Futures is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock/emo band Jimmy Eat World, released on October 19, 2004. Futures was led by the successful single "Pain", followed by "Work" and "Futures". The album has sold 620,000 units in the United States, giving it Gold Record status.
[edit] Background and recording
The band initially entered the studio with Mark Trombino, producer of the band's previous three studio albums, Static Prevails (1996), Clarity (1999), and Bleed American (2001). Disagreements, however, lead to Trombino's departure from the project. In 2010, vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins commented on Trombino's departure stating:[7]
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That’s just all old shit, man. Time goes on. The whole Futures thing, when we started making a record with Mark [Trombino], we were nowhere near ready to start making a record. It was an unfortunate result of a lot of bad decisions in the way things ended up. It doesn’t matter. I wouldn’t want to work with people who aren’t extremely passionate about their ideas and their contributions, as long as in the back of your head everyone knows they’re on the same side. Everyone’s trying to make the best song recording possible. Things can get really heated in the battle for that, but in the end everyone’s on the same side. |
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jimmy Eat World.
| 1. |
"Futures" |
3:58 |
| 2. |
"Just Tonight..." |
3:26 |
| 3. |
"Work" |
3:23 |
| 4. |
"Kill" |
3:48 |
| 5. |
"The World You Love" |
5:01 |
| 6. |
"Pain" |
3:01 |
| 7. |
"Drugs or Me" |
6:25 |
| 8. |
"Polaris" |
4:51 |
| 9. |
"Nothing Wrong" |
3:09 |
| 10. |
"Night Drive" |
5:03 |
| 11. |
"23" |
7:23 |
[edit] Deluxe edition and bonus tracks
The CD was issued simultaneously as regular and deluxe editions, with the latter containing a bonus CD with exactly the same track listing as the regular album, but carrying demo versions of the songs, which were recorded in Jimmy Eat World's home recording studio. In addition, there were several bonus tracks scattered among import and vinyl versions of the album:
- Limited edition acetate pressing
- "Jen" – 3:00 (All subsequent track numbers are increased)
- US vinyl pressing
- "Shame" – 5:40 (All subsequent track numbers are increased)
- UK import
- "Shame" – 5:40
- "When I Want" – 2:59
The demo versions of these songs are also on the UK deluxe edition.
- Japanese import
- "Shame" – 5:40
- "When I Want" – 2:50
- "You" – 3:20
In addition to the 13 demos on the UK deluxe edition, disc 2 of the Japanese deluxe edition contains:
- "You" (Demo) – 3:09
- "The Concept" – 3:02
- "Work" (Acoustic) – 3:21
- "Sparkle" – 3:41
[edit] Singles
- "Pain" was released in September 2004.
- "Work" was released in January 2005.
- "Futures" was released in May 2005.
[edit] Usage in other media
[edit] Personnel
- Jim Adkins - vocals, guitar
- Rick Burch - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Zach Lind - drums
- Tom Linton - guitar, vocals
- Gil Norton - production
- David Schiffman - engineering
- Rich Costey - Mixing, additional engineering
- Jake Davies - additional engineering, digital editing
- Jason Grossman - recording assistant
- Steven Rhodes - recording assistant
- Claudius Mittendorfer - mixing assistant
- Dan Leffler - engineering assistant
- Ross Peterson - engineering assistant
- David Campbell - string arrangement on "Drugs Or Me"
- Ted Jensen - mastering
- Christopher Wray-McCann - front cover photography
- Kevin Scanlon - photography
- Ben Allgood - art direction
- Liz Phair - backing vocals on "Work"
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