Time of My Life | ||||
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Studio album by 3 Doors Down | ||||
Released | July 19, 2011 | |||
Recorded | July–October 2010 in: Los Angeles, California Tokyo, Japan |
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Genre | Alternative rock, post-grunge | |||
Length | 41:30 | |||
Label | Universal Republic | |||
Producer | Howard Benson | |||
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Singles from Time of My Life | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (49/100) |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Consequence of Sound | |
IGN | (8/10) |
Melodic.net | |
Rock Sound | (7/10) |
Rolling Stone | |
Sputnikmusic | (1/5) |
Time of My Life is the fifth studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down and also their first since 2008's self-titled album. The album was released on July 19, 2011 and The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 and sold 59,800 copies in its first week of its release. The singles from the album included "When You're Young", "Every Time You Go," "What's Left," "Back to Me", "Time of My Life" and the title track. It is the last album to feature Matt Roberts before his departure from the band in 2012 and his death in 2016 and the last for Todd Harrell before he was arrested for vehicular homicide and fired from the band in 2013.
Brad Arnold told Alternative Addiction that "he and his band mates were likely to collaborate on a new project in the near future." He then stated that the band was collaborating back and forth online. Brad says, "We've all been writing and sharing files electronically, and so when we get together I think we're going to be ready to record right away, and evolve these songs into an album."
On July 22, 2010, 3 Doors Down stated during a concert in London, Ontario, Canada that they were due to start recording their new record the very next week. They then performed a new song, confirming it was going to be on the next record, entitled "On the Run."
In October 2010, 3 Doors Down finished the recording process of the new album in Los Angeles, CA, with Grammy nominated Howard Benson taking the role as producer. On October 27, 2010, they performed at the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research event held in New York City. In an interview at the event, lead singer Brad Arnold revealed the album title as Time of My Life. In addition, it was confirmed the band were looking to release the upcoming album in February 2011.