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Track Listings
| 1. Inaudible Melodies |
| 2. Middle Man |
| 3. Posters |
| 4. Sexy Plexi |
| 5. Flake |
| 6. Bubble Toes |
| 7. Fortunate Fool |
| 8. The News |
| 9. Drink The Water |
| 10. Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner) |
| 11. F-Stop Blues |
| 12. Losing Hope |
| 13. It's All Understood |
| 14. Flake (Live) |
| 15. Inaudible Melodies (Live) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Fans of Willy Porter, Ben Harper and G Love will all want to check out the engaging folk and blues-inflected pop of Jack Johnson's Brushfire Fairytales. Born in Oahu, Hawaii, Johnson--a former surfer and film-school graduate--has a knack for acoustic ballads whose calm surfaces hide a subtle but strong lyrical undertow. "It seems to me that 'maybe' pretty much always means 'no'," sings Johnson on "Flake", which features crony Harper on slide guitar. Production by JP Plunier (who also handles Harper's recordings) is simple and uncluttered: acoustic guitar and drum tracks share the foreground with Johnson's easygoing vocals, which evoke everyone from G Love (who recorded Johnson's "Rodeo Clowns" on his Philadelphonic) to Nick Drake to Willy Porter. And while Johnson may not have Porter's guitar chops, these songs have a relaxed beauty and understated depth that reward repeated listening. --Bill Forman
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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this album after buying 'In between dreams' Needless to say I was not dissapointed by this purchase. From start to finish, the album is amazing acoustic songs, and is lyrically speaking, fantastic. Johnsons style is very relaxed, and after a few songs you will find yourself immensley relaxed and immersed in the music. There are no real weak tracks on the album, but for me the highlights have gotta be Inaudable Melodies, Bubble toes, and posters.
I now own all 3 Jack Johnson albums, and urge you to do the same.
I now own all 3 Jack Johnson albums, and urge you to do the same.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm a longtime follower of Ben Harper's work... Jack Johnson is/will be opening for him this year in the states... so i checked for an album... got it from amazon.com a few days ago after hearing bits of his songs on the net... The album (mainly acoustic material guitar-vocal/bass/drums not so far sonically from Ben's first, same producer!) is very good and i don't want to recommend any particular tracks except maybe for 1 (inaudible melodies) & 5 (flakes with Ben on the slide!)... Jack's singing is very broad (again if you like Ben you won't be disappointed) and his lyrics are great (he wrote the song 'rodeo clowns' for G.Love & special sauce, it's on Philadelphonic)...
36 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i heard this album at a friends house, and fell in love with Jacks voice instantly. i got home and ordered it, and it is worth every penny! my brother even loves this cd, and has since taken it to his friends houses so that they too can share in this delight!
my favourite tracks on this cd are "flake" - i defy anyone who can listen and not smile or sing along. another favourite is "the news" with lyrics such as "why don't the news casters cry when they read about people who die? at least they'd be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes." this song actually forced me to stop my car and listen to Jacks smooth as cream voice. the live UK bonus tracks prove this mans talent, and popularity as you can hear the audience hanging off of every word that flows from his mouth.
Jack Johnson has obviously poured his heart into writing these songs, and it shows. not only are there some superb lyrics, but the simplicity of the music will calm you down, make you smile and wana dance. it's so refreshing to hear music of this standard. i can't wait for his next! i can't recommend this enough, go out and buy it. this is the soundtrack of your life...so order it today!
my favourite tracks on this cd are "flake" - i defy anyone who can listen and not smile or sing along. another favourite is "the news" with lyrics such as "why don't the news casters cry when they read about people who die? at least they'd be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes." this song actually forced me to stop my car and listen to Jacks smooth as cream voice. the live UK bonus tracks prove this mans talent, and popularity as you can hear the audience hanging off of every word that flows from his mouth.
Jack Johnson has obviously poured his heart into writing these songs, and it shows. not only are there some superb lyrics, but the simplicity of the music will calm you down, make you smile and wana dance. it's so refreshing to hear music of this standard. i can't wait for his next! i can't recommend this enough, go out and buy it. this is the soundtrack of your life...so order it today!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
superb
such an amazing CD - loving your work Jack. so many amazing mornings, all started off with this beauty. second to none. absolutely mind blowing.
Published 3 months ago by lawrenceslover
love it!
I'm a big fan of Jack Johnson and love this CD! Laid back music, great voice, good quality album. Really good stuff :)
Published 6 months ago by C. Kingsbury
great disc
I already had 2 disc by Jack johnson so when I saw this I was eager to buy it. I wasn't disappointed it was just as good as the others. Read more
Published 9 months ago by knick knack
Where's the lyric sheet?
I've walked into a few shops and heard some of his tracks, asked who was the artist and been told, so this is my first listen. Read more
Published 15 months ago by katrina_marina
Awesome artist's roots
I bought this album recently. I have all Jack Johnson's other albums but for some reason didn't buy his first album until last.
Anyway, this album is awesome. Read more
Anyway, this album is awesome. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Rusty
A really good listening experience
I was going to buy In Between Dreams but the Reviews changed my mind; I am very happy with Bushfire Fairytales and may even buy his latest too. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2009 by Bungie
Grows off you
I'm a big fan of acoustic-based singer/songwriter stuff, so I thought I might like Jack Johnson too. And at first I did. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2006 by A. Butterfield
So good.... it's a secret
I heard someone elses' review quoted on a television advert shown on CH4 last night.
All I can say is the record company has been pretty lazy not getting this man more... Read more
All I can say is the record company has been pretty lazy not getting this man more... Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2005 by Mr. A. Maclarty
uk is the best
great album, nice easy listening, however, th uk release is cheaper and has two live tracks that the "import" does'nt. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2005 by D. Davidson
A new listening experience
I bought this album on a whim and fell in love with it after a couple of listenings. It's down to earth music, with just a singer accompanied by guitar, bass and drums. Read more
Published on 30 July 2005 by Charles Deckers
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