Wake Up, Sunshine
2020 studio album by All Time Low
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Wake Up, Sunshine is the eighth studio album by American rock band All Time Low.[1] It was released on April 3, 2020, and is their second release with Fueled by Ramen following Last Young Renegade in 2017.[2] The album's fourth and final single "Monsters" is the highest-charting song of their career.
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| Released | April 3, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 2019–20 | |||
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| Length | 46:14 | |||
| Label | Fueled by Ramen | |||
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Background and recording
The album comes after 2017's Last Young Renegade. In January 2019, the band began creating the record in drummer Rian Dawson's home studio in Nashville, Tennessee with Zakk Cervini and Andrew Goldstein.[3] A majority of the writing and recording process took place in August 2019 at a mansion located in Palm Desert, California, (usually referred to by the band as the "marble mansion") that the band rented and lived in for a few months along with most of the team that worked on Wake Up, Sunshine.[4][5] To finish the album, All Time Low members Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat rented a cabin with Cervini and Goldstein in Big Bear Lake, California.[3][1]
Composition
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Kerrang! | 4/5[7] |
| The Alternative | Phenomenal[8] |
| Wall of Sound | 9.5/10[9] |
| AllMusic | 3.5/5[10] |
The album received positive reviews from critics, with some noting it as a nostalgic culmination of the band's previous works.[8] In a positive review, Emily Carter of Kerrang! called it "dreamy", "nostalgic", and "sentimental".[7] AllMusic reviewer Neil Z. Yeung praised the album for paying homage to pop punk predecessors such as Yellowcard, Fall Out Boy, Lit, and Blink-182, while praising the album's blend of the band's modern style and their past pop-punk music, mentioning the presence of "catchy hooks, bright energy, and . . . the style that won All Time Low a legion of devoted scene fans."[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Some Kind of Disaster" |
| 3:44 |
| 2. | "Sleeping In" |
| 3:01 |
| 3. | "Getaway Green" |
| 2:47 |
| 4. | "Melancholy Kaleidoscope" |
| 2:55 |
| 5. | "Trouble Is" |
| 2:27 |
| 6. | "Wake Up, Sunshine" |
| 3:16 |
| 7. | "Monsters" (featuring Blackbear) |
| 2:54 |
| 8. | "Pretty Venom (Interlude)" |
| 3:03 |
| 9. | "Favorite Place" (featuring The Band Camino) |
| 3:14 |
| 10. | "Safe" |
| 3:40 |
| 11. | "January Gloom (Seasons, Pt. 1)" |
| 2:47 |
| 12. | "Clumsy" |
| 3:02 |
| 13. | "Glitter & Crimson" |
| 3:03 |
| 14. | "Summer Daze (Seasons, Pt. 2)" |
| 3:15 |
| 15. | "Basement Noise" |
| 3:06 |
| Total length: | 46:14 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 16. | "I Hate That for You" |
| 2:57 |
| Total length: | 49:11 | ||
Personnel
- All Time Low
- Alex Gaskarth – lead vocals, guitars
- Jack Barakat – guitars, backing vocals
- Zack Merrick – bass, backing vocals
- Rian Dawson – drums, percussion
- Additional musicians
- Blackbear – vocal on track 7
- The Band CAMINO – vocals on track 9
- Dan Swank – guitars, keyboards, programming, percussion
- Technical
- Zakk Cervini – producer, engineering, mixing (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8–11, 13, 15)
- Andrew Goldstein – co-producer
- Phil Gornell – co-producer, engineering
- Dan Swank – co-producer, engineering
- Neal Avron – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 12, 14)
- Andrew Cook – artwork
- Ashley Osborn – photography
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Nik Trekov – editing
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 12 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] | 92 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 49 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] | 2 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[15] | 3 |
| US Billboard 200[16] | 31 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17] | 2 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18] | 1 |