Jed is the second studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, released on February 22, 1989 by Metal Blade Records. It was the band's first album in which John Rzeznik sang vocals for some of the tracks; the majority of the songs are sung by Robby Takac, with Rzeznik taking over for two ("Up Yours" and "James Dean"). The album was named after painter Jed Jackson, who was Robby Takac's art teacher at Medaille College and who painted the cover artwork, which is entitled "Arkansas Sunset".[4]
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Released | February 22, 1989 | |||
Studio | Trackmaster Audio, Buffalo, New York | |||
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Length | 34:16 | |||
Label | Metal Blade | |||
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Track listing
editAll tracks are written by the Goo Goo Dolls, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Out of Sight" | 2:10 | |
2. | "Up Yours" | 1:37 | |
3. | "No Way Out" | 2:39 | |
4. | "7th of Last Month (Or Iggy The Cat Gets A Bath)" | 3:08 | |
5. | "Love Dolls" | 2:07 | |
6. | "Sex Maggot" | 1:56 | |
7. | "Down on the Corner" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) | John Fogerty | 3:24 |
8. | "Had Enough" | 2:48 | |
9. | "Road to Salinas" | 2:39 | |
10. | "Em Elbmuh" | 1:01 | |
11. | "Misfortune" | 1:59 | |
12. | "Artie" | 2:43 | |
13. | "Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones cover) | 2:14 | |
14. | "James Dean" | 3:51 |
Personnel
edit- Robby Takac - lead vocals, bass guitar
- Johnny Rzeznik - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Up Yours" and "James Dean"
- George Tutuska - drums
- Additional personnel
- Lance Diamond - lead vocals on "Down on the Corner"[2]
- Armand John Petri - production
References
edit- ^ "GOO GOO DOLLS: GUTTERFLOWER". PopMatters. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
The fact of the matter is that John Rzeznik is as good a rock songwriter as they come. He seems to have gone from penning raucous, jaunty punk tunes on early albums such as Jed and Hold Me Up...
- ^ a b Miers, Jeff (October 12, 2018). "Timeline: Goo Goo Dolls, through the years". Buffalo News. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ^ Frey, Michael. "Jed - Review". Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ^ "ART: Jed Jackson returns for exhibit". The Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. 2009-03-12. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2009-04-24.