Jimmy Eat World
Chase This Light
Release Date: Oct 16, 2007
Genre(s): Rock, Pop, Alternative
Record label: Interscope
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Album Review: Chase This Light by Jimmy Eat World
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 4.0/5
Review Summary: The full realization of the band's pop rock sound that sounds cheerier and more celebratory than ever.The hardest part of writing reviews is starting. I like to start with an abstract idea that relates to the music and segue my way into more meticulous description. Formulaic? Maybe, but it has proven effective. Often times, my ideas for the starting of a review comes like a wave of realization whilst listening to the album, but when I listen to Jimmy Eat World’s Chase This Light, all I can do is bob my head and enjoy the music.
Based on rating 6/10
Jimmy Eat World were sitting on top of the emo pop world before the release of their last album, Futures. Its dark, inward-looking, and more mature-sounding songs didn't wreck their career, but the record didn't exactly further it. With Chase This Light, the band returns to the straightforward, hooky, and radio-friendly sound of Bleed American and lightens up some in the lyric department in hopes of recapturing its position in the marketplace.
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