Move Along

Performer: The All-American Rejects
Engineer: Mike Plotnikoff; Mike Plotnikoff
Producer: Howard Benson; Howard Benson
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: The All-American Rejects: Nick Wheeler (sitar, talk box); Tyson Ritter (bass instrument); Chris Gaylor (background vocals); Mike Kennerty. Personnel: Tyson Ritter (vocals, Theremin, background vocals); Nick Wheeler (guitar, classical guitar, banjo, electric sitar, keyboards, programming); Mike Kennerty (guitar); Jamie Muhoberac (piano); Howard Benson, Paul DeCarli (keyboards, programming); Chris Gaylor (drums, percussion); Lenny Castro (percussion). Additional personnel: Lenny Castro. Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge. Recording information: Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village, CA; Casey Stone, Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA; Sparky Dark, Calabasas, CA. Photographer: Chapman Baehler. Hampered for some time by the implosion of their label Dreamworks, Oklahoma's All-American Rejects finally followed up their self-titled 2002 debut three years later. Happily, MOVE ALONG sounds like almost no time at all had passed between outings. Kicking off with the brash punk-pop of the first single, "Dirty Little Secret" (which features a killer distorted guitar riff), MOVE ALONG keeps things lively. The songs are short and the choruses are tailor-made for shouting along with, as people undoubtedly will. As before, co-leader Nick Wheeler decorates the songs with more odd touches than one would expect from an otherwise straightforward pop-punk band, layering sitar, banjo, theremin and hip-hop-flavored electronic beats into songs that otherwise sound little different from the likes of Blink-182 or Good Charlotte. Highlights include the sneering "Stab My Back," and the flamenco-inflected rocker "Top of the World."

Spin (p.104) - "Tyson Ritter is an Oklahoma heartthrob in the spirit of Taylor Hanson, with a boyish croon that soars sky-high over a sun shower of multitracked guitars..." - Grade: B Entertainment Weekly (No. 829, p.70) - "...boasts the same infectious bouoyancy that made 2002's "Swing, Swing a hit." - Grade: B plus

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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