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Futures
Studio album by Jimmy Eat World
Released	October 19, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Alternative rock, power pop, emo
Length	49:33
Label	Interscope
Producer	Gil Norton
Professional reviews
	AbsolutePunk (94%) link; Allmusic link; Punknews.org link; Rolling Stone link; Sputnikmusic link;
Jimmy Eat World chronology
Singles from Futures
	"Pain"; Released: September 2004; "Work"; Released: January 2005; "Futures"; Released: May 2005;

Futures is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World, released on October 19, 2004. Futures was led by the successful single "Pain" followed by the world-wide hit "Work" and the less successful "Futures" which did not receive as much airplay.

The album has sold 620,000 units in the United States making it Gold Status. The album's cover features actor, Ryan Alosio on the cover looking into a mysterious phone booth.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Eat World.

"Futures" – 3:58
"Just Tonight..." – 3:26
"Work" – 3:23
"Kill" – 3:48
"The World You Love" – 5:01
"Pain" – 3:01
"Drugs or Me" – 6:25
"Polaris" – 4:51
"Nothingwrong" – 3:09
"Night Drive" – 5:03
"23" – 7:23

[edit] Deluxe edition and bonus tracks

The CD was issued as a deluxe edition simultaneously to the conventional release, containing a bonus CD with the exact same track listing, but carrying demo versions of all songs from the album, recorded in Jimmy Eat World's home recording studio. In addition, there were several bonus tracks scattered among import and vinyl versions of the album:

Limited edition acetate pressing

"Jen" – 3:00 (All subsequent track numbers are increased)

US Vinyl Pressing

"Shame" – 5:40 (All subsequent track numbers are increased)

UK import

"Shame" – 5:40
"When I Want" – 2:59

The demo versions of these songs are also on the UK deluxe edition.

Japanese import

"Shame" – 5:40
"When I Want" – 2:50
"You" – 3:20

In addition to the 13 demos on the UK deluxe edition, disc 2 of the Japanese deluxe edition contains:

"You" (Demo) – 3:09
"The Concept" – 3:02
"Work" (Acoustic) – 3:21
"Sparkle" – 3:41

[edit] Singles

"Pain", released in September 2004
"Work", released in January 2005
"Futures", released in May 2005

[edit] Usage in other media

"Pain" is featured in the soundtrack of the video games Tony Hawk's Underground 2, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, and Karaoke Revolution Party.
"Just Tonight..." is featured in the soundtrack of the video game Burnout 3: Takedown.
"Nothingwrong" is featured in the soundtrack of the video game Gran Turismo 4.
"23", "Kill", "Work" and "Polaris" were featured in One Tree Hill.
"23" was also featured on the season finale of The Hills.
"Futures" was played in the movie First Descent and was also made available as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band.
"Pain" is to be covered by Japanese musician Kyosuke Himuro.
"Pain" was also featured in an episode of Smallville.

[edit] Personnel

Jim Adkins - Vocals, guitar
Rick Burch - Bass guitar
Zach Lind - Drums
Tom Linton - Guitar, vocals
Gil Norton - production
David Schiffman - Engineering
Rich Costey - Mixing, additional engineering
Jake Davies - Additional engineering, digital editing
Jason Grossman - Recording assistant
Steven Rhodes - Recording assistant
Claudius Mittendorfer - Mixing assistant
Dan Leffler - Engineering assistant
Ross Peterson - Engineering assistant
David Campbell - String arrangement (on Drugs Or Me)
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Christopher Wray-McCann - Front cover photography
Kevin Scanlon - Photography
Ben Allgood - Art direction
Liz Phair - Backing vocals on "Work"

[edit] External links

Band's official website