Track Listing

1. Times Like These
2. The Horizon Has Been Defeated
3. Traffic In The Sky
4. Taylor
5. Gone
6. Cupid
7. Wasting Time
8. Holes To Heaven
9. Dreams Be Dreams
10. Tomorrow Morning
11. Fall Line
12. Cookie Jar
13. Rodeo Clowns
14. Cocoon
15. Mediocre Bad Guys
16. Symbol In My Driveway
17. The Horizon Has Been Defeated (Acoustic Version)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3256 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 47 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Jack Johnson has found himself a groove with On and On. Indeed, the Hawaiian surfing champion turned alternative pop-folk star really hasn't changed things one iota for his second release. Fans of Brushfire Fairytales should be delighted with the results. The groove is a mellow one--most of the 16 tracks here are semi-acoustic--and that easy-going spirit filters into Johnson's lyrical philosophies. "What will be will be / And so it goes" he sings on "Times Like These", the opening track. Thankfully, Johnson is never too mellow, and there's a "Don't worry, be happy" vibe to most of his music--"The Horizon Has Been Defeated" even has a pseudo-reggae feel to it. Although classified as an alternative musician, the singer-songwriter's compositions owe much to past hits. "Traffic in the Sky" is reminiscent of Jim Croce's "Operator" and Looking Glass's one-hit-wonder, "Brandy". On the splendid "Taylor", Johnson sounds an awful lot like Donovan, and "By the Way" recalls the Lovin' Spoonful. --Bill Holdship

CD Description
Something of a slacker renaissance man, prototypical mellowsurfer-dude Jack Johnson is not only a BILLBOARD-charting recording artist, but also a world-champion athlete and award-winning documentary filmmaker. On his second full-length album, ON AND ON, the sandy-toed singer/songwriter delivers a bare bones set of acoustic folk rock as soft and soothing asthe Hawaiian breezes that serve as his inspiration.
As on his debut disc, BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES, Johnson serves up a groovy, yet slightly melancholy stew in his trademark breathy voice, which at its best recalls everyone from Steve Miller to Chet Baker to Evan Dando of The Lemonheads. This time around, however, the vocalist/guitarist isn't afraid to gently stir pinches of reggae, hip-hop, and Harry Belafonte stylepop-calypso into his usual hippie jam-band roux. Mario Caldato Jr.'s ultra-sparse, live-sounding production carefully reveals the subtle sadness that lurks behind even Johnson's poppiest tunes, making ON AND ON the perfect album for a midnight beach party on the last night of summer vacation.

Customer Reviews

Most played
this album is easily as good as any other he has done. Acoustic, well put together, one of my favourites! i cannot believe he hasn't yet made the impact that he should on British music industry. Please buy this album, I can guaratee you will not regret it. Surfy, chilled out tunes, everyone should have at least a few cd's with this kind of music on them.

A grower
I was given all 3 albums to listen to at the time and the other two stood out alot more then this one. Songs like Better Together and Inaudible Melodies bring you straight into the album with a band whereas Times Like These on this album, doesnt have quite the same effect.

However, after listening to the other two albums over and over, I decided to give this another go and I was totally supprised. This isn't an album to listen to if you have never heard anything by Jack Johnson but as soon as you 'get him', this album suddenly makes sense.

I'd say that out of the three, this is probably my favourite now.

Times Like these, The Horizon Has Been Defeated, Gone, Wasting Time, Dreams be Dreams, Rodeo Clowns and Tomorrow Morning are all great songs although there are none that make you want to skip the track.

Great album!

50mins of pure class
I was working in Canada, when a friend of mine was saying about this guy......so, willing to listen to just about anything, I gave it a go. If you work in a stressfull world, then this is the album for you. Just put it on, lay down, shut your eyes while the chilled out voice and amazing acoustic guitar of Jack Johnson mentally relaxes you. Taylor is a personal favourite of mine, a little more lively than the rest, but this takes nothing away from an excellent album.