Sleep Through The Static - Jack Johnson
The Hawaiin island of Oahu is a breathtaking muse for Jack Johnson. The singer, songwriter, surfer, activist and father was born on the North Shore of the island and continues to reside there with his family. Within the past ten years Jack Johnson has become an incredibly successful musician throughout the world.
Sleep Through the Static is Jack Johnson’s fourth studio album, and released in the U.S. on February 2008. It’s warm and full of love.
Johnson recorded the album using nothing but solar power. This is somehow fitting for a singer-songwriter, surfer, and filmmaker who spends most of his days floating in the ocean under Hawaii’s open skies. The forces of nature certainly seem to have found their way into the mellow grooves of standout tracks like “What You Thought You Need,” “Adrift,” and “Go On,” songs so lovely and effortless that you can almost hear the melodies coming to Johnson on a warm breeze that rustles through the coconut trees. Sleep Through the Static documents his best work to date, even better than the Curious George soundtrack. The sedate singer transforms the acoustic campfire strums of the past into sublime, soulful ruminations on his wife, kids, and the state of the world. He even manages to conjure up some real anger on the title track, which is hardly diminished by its lavish grooves and glistening harmonies.
“I liked not looking at the music on a computer screen—just hearing it,” said Johnson. “If it had a good feel, you moved on, living with your little mistakes. Those little mistakes become part of the character of the song. “ So enjoy it~
1. All At Once 3:38
2. Sleep Through The Static 3:43
3. Hope 3:42
4. Angel 2:02
5. Enemy 3:48
6. If I Had Eyes 3:59
7. Same Girl 2:10
8. What You Thought You Need 5:27
9. Adrift 3:56
10. Go On 4:35
11. They Do, They Don’t 4:10
12. While We Wait 1:26
13. Monsoon 4:17
14. Losing Keys 4.28
ps: 「 Sleep Through The Static 」by Jack Johnson