Jet Black & Jealous is an album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Eli Young Band

Eli Young Band

Eli Young Band is an American country music band based in Denton, Texas. The band is composed of Mike Eli , James Young , Jon Jones , and Chris Thompson . They released their self-titled debut album in 2002, followed by the Carnival records release Level in 2005...

. It was released on September 16, 2008 by Universal South. The album's first single, "When It Rains", peaked at #34 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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 chart. A second single, "Always the Love Songs

Always the Love Songs

"Always the Love Songs" is the title of a country music song co-written by David Lee Murphy and George Ducas. It was recorded by the Eli Young Band on its studio album Jet Black & Jealous, from which it was released in late 2008 as the second single...

", was released to country radio in September 2008, and debuted at #60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, ultimately peaking at #11. Originally written by New Orleans-born songwriter Paul Sanchez

Paul Sanchez

Paul Sanchez is a New Orleans-born and based American guitarist and a singer-songwriter. Sanchez is best known as one of New Orleans' finest song writers and was also founding member of the New Orleans band Cowboy Mouth. Sanchez was a guitarist and one of the primary singers and songwriters for the...

, the song "Jet Black & Jealous" was re-written for the Eli Young Band by Scooter Carusoe.

Content

"When It Rains" was the album's first single, spending more than thirty weeks on the charts and peaking at #34. After it came "Always the Love Songs" at #11, and "Radio Waves" at #35. "Guinevere" is the album's fourth single, debuting in early 2010.

Critical reception

Andrew Leahey of Allmusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that the "songs borrow from rock and pop without ever fully entering either camp."

Juli Thanki of Engine 145 gave "Radio Waves" a "thumbs up," describing it as "one of the worst" songs on the album, but saying that it recalled the sound of the Gin Blossoms

Gin Blossoms

Gin Blossoms is an American pop rock band formed in 1987, in Tempe, Arizona. They took their name from a photo of W.C. Fields which bore the caption "W.C. Fields with gin blossoms", referring to what appeared to be the actor's gin-ravaged nose, but was actually a skin condition known as rosacea...

 and was "far from unlistenable."

Track listing

1. "When It Rains" (James Young) - 4:14
2. "Always the Love Songs
   Always the Love Songs
   "Always the Love Songs" is the title of a country music song co-written by David Lee Murphy and George Ducas. It was recorded by the Eli Young Band on its studio album Jet Black & Jealous, from which it was released in late 2008 as the second single...
   
   " (George Ducas
   George Ducas (singer)
   George Ducas is an American country music artist. He has released two studio albums: 1994's George Ducas and 1997's Where I Stand, and has charted six singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, of which the highest was the #9 "Lipstick Promises" in 1995...
   
   , David Lee Murphy
   David Lee Murphy
   David Lee Murphy is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1994, Murphy made his first appearance on the Billboard country charts that year with "Just Once", a song from the soundtrack to the 1994 film 8 Seconds. A year later, Murphy's debut album Out with a Bang was...
   
   ) - 3:42
3. "Radio Waves" (Mike Eli, Blu Sanders) - 3:57
4. "Enough Is Enough" (Eli, Young) - 3:12
5. "Famous" (Keith Gattis
   Keith Gattis
   Keith Gattis is an American country music artist. Gattis has released two studio albums. He also charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "Little Drops of My Heart", which peaked at #53 in 1996...
   
   ) - 3:35
6. "Throw and Go" (Eli, Young) - 3:21
7. "Guinevere" (Scooter Carusoe, Eli, Young) - 4:47
8. "Get in the Car and Drive" (Sanders) - 3:41
9. "Jet Black & Jealous" (Carusoe, Paul Sanchez
   Paul Sanchez
   Paul Sanchez is a New Orleans-born and based American guitarist and a singer-songwriter. Sanchez is best known as one of New Orleans' finest song writers and was also founding member of the New Orleans band Cowboy Mouth. Sanchez was a guitarist and one of the primary singers and songwriters for the...
   
   ) - 3:42
10. "Mystery in the Making" (Eli, Natalie Hemby, Young) - 4:44
11. "How Should I Know" (Eli, Young) - 3:15
12. "Home" (Kelly Archer, Eli, Justin Weaver) - 3:43

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	30