Its’ ‘Nothing Personal’ – All Time Low’s New Anticipated Album
After two long years of waiting, All Time Low, consisting of singer Alex Gaskarth, guitarist Jack Barakat, drummer Rian Dawson, and bassist Zack Merrick, is coming out with their third studio album entitled “Nothing Personal”. After forming in 2003, All Time Low has gone from a local, home-town band to a national icon. After the release of their second album entitled “So Wrong, Its Right”, and their hits “Dear Maria, Count Me In” and “Poppin’ Champagne”, All Time Low has skyrocketed in terms of their popularity. “Nothing Personal” contains 12 tracks:
Nothing Personal - All Time Low's New Album
- Weightless
- Break Your Little Heart
- Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don’t)
- Lost in Stereo
- Stella
- Sick Little Games
- Hello, Brooklyn
- Walls
- Too Much
- Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal
- A Party Song (The Walk of Shame)
- Therapy
The first single released from this album is called “Weightless”, which also happens to be the first song of the album. “Weightless” starts out very differently than what most All Time Low fans are used to, and many might not approve. However, the song gets better as it goes on, and takes some getting used to. It’s actually one of my favorite songs from the album, with the powerful chorus: “Maybe it’s not my weekend, but it’s going to be my year”.
Following “Weightless” is a song called “Break Your Little Heart”. The song jumps right into the style that All Time Low fans are used to, with a distinct opening guitar riff. This song even includes the lyrics “nothing personal” stating that “You were fake, I was great – nothing personal”. This song shows a more personal aspect of All Time Low, describing how he (Jack? Alex?) broke someone’s heart.
Next comes All Time Low’s second single from this album, Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don’t). Following that, is a song called Lost In Stereo, which is, in my opinion, one of the best songs on the album. The verse has a catchy drum beat in the background while other instruments build on it and finally jumps into a catchy chorus. Whenever I hear this chorus I can’t help but sing along and dance.
The next song, entitled “Stella” is a bit of a change from “Lost In Stereo” , but yet is another catchy song. Following “Stella” is “Sick Little Games”, followed by “Hello Brooklyn”. The song starts out with neat guitar riff and jumps onto the verse. All Time Low uses a great blend of vocals and instruments and makes you want to just bob your head to the beat. It’s so catchy that one fails to realize that it is actually a love song.
After “Hello Brooklyn” are songs called “Walls” and “Too Much”. When I first played “Too Much” I had to double check whether or not I played the correct music. This song sounds very similar to a band called Snow Patrol, and I was very shocked when I heard it. It was a surprise to hear a song that sounded like that. I’m not a big fan of this song, and it strays very far from All Time Low’s style. The song that followed is called “Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal”, which is a much more upbeat song, and one that returned to the All Time Low style that we are used to.
Next is another great song off of the album called “A Party Song (The Walk of Shame).” It starts right away with a catchy beat, which makes you want to rock out to. When listening to this song, I just want to get out of my seat and dance (as with many songs on this album). The funny part about this song is that even though it has a catchy beat, the song is about real life, and that seems to be a very common theme throughout the album.
To finish off the album is a song called “Therapy”. It starts out slowly and sadly, and is a change from the rest of the album. This song is light on the background instruments and really shows off the range of Alex Gaskarth’s voice, and actually how much talent All Time Low has as a group.
All Time Low’s third album, Nothing Personal, once again blew me away. There are so many actual good songs in the album—a lot more than you see in most albums these days, and many songs touch on issues that seem to be very personal. In Nothing Personal, All Time Low experiments with different styles of music, and show that they have an incredible amount of talent. Currently, the album can be heard (leaked legally) on the MTV website (http://tinyurl.com/ATLnothingpersonal).
Overall, I give Nothing Personal by All Time Low 4.5 out of 5 starts. The only thing I didn’t like about the album was that one song that just didn’t belong. Be sure to catch Nothing Personal on shelves on July 7th, 2009!
-Dan
