Static Prevails

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. 

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

References

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