Third Eye Blind's Ursa Major album

The Third Eye Blind (3eb) is back with their fourth studio album Ursa Major. It was just released last August 17, 2009 on the group's own Mega Collider label. The first single from the album was "Don't Believe a Word", which debuted on the radio June 5, 2009. Personally, the album is great just like their previous albums. But yeah the fist album is still the best.

They started their work on Ursa Major shortly after the release of Out of the Vein in 2003. Frontman Stephan Jenkins had intended for the album to be released in 2007, but didn't feel that it was complete and writer's block slowed down the album's progress. The working title of the album was The Hideous Strength, after a similarly named C.S. Lewis' book. According to Jenkins, the album's name was subsequently changed to Ursa Major because "...We’ve been hibernating and now we’ve awakened and we are hungry for spring and we want to feed and we want to thrive." Another album, Ursa Minor, is scheduled to follow Ursa Major and may include songs that were recorded during the Ursa Major sessions.

Ursa Major debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200, selling 49,000 copies in its first week of release. The top 10 debut made Ursa Major the highest charting album of the group's career, though its first week sales were less than that of its predecessor's first week sales of 63,000.

Track Listing

1. Can You Take Me
2. Don't Believe a Word
3. Bonfire
4. Sharp Knife
5. One in Ten
6. About to Break
7. Summer Town
8. Why Can't You Be
9. Water Landing
10. Dao of St. Paul
11. Monotov's Private Opera
12. Carnival Barker