Nothing Personal | ||||
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Studio album by All Time Low | ||||
Released | July 7, 2009 | |||
Recorded | January–February 2009 | |||
Genre | Emo pop,pop punk | |||
Length | 41:00 | |||
Label | Hopeless | |||
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Singles from Nothing Personal | ||||
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Source | Rating |
About.com | |
AbsolutePunk | 73% |
Allmusic | |
Alternative Press | |
Billboard | 65% |
Kerrang! | KKKK |
Rock Sound | 8/10 |
ShockHound | |
The Washington Post | (mixed) |
Nothing Personal is the third studio album by American rock band All Time Low, released through Hopeless Records on July 7, 2009. Written by the band, the album was recorded with producers Matt Squire, Butch Walker, David Bendeth and the team of S*A*M & Sluggo. The title for Nothing Personal comes from a lyric in the second song on the album "Break Your Little Heart".
Prior to the album's release, Billboard magazine predicted that Nothing Personal looked "like it could" enter the top ten of the Billboard 200 in its debut week, saying that it may start with anywhere between 60,000-75,000 sales. As it happened, Nothing Personal debuted at number four and sold 63,000 copies, becoming the group's best sales week and highest charting album. It became one of the best selling rock albums of the year, and exposed the band to a new audience.
Talking about the album, vocalist/rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth explained to Alternative Press, "our music explains all the troubles we've been through...it has many things...This time, we tried to explore something a little bit deeper. We're exploring some new moods, which is pretty cool."
They began writing for their third album in between tours. It was widely reported by the media, notably MTV and Alternative Press, that All Time Low had collaboratively written a song with Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 and +44. The band came into contact with Hoppus after exchanging emails when a video of drummer Rian Dawson getting a Blink-182 tattoo was posted online. Months later, All Time Low contacted a number of producers whom they had had in mind to work on the record: some of them said they would want to work with the band, and others said they would not. Hoppus' management replied saying he wanted to do something with the band, so they co-wrote a song with him. It was later revealed that the song would not feature on Nothing Personal, Alex Gaskarth saying "It just didn't fit the vibe of the record," but, "It will definitely come out at some time."