Brushfire Fairytales

Brushfire Fairytales
Studio album by
Jack Johnson
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2001
RecordedDecember 2000
GenreFolk rock
Length45:53
LabelEverloving
ProducerJP Plunier
Jack Johnson chronology
Brushfire Fairytales
(2001)		 On and On
(2003)
Singles from Brushfire Fairytales
  1. "Flake"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Bubble Toes"
    Released: 2003
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Brushfire Fairytales is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. It was released in 2001 through Enjoy Records, a label that was later renamed Everloving Recordings.

The album's primary musicians are Johnson (vocals/guitars/piano), Adam Topol (drums/percussion) and Merlo Podlewski (bass). It was produced by J. P. Plunier, recorded and mixed by Todd Burke, with assistant engineers Andrew Alekel & Chad Essig. It was recorded near Hollywood and Vine just north of 6400 Sunset at 1520 N Cahuenga in Los Angeles at Grandmaster Recorders (formerly Bijou Studios in Hollywood), King Sound, and mastered by Dave Collins. Guests include Tommy Jordan (steel drums on "Flake") and Ben Harper (slide guitar on "Flake"). The single "Flake" was Jack Johnson's first.

In a retrospective review by The Quietus, reviewer David Bennun credits Brushfire Fairytales with helping to popularize a strain of "sensitive [and] authentic... indie-folk" that would later lead to artists such as Ed Sheeran, Passenger, and Mumford & Sons.

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Johnson.

  1. "Inaudible Melodies" – 3:35
  2. "Middle Man" – 3:14
  3. "Posters" – 3:13
  4. "Sexy Plexi" – 2:07
  5. "Flake" – 4:40
  6. "Bubble Toes" – 3:56
  7. "Fortunate Fool" – 3:48
  8. "The News" – 2:26
  9. "Drink the Water" – 3:21
  10. "Mudfootball" (for Moe Lerner) – 3:03
  11. "F-Stop Blues" – 3:10
  12. "Losing Hope" – 3:52
  13. "It's All Understood" – 5:28

Japan bonus track

  2. "Inaudible Melodies" (live) – 3:27

UK bonus tracks

  2. "Flake" (live) – 4:29
  3. "Inaudible Melodies" (live) – 3:27

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) 3× Platinum 210,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) 2× Platinum 200,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) 4× Platinum 60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 300,000‡
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  4. ↑ "Dave Collins (credits)". AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Orshoski, Wes (March 23, 2002). "Reviews & Previews; Rock: Jack Johnson "Flake" (4:38)". Billboard. p. 23. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
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