Track Listing

1. All At Once
2. Sleep Through the Static
3. Hope
4. Angel
5. Enemy
6. If I Had Eyes
7. Same Girl
8. What You Thought You Needed
9. Adrift
10. Go On
11. They Do They Don't
12. While We Wait
13. Monsoon
14. Losing Keys

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-05
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Jack Johnson recorded his fourth 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. --Aidin Vaziri

About the Artist
Jack has released 3 solo records (Brushfire Fairytales, On & On and In Between Dreams), and contributed to a number of Soundtracks including Curious George, A Brokedown Melody, Thicker Than Water and September Sessions. These albums have sold over 15 million copies worldwide.

Sleep Through the Static was produced by JP Plunier, who was the producer of Jack's first album Brushfire Fairytales.

Jack's band consists of long time members Adam Topol (Drums) and Merlo Podlewski (Bass), and Zach Gill (Keys) who joined the band during the tour to support In Between Dreams.

Jack is also a filmmaker and made the surf films September Sessions and Thicker Than Water with The Malloys.

Jack will be on tour in 2008 to support the release of Sleep Through the Static. The tour will hit Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hawaii, United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Holland, Canada and the United States. Jack's first US show will be the Kokua Festival in Hawaii on Earth Day 2008.

The Album was recorded 100% on Solar Energy.

Amazon.com
My friends and I have just finished recording a new album called Sleep Through the Static. At this point in my life I weigh about 190 lbs and my ear hairs are getting longer. I also have a couple of kids. My wife popped them out, but I helped. Some of the songs on this album are about making babies. Some of the songs are about raising them. Some of the songs are about the world that these children will grow up in; a world of war and love, and hate, and time and space. Some of the songs are about saying goodbye to people I love and will miss.

We recorded the songs onto analog tape machines powered by the sun in Hawaii and Los Angeles. One day, JP Plunier walked into the studio and told us, "It has been 4 to 6 feet and glassy for long enough," and so we gave him a variety of wind and rain as well as sun and so on. And Robert Carranza helped to put it all in the right places.

After inviting Zach Gill to join Adam Topol, Merlo Podlewski, and myself on our last world tour, we decided to make him an official member of our gang. So our gang now has a piano player, which probably makes us much less intimidating, but Merlo, our bass player, is 6'3" so we are still confident.

All of these songs have been on my mind for a while and it is nice to share them. I am continually grateful to my wife who is typing this letter as I dictate it to her.

I hope you enjoy this album.

Mahalo for listening,

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson Photos

More from Jack Johnson

A Weekend At The Greek & Live In Japan

In Between Dreams

Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water

On And On

September Sessions

The September Sessions

Brushfire Fairytales

Customer Reviews

Sound clips do no Justice!
This album is not as rambunctious as some of Jack's other stuff. But I was getting a little tired of the predictable Jack Johnson. This album was what we needed to hear from Jack. This album has more melody, soothing riffs, and will stand the test of time. For acoustic guitar lovers this album won't let you down. I am listening to "What you thought you need" right now and it is sweeeeeet. The album has a much more personal feel to it, as though he's perfoming live.

Not his best work
I am a big Jack Johnson fan. Love his CDs and have seen him in concert, which was great. However, this cd was his weakest performance to date. Don't get me wrong, i still enjoyed it, but i just don't feel it keeps up with the quality of his other CDs.

Masterfully Quiet
This is one of those albums you listen to when no one else is around. It's late at night, you want something to calm you down right before you go to sleep... Let this album seep into your brain for an hour and slip into pure zen. This is such a beautifully written and soothing rhythmic album that it should not be missed. For as quiet as the album is, it never gets dull or boring. Every song is a well conceived idea full of emotion. This masterpiece should satisfy both fans of Jack Johnson and those looking for a well written work of art.