| Brushfire Fairytales | ||||
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| Released | February 1, 2001[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 2000 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 45:53 | |||
| Label | Everloving, Columbia | |||
| Producer | JP Plunier | |||
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Brushfire Fairytales is the debut album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. It was released in 2001 through Enjoy Records, a label that was later renamed Everloving Recordings.[3]
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.[4] Guests include Tommy Jordan (steel drums on "Flake") and Ben Harper (slide guitar on "Flake").[5] The single "Flake" was Jack Johnson's first.[5]
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.[6]
- ^ "Jack Johnson | Brushfire Fairytales". Apple Music. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ Wilson, MacKenzie. Brushfire Fairytales at AllMusic
- ^ "Release 'Brushfire Fairytales' by "Jack Johnson" (cover art)". MusicBrainz. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ "Dave Collins (credits)". AllMusic. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ^ a b Orshoski, Wes (March 23, 2002). "Reviews & Previews; Rock: Jack Johnson "Flake" (4:38)". Billboard. p. 23. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ^ Bennun, David (February 2, 2021). "How Jack Johnson Burned A Path For Some Of The World's Worst Artists". Retrieved December 14, 2021.