Discography

The House Jacks have produced seven full-length album recordings entitled "Good Things", "Get Down Mr. President!!", "Fitchy & Grikko", "Unbroken", "Drive", "Funkwich", and "Naked Noise". Information and soundclips from these albums can be found by scrolling down this page. If you'd like to view The House Jacks' entire catalog of CDs at a-cappella.com, please click here.

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"Good Things" - 2009 "Best of" Album

(2009) The House Jacks' first ever "Best of" album, with tracks from their 6 full-length albums, some hard-to-find individual tracks from other albums, and a previously unreleased recording - all given new life by being remastered by the master a cappella producer, Bill Hare, and crammed onto one action packed CD!

Track List:

  1. The Way it Makes Me Feel -- from Funkwich
  2. Completely -- from Funkwich
  3. What's for Real -- from Unbroken
  4. This Man's Pride -- from Fitchy and Grikko
  5. Good Things -- from Unbroken
  6. Gone -- from Naked Noise
  7. From Sunday -- from Unbroken
  8. Light of Stars -- from Fitchy and Grikko
  9. After You -- from Unbroken
  10. Kashmir -- from Funkwich
  11. Jack it Up -- from Naked Noise
  12. All You Need is Love -- from Come Together
  13. Summertime -- from Get Down Mr. President
  14. Ain't No Sunshine -- from Punch
  15. Dive Into You -- from Drive
  16. Bam -- from Get Down Mr. President
  17. The Tide -- Unreleased Demo
  18. All of My Life -- from Funkwich
  19. Palm Sunday -- from Naked Noise

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"Get Down Mr. President!!" - 2006 Live Album

(2006) "Get Down Mr. President!!" is a followup to the House Jacks' highly lauded 2001 live album "Drive". Recorded live in concert across Europe this spring, it features 10 new originals, 4 cover tunes in the House Jack style, and a fresh version of the often-requested "Bam."

The group is astounding live, and usually live albums lack the excitement and energy that you get at a live show - but not this one. Pick this one up and get a taste of what the House Jacks have to offer every time they put lips to mics.

Track List and Selected Sound Clips:

  1. Bam
  2. Believe
  3. Summertime
  4. The Only One I Want
  5. This'll Do
  6. Give it Up
  7. The Leavin Kind
  8. They Won't Cry For You
  9. Great Big USA
  10. No Ride
  11. Use Me
  12. Since You Been Gone
  13. Just Fine
  14. Rock You
  15. Wonderful World
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"Fitchy & Grikko" - 2005 Studio Album

(2005) Long live the circus! Long live Fitchy & Grikko! HEAR twelve all-new original tunes! WITNESS the latest CD by The House Jacks! SEE the amazing House Jacks perform their death-defying vocal acrobatics with no safety net!

This album distills the signature House Jacks sound from just five voices with no overdubs for most of the album, allowing production masters Bill Hare, Freddie Feldman, and Tat Tong to work their magic on the masterful arrangements of Deke Sharon and The House Jacks.

Track List and Selected Sound Clips:

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  1. The Bone
  2. Why I'm With You
  3. This Man's Pride
  4. Athena
  5. The Fall
  6. I Will Wait
  7. Light of Stars
  8. Conversations
  9. Take It
  10. I Am The Man
  11. Broken Up
  12. Cereal

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"Unbroken" - 2003 Studio Album

(2003) The House Jacks' album "Unbroken" is studio craft reminiscent of the glory days of XTC and The Beatles: each song melts into the other, creating not just a collection of songs, but a sonic voyage with ten enticing destinations. Your guide: the original five-man vanguard of a cappella rock.

Track List and Selected Sound Clips:

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  1. more love
  2. adventure day
  3. what's for real
  4. after you
  5. maybe that's the reason
  6. from sunday mp3
  7. stop and think
  8. good things
  9. middle ground
  10. unbroken

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"Drive" - Live Concert Album

buy now (2001) The House Jacks album, "Drive," is a complete live concert, with 17 songs spanning two sets and encores (over an hour's worth of music).

And, unlike most live albums, every single song on the album is new, including 11 unreleased original songs. It's basically a new studio album that we recorded on the road in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the US.

Track List and Selected Sound Clips: buy now

  1. feelin' funkae
  2. bam
  3. dive into you
  4. thread
  5. sign your name
  6. breathe
  7. we fly
  8. around
  9. i want it all
  10. change
  11. father figure
  12. peace, love and understanding
  13. what you gonna do?
  14. still by my side
  15. next to you
  16. crash into me
  17. so far away

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Funkwich

(1997) Three years in the making, this twelve-song monstrosity takes a cappella funk to a new level. From the NutraSweet grooves of "The Way It Makes Me Feel" and "Express Yourself" to the finely-hued textures of "Crazy Maze" and "Saturnalia Smile", this is one big messy twelve-song Specialty's Sandwich of the Funk. Special bonus tracks: "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the one and only "Kashmir."

Track List and Selected Sound Clips:

  1. The Way It Makes Me Feel
  2. Crazy Maze
  3. Don't Turn Away
  4. Slide
  5. Completely
  6. Dirt
  7. Let's Get to It
  8. Saturnalia Smile
  9. All Of My Life
  10. Express Yourself
  11. Kashmir
  12. Star Spangled Banner

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Naked Noise

(1994) Their first album, now considered an a cappella classic. Ten original songs by the original artiststhe Jacks. The San Francisco Chronicle called it "perfect a cappella harmony... current as tomorrow's news." The Oakland Tribune said, "They make mincemeat of the traditional limits of the human voice... a winning self-released CD." Songwriter's Monthly exclaimed, "You've got to hear it to believe it!"

Track List and Selected Sound Clips:

  1. Tear Down The Walls
  2. The Way It Makes Me Feel
  3. Superhero
  4. Gone
  5. Another Chance
  6. Jack It Up
  7. Erotica Bazaar
  8. Attitude
  9. The Last To Know
  10. Palm Sunday

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