Post by Steve on Feb 17, 2022 12:12:50 GMT
James Christopher Adkins (10 November 1975)
Associated Acts: Jimmy Eat World (1993 - Present), Go Big Casino (1999/2000 - ?), Solo (2015 - ?), Wet Lab (2015 - ?)
Vocal Range: G♯2 - E♭5
Significant High Notes:
E♭5 ("Be Sensible")
C♯5 ("Closer", "Golden Days", "The Most Beautiful Things", "Night Drive", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" iTunes Session version, "When I Want")
C5 ("Be Sensible", "Congratulations", "Diamond", "Half Heart", "If You Were Born Today", "Integrity Blues" Acoustic, "My Enemy", "When I Want", "The World You Love")
B4 ("555", "Big Casino", "Bleed American", "Book of Love", "Chase This Light", "Criminal Energy", "Crush", "Diamond", "Electable (Give It Up)", "Feeling Lucky", "Hell", "Here It Goes", "Integrity Blues", "Invented", "Jen", "Lean", "My Best Theory", "My Next Mistake", "Nothing Wrong", "Recommit", "Secret Crush", "Surviving", "Usery")
B♭4 ("555", "Believe in What You Want", "Be Sensible", "Byebyelove", "Call It in the Air", "Carry You" Jimmy Eat World version, "Claire", "Closer", "Cut", "Digits", "Disintegration", "Dizzy", "Drugs or Me", "Firefight", "If You Were Born Today", "Love Don't Wait", "My Sundown" Demo, "Nothing Wrong", "Polaris", "Pol Roger", "Step One", "Take 'Em as They Come", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" iTunes Session version, "World Is Static", "The World You Love")
A4 ("23", "All the Way (Stay)", "Always Be", "Anderson Mesa", "A Praise Chorus", "A Sunday", "The Authority Song", "Beautiful Is", "Believe in What You Want", "Big Casino", "Bleed American", "Charming", "Clarity", "Congratulations", "Criminal Energy", "Crush", "Diamond", "Electable (Give It Up)", "Evidence", "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Live at The Rebel Lounge 2016, "Get Right", "Golden Days", "Goodbye Sky Harbour", "Heart Is Hard to Find", "H Model", "How'd You Have Me", "I Love You All the Time", "I'm Leaving", "Integrity Blues", "In the Same Room", "Invented", "It Matters", "Jesus I Don't Wanna Die Alone" Live at The Crescent Ballroom 2012, "Lean", "Littlething", "Lords of Hell", "Love Never", "Mixtape" Acoustic, "The Most Beautiful Things", "My Best Theory", "My Enemy", "My Next Mistake", "Over", "Secret Crush", "Shame", "(Splash) Turn Twist", "Step One", "Stop Whispering", "The Sun and the Moon", "Surviving", "Sweetness", "Through", "Usery", "Weekend for Mom", "What Would I Say to You Now", "Work" Acoustic, "You", "You Are Free", "Your House", "You With Me")
G♯4 ("555", "Anderson Mesa", "Be Sensible", "Book of Love", "Byebyelove", "Call It in the Air", "Carry You" Both versions, "Chase This Light", "Christmas Card", "Claire", "Clarity", "Cut", "Digits", "Disintegration", "Distraction", "Dizzy", "Drugs or Me", "Feeling Lucky", "Firefight", "For Me This Is Heaven", "Futures", "Get It Faster" Live Sessions at AOL, "Hear You Me", "Here It Goes", "Higher Devotion", "How'd You Have Me", "If You Don't, Don't", "I'm Leaving", "In the Same Room", "Just Tonight", "Just Watch the Fireworks", "Love Don't Wait", "Love Never", "Night Drive", "No, Never", "No Sensitivity", "Only Girl in the World" Live at The Space 2015, "Open Bar Reception", "Over", "Pain", "Polaris", "Precision Auto", "Ready", "Sparkle", "Take 'Em as They Come", "Thinking, That's All", "To an Actress", "Untitled", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" iTunes Session version, "What Would I Say to You Now", "Work", "World Is Static", "The World You Love", "Your New Aesthetic" Demo)
G4 ("23", "All the Way (Stay)", "Appreciation", "Always Be", "A Sunday", "The Authority Song", "Beautiful Is", "Charming", "Congratulations", "Criminal Energy", "Damage", "Distraction", "The End Is Beautiful", "Futures", "Game of Pricks" Live BBC Evening Session, "Get Right", "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Goodbye Sky Harbour", "Half Heart", "H Model", "Half Right", "Heart Is Hard to Find", "I Love You All the Time", "Integrity Blues", "It Matters", "Jen", "Kill", "Last Christmas", "Littlething", "Lucky Denver Mint", "The Middle" Acoustic, "Mixtape", "Movielike", "My Enemy", "My Next Mistake", "New Religion", "One Mil", "Open Bar Reception", "Pain", "Please Say No", "Polaris", "Power", "Recommit", "Shame", "Softer" Live at La Scala 2001, "(Splash) Turn Twist", "The Sun and the Moon", "Table for Glasses", "Weekend for Mom", "Your House", "Your New Aesthetic")
