Bleed American

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This album shaped alternative rock radio in the 2000s with "The Middle" and "Sweetness Follows," songs you've likely heard dozens of times without knowing their origin. The Wikipedia article documents a specific moment when a major label album got renamed due to 9/11, a cultural artifact that shows how that event immediately altered commercial decisions in real-time.

Bleed American is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Jimmy Eat World, released on July 24, 2001, by DreamWorks Records. The album was re-released as Jimmy Eat World following the September 11 attacks; that name remained until 2008, when it was re-released with its original title restored.

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