''The Airborne Toxic Event'' is the debut studio album by American rock band The Airborne Toxic Event. It was first released on August 5, 2008, through

Majordomo Records Majordomo Records is an independent music, indie record label formed as an imprint of Shout! Factory, a Los Angeles-based audio/video label started by the founders of Rhino Records. The label's products are distributed through Sony BMG in the Unite ...

. It was later re-released by

Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...

on March 16, 2009, following the band's signing to the label. The entire album was recorded using a recording studio in the home of Pete Min, the band's producer. The album was released in the UK on February 9, 2009 and features three bonus tracks. The album's first single, "Gasoline", was released on November 17, 2008. "

Sometime Around Midnight "Sometime Around Midnight" is a song by American indie rock band The Airborne Toxic Event. It was released as the second single from their The Airborne Toxic Event (album), self-titled debut album (2008) on February 2, 2009, in the UK. The song pea ...

" was released on February 2, 2009, and later reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

Singles

* "Gasoline" (November 17, 2008) *# "Gasoline" – 3:20 *# "The Winning Side" – 4:16 * "Sometime Around Midnight" (February 2, 2009) *# "Sometime Around Midnight" – 5:03 *# "Innocence" (Acoustic) – 8:50 * "Happiness Is Overrated" (June 8, 2009) *# "Happiness Is Overrated" *# "I Don't Want to Be on TV"

Personnel

* Mikel Jollett – vocals, guitar,

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* Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards * Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola, backing vocals * Noah Harmon –

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* Daren Taylor –

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* Evren Göknar - Mastering Engineer (Capitol Mastering)

Charts

References

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