Best Jimmy Eat World Album

[musicaddicttt]

Another best album poll? YOU BET!

The other night I popped in Bleed America and remembered how much I love that album.

So lets discuss! GO!

[oneletteraway]

I feel like Bleed American is the one that will withstand the test of time the best, and will be remembered. But Futures will always be my favorite, so that's where my vote went.

[SunnyInPhilly]

Over/under on how many times people correct "Chase the Lights"?

Between Chase This Light and Futures with CTL getting the edge.

[musicaddicttt]

Over/under on how many times people correct "Chase the Lights"?

Between Chase This Light and Futures with CTL getting the edge.

ha yeah my bad...i wrote this poll up kinda quickly

[notoaststereo]

futures for sure.

[The Raine]

Futures is my favorite, but I truly love every single song on each of these 5 albums. One of my favorite bands.

[seraph1214]

The most consistent band out there. That being said, Futures most definitely.

[11:11]

Futures, but I really do love all of them.

[ILOVEKING]

hear you me is amazing.

[Kiguel182]

Bleed American... one of the best rock albuns of all time

[falloutpanicboy]

Futures.

[josh8282]

Clarity, followed closely by Static Prevails.

[Neo Cassady]

Bleed American. Not Jimmy Eat World.

[Tristan Needler]

:jawdrop:

What's up with these results?

[Ron57]

The person that made this poll seems to have never even listened to the band.
Chase the Lights and "Jimmy Eat World"? Wtf?

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Bleed American

[musicaddicttt]

The person that made this poll seems to have never even listened to the band.
Chase the Lights and "Jimmy Eat World"? Wtf?

Yeah I explained that Chase This Light was a typo

and they changed the name of Bleed American to Jimmy Eat World after 9/11 sooo...i know something you don't know??

[Ryan Rumsey]

I wish I could pick and choose songs to put on one album. Then make it have the same production so it would sound the same.

[Brokenhill]

I haven't had much time with 'Clarity', and I was going to choose 'BA' at first because it's got more variety + is consistently good throughout...but I chose 'Clarity' because there's just something about it, it's overall sound, the cohesion, and timing of it.

[Hagysaurus Rex]

Bleed American.

That being said, I've never really spent quality time with Static Prevails much. I should remedy that soon....

[fadedmemories]

Bleed American, closely followed by Futures

[chrisamnesty]

:jawdrop:

What's up with these results?
seriously.

[jwicklun]

futures. one of the few albums where I like every song on a cd.

[HoldThatSound]

the west coast has been traumatized

[fanberlinboy]

Futures!

[vivatoto56]

Bleed American but I really enjoyed Chase This Light.

And, come on, with the spelling errors OP

[andyball2311]

Bleed American, but Futures is close

[alliegator16]

I love Bleed American.

[gr33ndayfr3ak]

Futures is near perfect, in my opinion.

[katyara]

Futures is amazing. '23' is one of my favorite songs.

[Smeee]

:jawdrop:

What's up with these results?

What do you think is wrong with them haha? I don't really see any big surprises here.

[Tristan Needler]

What do you think is wrong with them haha? I don't really see any big surprises here.
Clarity should be winning hands down. I also figured futures would be on top of Bleed American.

[HoldThatSound]

yeah for me it's clarity>futures>bleed american

i'm kinda tempted to put futures before clarity... it's close

and Kill is the best song ever

[Tristan Needler]

For me it's Clarity, probably Futures/Static Prevails (it's hard to place SP since it's so different, so I'll say it's a tie for second), Bleed American, then Chase This Light.

I still love Bleed American and Chase This Light though, to have those albums on the bottom of any list is a testament to how amazing this band is.

[Alison1488]

Futures wins, hands down for me. That is a perfect album, from start to finish. "23" was just...eye opening. Perfection. Love it.

[inthemidst]

Tough choice. My favorite of theirs is Futures.

[inthemidst]

Clarity should be winning hands down. I also figured futures would be on top of Bleed American.

I was surprised Clarity wasn't atop the list either, but it's also, to be honest and at risk of losing my cool scene points, not my favorite album of theirs. It's a really great album, but Futures is my favorite. Just a great album through and through. Of course, they have yet to release anything even remotely sub-par.

