Static Prevails

Static Prevails
Studio album by Jimmy Eat World
Released	July 23, 1996
Recorded	?
Genre	Alternative rock, emo
Length	51:33
Label	Capitol
Producer	Mark Trombino, Wes Kidd, Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World chronology
Jimmy Eat World (1994) Static Prevails (1996) Jimmy Eat World (1998)
Singles from Static Prevails
"Rockstar" Released: 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
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Static Prevails is the second album by Jimmy Eat World. It was released on July 23, 1996. Along with Clarity, the album was re-released in 2007 in remastered form with bonus tracks. It was produced by Wes Kidd, Mark Trombino and Jimmy Eat World.

Reception

Allmusic comments "what Static Prevails essentially lacks is the songwriting maturity that Jimmy Eat World could have perfected; but it's almost as if the studio heads at Capitol wouldn't let them so that there would be more room for radio-friendly pop songs. In the end, nobody won", but they consider "Anderson Mesa," "Call It in the Air," and "Seventeen" to be the best songs from the album and concludes that's nowhere near a classic, but a sign for better things to come.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jimmy Eat World. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thinking, That's All"	2.52
2.	"Rockstar"	3.48
3.	"Claire"	3.40
4.	"Call It in the Air"	3.01
5.	"Seventeen"	3.34
6.	"Episode IV"	4.29
7.	"Digits"	7.29
8.	"Caveman"	4.35
9.	"World Is Static"	3.57
10.	"In the Same Room"	4.57
11.	"Robot Factory"	3.59
12.	"Anderson Mesa"	5.14

Vinyl and re-release bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"77 Satellites"	3:04

Re-release bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"What I Would Say to You Now"	2:35

Personnel

Jimmy Eat World

• Jim Adkins – guitar, vocals, additional photography
• Rick Burch – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Zach Lind – drums, accordion, concertina
• Tom Linton – guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

• Craig Aaronson – executive producer
• Billy Bowers – engineering assistant
• Peter Doell – engineering assistant
• Paul Drake – cover and band photography
• Larry Elyea – pre-production engineering
• Steve Genewick – engineering assistant
• Cappy Japngie – engineering assistant
• Wes Kidd – production, acoustic guitar on "Claire"
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Andy Mueller – additional photography
• Sarah Pont – violin
• Eric Richter – additional vocals
• Tom Rothrock – engineering, mixing
• Rob Schnapf – engineering, mixing
• Jeff Sheehan – engineering assistant
• Billy Smith – engineering assistant
• Mark Trombino – production, Moog, engineering, mixing