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〕 power pop | Length = 51:05 | Label = Interscope | Producer = Mark Trombino, Jimmy Eat World | Last album = ''Clarity Live'' (2009) | This album = ''Invented'' (2010) | Next album = ''Damage'' (2013) | Misc = }} ''Invented'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Jimmy Eat World, released on September 28, 2010 through Interscope Records. Recorded primarily at the band's home-based studio, the album was co-produced by Mark Trombino, who had previously worked on the band's earlier material; ''Static Prevails'' (1996), ''Clarity'' (1999) and ''Bleed American'' (2001). The album was preceded by the single "My Best Theory", released on digital download on August 10, 2010. Released to favourable reviews, ''Invented'' sold 34,594 units in the United States during its opening week, and debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' Rock Albums chart and number eleven on the ''Billboard'' 200. Lyrically influenced by the photographic works of Cindy Sherman and Hannah Starkey, vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Jim Adkins states that each song is its own "closed narrative," remarking that, "the album title, ''Invented'', refers to a song which I feel sums up the mood here, but could also be taken more literally as this album is the deepest into character writing we have tried so far." ==Background & recording== Jimmy Eat World first announced that they were working on their follow up to ''Chase This Light'' in June 2008. At around this time, Adkins began "randomly looking at photographs by people like Cindy Sherman and trying to take ten-fifteen minutes and write down everything that came to mind about the image and the character. Later on in the day I would be working on my own songs, and some of the more interesting parts of those writing sessions started creeping in."〔 Adkins states that around 85-90% of the album's lyrics stem from this experiment, and that Sherman's ''Completely Untitled Film Still'' series, and Hannah Starkey’s ''Photographs 1997-2007'', were key influences.〔 Upon release, ''Invented'' included four individual pictures, designed to look like instant camera photographs, outwith the album's standard CD artwork. Whilst working on this new material, the band embarked upon a ten year "anniversary tour", celebrating the release of their third studio album, ''Clarity''. Vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins states that the tour did not have a direct influence on the forthcoming material but notes that "it was an overall confidence booster because it's kind of an amazing that ten years on people still like records we made in the '90s."〔 Whilst on tour, the band became reacquainted with ''Clarity''s producer Mark Trombino, and decided to work with him once again for their forthcoming album. Trombino also produced the band's second studio album, ''Static Prevails'' (1996), and their commercial breakthrough, ''Bleed American'' (2001). Jimmy Eat World subsequently began recording tracks at their home studio and rehearsal space, Unit 2 in Tempe, Arizona. After "taking () songs as far as () could,"〔 the band emailed them to Trombino, who was based in Los Angeles. Jim Adkins remarked, "() would do a mix of it and add production ideas and we would just kind of go back and forth like that. () is the wizard at computers, and the history that we have working with him we don't have with anybody else, so it made sense on the familiarity level and the ease of working level."〔 Although the band and Trombino spent little time together in the studio, Trombino joined Jimmy Eat World "a couple of times", with Adkins travelling to Los Angeles to join Trombino during the mixing process. Regarding the overall recording process, Adkins stated: "I could definitely see our approach being a standard working method in the future for a lot of people. It frees up a lot of our geographic restrictions for both the producer and the band; it's not just someone next door." Guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton wrote and sang lead vocals on "Action Needs an Audience", marking his first lead vocal appearance in eleven years. Adkins states that "the music for 'Action Needs an Audience' was sitting around for a long time. I was trying to write lyrics for it but wasn't happy with anything I was coming up with. Tom was always championing that song as something we needed to keep working on, so we all decided that he should take a crack at writing lyrics for it then. It's cool. I think it really works."〔 Singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews provided backing vocals for five of the album's tracks. Adkins, who met Andrews through mutual friends in Phoenix, Arizona, described her as "extremely talented", and stated that she is "very versatile; she can sing really high. () There’s a few spots on the record that I knew I wanted a female vocal. () She came down and cut those and it worked out so well. I put her to work on some other things that I thought might be interesting to get more voices in there."〔 Andrews subsequently joined the band on tour, with Adkins stating, "there's female vocals on most of our records, so it's nice to have that represented live. () It's nice having her around to cover the higher stuff that I don’t normally do live."〔 Upon release, guitarist and vocalist Jim Adkins stated: "Given what we know about making records and what we are technically are able to do, I think it's our best work so far. I have little complaints about it."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Invented (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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