F♯4 ("A Praise Chorus", "Appreciation", "Bleed American", "Chase This Light", "Christmas Card", "Delivery", "The End Is Beautiful", "Evidence", "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" Live at The Rebel Lounge 2016, "For Me This Is Heaven", "Game of Pricks" Live BBC Evening Session, "Golden Days", "Hear You Me", "Hell", "Higher Devotion", "If You Don't, Don't", "I Will Steal You Back", "Jesus I Don't Wanna Die Alone" Live at The Crescent Ballroom 2012, "Just Watch the Fireworks", "Last Christmas", "Lords of Hell", "The Middle", "Mixtape", "New Religion", "Night Drive", "No Christmas", "No, Never", "No Sensitivity", "Only Girl in the World" Live at The Space 2015, "Pol Roger", "Ready", "Recommit", "Roller Queen", "So Proud of You", "Sparkle", "Stop Whispering", "Table for Glasses", "Ten", "Thinking, That's All", "To an Actress", "You Are Free", "Your House", "Your New Aesthetic", "You Were Good", "You With Me")
Significant Low Notes:
F♯3 ("555", "Anais", "Anderson Mesa", "A Praise Chorus", "Big Casino", "Bleed American", "Cautioners", "Crush", "Diamond", "Digits", "Evidence", "Feeling Lucky", "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Golden Days", "Hell", "Here It Goes", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Live at The Crescent Ballroom 2012, "Jen", "Love Don't Wait", "Lucky Denver Mint", "The Middle", "New Religion", "One Mil", "Please Say No", "Pretty Grids", "Ready", "Recommit", "Roller Queen", "Stop Whispering", "Ten", "Work" Acoustic, "You Were Good")
F3 ("Always Be", "Believe in What You Want", "Big Casino" Live version on Always Be UK single, "Coffee and Cigarettes", "Cut", "Dizzy", "Drugs or Me", "Firestarter", "For Me This Is Heaven", "Get It Faster", "Gotta Be Somebody's Blues", "Higher Devotion", "I Will Go", "Kill", "Let It Happen", "Love Don't Wait", "Pol Roger", "Shame", "(Splash) Turn Twist", "Step One", "Stop", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" iTunes Session version, "When I Want")
E3 ("Anais", "Book of Love", "Cautioners", "Coffee and Cigarettes", "Criminal Energy", "Don't Act Like Your Heart Isn't Hard", "Electable (Give It Up)", "Get Right" Acoustic, "Goodbye Sky Harbour", "Half Right", "I'm Leaving", "Integrity Blues", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Live at The Crescent Ballroom 2012, "I Will Steal You Back", "Jen", "Jesus I Don't Wanna Die Alone" Live at The Crescent Ballroom 2012, "Lean", "Love Never", "The Most Beautiful Things", "My Best Theory", "My Next Mistake", "No Christmas" Unidentifiable live performance, "No Sensitivity", "Pretty Grids", "Shame", "Sure and Certain" Acoustic, "Table for Glasses", "Through", "To an Actress")
E♭3 ("555", "Always Be" Live at The Space 2015, "Anderson Mesa", "Byebyelove", "Call to Love", "Carry You" Jimmy Eat World version, "Cut", "Dizzy", "Firefight", "Futures", "Give Me a Sweetheart", "Night Drive", "The World You Love", "Yer Feet" Live at the Celebrity Theatre)
D3 ("12.23.95", "The Authority Song", "Beautiful Is", "Damage", "Delivery", "Digits", "Don't Act Like Your Heart Isn't Hard", "Evidence", "Firestarter", "Get It Faster", "Get Right" Acoustic, "Heart Is Hard to Find", "Invented", "I Will Go", "I Will Steal You Back", "Littlething", "Lucky Denver Mint", "The Middle", "Mixtape", "The Most Beautiful Things", "My Next Mistake", "My Sundown", "Open Bar Reception", "Spangle", "Stop Whispering", "Sure and Certain" Acoustic, "Table for Glasses", "You", "Your New Aesthetic", "You With Me")
C♯3 ("A Sunday", "Christmas Card", "Closer", "Disintegration", "Dizzy", "Get It Faster" Live Sessions at AOL, "Give Me a Sweetheart", "Golden Days", "Goodbye Sky Harbour", "Heart Is Hard to Find", "Hear You Me", "Only Girl in the World" Live at The Space 2015, "Over", "Pass the Baby", "Pol Roger", "You Were Good")
