Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Big Cheese	3/5
Entertainment Weekly	B+
Exclaim!	Favorable
IGN	8.5/10
Melodic
Newsday	A−
PopMatters
Punknews.org
Spin	6/10

Taking Back Sunday is the eponymous fifth studio album by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. After returning home from touring the Soundwave festival in February and March 2010, guitarist Matthew Fazzi and bassist Matthew Rubano had left the group and were replaced by former members guitarist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper. Later in March, the band began writing material for their next album in El Paso, Texas. The following month, demos were recorded with the aim to release a new album later in the year. Recording began in October with producer Eric Valentine at Barefoot Recording in Hollywood, California and finished in January 2011.

In March 2011, Taking Back Sunday was announced for release, and a month later, a music video was released of "El Paso". In May, "Faith (When I Let You Down)" was released as a single, as well as a music video for the song. In June, "This Is All Now" was released as a single, and on June 28, Taking Back Sunday was released through Warner Bros. and Sire Records. In June and July, the band embarked on a tour of the US with Thursday. In July, a music video was released for "Faith (When I Let You Down)", followed by the single release of "You Got Me" in August. A US fall tour was undertaken in October and November, followed by a music video for "You Got Me" in the latter month. In March 2012, a music video was released for "This Is All Now", followed by a headlining spot on the 2012 edition of Warped Tour between June and August.

Taking Back Sunday sold 27,000 copies in its first week of release, charting at number 17 on the Billboard 200 chart. In addition, the album reached the top 20 on several other Billboard charts. The album also charted in the lower regions of the Australian, Canadian and UK album charts. The album received generally favorable reviews, with several reviewers making favorable comparisons to the band's debut album, Tell All Your Friends (2002).

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