release Date: 5/6/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60597465 | | Item#: MDGJ4Q | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2003 The Moonshine Conspiracy Records Manufactured and Marketed by Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 2003 The Moonshine Conspiracy Records Manufactured and Marketed by Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| On And On features 16 tracks which were produced by Mario Caldato jr. and recorded at The Mango Tree in Hawaii. The album features the same line up as Brushfire Fairytales with Jack Johnson on vocals/guitar, Adam Topol on drums/percussion, and Merlo Podlewski on bass.
" While the vocal similarities to jam-band peers [Ben] Harper and Dave Matthews are striking, Johnson's songs are, frankly, more instantly likable than theirs, more tuneful and less earnest. " Entertainment Weekly
"With On and On, Johnson pushes past those folk-and root-distressed interiors and glides into cool new musical areas." Blender
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Jack Jackson (vocals, guitar); Merlo Podlewski (bass); Adam Topol (drums, percussion). | | Recorded at Mango Tree, Hawaii. | | Personnel: Jack Johnson (vocals, guitar); Adam Topol (drums, percussion). | | Audio Mixers: Mario Caldato, Jr.; Robert Carranza. | | Liner Note Author: Jack Johnson. | | Recording information: Mango Tree, HI. | | Photographers: Kim Johnson; Danny Clinch. | | Something of a slacker renaissance man, prototypical mellow surfer-dude Jack Johnson is not only a BILLBOARD-charting recording artist, but also a world-champion athlete and award-winning documentary filmmaker. On his second full-length album, ON AND ON, the sandy-toed singer/songwriter delivers a bare bones set of acoustic folk rock as soft and soothing as the Hawaiian breezes that serve as his inspiration. | | As on his debut disc, BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES, Johnson serves up a groovy, yet slightly melancholy stew in his trademark breathy voice, which at its best recalls everyone from Steve Miller to Chet Baker to Evan Dando of The Lemonheads. This time around, however, the vocalist/guitarist isn't afraid to gently stir pinches of reggae, hip-hop, and Harry Belafonte style pop-calypso into his usual hippie jam-band roux. Mario Caldato Jr.'s ultra-sparse, live-sounding production carefully reveals the subtle sadness that lurks behind even Johnson's poppiest tunes, making ON AND ON the perfect album for a midnight beach party on the last night of summer vacation. |
Producer: Mario Caldato, Jr. |
Engineer: Mario Caldato, Jr.; Robert Carranza |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/06/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 075012 | | Label : Universal Distribution | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00044007501221 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | CMJ (5/12/03, p.9)
- "...ON AND ON is full of stripped-down, intimate numbers, with Johnson and his trusty acoustic guitar making the songs' soft-spoken points in laid-back and bluesy setting....Introspective, low-key rock..."Rolling Stone
With On and On, this Hawaiian surfer's croon evokes the mellow-yellow moan of Donovan but without the weirdness that made that psychedelic folkie compelling.
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