Clarity (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Clarity
Type = Album
Artist = Jimmy Eat World


Released = February 23, 1999
Recorded = ?
Genre = Alternative rock, Emo
Length = 64:08
Label = Capitol
Producer =Mark Trombino, Jimmy Eat World
Reviews =
*Allmusic:Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7hd7yl51xp9b~T1 link]
Last album ="Jimmy Eat World"
(1998)
This album ="Clarity"
(1999)
Next album ="Bleed American"
(2001)
Misc = Singles
Name = Clarity
Type = Studio
single 1 = Lucky Denver Mint
single 1 date = 1999
single 2 = Blister
single 2 date = 1999

"Clarity" is the third album by Jimmy Eat World. Starting with this album Jim Adkins began to sing most of the songs on this and subsequent Jimmy Eat World records, as opposed to Tom Linton. As with their previous release, "Static Prevails", this album was produced by both Mark Trombino and Jimmy Eat World themselves. It, along with "Static Prevails", was re-released in 2007 in remastered form with bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Eat World

# "Table for Glasses" – 4:20
# "Lucky Denver Mint" – 3:49
# "Your New Aesthetic" – 2:40
# "Believe in What You Want" – 3:08
# "A Sunday" – 4:31
# "Crush" – 3:11
# "12.23.95" – 3:42
# "Ten" – 3:48
# "Just Watch the Fireworks" – 7:02
# "For Me This Is Heaven" – 4:04
# "Blister" – 3:29
# "Clarity" – 4:02
# "Goodbye Sky Harbor" – 16:11
# "What I Would Say To You Now" (Japanese bonus track) - 2:34
# "Christmas Card" (Japanese/re-release bonus track) - 2:48
# "Sweetness" (studio demo) (re-release bonus track) - 3:39

In Media

*"Lucky Denver Mint" is featured on the soundtrack of "Never Been Kissed."
*The Something Corporate song Konstantine references "For Me This Is Heaven" with the lyric, "It's to Jimmy Eat World and those nights in my car, where the first star you see may not be a star, I'm not your star."
*The song "Goodbye Sky Harbor" is written based on the John Irving novel, "A Prayer for Owen Meany."

Personnel

*Jim Adkins - Vocals, guitar, farfisa (on "Your New Aesthetic" and "Goodbye Sky Harbor"), bass guitar (on "12.23.95"), Casiotone keyboard, piano (on "Ten" and "For Me This Is Heaven"), Hammond B3 organ, percussion (on "For Me This Is Heaven" and "Clarity"), string arrangement, art direction
*Rick Burch - Bassist
*Zach Lind - Drums, vibes, bells, chimes, programming (on "12.23.95"), percussion (on "Just Watch the Fireworks")
*Suzie Katayama - String arrangement, cello (on "Table for Glasses", "A Sunday" and "Just Watch the Fireworks")
*Tom Linton - Guitar, vocals, piano (on "Just Watch the Fireworks")
*Mark Trombino - Production, engineering, mixing, string arrangement, programming (on "Lucky Denver Mint", "12.23.95" and "Goodbye Sky Harbor"), farfisa (on "12.23.95"), minimoog, percussion sequencing, percussion (on "Goodbye Sky Harbor")
*Joel Derouin - Violin (on "A Sunday" and "Just Watch the Fireworks")
*Nick Raskulinecz - Engineering assistant
*Ron Rivera - Engineering assistant
*Justin Smith - Engineering assistant
*Dean Fisher - Engineering assistant
*Brian Gardner - Mastering
*Paul Drake - Photography
*Chrissy Piper - Photography
*J. Gnewikow - Photography