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''Wake Up, Sunshine'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band
All Time Low All Time Low is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Towson, Maryland, in 2003. Consisting of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist/backing vocalist Zack Merrick, and drummer Rian Dawson ...
. It was released on April 3, 2020, and is their second release with Fueled by Ramen following '' Last Young Renegade'' in 2017. The album's fourth and final single " Monsters" is the highest-charting song of their career.


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. 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.'' 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.


Composition

The album’s overall sound has been described as
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by critics.


Reception

The album received positive reviews from critics, with some noting it as a nostalgic culmination of the band’s previous works. In a positive review, Emily Carter of ''Kerrang!'' called it "dreamy", "nostalgic", and "sentimental". AllMusic reviewer Neil Z. Yeung praised the album for paying homage to pop punk predecessors such as Yellowcard,
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, 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."


Track listing


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 Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' '' Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Early life ...
- mastering * Nik Trekov - editing


Charts


References

{{Authority control 2020 albums All Time Low albums Fueled by Ramen albums