"Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album 'Bleed American' propelled them from playing with underground bands like Mineral and Christie Front Drive to full-blown mainstream success – platinum certification, MTV play and a Top 10 single," the magazine writes.
"Bleed American," the album that gave the world "The Middle," finished 9th, edging out Fall Out Boy's "From Under the Cork Tree." "In fact it was even viewed as a commercial failure when it was released on Capitol Records, despite the fact that the straightforward single 'Lucky Denver Mint' received mainstream radio airplay and was featured in the Drew Barrymore film 'Never Been Kissed.' However it's the darker, more experimental side like the mid-tempo melodicism of 'Believe In What You Want' and the hypnotic 16-minute finale 'Goodbye Sky Harbor' which eventually made Clarity a cult classic." "Jimmy Eat World were a very different band when they released their third full-length, 'Clarity,' 17 years ago," the entry reads. Released in 1999, "Clarity" placed 13th on the list, one spot ahead of Weezer's "Pinkerton." The Valley's own Jimmy Eat World placed two local classics in the upper reaches of Rolling Stone magazine's countdown of the 40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time.
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