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Jack Johnson: From Here to Now to You

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Label: Brushfire Records
Released: 2013.09.17
Time:
 41:15
Category: Folk Rock
Producer(s): Mario Caldato, Jr.
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.jackjohnsonmusic.com
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Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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Songs[1] I Got You (J.Johnson) - 2:59
[2] Washing Dishes (J.Johnson) - 3:26
[3] Shot Reverse Shot (J.Johnson) - 3:10
[4] Never Fade (J.Johnson) - 4:02
[5] Tape Deck (J.Johnson) - 3:21
[6] Don't Believe a Thing I Say (J.Johnson) - 3:14
[7] As I Was Saying (J.Johnson) - 3:45
[8] You Remind Me of You (J.Johnson) - 2:24
[9] Radiate (J.Johnson/M.Podlewski/Z.Gill/A.Topol) - 4:15
[10] Ones and Zeros (J.Johnson/M.Podlewski/Z.Gill/A.Topol) - 4:27
[11] Change (J.Johnson) - 3:14
[12] Home (J.Johnson) - 3:01

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Jack Johnson - Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele, Dobro, Percussion
Adam Topol - Drums, Percussion
Merlo Podlewski - Bass, Piano, Vibes, Guitar
Zach Gill - Piano, Wurlitzer, Vibes, Glockenspiel, Accordion, Melodica, Vocals, Bass Kalimba
Ben Harper - Vocals, Weissenborn Slide Guitar on [11]

Mario Caldato, Jr. - Mixing, Producer
Robert Carranza - Engineer, Mixing
Bernie Grundman - Mastering
Kim Johnson - Cover Photo, Creative Director, Photography
Emmett Malloy - Back Cover Photo, Creative Director, Photography
George McFetridge - Art Direction, Design, Illustrations
Kizzy ONeal - Creative Director

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On his 2013 album From Here to Now to You, the surfing soft rock superstar Jack Johnson continues the subtle shift in his sound that began on his previous album, To the Sea. Like he did there, Johnson again spices up the sweet and sleepy acoustic ballads that are his claim to fortune and fame with some songs that have a little more bubbly, uptempo pop in their DNA. He and his able band put some surprising bounce in lighthearted rockers like "Shot Reverse Shot" and "Washing Dishes"; give his tale of playing in punk bands as a teen, "Tape Deck," a nice shaggy loping feel; and get almost funky on the jam band-friendly "Radiate." These tracks give the album a few nice jolts of energy, though jolt may be the wrong word. Maybe more like gentle nudges. Certainly not drastic enough to detract from the reliably mellow mood Johnson creates on the rest of the album as his quiet and peaceful tunes work like a shot of musical melatonin. Songs like the sweetly romantic "I Got You," the gently questioning "Don't Believe a Thing I Say," and the truly lovely ballad "Change" are like melodic cocktails guaranteed to give you a light and breezy buzz with no hangover the next day. When he gets a little melancholy, which he does a couple times, he does it in such a pleasant way that the slightly dark sentiments float by like stray clouds. Only one song lets down the side, the treacly and slightly odd ode to parenthood "You Remind Me of You," which equates children with clones and sounds way too silly compared to the rest of the record. This one stumble aside, From Here to Now to You is another impressive record from Johnson. The way he mixes sounds, styles, and moods on the album is, like it was on To the Sea, a nice step in the right direction; the songs are typically strong; and the whole thing goes down as easily as ice-cold soda pop on a hot summer day.

Tim Sendra - All MusiAmazon.comc Guide



2013 album from the best-selling singer/songwriter. On his last two studio albums, Jack Johnson pushed into darker territory and delved deeper into electric guitar work than ever before in his music career. Now, with his sixth studio album From Here To Now To You, the Hawaii-based artist reclaims his role as a maestro of surf Folk-Rock while expanding and strengthening his songwriting craft. Written entirely on acoustic guitar and brough to life with lush yet rustic instrumentation, From Here To Know To You finds Johnson refining his gift for storytelling that's both refreshingly down-to-earth and enlightening. Recorded in Hawaii at Johnson's own Mango Tree Studio, From Here To Now To You marks a reunion with Mario Caldato, Jr. (the producer of Johnson's biggest-selling release, 2005's In Between Dreams) and Ben Harper (the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who played slide guitar on Johnson's first-ever single "Flake").

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The last album from Jack Johnson, 2010's To the Sea, was a minor system shock, setting lyrics about his late father's life over stormy electric guitars. With help from former Beastie Boys producer Mario Caldato Jr., Johnson is back on sunnier acoustic ground here, exploring interesting open tunings on some of the crispest songs he's ever written. "Tape Deck" is a taut, buoyant reminiscence of playing Fugazi songs in a high school punk band (who knew?), and "I Got You" salutes his wife: "This weight is too much alone. . . . You take it on for me," he sings, then busts out an easygoing whistled refrain that radiates admirably hardearned chillness.

