''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
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, 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".
'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
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Jim Adkins – lead vocals; lead guitar;
engineering
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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"
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Tony Hajjar – percussion on "Disintegration"
*Dan Monick – photography
*Mark Trombino – engineering and production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; percussion on "Disintegration"
*Roger Seibel –
mastering
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Styrofoam – remixing on "Drugs or Me"
*Liam Ward – layout
Charts
References
External links
''Stay on My Side Tonight''at
YouTube
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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2005 EPs
Albums produced by Mark Trombino
Interscope Records EPs
Jimmy Eat World EPs