Sleep Through the Static

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Sleep Through the Static
Studio album by Jack Johnson
Released	February 1, 2008 February 2, 2008 February 4, 2008 February 5, 2008
Genre	Acoustic rock Pop rock
Label	Brushfire Records, Universal Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Digital Spy link Entertainment Weekly B+ link Patrol Magazine (5.1/10) link
Jack Johnson chronology
Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George (2006) Sleep Softly Through the Static (2008)

Sleep Through the Static is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, released in the U.S. on February 5, 2008. The effort was announced on Johnson's personal website as renovation began for the release of the album. It was recorded at L.A.'s Solar Powered Plastic Plant, which makes it Johnson's first album not made in Hawaii.

This more political album was played live for the first time at the BBC in December for a select number of fans. It has been reviewed by music critics around the world to mostly unenthusiastic reception. The album received mixed reviews from critics.

The first single, "If I Had Eyes", was released via Johnson's MySpace page on December 17, 2007.

The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 375,000 copies in its first week, including 139,000 digital downloads. This was a record high for weekly digital album sales.^[1] It also debuted at number one on the Worldwide chart with sales of 577,000.

Sleep Through the Static remained at number one on the Billboard 200 in its second week of release, by which time it had sold over 180,000 copies,^[2] as well as its third week, in which it sold 105,000 copies.^[3] It fell from the number one spot in its fourth week, in which it placed third with about 92,000 copies sold.^[4]

The album has sold 1,166,947 copies as of May 26th.

[edit] Track listing

(Composer in parenthesis)

1. "All at Once" (Jack Johnson) - 3:38
2. "Sleep Through the Static" (Jack Johnson) - 3:43
3. "Hope" (Jack Johnson & Zach Rogue) - 3:42
4. "Angel" (Jack Johnson) - 2:02
5. "Enemy" (Jack Johnson) - 3:48
6. "If I Had Eyes" (Jack Johnson) - 3:59
7. "Same Girl" (Jack Johnson) - 2:10
8. "What You Thought You Need" (Jack Johnson) - 5:27
9. "Adrift" (Jack Johnson) - 3:56
10. "Go On " (Jack Johnson) - 4:35
11. "They Do, They Don't" (Jack Johnson) - 4:10
12. "While We Wait" (Jack Johnson) - 1:26
13. "Monsoon" (Jack Johnson & Merlo Podlewski) - 4:17
14. "Losing Keys" (Jack Johnson) - 4:28

[edit] Chart performance

(2008) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[5] 1 Belgium Albums Chart[5] 50 Brazilian Albums Chart[6] 5 Canada Albums Chart [7] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[5] 4 Greek Albums Chart[8] 9 Irish Albums Chart[5] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart[5] 1 Norwegian Albums Chart[5] 17 Spanish Albums Chart PROMUSICAE 14 Swedish Albums Chart[5] 13 UK Albums Chart[5] 1 U.S. Billboard 200[5] 1 United World Chart[5] 1

Country Provider(s) Certification Sales/shipments Australia ARIA Platinum [9] 70,000+ U.K. BPI Gold [10] 167,000 U.S. RIAA Platinum [11] 1,032,000 Japan Oricon 54,469 United World Chart Media Traffic Platinum 2,392,950(+7,5%)[12]

[edit] References

Preceded by Skybound by Tom Baxter	Irish Album Chart number-one album February 7 - February 14, 2008	Succeeded by Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
Preceded by Spirit by Leona Lewis	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album February 11, 2008 - March 17, 2008 March 24, 2008 - March 31, 2008	Succeeded by Breed Obsession by Gyroscope
	New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart number-one album February 11, 2008 - March 3, 2008	Succeeded by Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
Preceded by 19 by Adele	UK Albums Chart number-one album February 11, 2008 - February 24, 2008	Succeeded by Join with Us by The Feeling
Preceded by Juno soundtrack	Billboard 200 number-one album February 23, 2008 - March 15, 2008	Succeeded by Discipline by Janet
Preceded by Kingdom by Kumi Koda	United World Chart number-one album February 23, 2008	Succeeded by Thriller 25 by Michael Jackson

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