Jet Black & Jealous

Jet Black & Jealous is the second studio album by American country music group Eli Young Band. It was released on September 16, 2008 by Universal South. The album's first single, "When It Rains", peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. A second single, "Always the Love Songs", was released to country radio in September 2008, and debuted at #60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, ultimately peaking at #11. Originally written by New Orleans-born songwriter Paul Sanchez, the song "Jet Black & Jealous" was re-written for the Eli Young Band by Scooter Carusoe.

Jet Black & Jealous
Studio album by
Eli Young Band
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2008 (2008-09-16)
GenreCountry
Length45:54
LabelUniversal South
Producer
  • Erik Herbst
  • Mike Wrucke
Eli Young Band chronology
Live at the Jolly Fox
(2006)		 Jet Black & Jealous
(2008)		 Life at Best
(2011)
Singles from Jet Black & Jealous
  1. "When It Rains"
    Released: October 22, 2007
  2. "Always the Love Songs"
    Released: September 29, 2008
  3. "Radio Waves"
    Released: June 29, 2009
  4. "Guinevere"
    Released: March 22, 2010

Content

"When It Rains" was the album's first single, spending more than thirty weeks on the charts and peaking at #34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. After it came "Always the Love Songs," which became the band's first Top 20 hit with a peak of #11. The album's third and fourth singles, "Radio Waves" and "Guinevere," peaked at #35 and #45, respectively.

Critical reception

Andrew Leahey of Allmusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that the "songs borrow from rock and pop without ever fully entering either camp."[1]

Juli Thanki of Engine 145 gave "Radio Waves" a "thumbs up," describing it as "one of the worst" songs on the album, but saying that it recalled the sound of the Gin Blossoms and was "far from unlistenable."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Always the Love Songs"George Ducas, David Lee Murphy3:42
2."When It Rains"James Young4:15
3."Radio Waves"Mike Eli, Blu Sanders3:57
4."Enough Is Enough"Eli, Young3:12
5."Famous"Keith Gattis3:35
6."Throw and Go"Eli, Young3:21
7."Guinevere"Scooter Carusoe, Eli, Young4:47
8."Get in the Car and Drive"Sanders3:41
9."Jet Black & Jealous"Carusoe, Paul Sanchez3:42
10."Mystery in the Making"Eli, Natalie Hemby, Young4:44
11."How Should I Know"Eli, Young3:15
12."Home"Kelly Archer, Eli, Justin Weaver3:43

Personnel

Eli Young Band

Additional Musicians

Charts

References
  1. Leahey, Andrew. "Jet Black & Jealous review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
  2. Thanki, Juli (June 9, 2009). "Eli Young Band — "Radio Waves"". Engine 145. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  3. "Eli Young Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. "Eli Young Band Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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