C3 ("Call to Love", "Carry You" Jimmy Eat World version, "The Concept", "Damage", "Disintegration", "Firestarter", "If You Were Born Today", "I Love You All the Time", "Movielike", "Open Bar Reception", "The World You Love", "You and I" Acoustic)
B2 ("A Sunday", "Byebyelove", "Carry You" Go Big Casino version, "Christmas Card", "The Concept", "Delivery", "Hear You Me", "I'm Leaving", "Invented", "Lean", "Only Girl in the World" Live at The Space 2015, "Pass the Baby", "Surviving", "Your New Aesthetic", "You With Me")
B♭2 ("Call to Love", "Gotta Be Somebody's Blues", "Closer", "My Sundown", "Spangle", "Sparkle", "Step One", "You and I" Acoustic)
A2 ("12.23.95", "The Authority Song", "Carry You" Go Big Casino version, "If You Were Born Today", "Please Say No", "Your House 2007")
G♯2 ("Sparkle")
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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Bold marks particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Summary:
Jimmy Eat World wouldn't be the same band without Jim Adkins, and by extension pretty much the entirety of the emo scene wouldn't be the same either. The influence they have had on an entire generation, both fans and bands alike, is not to be underestimated. Any emo band that came after owes something to Jimmy Eat World and Adkins given that they were one of the first bands of that scene and without them, emo music wouldn't be the same.
At the start of Jimmy Eat World's career Adkins employed a gritty, punk influenced sing-shout style that around the time of their third album Clarity, evolved into a much cleaner, more melodic style. He sings most of his vocals around the mid third to mid fourth octaves, though he occasionally sings into the upper fourth octave. He has occasionally showed his falsetto register as well as the ability to sing in full voice into the low fifth octave. His lower range is often relegated to harmonies and backing vocals, though he has sung lead vocals into the second octave on occasion. While he doesn't have the biggest range, the emotion he displays when he is singing shows that range isn't the most important aspect of the voice.
{Discography}Jimmy Eat World:
Static Prevails (1996): D3 - B♭4
Clarity (1999): A2 - B♭4 - B4
Bleed American (2001): A2 - B♭2 - B4
Futures (2004): C3 - B4 - C♯5
Chase This Light (2007): B♭2 - C3 - B4
Invented (2010): B2 - B4
Damage (2013): A2 - B2 - B♭4 - B4
Integrity Blues (2016): B2 - B4
Surviving (2019): B2 - C5
As Adkins only did lead vocals on one song on Jimmy Eat World's first album I have not included it as a part of the discography list here. On their second album Static Prevails Adkins and fellow guitarist Tom Linton shared lead vocals pretty much equally. After that Adkins took on the role of full-time lead vocalist.
Static Prevails (1996): D3 - B♭4
Clarity (1999): A2 - B♭4 - B4
Bleed American (2001): A2 - B♭2 - B4
Futures (2004): C3 - B4 - C♯5
Chase This Light (2007): B♭2 - C3 - B4
Invented (2010): B2 - B4
Damage (2013): A2 - B2 - B♭4 - B4
Integrity Blues (2016): B2 - B4
Surviving (2019): B2 - C5
As Adkins only did lead vocals on one song on Jimmy Eat World's first album I have not included it as a part of the discography list here. On their second album Static Prevails Adkins and fellow guitarist Tom Linton shared lead vocals pretty much equally. After that Adkins took on the role of full-time lead vocalist.
{Questionable Notes}G♯5 ("Electable (Give It Up)" [1][5])
G5 ("Lords of Hell" [1], "The Middle" [5])
B4 ("We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" [2])
B♭4 ("Coffee and Cigarettes" [2], "Night Drive" [2], "Opener" [2])
G♯4 ("Carbon Scoring" [2])
B2 ("The Authority Song" [1])
A2 ("Mixtape" [1], "Your House" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
G5 ("Lords of Hell" [1], "The Middle" [5])
B4 ("We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" [2])
B♭4 ("Coffee and Cigarettes" [2], "Night Drive" [2], "Opener" [2])
G♯4 ("Carbon Scoring" [2])
B2 ("The Authority Song" [1])
A2 ("Mixtape" [1], "Your House" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
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