Hollywood And Newport 1957-1958 - Jimmy Giuffre

Advantages: Lots of good songs
Disadvantages: One or two weak songs

...Here we are, with the second most latest release from Jimmy Eat World! Called, Bleed American, or if you have the more modern version then it is just called Jimmy Eat World. They changed the name of it after the September 11th attacks. Before we talk about the album, I will tell you a little bit about the band in case you are not familiar with them. So here it goes: Jimmy Eat World formed in 1994 with the following members: Jim Adkins (vocals/guitar) Zach Lind (drums) Tom Linton (guitar/vocals) Mitch Porter (bass) who later left the band and was replaced by Rick Burch, They started off doing Metallica covers in their early high school days, but later started to write their own music when they joined Capitol Records. They released their first album called 'Static Prevails' which really put them on the map for rock music... Read review

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Advantages: Great introduction to a songwriting genius
Disadvantages: Will not be to everybody's taste

...Jimmy Webb was, and to some degree still is an enigma. In the 60's when he was just starting to perfect his craft he created some of the most brilliantly constructed tunes around. The tradegy is that he is also one of the most overlooked songwriters of his generation. Jimmy wrote his first song ('Up, Up & Away') whilst still in college. Over the course of the next ten years he would be rubbing shoulders with the likes of The Beatles, Richard Harris and a whole host of other 60's icons. There is one story he tells about possibly his most famous composition, MacArthur Park, that gives some indication of just how important he was back in the day. The song, sung in unique style by the aforementioned Richard Harris (they went on to record two albums of music together), was a huge beast of a thing, full of unusual segments of different... Read review

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Advantages: Big hit singles
Disadvantages: A few average tracks

...This Greatest Hits Collection was released in 1997. Jimmy first hit the charts in 1984 and then 8 years later, he was back! In August 1992, he scored a huge number one hit with "Ain't No Doubt", which was taken from the album "Growing Up In Public". I'm not entirely sure about the title of that album. Of all the artistes that could be deemed to have had to suffer growing up in public, to my mind, Nail isn't one of them. However, what about "The Nail File"?! Clever title! The first track is "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and it's a great cover version. I've always loved this song. I like the original version and the Madonna version but Jimmy's is fantastic and it's nice to hear a man sing it. The second track is "Ain't No Doubt" which was Jimmy's big 1992 summer smash. It's quite amazing that he could have so... Read review

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