Jimmy Eat World BLEED AMERICAN Deluxe (Geffen/UMe) Out April 29

Jimmy Eat World BLEED AMERICAN Deluxe (Geffen/UMe) Out April 29

2-Disc Edition Features Rare Import Tracks, B-Sides, Previously Unreleased Live And Demo Tracks, Newly Recorded 'Your House 2007'

'[Jimmy Eat World] conjure that shock of near-bubblegum catchiness, airtight ensemble attack and bittersweet mingling of anguish and uplifting melody that many bands fake but few can pull off ... Jimmy Eat World have managed to be radical by just being sincere.' -Rolling Stone lead review of BLEED AMERICAN, Aug. 16, 2001

'Tuneful, retro alt-rock - Brilliant!' -BLENDER, BEST OF 2001

'An eclectic sonic feast (Album of the week)' -PEOPLE, August 6, 2001

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- For every artist paralyzed with fear and frustration as to how to "make it" in today's terrifying marketplace, the story behind Jimmy Eat World's BLEED AMERICAN provides both inspiration and a lesson in Perseverance 101.

Circa August 1999, things couldn't look much more dire for the Mesa, AZ foursome. Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind and Tom Linton had seen their two major label full lengths, STATIC PREVAILS and CLARITY, ignored by mainstream media, radio and their label Capitol Records, who had just unceremoniously dropped them.

However, this same turn of events that has broken the will -- and the bank -- of many a lesser artist found Jimmy Eat World celebrating its newfound independence with a self-promoted five-week tour of Europe. That their label had never released Jimmy Eat World material overseas was hardly an obstacle: the band began buying its own records from the label's distributor and shipping them to Europe independently. Within a year, Jimmy Eat World was playing Europe's biggest festivals as CLARITY hit the German charts, self-releasing and independently releasing compilations and EPs, doing Japanese licensing deals, and touring touring touring ... ultimately channeling everything back into the recording of BLEED AMERICAN.

Having recorded it on their own dime as a dedication to the fans that had kept them alive during the lean times, the members of Jimmy Eat World couldn't possibly have predicted that BLEED AMERICAN would become a platinum-plus, MTV VMA-nominated bona fide career breakthrough smash. Released in July 2001, in a world with no iTunes store, no MySpace, no Facebook, and charts still utterly dominated by the Britneys, N Syncs and Limp Bizkits, four down to earth guys from Arizona who'd just been dropped by a major label improbably rode this self-funded album to platinum status, their biggest tours to date and an appearance on Saturday Night Live.

For anyone looking to do the same, the path is simple: Just create songs as heartfelt, tuneful and instantly indelible as BLEED AMERICAN's title track, "The Middle," "Sweetness," "A Praise Chorus" or "The Authority Song," all of which remain staples of the band's live set to this day. And for those who crave something other than the perfect upbeat and optimistic pop anthem, the minor key whisper-to-a-scream "Get It Faster," the five and a half minute "Cautioners" and the somber "My Sundown" all stand as proof of Jimmy Eat World's daring and depth.

This 2-disc deluxe edition of BLEED AMERICAN not only restores the record's original title -- the band re-titled the record JIMMY EAT WORLD following the events of 9/11 and the subsequent deployment of U.S. troops to the Middle East -- but also provides further documentation of Jimmy Eat World's powerful and prolific output circa 2001-2002: obscure fan favorites "No Sensitivity," "Softer" and "(Splash) Turn Twist," the collectors item holiday single "Last Christmas"/"Firestarter," the band's cover of Guided By Voices' "Game of Pricks," and the piece de resistance, the never before heard "Your House 2007." The stunning reimagining of the BLEED AMERICAN track the band debuted on its 2007 stripped down semi-acoustic tour elicited an unexpectedly intense response from fans at the shows and later on message boards, moving the band to commit the arrangement to tape to honor its fans if nothing else ...

The 2-disc BLEED AMERICAN deluxe collects all this and more for the first time in one place, creating an essential and comprehensive document for any fan of Jimmy Eat World -- or any fan of what USA TODAY called "euphoric, uplifting, reassuring rock."

   DISC ONE: THE ORIGINAL ALBUM   1 BLEED AMERICAN   2 A PRAISE CHORUS   3 THE MIDDLE   4 YOUR HOUSE   5 SWEETNESS   6 HEAR YOU ME   7 IF YOU DON'T, DON'T   8 GET IT FASTER   9 CAUTIONERS   10 THE AUTHORITY SONG   11 MY SUNDOWN    BONUS TRACKS   12 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS   from the GOOD TO GO EP   13 NO SENSITIVITY   from the German "The Middle" single   14 (SPLASH) TURN TWIST   from THE MIDDLE (AND MORE) EP    DISC TWO: B-SIDES AND BONUS TRACKS   1 CAUTIONERS early version   from the GOOD TO GO EP   2 FIRESTARTER   b-side of the "Last Christmas" single   3 GET IT FASTER sessions @ aol version   previously unreleased   4 BLEED AMERICAN live   from THE MIDDLE/A PRAISE CHORUS TOUR EP   5 A PRAISE CHORUS live   from the GOOD TO GO EP   6 SOFTER live   from the GOOD TO GO EP   7 THE MIDDLE acoustic   from THE MIDDLE/A PRAISE CHORUS TOUR EP   8 IF YOU DON'T, DON'T XFM session   from the UK "The Middle" single   9 GAME OF PRICKS Radio 1 session   from the UK "The Middle" single   10 THE AUTHORITY SONG demo   from the German "Bleed American" single   11 MY SUNDOWN inner ear recording   from BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU WANT   12 SWEETNESS live   previously unreleased   13 LAST CHRISTMAS   limited edition single   14 MY SUNDOWN demo   from the German "Bleed American" single   15 SPANGLE   from THE GOOD TO GO EP   16 HEAR YOU ME inner ear recording   from BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU WANT   17 THE MIDDLE early demo   from the German "The Middle" single   18 YOUR HOUSE 2007   previously unreleased    http://www.ilovethatsong.com/   http://www.jimmyeatworld.com/  

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