| Sleep Through the Static | ||||
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| Studio album by Jack Johnson | ||||
| Released | February 1, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Acoustic rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 52:39 | |||
| Label | Brushfire Records, Universal Records | |||
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| Singles from Sleep Through the Static | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Billboard | (positive)[2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| The Boston Globe | (mixed)[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+)[5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
| Slant Magazine | [9] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | [10] |
Sleep Through the Static is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, released in the U.S. on February 5, 2008. The effort was announced on Johnson's personal website as renovation began for the release of the album. It was recorded at L.A.'s Solar Powered Plastic Plant, which makes it Johnson's first album not made in Hawaii. It was produced by JP Plunier.
The album was played live for the first time at the BBC in December for a select number of fans. Despite having been reviewed mostly unenthusiastically by professional music critics, worldwide sales of the album indicate that most Jack Johnson fans have not been disappointed, with positive word-of-mouth countering the unenthusiastic reviews of some critics.
The first single, "If I Had Eyes", was released via Johnson's MySpace page on December 17, 2007. The second single from the album was "Hope" and was released on September, peaking at number #30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 375,000 copies in its first week, including 139,000 digital downloads. This was a record high for weekly digital album sales.[11] It also debuted at number one on the Worldwide chart with sales of 577,000. It held the record at iTunes for most digital downloads in a single day, until Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends set a new record.
Sleep Through the Static remained at number one on the Billboard 200 in its second week of release, by which time it had sold over 180,000 copies,[12] as well as its third week, in which it sold 105,000 copies.[13] It fell from the number one spot in its fourth week, in which it placed third with about 92,000 copies sold.[14] The album was made #45 in Q's 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008.[15]
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All tracks composed by Jack Johnson, except where noted.
| (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart[16] | 1 |
| Austria Albums Chart[16] | 3 |
| Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[17] | 8 |
| Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17] | 34 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[18] | 1 |
| Danish Albums Chart[17] | 5 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[16] | 4 |
| French Albums Chart[17] | 6 |
| German Albums Chart[19] | 2 |
| Greek Albums Chart[20] | 9 |
| Irish Albums Chart[16] | 1 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[16] | 1 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[16] | 17 |
| Portugal Albums Chart[17] | 3 |
| Spanish Albums Chart[17] | 14 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[16] | 13 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[17] | 2 |
| UK Albums Chart[16] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[16] | 1 |
| Chart (2008) | Rank |
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| German Albums Chart [21] | 42 |
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Australia (ARIA)[22] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Germany (BVMI)[23] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| Japan (RIAJ)[24] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[25] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[26] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[27] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone |
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| Preceded by Skybound by Tom Baxter |
Irish Album Chart number-one album February 7, 2008 – February 14, 2008 |
Succeeded by Back to Black by Amy Winehouse |
| Preceded by Spirit by Leona Lewis |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album February 11, 2008 – March 17, 2008 March 24, 2008 – March 31, 2008 |
Succeeded by Breed Obsession by Gyroscope |
| New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart number-one album February 11, 2008 – March 3, 2008 |
Succeeded by Back to Black by Amy Winehouse |
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| Preceded by 19 by Adele |
UK Albums Chart number-one album February 11, 2008 – February 24, 2008 |
Succeeded by Join with Us by The Feeling |
| Preceded by As I Am by Alicia Keys |
Billboard 200 number-one album February 17, 2008 – March 8, 2008 |
Succeeded by Discipline by Janet Jackson |
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