Stay on My Side Tonight explained

Stay on My Side Tonight
Type:EP
Artist:Jimmy Eat World
Cover:JimmyEatWorldStayOnMySideTonight.jpg
Alt:A closeup of a woman's lap sitting by a pool
Released:October 4, 2005
Recorded:2005
Studio:Ocean Studios, with additional Recording at Unit 2 in Tempe, Arizona (first three tracks)
Label:Interscope
Producer:Jimmy Eat World and Mark Trombino
Prev Title:Futures
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Chase This Light
Next Year:2007

Stay on My Side Tonight is a five-track EP released by American rock band Jimmy Eat World through downloads on September 13, 2005 and physically released on October 4, 2005. It consists of three unreleased songs, a cover of the Heatmiser song "Half Right", and a remix of the Futures track "Drugs or Me". The title of the album is taken from a line in the song "Disintegration", the EP's opening track.

Reception

Stay on My Side Tonight received a positive review from Tim Sendra of AllMusic, who praised the three outtakes as possibly better than Futures and with "more life and power than one might expect", but calling the other tracks "interesting but not vital". IGN's Chris Carle rated the release a 6.5 out of 10, with reverse preferences: he wrote that the remix is the best song on the EP and the first three tracks "glide by forgettably, awash in a sea of jangly, same-sounding guitar riffs".

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Eat World, except where noted.

  1. "Disintegration" – 7:44
  2. "Over" – 3:46
  3. "Closer" – 5:51
  4. "Half Right" (Heatmiser cover, written by Neil Gust and Elliott Smith) – 4:43
  5. "Drugs or Me" (Styrofoam remix) – 5:15

Personnel

Jimmy Eat World

Other personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 21 November 2005. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051220-0000/issue821.pdf. dead. 2005-12-19. Australian Web Archive. December 20, 2005. 821. PDF. April 17, 2015.