"Coffee and Cigarettes" is the second single from

Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. They h ...

's seventh studio album, '' Invented''. The song was played on the radio on November 23, 2010. This is one of the five ''Invented'' tracks where singer-songwriter

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provides guest vocals.

Reception

Rock Sound ''Rock Sound'' is a British magazine that covers rock music. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, while also giving coverage to better-known acts. It generally focuses on pop punk, post-hardcore, metalcore, punk, e ...

'' suggests that "Coffee and Cigarettes" takes several listens to unleash its "true charm", saying "'Coffee And Cigarettes' and the title track slowly uncurl themselves over the course of a few days" and that it feels like as if Jimmy Eat World never went away. ''Punknews.org'' praises the song for its "simple yet effective chorus" and that's more memorable than most songs on the album, but criticizes the synth in the song. Eric Magnuson of

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also cited the song's chous in its review of ''Invented'', describing it as "big, singalong" and able to "keep a teenager engaged for a couple of days."

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's Mike Haydock underlines producer

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's work, bringing "back the sparkle to songs that could have died on their backsides" as the track's "plain melody is driven forward by bringing the bass up high in the mix."

Live performances

"Coffee and Cigarettes" was performed on Conan on December 13, 2010 with guest vocalist Ian Moore.

Personnel

The following personnel contributed to "Coffee and Cigarettes": Jimmy Eat World *

Jim Adkins James Christopher Adkins (born November 10, 1975), is an American rock musician who is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of the rock band Jimmy Eat World. Music career Jimmy Eat World (1993–present) Adkins grew u ...

– lead vocals, guitar, recording *Rick Burch – bass guitar *Zach Lind – drums *Tom Linton – guitar Additional musicians *

– guest vocals Production * Jimmy Eat World – producer *

– producer, mixing, additional recording *

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– mastering * Morning Breath Inc. – art direction, design * Ken Schles – photography

Charts

References

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