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вЂњMixtapeвЂќД¬ritic Andrew Unterberger recently asked whether The Human LeagueвЂ™s Dare was the only example of a classic album that backloaded its three best songs at the very end. вЂњCloserвЂќ is virtually the exact midpoint between the bittersweet вЂњThe World You LoveвЂќ and the sourball skate-punk of вЂњPain,вЂќ a rare instance of Jimmy Eat World stretching out for groove and texture rather than a preconceived notion of вЂњepic.вЂќ You can believe Apple Music - Clarity and Bleed American are their truly essential works for casual listeners, but attach вЂњCloserвЂќ to Futures andвЂ¦ well, itвЂ™s a lot closer. ItвЂ™s not even that вЂњCloserвЂќ is simply better than, say, the monumentally hokey PSA вЂњDrugs Or MeвЂќ or misguided horniness on main (вЂњNight DriveвЂќ), it challenges the assumption that these wouldnвЂ™t have fit on Futures.

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Despite Jimmy Eat WorldвЂ™s intention to present Stay On My Side Tonight as a discrete entity, it canвЂ™t help but be seen as kind of a patch to Futures - all but the most diehard listeners can instantly think of at least two tracks theyвЂ™d swap out to find room for SOMSTвЂ™s originals. But Stay On My Side Tonight stands as their only official collection of non-album originals (along with a Heatmiser cover and an inessential вЂњDrugs Or MeвЂќ remix), a way of honoring the choicest cuts from the Futures writing sessions that couldnвЂ™t find a proper place on their first album subject to legitimate commercial expectations. ThereвЂ™s no real shadow history of Jimmy Eat WorldвЂ™s non-album tracks вЂ“ most of them end up as B-sides or bonus cuts on deluxe reissues. You canвЂ™t not still feel the butterflies.

But whether youвЂ™re a hardcore fan looking to quibble with the rankings, a вЂњ Clarity-through- Futures onlyвЂќ essentialist or someone who really hasnвЂ™t heard a Jimmy Eat World song besides вЂњThe Middle,вЂќ trust that it was hard to limit this list to only 30 songs. Try to think of how many major-label bands have been as consistent and consistently rewarding as Jimmy Eat World over the past three decades - Radiohead and Deftones come to mind and thatвЂ™s really about it, but I donвЂ™t think their public reputation will ever be reduced to a single song, like, вЂњCreepвЂќ or вЂњChange (In the House of Flies)вЂќ (donвЂ™t worry, вЂњThe MiddleвЂќ is on this list). This quality has remained in Jimmy Eat WorldвЂ™s music as theyвЂ™ve held nearly every conceivable status in the 25 years since 1996вЂ™s Static Prevails became arguably the first major-label emo album ever released - theyвЂ™ve been wildly underappreciated and utterly inescapable, critically scorned and later canonized (often with the same album), beset by a slow, steady drift into mid-life crises, lumped onto tours with alt-rock has-beens and then rejuvenated as elder statesmen of an entire genre. The Phoenix Sessions provided hardcore Jimmy Eat World fans an enhanced version of the way theyвЂ™ve likely experienced Futures and Clarity for years - headphones on, in isolation, to paraphrase вЂњA Praise Chorus,вЂќ feeling like a part of it was yours and yours alone. Having seen the 10-year anniversary performance of Futures in 2014, I can say that there was no added value in watching Jimmy Eat World run through вЂњDrugs Or MeвЂќ packed shoulder-to-sweaty shoulder with someone who might be waiting an hour just to hear вЂњThe MiddleвЂќ during the encore. Most are, because theyвЂ™re attempts to recreate the sounds and sights of a club gig without the social camaraderie which negates pretty much the entire point.Д¬onversely, the Phoenix Sessions recast entire albums as a new audio-visual experience, one that was exponentially enhanced by the quality of your television or computer. I admit IвЂ™m a little biased since Clarity is my favorite album of all time, but IвЂ™d submit the Phoenix Sessions as damning evidence against the claim of my Indiecast co-host that livestreams are inherently dull.

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This past Friday, Jimmy Eat World aired the third and final вЂњPhoenix SessionвЂќ - a series of exquisitely shot and recorded live performances of their most recent LP (2019вЂ™s Surviving), their second best-selling album (2004вЂ™s Futures) and Clarity, their 1999 masterpiece whose original commercial performance got them dropped by Capitol.

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