Jon Dolan - September 17, 2013
RollingStone.com



Jack Johnson is that guy that you play when you’re having a lazy chill out day, when the rain is pouring outside and you’re snuggled in your duvet; when you’re wondering lost around a city soaking in the atmosphere; or when you’re sitting with a loved one just quietly content in each others company. His music is for those special occasions, where it’s just you and the world, or you, the world and someone you’re close to. The title of his latest album sums this up completely: From Here to Now to You. It’s intimate, in the most basic sense of the word.

Opening song, and lead single, “I Got You” is a beautiful ode to a lover, and the sense of completion that comes from being in love. It’s a simple song, which is one of the reasons it works so well. The chorus is an unpretentious declaration of love: “I got you, i got everything, i’ve got you. I don’t need nothing, more than you. I got everything, i’ve got you”.

You can imagine that couples across the world have said those words, or at least words to that effect. It’s a basic love song, with a simple message, and a simple melody, but of course when these are all combined, and then sprinkled with the sultry voice of Jack Johnson and the sound of his guitar, you get a stunning opening song. It leaves you wanting to run to the one you love, or fall in love with the next person you see just because love really does seems so great.

This simplicity is seen again in one of the standout songs from the album: ‘‘Never Fade’’.  The song opens with the line, “It feels good to be the one, that you want”, and the rest of the song, is, as you might expect, another love song. Differing from “I Got You”, this song explores the beginning of a relationship, those first few meetings, and the moments you realise you want to be with this person. Its simplicity only enhances the song, and a guitar and one voice avoids the song sounding like a One Direction declaration of love for their teenage fans.

The album works very well if you’re in love with somebody; so in love that every cliche phrase in the book doesn’t make you nauseated. If you would happily have your partner say, “This is worth saving / because the sum of us is more than us”, as Jack Johnson swoons in “As I Was Saying”, then you’ll enjoy the album. For those who can’t quite stomach such an intense proclamation of how great it is to be in love with somebody, the album can be a little bit sickening. Not everyone wants to sit and listen to an album so dominated by love songs, regardless of how good they technically are.

The last song on the album, “Home”, is an example of this. It’s a great song, and it’s got a beautiful message, but the last line, “Home is wherever we are if there’s love here too”, explicitly shows how love infiltrates into so much of what Jack Johnson sings about. This wouldn’t be such a problem if the other songs on the album had some substance or depth behind them to balance it all out, but they don’t. “Tape Deck” is one of the catchiest songs on the album but its foot tapping sound doesn’t equate to lyrical brilliance. I could be wrong, but the trials and tribulations of some guys trying to create a band aren’t what people are desperate to hear Jack Johnson sing about.

Another problem with the album is that it’s horrendously predictable. There’s honestly nothing wrong with finding your niche and sticking to what you’re good at. Plus, experimenting with your style doesn’t always keep fans happy; one only has to look at Kanye West and some of his albums to see this. Jack Johnson knows his style and he’s firmly stuck to it, which is fine, because he’s good at it. At the same time though, it can get a little bit boring. By the end of the album the guitar melodies all blur into one, sounding exactly the same as the preceding song. When the relaxed nature of the guitar-infused songs has all gotten a little bit too much, “One’s And Zeroes” opening melody might as well be a slightly faster version of “You Remind Me Of You”, the song two before it. A little bit of variety would do this album the world of good.

It’s solid Jack Johnson, and if you’ve heard his first album, then From Here, To Now, To You won’t be anything exceptionally new, and that’s where the album really falls down. My advice would be to listen to select songs on the album, and not try and listen to it from beginning to end. There are some fantastic songs, and Jack Johnson is a superb lyricist (on the whole), and it would be a shame for people to miss out on his music because they’ve got bored by track 6, or because they’re not in love.

Francesca D'Arcy-Orga - 8 November 2013
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Along with a slew of U.S. festival appearances, Jack Johnson will be hitting the road across multiple continents in a tour that will stretch from March to September.

According to Rolling Stone, the singer-songwriter will play dozens of 2014 shows, including a large chunk of concerts during the warmer months of the year. In all, he'll play 25 North American shows, beginning March 20 at the Festival Cumbre Tajin in Veracruz, Mexico. Nearly two months later, Johnson will kick off a much more sizable string of sets with his appearance at Alabama's Hangout Music Festival May 18.

Currently, Johnson's tour is set to end with a two-night set (Aug. 31 & Sept. 1) at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, Calif. He'll also jump to Australia in April for its Byron Bay Bluesfest, and then to Europe in July for shows at Belgium's Rock Werchter and Spain's Bilbao BBK Live.

Johnson will be supported at select dates by a variety of musicians, including Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Amos Lee, Bahamas, ALO and Michael Kiwanuka.

The 38-year-old Hawaii native released "From Here to Now to You," his sixth studio album, last September. The album became his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 117,000 copies in its first week.

Kevin Rutherford - January 27, 2014
© 2015 Billboard.



From Here to Now to You is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. The album was released on September 17, 2013. The album's first single "I Got You" was released on June 10, 2013.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 117,000 copies in the United States. The album also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums chart and on the US Billboard Digital Albums chart, Top Rock Albums chart, Alternative Albums chart, and Folk Albums chart.

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