Stay on My Side Tonight is a five-track EP released by American rock band Jimmy Eat World through downloads on September 13, 2005 and physically released on October 4, 2005. It consists of three unreleased songs, a cover of the Heatmiser song "Half Right", and a remix of the Futures track "Drugs or Me". The title of the album is taken from a line in the song "Disintegration", the EP's opening track.
Reception
Stay on My Side Tonight received a positive review from Tim Sendra of AllMusic, who praised the three outtakes as possibly better than Futures and with "more life and power than one might expect", but calling the other tracks "interesting but not vital". IGN's Chris Carle rated the release a 6.5 out of 10, with reverse preferences: he wrote that the remix is the best song on the EP and the first three tracks "glide by forgettably, awash in a sea of jangly, same-sounding guitar riffs".
Track listing All songs written by Jimmy Eat World, except where noted.
"Disintegration" – 7:44 "Over" – 3:46 "Closer" – 5:51 "Half Right" (Heatmiser cover, written by Elliott Smith) – 4:43 "Drugs or Me" (Styrofoam remix) – 5:15
Personnel Jimmy Eat World Jim Adkins – lead vocals; lead guitar; engineering on "Disintegration", "Over", "Closer", and "Half Right"; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout Rick Burch – bass guitar; backing vocals; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout Zach Lind – drums; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout Tom Linton – rhythm guitar; backing vocals; production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; layout
Other personnel Jason Cupp – assistant engineering on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer" Chris Fudurich – mixing on "Disintegration", "Over", "Closer", and "Half Right" Tony Hajjar – percussion on "Disintegration" Dan Monick – photography Mark Trombino – engineering and production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; percussion on "Disintegration" Roger Seibel – mastering Styrofoam – remixing on "Drugs or Me" Liam Ward – layout
Charts +Chart performance for Stay on My Side Tonight Chart (2005) Peakposition Australia (ARIA) 74
References
External links
Stay on My Side Tonight at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)