Editing Jimmy Eat World (section)

===''Bleed American'' (2001–2003)===
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The band decided to record its next album without the help of a label, supporting itself with touring and by compiling its previously released singles into ''[[Singles (Jimmy Eat World album)|Singles]]'', which was released on indie label Big Wheel Recreation. The band also took on day jobs, saving as much as they could to spend on the sessions.<ref>Mehr, Bob. "In between tightly budgeted tours, Linton worked construction, while Adkins sold art supplies, Burch shipped auto parts and Lind shuttled customers at a car dealership."</ref> They worked for a third time with Trombino, who agreed to defer payment until after the album's release in order to keep costs down.<ref>{{cite web |last=Seigel |first=Steven |url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Music/Content?oid=62054 |title=Jimmy Eat World |work=Tucson Weekly |date=October 21, 2004 }}</ref> Some of the drum tracks were recorded at Cherokee, and then the band moved to Doug Messenger's harddrive analog and digital in North Hollywood, where five weeks of tracking completed the recording phase. Trombino then mixed the record at Extasy in Hollywood. Adkins saw the band's goal for the album as "writing and playing the most precise, simple [[pop rock]] possible."<ref name=":0" />

The finished album was titled ''[[Bleed American]]''. Joining with Gersh's new management company, GAS Entertainment, the band scouted for a new label. The band eventually signed with [[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]. The completed album was released in July 2001, which included a vinyl edition through the now-defunct [[Grand Royal]] label, founded by the band the [[Beastie Boys]] in 1993.<ref name=oxfordmusiconline /><ref>{{cite news|title=For a Record Label Founded by the Beastie Boys, the End Is Less Than Grand|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/19/business/for-a-record-label-founded-by-the-beastie-boys-the-end-is-less-than-grand.html|access-date=April 21, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 19, 2004|author=Bill Werde}}</ref> The title track (titled "Salt Sweat Sugar" in the UK) was the lead single. The album's second single, "[[The Middle (Jimmy Eat World song)|The Middle]]" became the band's biggest single to date, reaching number 5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. The video for the song received significant airplay on MTV, including on ''[[Total Request Live]]''. The album was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Jimmy%20Eat%20World%22 |title=RIAA Gold and Platinum discs for Jimmy Eat World |publisher=Riaa.com |access-date=2015-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BVD5BabK?url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Jimmy%20Eat%20World%22 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Following the [[September 11 attacks]], the band decided to re-issue the album as ''Jimmy Eat World'' out of concern that the title ''Bleed American'' might be misinterpreted, possibly as a threatening "bleed, American".<ref>Hancock, Todd.  "Jimmy Eat World's Jim and Tom vs Todd Hancock".  CFOX.  October 30, 2007. Adkins: "It was something that we decided around September 14 that we wanted to do. ...  We wanted people to listen to the record with as unbiased a viewpoint as they can bring into it so they could make the songs what they will for themselves and we just felt like that maybe the album title would get in the way of that."</ref> That year the band performed at Edgefest II in [[Toronto|Toronto, Canada]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011122025430/http://chartattack.com/damn/2001/08/2711.cfm LIVE: Edgefest II in Toronto"]}}. ''Chart Attack'', August 27, 2001. Review By Keith Carman</ref>

In 2008, the album was re-released as a deluxe edition and renamed to its original title, ''Bleed American''. This edition contains a total of 32 tracks—the original 11 as well as 21 bonus tracks, which are live recordings, demos and B-sides.