When The World Comes Down

Performer: The All-American Rejects
Artist: Tyson Ritter
Engineer: Dann Thompson; Eric Valentine
Producer: Eric Valentine
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Tyson Ritter (vocals, bass instrument); Nick Wheeler (guitars, programming); Mike Kennerty (guitars); Kevin Saulnier (keyboards); Chris Gaylor (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Eric Valentine (programming). Audio Mixer: Eric Valentine . Sticking to their tradition of one album every three years, the All-American Rejects unveiled their third full-length outing, WHEN THE WORLD COMES DOWN, in late 2008. Once again, frontman Tyson Ritter and the lads offer up an engaging set of punk-pop couched in ornate arrangements, as best evinced by the jangly "Gives You Hell," the soaring "Real World," and the string-tinged "Sunshine." The Okie ensemble is still capable of more straightforward guitar-based rave-ups, however, as they reveal on the surging first track, "I Wanna," and the arena-ready "Believe." While WORLD COMES DOWN isn't much of a departure from `05's MOVE ALONG, it reinforces the band's reputation for charmingly gilded power-pop.

Spin (p.85) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Working with Good Charlotte producer Eric Valentine, the Rejects trick out their hook-jammed anthems with sweet strings, zippy disco beats, and the occasional bit of Gary Glitter bleacher stomp." Entertainment Weekly (p.63) - "They've still got a knack for Bic-flicking anthems -- see 'Fallin' Apart,' a zippy contemporary cousin to '80s pop nugget 'Come On Eileen'..." -- Grade: B- Billboard (p.45) - "Orchestral flourishes pretty up the otherwise strummy 'Sunshine'....[There is] a welcomed electro twist to the band's straightforward approach to the rest of the songs." Kerrang (Magazine) (p.50) - "'['Gives You Hell'] marries the pop formula to a memorable, hummable hook, sounding like modern-day Weezer minus the quirkiness."

Out of the backwaters of Oklahoma rose the power-pop clatter of the All-American Rejects, whose 2002 self-titled debut album, released on the indie Doghouse Records, won a huge fan base and the attention of several major labels. In a field crowded with Blink-182 imitators, the band stood slightly apart by favoring ornate instrumentation, transparently honest lyrics, and a real knack for hooks and sing-along choruses. Although it took several years for the band to record and release a follow-up, 2005's MOVE ALONG was a big hit that yielded a charting single, the infectious "Dirty Little Secret."

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