Jack Johnson: To the Sea | CD review

(Brushfire)Jack Johnson, Hawaii's only surf-folk superstar, is refreshingly realistic about his standing in the pop scheme of things. Let the likes of Radiohead innovate, he said recently; he's more comfortable playing blithe soft rock that will never change the world. "Stop upsetting yourself," he advises a friend on The Upsetter, using lilting guitar and lightly applied percussion to ease everyone back to sleep. Like this album's other 12 tracks, The Upsetter is impossible to dislike, because ...

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