[fightinirish217]

First of all, I'm shocked by these results.

Best album? Clarity.

Futures is one of my all time favorite records though. I'm second guessing my choice actually. Futures is just too good IMO. JEW hasn't put out a bad record so there's also that...

[fearthesloths]

futures by a mile

[xapplexpiex]

Futures beats Clarity by a bit in my book.

[Kapa73]

chase this light was terrible. Bleed American is a classic

[Genuma]

the fuck is going on in here? clarity is in third?

[speakhandsforme]

1. Futures
2. Clarity
3. Bleed American
4. Chase This Light
5. Static Prevails

[Kurt Retenauer]

Bleed American > Futures > Clarity > Chase This Light > Static Prevails

[yourenotsam]

Futures for me.

[Pawan1993]

I have such a personal relationship with Futures. So it easily gets my vote.

[introduction]

clarity isn't winning? wtf? I voted for Futures, thinking it was the underdog here...

[S9Dallasoz]

Real tough between Bleed American & Futures.
I'll never get the obsession so many seem to have with Clarity (at least, with those who dismiss the rest of their catalog after it.)

[Jason_Merch]

I have to say, there's no such thing as a bad JEW album. But if I had to choose, I'd go with Futures, just over Bleed American. Then Clarity, Static Prevails, and lastly Chase This Light

[zachff]

Bleed American

[SethGrandpa]

This poll has happened before. Futures>Chase This Light>>>Clarity>>>Bleed America>>>>>>Static Prevails

[anamericangod]

Bleed American, but Futures is very close. Both are phenomenal records.

[kolby182]

Bleed American. Not Jimmy Eat World.

Thanks a lot Bin Laden

[dookiedog]

I personally love Futures, but you can't go wrong with Bleed American

[TerrancePryor]

Clarity

[nolifesingedher]

Clarity for sure but Futures and Bleed American are excellent as well.

[vegasbabyvegas]

Clarity is amazing but Bleed American is my definition of a perfect pop rock record. Sugary sweet.

[vegasbabyvegas]

Thanks a lot Bin Laden

Ha nice!

[GamEin]

Clarityyyyyyyy.

[DriftingNAndOut]

You people serious? I know pop is the rage on this site, but clarity is far and away the best.

[James Ford]

:jawdrop:

What's up with these results?

Same thing I thought. Anyone not going with Clarity has clearly never listened to it.

[seraph1214]

Same thing I thought. Anyone not going with Clarity has clearly never listened to it.

That logic is just stupid.

[James Ford]

That logic is just stupid.

Well, let's see; one having listened to Clarity would surely choose it over anything else, (imo of course.) Following that same reasoning, one choosing anything else over Clarity surely has not listened to it. Pretty basic stuff.

[fakeyellowlight]

These results make me question just who on earth is frequenting this website.

With that said, I love all of those albums.

And as a shout out I'd like to thank Jim Adkins for introducing me to Frightened Rabbit.

[flask]

Same thing I thought. Anyone not going with Clarity has clearly never listened to it.

People have different tastes in music you know. Its called an opinion.


That being said, I went with Futures.

[James Ford]

People have different tastes in music you know. Its called an opinion.


That being said, I went with Futures.

I understand & respect that, which is also why my very next post in this thread stated "imo, of course." My surprise at the results probably made my comment seem more douchey than was intended. Still, smart money says that anyone not considering Clarity a hands-down classic for the emo scene of the late 90s either discovered it too late or hasn't given it a proper chance. Again, imo.

[Brokenhill]

I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of those who did not vote for 'Clarity' haven't given it a fair chance (or listened to it at all). The average voter's age is probably like 15 of 16.

[CarlaKoala]

I love them all, but has to be Futures for me.

[x1onexwo1fx]

what the results should be: clarity>futures>bleed american>chase this light

what i think: futures>clarity=bleed american (deluxe edition)>chase this light

[x1onexwo1fx]

I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of those who did not vote for 'Clarity' haven't given it a fair chance (or listened to it at all). The average voter's age is probably like 15 of 16.

majority, possibly. two years ago, i would've definitely said clarity was their best (and i also thought futures was their worst). however, recently futures just sort of grew on me out of nowhere, and now i consider it the best. i can acknowledge clarity's historical significance, but i really think futures is where the band shined the most, even though none of their other albums are that far behind.

