Jimmy Eat World has every reason to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its fourth studio album, “Bleed American.”
The 11-song set, released in July 2001, was the Arizona rock troupe’s fourth studio album and its undeniable breakthrough. It was the band’s first Top 40 set (No. 33 on the Billboard 200) and spawned the Top 5 hit “The Middle.” It’s also the only platinum seller among Jimmy Eat World’s 10 albums.
“It changed our lives,” group frontman Jim Adkins said via Zoom from his home in Phoenix. “It put us on a map. It gave us a new, broad audience of people that found something in it that they connected with. People have grown up with this record, right alongside us growing up, and I feel like it’s important to celebrate it…