It Still Moves is the third album rock band My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket is an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky.The band consists of Jim James , Tom 'Two-Tone Tommy' Blankenship , Patrick Hallahan , Carl Broemel , and Bo Koster .-History:My Morning Jacket was...

. The album garnered positive reviews and often acclaimed as the bands best work along side with At Dawn

At Dawn

At Dawn is the second album from My Morning Jacket. The record is a turning point for the band by both building upon and expanding their sound, incorporating keyboards in the music and the longer lengths of songs.-Track listing:...

. The song "Run Thru" is included in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs". The album also marks the first album where drummer Patrick Hallahan

Patrick Hallahan

Patrick Hallahan is an American drummer with the Kentucky-based rock outfit My Morning Jacket. While the sound of early MMJ included softer drums behind reverb, on It Still Moves and Z Hallahan's drumming became much more powerful and prominent, drawing comparisons to Led Zeppelin drummer John...

 appears.

Track listing

(All songs written by Jim James)

1. "Mahgeetah" – 5:56
2. "Dancefloors" – 5:38
3. "Golden" – 4:39
4. "Master Plan" – 5:05
5. "One Big Holiday
   One Big Holiday
   "One Big Holiday" is a song by American rock band My Morning Jacket and is featured on their 2003 album It Still Moves. It is also featured on the band's 2006 live concert CD and DVD Okonokos...
   
   " – 5:21
6. "I Will Sing You Songs" – 9:18
7. "Easy Morning Rebel" – 5:09
8. "Run Thru" – 5:45
9. "Rollin' Back" – 7:50
10. "Just One Thing" – 3:13
11. "Steam Engine" – 7:26
12. "One in the Same" – 6:23

Album art

The album cover and art work for It Still Moves shows one of the giant stuffed bears that are always displayed on stage when the band performs live. Drummer Patrick Hallahan told Rolling Stone magazine that "[the bears are] our spirit animal guides. They make sure we're going in the right direction."

Reception

• Allmusic: "My Morning Jacket
  My Morning Jacket
  My Morning Jacket is an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky.The band consists of Jim James , Tom 'Two-Tone Tommy' Blankenship , Patrick Hallahan , Carl Broemel , and Bo Koster .-History:My Morning Jacket was...
  
   may be a journey through the past, but it's also a solid step into something rock & roll has been missing...melody, extremely catchy and well-written songs... and a love of the great pop continuum that translates into something new." Grade: 4/5
• Pitchfork Media
  Pitchfork Media
  Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
  
  :"It Still Moves...[is] an album by turns beautiful and possessed, by others raucous and fiery. My Morning Jacket
  My Morning Jacket
  My Morning Jacket is an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky.The band consists of Jim James , Tom 'Two-Tone Tommy' Blankenship , Patrick Hallahan , Carl Broemel , and Bo Koster .-History:My Morning Jacket was...
  
   have made the move to the bigs in tremendous style...[the album's length, its one major flaw] is a small concern considering the riches that await inside." Grade: 8.3/10
• Spin Magazine: "This time, the band lug the still-smoking amps from their lightning-strike live show into the studio and let the noise chase the midnite vultures away." Grade: 9.1/10
• Robert Christgau
  Robert Christgau
  Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...
  
  : "...and I guess his (Jim James
  Jim James
  James Edward Olliges Jr. , professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of Louisville, Kentucky-based rock band My Morning Jacket. James grew up in the Hikes Point neighborhood of Louisville, attended St. Martha grade school and graduated...
  
  's) boys are trickier than Crazy Horse
  Crazy Horse (band)
  Crazy Horse is an American rock band best known for its association with Neil Young. It has been co-credited on a number of albums throughout Young's career and has released five albums of its own.-Early years:...
  
  , just not in any way you haven't heard before. Then there's his filtered drawl, his straitened tune sense, his lyrics you feel cheated straining for, his 12 songs in 72 minutes." Grade: C

The album currently has a score of 83 at critic aggregator site Metacritic

Metacritic

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Personnel

• Jim James - vocals, guitars, artwork
• Johnny Quaid - guitars, vocals, artwork
• Tom Blankenship - bass
• Patrick Hallahan - drums
• Danny Cash - keyboards, artwork, graphic design, layout design
• Niko Bolas
  Niko Bolas
  Niko Bolas is an American music producer, sound engineer, and consultant and business developer in the fields of virtual reality and Internet radio...
  
   – studio construction
• Bill Burrs – A&R
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Sam Erickson – photography, cover art
• Jim James
  Jim James
  James Edward Olliges Jr. , professionally known as Jim James or Yim Yames, is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of Louisville, Kentucky-based rock band My Morning Jacket. James grew up in the Hikes Point neighborhood of Louisville, attended St. Martha grade school and graduated...
  
   – producer
• Danny Kadar
  Danny Kadar (producer)
  Danny Kadar is a producer, engineer, and mixer living in New Orleans. While growing up in New York, Danny first began as a student photographer studying at Pratt Institute he would then later decide to go into the music industry with his own band at the time. After being in the studio Danny would...
  
  – engineer, mixing
• Michael MacDonald – A&R
• Archie Mitchell – engineer
• Kathy Olliges – artwork
• Linda Park – artwork
• Jojo Pennebaker – photography, cover art
• Steve Ralbovsky – A&R
• Lester Snell Horn – arrangements

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	121
2004	Billboard Top Heatseekers	2