Futures (album)
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| Studio album by Jimmy Eat World | |||||
| Released | October 19, 2004 | ||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 49:33 | ||||
| Label | Interscope | ||||
| Producer | Gil Norton | ||||
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Futures is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released on October 19, 2004. Futures was led by the successful single "Pain" followed by "Work" and the less successful "Futures" which did not receive as much airplay.
The album has sold 620,000 units in the United States making it Gold Status.[citation needed]
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Jimmy Eat World
- "Futures" – 3:58
- "Just Tonight..." – 3:26
- "Work" – 3:23
- "Kill" – 3:48
- "The World You Love" – 5:01
- "Pain" – 3:01
- "Drugs Or Me" – 6:25
- "Polaris" – 4:51
- "Nothingwrong" – 3:09
- "Night Drive" – 5:03
- "23" – 7:23
[edit] Deluxe edition and bonus tracks
The CD was issued as a deluxe edition simultaneously to the conventional release, containing a bonus CD with the exact same track listing, but carrying demo versions of all songs from the album, 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)
- 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", released in September 2004
- "Work", released in January 2005
- "Futures", released in May 2005
[edit] Usage in other media
"Pain" is featured in the soundtrack of the video games Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, and Karaoke Revolution Party.
"Just Tonight..." is featured in the soundtrack of the video game Burnout 3: Takedown.
"Nothingwrong" is featured in the soundtrack of the video game Gran Turismo 4.
"23" and "Kill" were featured in various soundtracks to One Tree Hill.
"23" was also featured on the season finale of The Hills.
"Futures" was played in the movie First Descent.
"Pain" is to be covered by Japanese musician Kyosuke Himuro.
"Pain" was also featured in an episode of Smallville.
[edit] Personnel
- Jim Adkins - Vocals, guitar
- Rick Burch - Bass guitar
- 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"
[edit] External links
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