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Integrity Blues by Jimmy Eat World
Integrity Blues is an album by Jimmy Eat World, released in 2016. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sure and Certain”, on 14 lists with a best position of #24.
Integrity Blues, Jimmy Eat World's ninth album, came out on October 21, 2016, through RCA and Exotic Location Recordings, and it's the sound of the Mesa, Arizona, band coming back from time away with fresh ears. After the tour for Damage they took a break, then regrouped to write with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen and started recording in late 2015 at Sunset Sound, Chez JMJ and Unit 2.
Meldal-Johnsen wraps the songs in widescreen gloss, all shimmering guitars and atmosphere, so the emo heart beats under something closer to Silversun Pickups or latter-day Death Cab for Cutie, the comparisons critics kept reaching for. Jim Adkins, Tom Linton, Rick Burch and Zach Lind hold the line. "Sure and Certain" led the way in August and "Get Right" followed early in 2017. Critics singled out the lyrics and the production, it reached 17 on the Billboard 200, and Alternative Press ranked it among the year's best.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Integrity Blues on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sure and Certain | 14 | #24 | – | 2016–2017 | |
| 2 | Get Right | 1 | #56 | – | 2016 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.