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The purpose of the blog is to analyze and comment on the various aspects of Films, Music, and Sports. Project Mayhem is the name of an organization in the film "Fight Club." The organization is formed to rid the world of cultural norms, or what is expected and wanted of a person to fit into a community. Through this blog, I hope that the analysis of these media produce a similar effect: ridding public opinions of stereotypes or predetermined conclusions regarding these media without proper evidence. So, please, add input, correct mistakes, give your ratings/opinions, and open your mind...

Friday, April 8, 2011

Week 12 Album Review: Jack Johnson-Into the Sea


I have been meaning to post about this for a while, but have stayed rather busy recently as of late. Jack Johnson's chill and relaxing music demeanor is often hard to come by in the music industry today, especially of that high quality. I honestly can put his entire discography on shuffle and listen to it for hours. Despite a lot of the songs having a similar sound, each song poses a new adventure that plays out within its 3-4 minute reel. Below is Jack's newest release, 2010's To the Sea:


Track Listing:
1. "You and Your Heart"
2. "To the Sea"
3. "No Good with Faces"
4. "At or With Me"
5. "When I Look Up"
6. "From the Clouds"
7. "My Little Girl"
8. "Turn Your Love"
9. "The Upsetter"
10. "Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology"
11. "Pictures of People Taking Pictures"
12. "Anything but the Truth"
13. "Only the Ocean"

So far, after about a month of solid playing, I have came to enjoy "At or With Me" a lot, with "Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology" and "Pictures of People Taking Pictures" being good hits as well. I have somewhat concluded that this album is a little more poppier/bluesier than previous, even though previous albums had hints of both of those genres themselves. Singles released from the album include: "You and Your Heart", "At or With Me", and "From the Clouds". To the Sea peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and has been certified Gold thus far after selling 243,000 copies in its first week.

I also had to post the "At or With Me" music video with this post, as it is one of my new favorites that features The Lonely Island frontman/SNL comedian Andy Samberg:



-Jarid Holliday

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