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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Crashin
2. Spinning
3. Swim
4. American Love
5. What Gets You Off
6. Suicide Blonde
7. Annie Use Your Telescope
8. Bloodshot
9. Drop Out - The So Unknown
10. Hammers And Strings (A Lullaby)
11. Resolution, The
12. Orphans
13. Caves
14. Miss California
DISC 2:
1. Choke, California
2. Making of The Glass Passenger
Album Notes
Jack's Mannequin: Andrew McMahon (vocals, accordion, kazoo, piano, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards, glockenspiel, hand claps, foot stamps); Bobby "Raw" Anderson (guitar, kazoo, background vocals); Jonathan Sullivan (talk box, bass instrument, upright bass, hand claps, foot stamps); Jay McMillan (drums, hand claps, foot stamps).
Personnel: Aaron Dixon (guitar); Jim Wirt (kazoo, background vocals); Carlos Sosa (saxophone); Fernando Castillo (trumpet); Raul Vallejo (trombone); The Grooveline Horns (horns); Patrick Warren (pump organ, chamberlin, keyboard, bells); CJ Eirksson (drums, tambourine, programming); Max Coane (percussion, programming); Chris Rezanson (programming); Stacy Clark, P.J. Smith (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge.
Arrangers: The Grooveline Horns; Patrick Warren.
On 2008's THE GLASS PASSENGER, his second album fronting Jack's Mannequin, singer/keyboardist Andrew McMahon presents a vibrant set of emo-pop tunes. The survivor of a rare form of leukemia, McMahon imbues every song on PASSSENGER with an appealing amount of seriousness, as evinced in the urgent "Bloodshot" and "The Resolution," a hope-filled tune directly informed by his illness.
Industry Reviews
4.5 stars out of 5 -- [I]ts lush instrumentation and fleshed-out arrangements realize his lofty goals....PASSENGER's music often feels like the soundtrack to a perfect California day.
3 stars out of 5 -- [M]atching hyperemotional melodies with his tender voice on dramatic tracks such as 'Swim'...
3.5 stars out of 5 -- THE GLASS PASSENGER is a candid portrait of survival that reunites McMahon with the piano rock of his old band Something Corporate....With plain-spoken songs like these, he's already made a more honest album than many of his emo peers.
Jack's Mannequin is the work of Andrew McMahon....This is the work of a consummate songwriter....It never wants for quality.
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