To the Sea

To the Sea
Jack Johnson's studio album
Publication (s)	2010
Label (s)	Universal Music
Format (s)	CD, LP, download
Genre (s)	Soft rock
Title (number)	13
running time	41:34
chronology Sleep Through the Static (2008) To the Sea From Here to Now to You (2013)

To the Sea is the fifth album by the American guitarist and songwriter Jack Johnson . It was released on May 28, 2010 and contains 13 songs. The first single You and Your Heart was released on April 22, 2010.

Music genre

On the album the acoustic guitar takes a back seat, the band Jack Johnsons can be heard more than before.

Emergence

On January 19, 2010 it was announced on the artist's homepage that he was working on a new album with his band. On February 1, 2010, June 1, 2010 was given as the publication date. The album was recorded within three weeks at Johnson's own solar- powered studios The Mango Tree in Hawaii and the Solar Powered Plastic Plant in Los Angeles . It was recorded in a room, with Johnson's aim to use as few overdubs as possible and to record the sound of a band playing and the instruments "flowing into each other". To the Sea was released on Johnson's own label Brushfire Records . The first single You and Your Heart had previously been released on radio and iTunes.

Johnson related the album title to a father who led his son to the sea, with the water representing the subconscious. It's about looking below the surface and understanding yourself. The album is about how he feels about his three children as well as about being his father's son.

reception

The album received mostly good reviews. Eberhard Dobler from Laut.de wrote that you can hear that Jack Johnson would rather indulge in the natural rhythm of the waves than simply follow a monetary logic. This is also good and right. However, no “sack full of surprises” can be heard. The plate was rated three out of five stars. Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars in the person of Stephen Thomas Erlewine. It is a “better” pop record, an album by a “soft rock superstar”. Even if the "politely grooving" band increased the pace a bit, there would be no sweating.

Track list

1. You and Your Heart - 3:12
2. To the Sea - 3:30
3. No Good with Faces - 3:31
4. At or with Me - 3:57
5. When I Look Up - 0:58
6. From the Clouds - 3:05
7. My Little Girl - 2:21
8. Turn Your Love - 3:12
9. The Upsetter - 3:49
10. Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology - 4:03
11. Pictures of People Taking Pictures - 3:19
12. Anything but the Truth - 2:53
13. Only the Ocean - 3:39

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	4th (16 weeks)	16
Austria (Ö3)	4th (17 weeks)	17th
Switzerland (IFPI)	1 (18 weeks)	18th
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (10 weeks)	10
United States (Billboard)	1 (31 weeks)	31

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 2 × platinum	772,500

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.allmusic.com: Review To the Sea by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
2. ↑ http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/jack_and_the_band_are_back_in_the_mango_tree/
3. ↑ http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/new_album_and_world_tour/
4. ↑ http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Jack-Johnson-to-Release-New-Studio-Album-To-The-Sea-on-June-1st-on-Brushfire-Records-1131405.htm
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} www.mtv.com: Jack Johnson Reveals To The Sea Album Details , March 3, 2010, accessed September 4, 2010
6. ↑ http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/get_a_sneak_peak_of_jacks_new_album_to_the_sea_and_his_first_single_you_and/
7. ↑ www.laut.de: Review To the Sea by Eberhard Dobler , accessed September 4, 2010
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
9. ↑ Award in Australia
10. ↑ Award in Canada
11. ↑ Award in New Zealand
12. ↑ Award in Switzerland
13. ↑ Distinction in the United States
14. ↑ Award in the United Kingdom