Jack Johnson - On and On

I thought I was getting tired of Jack Johnson after listening to "Brushfire Fairytales" many times and noticing that his new album "In Between Dreams" didn't excite me much because it appeared to be just more of the same. Then my friend Jonathan gave me the On and On disc for Christmas and... it's sooo gooood...

I'm not sure if this disc is simply more original than "In Between Dreams" or whether I was just not in the right mood when I checked out the latter. But I just love playing these songs and jamming along on my electric guitar. Even though the chords and structure of the songs are really straightforward, there is something genuinely creative in these songs. I couldn't say exactly what it is. For one, I love the percussion on almost all the tracks. It's probably a main reason why I like Jack Johnson's stuff in general - I've always enjoyed good interesting rythms.

My current favourites off the disc are Taylor, Gone, Cookie Jar, and Rodeo Clowns. Examples of songs where I think the percussion is at it's best are Rodeo Clowns and The Horizon has been Defeated... sooo grooovy...

n e who - I doubt anyone reading this hasn't already listened to Jack Johnson, so recommending to check him out would be a waste of my typing (wait a second... how many words did I just type to say that?) - n e who... ;) I guess to put some true *value* into this post, I recommend completely disregarding the 3/5 star rating on allmusic.com. In my opinion this is a 4.5/5 star disc!