Everything in Transit is the debut album of Jack's Mannequin

Jack's Mannequin

Jack's Mannequin is an American rock band formed in 2004, originally hailing from Orange County, California. The band began as a side project of Andrew McMahon, the frontman for Something Corporate, and is composed of guitarist Bobby Anderson, bassist Mikey "The Kid" Wagner, and drummer Jay...

. It was released on August 23, 2005 on Maverick Records

Maverick Records

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.

Overview

Everything In Transit may be considered a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

, that tells the story of Andrew McMahon

Andrew McMahon

Andrew Ross McMahon is a singer/songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin; he also performs solo.-Early life:...

 finally coming home after years of nonstop touring with his band Something Corporate

Something Corporate

Something Corporate is an American rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1998. Their current line-up includes pianist and vocalist Andrew McMahon, guitarist Josh Partington, bassist Kevin Page and drummer Brian Ireland....

 and getting re-accustomed to everyday life and a settled abode in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. The songs were written during his first summer in years outside of the band, which McMahon spent scribbling lyrics accompanied by drawings into a private sketchbook

Sketchbook

A sketchbook is "a book or pad with blank pages for sketching," and is frequently used by artists for drawing or painting as a part of their creative process....

, selected pages of which can be accessed through a web-link to a secret homepage on the enhanced CD

Enhanced CD

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 portion of the album. The song meanings are at times more cryptic than one might be used to from McMahon's Something Corporate songs, as the lyrics describe a more personal view on feelings and situations and all take advantage of a first person's narrative style.

The project took almost two years from the first songs being written and recorded to the final product hitting the music store shelves. McMahon spent more than $40,000 of his own savings on the production, before being picked up by Maverick Records.

On the day he finished mastering the last song for the album (about two months before its scheduled release date), McMahon was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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, forcing him to immediately undergo chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

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 and to stop touring and promoting his record's release. However, he wished that, even though he would be confined to bed for the next months, the CD should be released as planned. Maverick Records decided to postpone promoting the album until McMahon's recovery. Under the given circumstances, receiving close to no promotion, it still managed to debut at #37 of the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 with 22,163 copies sold within the week of its release.

The album was re-released on October 17, 2006, including a bonus DVD of various live performances by Jack's Mannequin and links to unreleased tracks, such as a mastered version of "Last Straw".

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew McMahon.

1. "Holiday from Real" – 2:58
2. "The Mixed Tape" – 3:14
3. "Bruised" – 4:02
4. "I'm Ready" – 3:55
5. "La La Lie" – 3:54
6. "Dark Blue
   Dark Blue (song)
   "Dark Blue" is the second single by Jack's Mannequin released from their first studio album, Everything in Transit. It was released in January 2005.The single was played on the television series One Tree Hill....
   
   " – 4:11
7. "Miss Delaney" – 3:44
8. "Kill the Messenger" – 3:24
9. "Rescued" – 3:56
10. "MFEO Pt. 1 - Made for Each Other / Pt. 2 - You Can Breathe" – 8:01
11. "Into the Airwaves" – 4:07

Bonus Songs

1. Lonely for Her [iTunes Bonus Track]
2. Last Straw
3. The Lights and Buzz
   The Lights and Buzz
   "The Lights and Buzz" is a song by Jack's Mannequin. It was released on November 15, 2005, as a music download exclusively through the iTunes Store...
   
    [Japan Edition Bonus Track]
4. Kill the Messenger (Live)

Credits

• Andrew McMahon
  Andrew McMahon
  Andrew Ross McMahon is a singer/songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin; he also performs solo.-Early life:...
  
   – piano
  Piano
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , organ
  Organ (music)
  The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
  
  , bells
  Bell (instrument)
  A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually a hollow, cup-shaped object, which resonates upon being struck...
  
  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , keyboards
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  , hand percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , Wurlitzer
  Wurlitzer
  The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
  
  
• Robert Anderson – guitar
  Guitar
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  , backup vocals
• Brian Coffman – guitar
• CJ Eiriksson – programming
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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• Tommy Lee
  Tommy Lee
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   – drums
• Jay McMillan – drums
• Patrick Warren – chamberlin
  Chamberlin
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  , moog
  Moog synthesizer
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  , melodica
  Melodica
  The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
  
  , samples
  Sampling (music)
  In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
  
  , accordion
  Accordion
  The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
  
  , string
  String instrument
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   and horn
  Wind instrument
  A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...
  
   samples, organ
• Terry Wilson – sitar
  Sitar
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• Jim Wirt – guitar, bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backup vocals
• Josh Berry - piano, kazoo