Bleed American

Bleed American is the fourth studio album by the American band Jimmy Eat World. The album was released on 18 July 2001. In addition, a deluxe edition was published in 2008. Like the previous albums, it was produced by Mark Trombino, who also produced the first album of the band Blink - 182 Dude Ranch. The cover was removed from the Memphis Photography of William Eggleston. The songs "The Middle " and " Sweetness " were released as singles.

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After the separation from Capitol Records in 1999 and a self-financed European tour, the band saved the money from record sales and part-time jobs in order to record the next album on their own costs. The musicians took a lot of time for the songwriting and met every artistic decision together. The lyrics of the album are partly autobiographical content. The basic idea of the respective pieces came mostly from Jim Adkins, who introduced them to the rest of the band. Together with producer Mark Trombino the songs were completed. For the title track during a sold-out show of the band in their hometown of Tempe ( Arizona) was recorded a music video.

The finished album was sent to various record labels. In addition, various radio stations received a promo single with three pieces. Therefore, the first songs were played on the radio already, even before a new record contract could be completed. Also because of this airplay DreamWorks Records signed the band under contract. The label launched an extensive marketing campaign. For a professional title track video was shot and DreamWorks sent promotion teams, which competed for the album in public. About the website of the band an exclusive pre-release single was distributed, which was sold out within days. In addition, a website has been switched specially for the sale of the album, on which an Enhanced CD was distributed, which, inter alia, contained a link to exclusive video footage on the hinge side.

The album was later renamed Jimmy Eat World because of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. The album sold in the U.S. alone so far more than 1.3 million times.

On 28 April 2008 a deluxe edition of the album with a bonus CD with several B-sides, acoustic versions, live versions, demos and previously unreleased tracks was released. The Deluxe Edition was given its original title Bleed American.

Title list

CD 2 of the Deluxe Edition

Use in other media

  • "Bleed American " was in the movie Van Wilder - Wilder as it gets! and in the video game Guitar Hero 5 used.
  • "The Middle " was in the movies Nix as Orange County, Life or Something Like and zoom and the video games Guitar Hero: World Tour and used Rock Band 2, as well as the outro of the series Malcolm in the Middle.
  • " Pain" was in the video game Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition uses.
  • " Sweetness " was used in the video game NHL 2003.
  • " Hear You Me" was in the movies Out Cold, The Butterfly Effect, and A Cinderella Story, and used in the American television series One Tree Hill.
  • "Get It Faster" was used in the documentary Riding in Vans with Boys.
  • "The Authority Song" was in the movies Party Animals - Wild as it gets! and Hot Chick - Crazy Chickens used.
  • "My Sundown " was used in the movie My first twenty million.
  • " ( Splash ) Turn Twist" is the soundtrack to the movie The Wedding Crashers.
  • "Last Christmas " is a cover of the band Wham!, And was used in the television series The OC.

Swell

  • Eric Aiese: Jimmy Eat World on DreamWorks rebounds. In: Billboard Magazine. No. July 2001, p 14
  • Bleed American at Allmusic (English)
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