Tuesday Music: Jack Johnson Is Back

On And On, Jack Johnson's second album, was not a bad one. On the whole, though, the songs were shorter and more compact than on his debut, Brushfire Fairytales, and that to me was not necessarily a good thing. I loved Brushfire, so to me, an album that maintains the same feel and sound as that one and yet still progresses musically is going to be a fine achievement. In Between Dreams is such an achievement.

The songs are longer; the lyrics have the usual depth and rhythm that you'd expect from Johnson. The melodies are instantly catchy and infectious, and it seems there's no shortage of single material here. This will be a great album to pop in as the weather gets warmer; it just seems like the perfect CD to listen to while cruising with the windows down. I dig it, in other words. Give it a look-see at the link on his site.