Move Along | ||||
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Studio album by The All-American Rejects | ||||
Released | July 12, 2005 | |||
Recorded | December 2004 | |||
Studio | Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village and Sparky Dark Studio, Calabasas, California | |||
Genre | Pop punk | |||
Length | 42:09 | |||
Label | DGC, Doghouse, Interscope | |||
Producer | Howard Benson | |||
The All-American Rejects chronology | ||||
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Singles from Move Along | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
About.com | |
AbsolutePunk | 71% |
AllMusic | |
Blender | |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
IGN | (6.8/10) |
musicOMH | (unfavorable) |
Plugged In | (positive) |
Prefix Magazine | (6/10) |
Rolling Stone | |
Spin | B |
USA Today |
Move Along is the second studio album by American rock band The All-American Rejects, released on July 12, 2005 by Interscope Records. It spawned three top 15 singles which helped the album ship 2 million units to be certified double platinum by the RIAA.
The All-American Rejects began writing new material for their second album in the fall of 2003, with the song "Dance Inside" being the first written and performed by the band during their then-current tour. After the end of their tour, the band's song writers Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler spent the majority of 2004 writing more new material in their homes in Destin, Florida. The album was influenced by Lit's A Place in the Sun (1999).
Production for the album in Burbank, California the following December, taking a majority of seven weeks to record. The songs recorded were then mixed in March 2005. "We were gone for a year and a half," says Ritter. "We were petrified. But now we feel like everything happened on this record, but so much more."
The group went on tour in April and May with Armor for Sleep, and Hellogoodbye. The album's lead single "Dirty Little Secret" was released June 6, 2005. A music video followed its release on July 11.Move Along was released on July 12 through DGC, Doghouse, and Interscope. A music video was released for the title track on January 18. The title track was later released as the second single on February 27, 2006, but didn't chart until the following summer. From March to May, the group toured with Fall Out Boy on their North American arena tour, titled the Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour. In June and July, the band went on a tour of North America, with support from Damone. The band were forced to cancel the Canadian dates of this tour due to Ritter having vocal issues.