Surviving (album)

Surviving is the tenth studio album by American rock band Jimmy Eat World. The album was released on October 18, 2019, by Exotic Location Recordings and RCA Records.[5][6]

Surviving
Studio album by Jimmy Eat World
Released	October 18, 2019
Recorded	2019
Genre	Alternative rock[1] pop rock[2] emo[3] pop punk[4]
Length	36:29
Label	Exotic Location RCA Records
Producer	Justin Meldal-Johnsen Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World chronology
Integrity Blues (2016) Surviving (2019)
Singles from Surviving
"All the Way (Stay)" Released: September 23, 2019 "Love Never" Released: September 23, 2019 "555" Released: October 18, 2019 "Criminal Energy" Released: February 2020 "Diamond" Released: May 2020

Background

On May 4, 2018, Jimmy Eat World released a 7" vinyl single that consisted of new songs "Love Never" and "Half Heart", both of which were produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen. Between May and July, the group embarked on two US tours, which bookended a stint in Europe. Following this, they played a variety of festivals between July and October.[7]

Drummer Zach Lind said in May 2019 that the group's new album had been mixed and mastered.[8] He mentioned "Love Never" was remixed for inclusion on the album.[9]

Release

Between June and August, the group went on a co-headlining US tour with Third Eye Blind, with support from Ra Ra Riot.[10] On September 23, Surviving was announced for release the following month, and "All the Way (Stay) was made available for streaming. Surviving was released on October 18.[11] On the same day, a music video was released for "555".[12] Following this, the band played two release shows in the UK, before embarking on a US tour in November with support from Pronoun.[11] On January 29, NPR Music released a Tiny Desk Concert of the band performing "Love Never" and "All the Way (Stay)".[13] In August and September, the group were planning to go on a headlining US tour, with support from the Front Bottoms, Turnover and Joyce Manor.[14] However, it was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[16]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[17]
Clash	8/10[18]
Exclaim!	6/10[19]
NME	[20]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[21]

Surviving received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 78, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews.[16]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jimmy Eat World (Jim Adkins, Rick Burch, Zach Lind and Tom Linton).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Surviving"	3:04
2.	"Criminal Energy"	3:11
3.	"Delivery"	3:13
4.	"555"	3:41
5.	"One Mil"	3:07
6.	"All the Way (Stay)"	4:05
7.	"Diamond"	3:13
8.	"Love Never"	2:54
9.	"Recommit"	3:50
10.	"Congratulations"	6:11
11.	"Party Hard (Andrew W.K. cover) [Japanese bonus track]"	3:15
Total length:		39:44

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[22]	56
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[23]	72
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24]	44
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25]	13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	70
UK Albums (OCC)[27]	21
US Billboard 200[28]	90

References

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