Sure and Certain was my gateway back in, after spinning Survivor a few times and wanting to see what else I'd missed over the years.
Integrity Blues def felt like they got another wind. I love their whole catalog but that's a special record imo!
When you’re running for 90 minutes at easy pace, you don’t really need the whole thing to be upbeat. Kind of nice to have some peaks and valleys, actually.
I have this thing where if people praise any one Jimmy record, I experience secondhand fomo for the others and want to express how good they also are. Want to shoutout how amazing Damage, Invented, and Surviving are, while we’re talking about Integrity Blues. This band just has a phenomenal discography all the way through.
It’s a GOAT discography for sure. Invented is the only one for that doesn’t connect as hard as the others. Time to revisit I guess
Gotta say I love the enthusiasm. Honestly, with it being my favorite Jimmy album, I nearly always listen to the whole album front to back. If I had to pick a favorite, though, it'd be "Through."
Three-way tie between You With Me, Sure and Certain (what an incredible single), and Through. Bet your ass I am throwing that on right now to finish out my work week.
I could pick every single song as a favorite as it changes on every single listen. That album is really a career highlight which is wild for a band that was 20+ years into their career during its making.