Jed is the second album by the Goo Goo Dolls

Goo Goo Dolls

The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...

. It is the first studio album in which John Rzeznik sung vocals for some of the tracks. The majority of the songs are sung by Robby Takac, with Rzeznik taking over for two ("Up Yours" and "James Dean"). Fellow upstate New Yorker Lance Diamond

Lance Diamond

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 sings vocals on track seven, "Down On The Corner." Track number six, "Sex Maggot," shares a name with the band's original name, the Sex Maggots. The second track on the album, "Up Yours", was the only song from Jed found on the band's compilation album What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce

What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce

What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce is a Goo Goo Dolls album. It is more commonly known as Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce or EOAC. It was released in 2001 by Warner Bros. Records and is a compilation of Goo Goo Dolls songs released from 1987-2000.Tracks 1-4 are from the album Dizzy Up...

. The song "No Way Out" was also included on the bands most recent compilation album Volume Two, which consisted of other album tracks, b-sides and rarities. The album was re-released on CD on February 22, 1994.

The album was named after painter Jed Jackson, who was Robby Takac's art teacher in college and who painted the cover artwork, which is entitled "Arkansas Sunset". Jed is from Arkansas.

Track listing

1. "Out of Sight" – 2:10
2. "Up Yours" – 1:37
3. "No Way Out" – 2:39
4. "7th of Last Month – 3:07
5. "Love Dolls" – 2:07
6. "Sex Maggot" – 1:56
7. "Down on the Corner
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    cover) – 3:24
8. "Had Enough" – 2:48
9. "Road to Salinas" – 2:40
10. "Em Elbmuh" – 1:01
11. "Misfortune" – 1:59
12. "Artie" – 2:43
13. "Gimme Shelter
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    cover) – 2:13
14. "James Dean" – 3:51