Over the course of his career, Jack Johnson has gone from filmmaker, shooting and scoring his 16mm surf films, to a well known singer-songwriter. To date he has released 3 solo albums along with his most recent release of music for and inspired from the film “Curious George”.
01. Upside Down
02. Broken
03. People Watching
04. Wrong Turn
05. Talk of the Town*
06. Jungle Gym**
07. We’re Going to be Friends
08. The Sharing Song
09. The 3 R’s
10. Lullaby***
11. With My Own Two Hands****
12. Questions
13. Supposed to Be
*featuring Kawika Kahiapo
**featuring G. Love
***featuring Matt Costa
****featuring Ben Harper
Faced with the task of giving a voice to a central character that does not speak, Universal Pictures turned to Jack Johnson to craft songs that could provide a voice for Curious George. As a new father, it presented an opportunity to make an album for parents and children. Presented with early animations and the story line, Jack crafted new songs that captured the emotions of Curious George as he leaves the jungle to follow the Man with the Yellow Hat. He also turned to friends Ben Harper, G. Love and Matt Costa to contribute songs that might bridge the gap between parent and child.
01. Better Together
02. Never Know
03. Banana Pancakes
04. Good People
05. No Other Way
06. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
07. Staple It Together
08. Situations
09. Crying Shame
10. If I Could
11. Breakdown
12. Belle
13. Do You Remember
14. Constellations
Jack Johnson: vocals / guitars
Adam Topol: drums / percussion
Merlo Podlewski: bass
Zach Gill: piano on “Good People” and “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” / accordion on “Belle”
All songs recorded @ The Mango Tree, Hawaii, October 2004
Produced by Mario Caldato, Jr.
Mixed and Engineered by Mario Caldato, Jr and Robert Carranza
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Cover Photo By Thomas Campbell
Additional Photos by T. Campbell and Dave Homcy
Art Direction and Design by Dave Lively and Jeff Motch
01. Times Like These
02. The Horizon Has Been Defeated
03. Traffic in the Sky
04. Taylor
05. Gone
06. Cupid
07. Wasting Time
08. Holes to Heaven
09. Dreams Be Dreams
10. Tomorrow Morning Comes
11. Fall Line
12. Cookie Jar
13. Rodeo Clowns
14. Cocoon
15. Mediocre Bad Guys
16. Symbol In My Driveway
Jack Johnson (vocals/guitar)
Adam Topol (drums/percussion)
Merlo Podlewski (bass)
All songs written by Jack Johnson, except “Wasting Time” by Johnson/Topol/Podlewski
Produced by Mario Caldato, Jr.
Mixed & Engineered by Mario Caldato, Jr. and Robert Carranza
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Recorded at the Mango Tree, Hawaii (studio built by Trent Johnson)
Art Direction and Design by Dave Lively
Cover Photo by Scott Soens
Additional Photos by Kim Johnson, Danny Clinch, and Kelly isle