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People and Things is the third and final studio album by American rock band Jack's Mannequin . It was released through Sire Records on October 4, 2011 in the United States, where it debuted at number one on Billboard Magazine's alternative rock albums chart and at number nine on Billboard' s top 200 albums chart. "Release Me" impacted radio on November 8, 2011.[1] People and Things garnered favorable reviews and was hailed by Eric Allen of American Songwriter as "the most musically cohesive album in the band’s catalog thus far."[2] This is the last studio album by the band as they have disbanded in order for Andrew McMahon to focus more on his solo career.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Andrew McMahon
Title Additional Writer(s) 1. "My Racing Thoughts " 4:19 2. "Release Me" 3:16 3. "Television" Jaren Johnston 3:37 4. "Amy, I" Matt Thiessen 3:33 5. "Hey Hey Hey (We're All Gonna Die)" 3:37 6. "People, Running" Thiessen 3:40 7. "Amelia Jean" 2:54 8. "Platform Fire" Thiessen 3:31 9. "Hostage" 4:27 10. "Restless Dream" 3:55 11. "Casting Lines" 3:41 Total length: 40:32
Bonus tracks
iTunes & GoMerch bonus tracksTitle 12. "No Man Is an Island" 3:16 13. "Ten Days Gone" 3:32 14. "Dancing with a Gun" 2:55 15. "Broken Bird" 3:33
Best Buy bonus tracksTitle 12. "Out of It (Passenger Demonstration Tape)" 4:04 13. "Locked Doors (Transit Demonstration Tape)" 3:53 14. "Keep Rising (Passenger Demonstration Tape)" 4:05
Japanese edition bonus tracks Title 12. "Ten Days Gone" 3:32
Personnel
Andrew McMahon – vocals, piano, percussion, keyboards
Bobby Anderson – guitars, background vocals, string arrangement, bass
Jay McMillan – drums, percussion
Tim Pierce - guitars
Chris Chaney- bass
Jim Wirt - bass
Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards, B3
Phil Parlapiano - B3
Patrick Warren - keyboards, arranging
Jim Scott - anvil
Brandi Carlile - background vocals
Marisa Kuney - violin
Jeanie Lim - viola
Mary Ginger Murphy - cello
References
^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly" . AllAccess . November 1, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2016 .
^ a b Eric Allen (October 13, 2011). "Jack's Mannequin: People and Things" . American Songwriter .
^ "Critic Reviews for People and Things - Metacritic" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 9, 2012 .
^ Nassiff, Thomas (October 2, 2011). "Jack's Mannequin - People and Things" . AbsolutePunk . Retrieved January 8, 2017 . [dead link ]
^ Andrew Leahey (2011-10-03). "Jack's Mannequin - People and Things" . Allmusic . Retrieved 2011-11-13 .
^ Freed, Nick (October 17, 2011). "Jack's Mannequin – People and Things" . Consequence of Sound . Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
^ Grischow, Chad (October 11, 2011). "Jack's Mannequin: People & Things Review" . IGN. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
^ Wippsson, Johan (May 8, 2012). "Jacks Mannequin - People and Things" . Melodic . Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
^ Ezell, Brice (October 30, 2011). "Jack's Mannequin: People and Things" . PopMatters . Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
^ Megan Rozell (2011-10-08). "Music Review: Jack Mannequin - People and Things" . Seattle PI . Retrieved 2011-10-08 .
^ Steve M. (2011-10-03). "Jack's Mannequin - People and Things" . Sputnikmusic . Retrieved 2011-11-13 .
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