Sleep Through the Static

Infobox Album |
Name = Sleep Through the Static
Type = Studio
Artist = Jack Johnson


Released = flagicon|Germany February 1 2008
flagicon|Australia February 2 2008
flagicon|UK February 4 2008
flagicon|US February 5 2008
Genre = Acoustic rock
Pop rock
Label = Brushfire Records, Universal Records
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfrxz9hld0e link]
* "Digital Spy" Rating|2|5 [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a88438/jack-johnson-sleep-through-the-static.html link]
* Entertainment Weekly B+ [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20175236,00.html link]
*Patrol Magazine (5.1/10) [http://www.patrolmag.com/index.php?id=339 link]
Last album = "Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George" (2006)
This album = "Sleep Through the Static" (2008)
Next album =

"Sleep Through the Static" is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, released in the U.S. on February 5, 2008. The effort was announced on Johnson's personal website as renovation began for the release of the album. It was recorded at L.A.'s Solar Powered Plastic Plant, which makes it Johnson's first album not made in Hawaii.

This more political album was played live for the first time at the BBC in December for a select number of fans. It has been reviewed by music critics around the world to mostly unenthusiastic reception. The album received mixed reviews from critics.

The first single, "If I Had Eyes", was released via Johnson's MySpace page on December 17 2007.The second single from the album was Hope and was released on May and peaked at number #30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.

The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 375,000 copies in its first week, including 139,000 digital downloads. This was a record high for weekly digital album sales. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003710309 "Digital Sales Propel Johnson To Second No. 1"] , Billboard.com, February 13, 2008.] It also debuted at number one on the Worldwide chart with sales of 577,000. It held the record at iTunes for most digital downloads in a single day, until Coldplay's "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" set a new record.

"Sleep Through the Static" remained at number one on the Billboard 200 in its second week of release, by which time it had sold over 180,000 copies, [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003712744 "Johnson Remains No. 1; Winehouse, Hancock Soar"] , Billboard.com, February 20, 2008.] as well as its third week, in which it sold 105,000 copies. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003716062 "Johnson's 'Static' Prevails Again On Album Chart"] , Billboard.com, February 27, 2008.] It fell from the number one spot in its fourth week, in which it placed third with about 92,000 copies sold. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003719609 "Janet Dethrones Jack To Top Billboard 200"] , Billboard.com, March 5, 2008.]

Track listing

(Composer in parenthesis)
# "All at Once" (Jack Johnson) - 3:38
# "Sleep Through the Static" (Jack Johnson) - 3:43
# "Hope" (Jack Johnson & Zach Rogue) - 3:42
# "Angel" (Jack Johnson) - 2:02
# "Enemy" (Jack Johnson) - 3:48
# "If I Had Eyes" (Jack Johnson) - 3:59
# "Same Girl" (Jack Johnson) - 2:10
# "What You Thought You Need" (Jack Johnson) - 5:27
# "Adrift" (Jack Johnson) - 3:56
# "Go On " (Jack Johnson) - 4:35
# "They Do, They Don't" (Jack Johnson) - 4:10
# "While We Wait" (Jack Johnson) - 1:26
# "Monsoon" (Jack Johnson & Merlo Podlewski) - 4:17
# "Losing Keys" (Jack Johnson) - 4:28

Chart performance

References