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Brushfire Fairytales
Studio album by Jack Johnson
Released	February 1, 2001
Recorded	December 2000
Genre	Folk rock
Length	45:53
Label	Everloving, Columbia
Producer	JP Plunier
Jack Johnson chronology
Brushfire Fairytales (2001) On and On (2003)
Singles from Brushfire Fairytales
"Flake" Released: 2002 "Bubble Toes" Released: 2003

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Brushfire Fairytales is the debut album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson. It was released in 2001 through Enjoy Records, a label that was later renamed Everloving Recordings.

The album's primary musicians are Johnson (vocals/guitars/piano), Adam Topol (drums/percussion) and Merlo Podlewski (bass). It was produced by J. P. Plunier, recorded and mixed by Todd Burke, with assistant engineers Andrew Alekel & Chad Essig. It was recorded near Hollywood and Vine just north of 6400 Sunset at 1520 N Cahuenga in Los Angeles at Grandmaster Recorders (formerly Bijou Studios in Hollywood), King Sound, and mastered by Dave Collins. Guests include Tommy Jordan (steel drums on "Flake") and Ben Harper (slide guitar on "Flake"). The single "Flake" was Jack Johnson's first.

In a retrospective review by The Quietus, reviewer David Bennun credits Brushfire Fairytales with helping to popularize a strain of "sensitive authentic... indie-folk" that would later lead to artists such as Ed Sheeran, Passenger, and Mumford & Sons.

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Johnson.

1. "Inaudible Melodies" – 3:35
2. "Middle Man" – 3:14
3. "Posters" – 3:13
4. "Sexy Plexi" – 2:07
5. "Flake" – 4:40
6. "Bubble Toes" – 3:56
7. "Fortunate Fool" – 3:48
8. "The News" – 2:26
9. "Drink the Water" – 3:21
10. "Mudfootball" (for Moe Lerner) – 3:03
11. "F-Stop Blues" – 3:10
12. "Losing Hope" – 3:52
13. "It's All Understood" – 5:28

Japan bonus track

14. "Inaudible Melodies" (live) – 3:27

UK bonus tracks

14. "Flake" (live) – 4:29
15. "Inaudible Melodies" (live) – 3:27

Personnel

• Jack Johnson – vocals, guitars, piano on "It's All Understood"
• Adam Topol – drums, percussion
• Merlo Podlewski – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Sam Beam – backing vocals on "It's All Understood" (uncredited on album)
• Ben Harper – slide guitar on "Flake"
• Tommy Jordan – steel drums on "Flake"
• Christopher Yeoh – mandolin

Charts

Certifications

References

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External links

• Jack Johnson's official site
• Official Jack Johnson Fansite
• Everloving Records official site

• Jack Johnson (musician) albums
• 2001 debut albums
• Everloving Records albums