Surviving
by Jimmy Eat World
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Oct 18, 2019
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 3 out of 25
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  1. JameslemontRN
    Jan 8, 2020
    1
    I don't get it, As a long, long time fan of the band, I don't get how people can like this album, which ultimately feels like Adkins has secured enough stock to enable the rest of the band to stand back and do as they are told, now we have this album 'Surviving'. After years of disappointing followups 'invented' 'integrity Blues' we now have this to add to the disappointing followups sinceI don't get it, As a long, long time fan of the band, I don't get how people can like this album, which ultimately feels like Adkins has secured enough stock to enable the rest of the band to stand back and do as they are told, now we have this album 'Surviving'. After years of disappointing followups 'invented' 'integrity Blues' we now have this to add to the disappointing followups since 'chase this light' which only just managed to scratch a suitable follow up to 'futures'. Where do I start with this album? Its a model for the new fans, Not the old, its saying good bye to clarity, Bleed american and hello to a new formula which will risk alienating the existing fans but ultimately try to keep them relevant. I couldn't connect on any level to this album, its message, if there was one, was not there for me. I felt that the songs just drone on and there is no feel of a Rock edge, rather than it wants to be a low grade Coldplay album. I know the 'We love you die hard's' that frequent the bands insta page will hate to hear this but,,,,this album is terrible. That my friends is from a fan of the band. So if you are expecting a Jimmy Eat world Album that leaves you going...ooooooooo then do not buy or listen to this.,..hopefully the kids pocket money will fund an actual Jimmy eat world album in 4 years time.… Expand
  2. Jessep69
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    This album is nothing short of amazing.
    There is not a weak song on it, with some belter singles types.
    But my favourites are the 2 final songs Recommit and Congratulations.....neither of which would ever be release as singles, but each in their own simply brilliant songs! Jimmy Atkins has lost nothing of his brilliant song writing craft. This is a welcome return to first-to-last song    This album is nothing short of amazing.
    There is not a weak song on it, with some belter singles types.
    But my favourites are the 2 final songs Recommit and Congratulations.....neither of which would ever be release as singles, but each in their own simply brilliant songs!
    Jimmy Atkins has lost nothing of his brilliant song writing craft.
    This is a welcome return to first-to-last song album brilliance with no skip songs!    … Expand

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#76 Most Discussed Album of 2019

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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Pitchfork
    Oct 28, 2019
    69
    The album on the whole is a solid, self-aware addition to Jimmy Eat World’s catalog, and if the band’s modest strivers’ outlook has proved anything, it’s that there will be another. A band whose biggest song is against writing oneself off always has work to do.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Oct 22, 2019
    80
    A gloriously adrenalised return to form. [Dec 2019, p.106]
  3. Clash Music
    Oct 22, 2019
    80
    It succeeds in bringing a 90s aesthetic kicking and screaming in to the 21st century, shedding the nostalgia in favour of contemporary pop pomp, all delivered with Jim Adkins’ trademark optimism and heart-on-sleeve lyricism.
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