Round One | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jack Johnson
Label: PC Music
Category: Music
Buy Used: $29.99
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 306138
Media: Audio CD
UPC: 708754000221
EAN: 0708754000221
ASIN: B000005R63
Release Date: December 5, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: excellent condition. tiny hole thru corner of case. includes 2nd insert.
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| Tracks:
| • | Hit | | • | Blondie's Squad Car | | • | Battle Royal Interlude | | • | Fields Are Burning | | • | Darkside | | • | Brunette in a Blonde Town Interlude | | • | Daddy's Cane | | • | Open Mind | | • | Nothing | | • | Sunshine | | • | Trouble With the Man Interlude | | • | Scream in Time | | • | Do It for Love | | • | Free |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sounds pretty good to me despite the confusion about the name of the band. April 24, 2006
Surfsk8grrl (Sacramento)
Album info:
Round one - album reviews
Round One is the debut release for the Murfreesboro, Tennessee quartet Jack Johnson in 1995. Led by singer/lyricist Kurtis McFarland, who handled production chores with Rob Feaster, Round One is an album of great depth, both musically and lyrically. The band has the social insights of Fishbone packaged in an engaging brew of rock, pop, R&B, jazz, and hip-hop. Although it can be compared to Lenny Kravitz, much of Round One owes debt to the sonic assault of Soundgarden as well. McFarland has a husky, warm voice that ranges from a growl on "Hit," which features some skull-rattling percussion from Simone White, to soulful on a well done, hip-hop inflected cover of Bill Withers' "Sunshine," to an enraged wail on the propulsive "Scream In Time." Jack Johnson also manages a pair of gorgeous, slower numbers. "Do It For Love" is a mid-tempo song of yearning with an immediately catchy chorus and the closing "Free" features a heartbreakingly vulnerable vocal by McFarland over a sparse instrumental bed. An impressive, thought-provoking, literate and totally engaging debut. ~ Tom Demalon, All Music Guide
round one - album credits
Simone White Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Lotti Kierkegaard Engineer
Michael Bohannon Keyboards, Vocals
Dave Collins Mastering
Mike Purcell Assistant Engineer
Dan Wilburn Engineer
Bill Steber Photography
Kurtis McFarland Guitar, Producer, Loops, Vocals
Paul Cochrane Guitar, Engineer, Vocals
Andrew Coppa Design, Illustrations
Ashley McClain Vocals
Jack Johnson Main Performer
Tony Collins Vocals, Assistant Engineer, Engineer
Rob Feaster Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Randy LeRoy Editing
 Not Jack the man but Jack the band September 2, 2005
J. Goodwin
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Round One is the debut release for the Murfreesboro, Tennessee quartet Jack Johnson in 1995. Led by singer/lyricist Kurtis McFarland, who handled production chores with Rob Feaster, Round One is an album of great depth, both musically and lyrically. The band has the social insights of Fishbone packaged in an engaging brew of rock, pop, R&B, jazz, and hip-hop. Although it can be compared to Lenny Kravitz, much of Round One owes debt to the sonic assault of Soundgarden as well. McFarland has a husky, warm voice that ranges from a growl on "Hit," which features some skull-rattling percussion from Simone White, to soulful on a well done, hip-hop inflected cover of Bill Withers' "Sunshine," to an enraged wail on the propulsive "Scream In Time." Jack Johnson also manages a pair of gorgeous, slower numbers. "Do It For Love" is a mid-tempo song of yearning with an immediately catchy chorus and the closing "Free" features a heartbreakingly vulnerable vocal by McFarland over a sparse instrumental bed. An impressive, thought-provoking, literate and totally engaging debut. ~ Tom Demalon, All Music Guide
 FINAL SAY! THIS IS NOT SURFER?SONGWRITER JACK JOHNSON!!!! August 15, 2005
C. M. Edwards
I don't care what anyone says. This is not Surfer/Songwriter Jack Johnson. PERIOD!! No more needs to be said. Buy it and find out yourself if you are still curious. All you crackheads who think so. Go buy more crack and keep on believing.
This isn't Surfer Jack Johnson November 17, 2004
S. Kline (Sunny Florida)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a god album but this is not surfer/filmaker/songwriter Jack Johnson. If anyone would like to dispute this please just visit Jack Johnson's home page and you wil see a list of his albums and "Round One" is NOT one of them
 WHAT!!!??? December 12, 2003
Christopher (Cedar Falls, IA United States)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
The first review of this album is the accurate one, for any of you TRUE Jack Johnson fans out there. This album, which Amazon doesn't clarify, is a collaboration with Mos Def and Black Jack Johnson. Not surfer, songwriter Jack. The A-hole that wrote the previous review for this was just trying to throw some folks off. Brushfire Fairytales is the only debut album from the man. So if your lookin for some some REAL J.J., you're barkin' up the wrong tree.
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