''Jebediah'' is the third studio album by Australian

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

band

Jebediah Jebediah are an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. They were formed by Chris Daymond on lead guitar, Kevin Mitchell (aka Bob Evans) on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, and Vanessa Thornton on bass guita ...

. It was recorded at Mangrove Studios, outside Sydney with producer Magoo, and released on 3 March 2002 by record label Murmur. The album debuted at No. 8 on the

ARIA Albums Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

and remained in the top 50 for five weeks.

Recording

''Jebediah'' was recorded from June to August 2001 at Mangrove Studios, outside Sydney, with production by Magoo (

Regurgitator Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, formed in late 1993 by Quan Yeomans on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Ben Ely on bass guitar, keyboards and vocals; and Martin Lee on drums. Their debut studio album, '' ...

, Spiderbait, Midnight Oil).

Content

Lead guitarist Chris Daymond explained the band's choice of an

eponym An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''epon ...

ous title:

Simply calling it ''Jebediah'' is something we wanted to do because it doesn't really point in either direction. We've used some in-jokes in the past in our work, things that are distinctly our style. Having a self-titled album this time around is a way of us being the same sort of band, but slightly older.
—Chris Daymond

Vocalist Kevin Mitchell clarified their musical direction:

It's got the raw, live feel, the way we perform songs musically and vocally, but with more of a studio feel than the previous ones as well. We came in with a pretty clear idea of what we wanted, just based on previous experience and how we knew we wanted to change. After the last album ' 'Of_Someday_Shambles''">Of_Someday_Shambles.html"_;"title="'Of_Someday_Shambles">'Of_Someday_Shambles''we_really_wanted_to_breathe_some_life_and_spirit_into_this_one.
—Kevin_Mitchell

__Promotion_

The_album's_lead_single,_" 'Of_Someday_Shambles''">Of_Someday_Shambles.html"_;"title="'Of_Someday_Shambles">'Of_Someday_Shambles''we_really_wanted_to_breathe_some_life_and_spirit_into_this_one.
—Kevin_Mitchell

__Promotion_

The_album's_lead_single,_"Fall_Down_(Jebediah_song)">Fall_Down",_was_released_in_October_2001,_reaching_No._24_on_the_ARIA_Singles_Chart._The_second_single,_"Nothing_Lasts_Forever_(Jebediah_song).html" ;"title="Fall_Down_(Jebediah_song).html" ;"title="Of_Someday_Shambles''.html" ;"title="Of_Someday_Shambles.html" ;"title="' 'Of_Someday_Shambles''">Of_Someday_Shambles.html"_;"title="'Of_Someday_Shambles">'Of_Someday_Shambles''we_really_wanted_to_breathe_some_life_and_spirit_into_this_one.
—Kevin_Mitchell

__Promotion_

The_album's_lead_single,_"Fall_Down_(Jebediah_song)">Fall_Down",_was_released_in_October_2001,_reaching_No._24_on_the_ARIA_Singles_Chart._The_second_single,_"Nothing_Lasts_Forever_(Jebediah_song)">Nothing_Lasts_Forever",_released_in_February_2002,_peaked_in_the_top_50._The_third_single,_"N.D.C._(song).html" ;"title="Of Someday Shambles">'Of Someday Shambles''">Of_Someday_Shambles.html" ;"title="'Of Someday Shambles">'Of Someday Shambles''we really wanted to breathe some life and spirit into this one.
—Kevin Mitchell

Promotion

The album's lead single, "Fall Down (Jebediah song)">Fall Down", was released in October 2001, reaching No. 24 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The second single, "Nothing Lasts Forever (Jebediah song)">Nothing Lasts Forever", released in February 2002, peaked in the top 50. The third single, "N.D.C. (song)">N.D.C.", was released in July, reached the top 100. The fourth and final single, "October", released the same year, did not chart.

Release

''Jebediah'' was released on 3 March 2002 by record label Murmur. It debuted at number 8 on the

, but did not achieve Gold record accreditation.

Sony contract

Following the release and promotion of ''Jebediah'', Murmur (a subsidiary of Sony) ceased contractual arrangements with the band. In 2000 the group and their management company, Naked Ape Management (with Heath Bradby as CEO), had created their own label,

Redline Records Redline Records was an independent record label based in Perth, Australia. Started in the year 2000 as a joint project between the band, Jebediah, and its management company, Naked Ape Management, the label predominantly released recordings of Au ...

. The label subsequently issued the group's own material, which was distributed by Shock Records.

Reception

Greg Lawrence of Whammo opined that it "sees a band in their element, brimming with confidence. Led by the tracks 'Fall Down' and 'Nothing Lasts Forever'".

Ed Nimmervoll Edward Charles Nimmervoll (21 September 1947 – 10 October 2014) was an Australian music journalist, author and historian. He worked on rock and pop magazines ''Go-Set'' (1966–1974) and ''Juke Magazine'' (1975–92) both as a journalist ...

at Howlspace described their aim "for the third album they resolved to try to have fun again, recorded relatively quickly".

Track listing

Personnel

; Jebediah * Chris Daymond – lead guitar * Brett Mitchell – drums * Kevin Mitchell – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Vanessa Thornton – bass guitar ; Additional musicians * Dave Orwell – pedal steel on "Country Holiday Song" * Tylea Croucher – vocals on "Country Holiday Song" * Jim MacDonald – bagpipes on "Fall Down" ; Technical personnel * Magoo –

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

, recording, mixing * Mangrove Studios – recording studio

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums Jebediah albums Murmur (record label) albums