[SeanEBoy2686]

For me it's between S/T and Futures... both are amazing albums and today I went with Futures.

Clarity is also a great album, but I still don't feel it holds a match to the two mentioned above. It's a step below along with Chase This Light. Jimmy Eat World is one of my favorite bands ever, but I will never fall into the camp that thinks Clarity is their best.

[DriftingNAndOut]

Clarity, Static, Futures, BA, CTL.

[warp]

Why no love for Static Prevails? It's not their best by any means, but I love it.

I would go:

Clarity
Futures
Static
Chase this
Bleed

I like all of them, but I'd put Bleed last. It's not as consistently solid as the others imo. There are some great tracks, but I have to be in the mood to listen to Bleed American. The others I can listen to anytime.

[SteveD]

This was a tuff one. I went Futures.

[Joeypeapot777]

I can't believe that Clarity isn't winning. I love their entire discography though.

[SuchAPerson22]

I'm saying Futures.

OP, there are many problems with this poll.

Edit: I see that problem has already been discussed now...

[ThatColdPart]

Clarity is the best with Futures a close second.

[BozzBlonde]

Futures.

[dvdrbn]

They're all great; every single one of them. Each one is different and amazing on its own way. If I have to pick one it'll be Bleed American, because I grew up with that one

[sdisticsquirrel]

I'm shocked that Clarity isn't dominating this poll.
I voted for Futures, though, just because I seem to listen to that one more often than the others.
I got really tired of Bleed American because those songs were EVERYWHERE - movies, commercials, tv shows, award shows, the voices in my head, you know... everywhere... (I still love the album of course)

[MKEcasey]

I voted Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American) and was expecting to be in the minority. Honestly thought everyone was going to pick Clarity.

[JordanBuell]

my order
1) clarity
2) futures
3) bleed american
4) chase this light
5) static prevails

[Softer]

1. Clarity
2. Bleed American
3. Futures
4. Static Prevails
5. Chase this Light

[frenchatticus]

Bleed American, though I hear Clarity is quite the album from some of my favorite musicians.

[lulzaplooza]

futures

[snowboarderkid]

Bleed American

[Alligator Blood]

Futures. I love them all though, except Static Prevails.

[majinsharingan]

Bleed American, though I hear Clarity is quite the album from some of my favorite musicians.

It's one of those that everyone says is incredibly well written and everyone loves yet I've never thought it's that great. It has some really good songs but I think Futures, Bleed American, and maybe Chase This Light are better written than Clarity.

[mike'smannequin]

so close but bleed american... so amazing when they played it live

[DanPiazza]

Who voted Static Prevails?

[wecameaswaffles]

bleed american holds too many memories.

[Protested Hero]

Futures, baby.

[herbienay]

Chase this Light, then Clarity. Why did you even put Static Prevails on here?

[MyFriendsOver]

Not to beat a dead horse, but Chase the Lights brought a smile to my face.

I vote Bleed American!

[BornUnderPunches]

Clarity duh

[Kaleidoscope]

bleed american, but futures is such a close second. too close.

[Brokenhill]

Clarity duh [2]

[Alex Djaferis]

Clarity>Bleed American>Futures>the rest of their catalogue

[fran.182]

Not many bands constantly release great albums. Jimmy Eat World is one of those rarities. Since Clarity, they always deliver! Anyway, this is how I'd rank their full lenghts:

Invented > Futures > Bleed American > Chase This Light > Clarity > Static Prevails > Jimmy Eat World.

(2,000th post in the day I turned 18...:stickout:)

[KenneyBN]

Bleed American is one of the records that got me into music when i was really young. So I had to go with it.

[Mr.Piano93]

Chase the Lights?

Well.. my favorites are CTL and Futures, but I'm gonna have to go with Futures.

[Henry Ferreira]

Who ever wouldn't choose Bleed American? It's a classic!!