''Stay on My Side Tonight'' is a five-track EP released by 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

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song "Half Right", and a remix of the ''

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'' 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

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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".

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'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" (

cover, written by Neil Gust and Elliott Smith) – 4:43 #"Drugs or Me" (

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remix) – 5:15

Personnel

Jimmy Eat World * Jim Adkins – lead vocals; lead guitar;

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on "Disintegration", "Over", "Closer", and "Half Right";

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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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– percussion on "Disintegration" *Dan Monick – photography *Mark Trombino – engineering and production on "Disintegration", "Over", and "Closer"; percussion on "Disintegration" *Roger Seibel – mastering *

– remixing on "Drugs or Me" *Liam Ward – layout

Charts

References

External links

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