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Invented is the seventh studio album by American rock band Jimmy Eat World, released on September 28, 2010 through Interscope Records. Recorded primarily at the band's home-based studio, the album was co-produced by Mark Trombino, who had previously worked on the band's earlier material; Static Prevails (1996), Clarity (1999) and Bleed American (2001). The album was preceded by the single "My Best Theory", released on digital download on August 10, 2010.

Lyrically influenced by the photographic works of Cindy Sherman and Hannah Starkey, vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Jim Adkins states that each song is its own "closed narrative," remarking that, "the album title, Invented, refers to a song which I feel sums up the mood here, but could also be taken more literally as this album is the deepest into character writing we have tried so far."

Jimmy Eat World first announced that they were working on their follow up to Chase This Light in June 2008. At around this time, Adkins began "randomly looking at photographs by people like Cindy Sherman and trying to take ten-fifteen minutes and write down everything that came to mind about the image and the character. Later on in the day I would be working on my own songs, and some of the more interesting parts of those writing sessions started creeping in." Adkins states that around 85-90% of the album's lyrics stem from this experiment, and that Sherman's Completely Untitled Film Still series, and Hannah Starkey’s Photographs 1997-2007, were key influences.

Whilst working on this new material, the band embarked upon a ten-year "anniversary tour", celebrating the release of their third studio album, Clarity. Vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins states that the tour did not have a direct influence on the forthcoming material but notes that "it was an overall confidence booster because it's kind of an amazing that ten years on people still like records we made in the '90s."

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