Invented by Jimmy Eat World

Invented, Jimmy Eat World's seventh studio album, came out on September 28, 2010, through DGC and Interscope, and it grew out of a homework assignment of sorts: after Chase This Light, Jim Adkins set himself the task of writing about photographs, and those snapshots became the raw material for the lyrics. The Mesa, Arizona, four-piece cut most of it in their own home studio with Mark Trombino co-producing, and the result is crisp, bright power pop with some grit left on it.

"My Best Theory" led the charge in August, all taut guitars and a big, punching hook, and it's the one rock radio's countdowns picked up. Elsewhere Courtney Marie Andrews and Rachel Haden add guest vocals, and reviewers heard echoes of everything from Foo Fighters to Rites of Spring. Critics liked the production and the playing, and "Coffee and Cigarettes" followed as a single that November.

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