When the World Comes Down
| All American Rejects
When the World Comes Down
When the World Comes Down is the third studio album by American rock band The All-American Rejects, released December 16, 2008 by Interscope Records. Produced by Eric Valentine, the album was recorded in 2008 at Barefoot Studios in Los Angeles, California. Following on from touring and promotion for their previous album, The All-American Rejects began writing for their follow-up in late 2006. - Wikipedia
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Altpress
The Rejects make pop songs sound so effortless, and that’s not easy.
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Sputnik Music
They show only a little tendency to grow beyond the limitations of their chosen genre.
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All Music
Nothing if not a commercial record, and any lack of distinction won't keep these would-be singles from finding a place on digital radio
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Music OMH
But this is not an album that you’re going to come back to again and again. It’s tuneful in places, but ultimately pretty vapid.
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Common Sense
A fresh, playable mix of radio-friendly pop and pop-rock anthems.
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Pop Matters
If you are young and/or naïve enough to dig this whole shtick, though, you're going to have the time of your life.
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Punk Rock Theory
If it is solid pop music you’re looking for, look no further!
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Music Direct
Music fans everywhere took note of the strength of the entire album.
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Contact Music
What it does do is showcase Ritter to be a stronger vocalist than previously thought.
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Exclaim
While the record isn't overtly ambitious or deep, it's no dirty little secret that it's slightly deeper and superbly fun.
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MXDWN
The band falters when it comes to slowing things down and looking inward, but despite this, When the World Comes Down is a fun, addictive album that will have fans hitting repeat.
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The Musical Hype
This won’t appeal to purists, but judged objectively, there’s definitely something here.
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Punktastic
But I also think there’s enough here, even if it’s just the singles, to tempt even the haters to check them out this time round…
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Mibba
I personally enjoy the songs: Sunshine, Another Heart Calls, and Real World.
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Melodic
I think producer Eric Valentine was the perfect and right choice for this band, give em a Grammy now!
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LA Times
The Rejects are best at small ideas with a long shelf life.
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Laut
Thoughtful arrangements that are bursting with breaks and gimmicks, and the opulent production of Eric Valentine testify to the maturity and, above all, the time invested.
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Slacker
Straightforward pop tunes about heartbreak, heartache, and other cheerless conditions of the cardiac organ.
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Enoch Magazine
The new All American Rejects album is great.
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All CD Covers
Rejects are back and more energetic than ever.
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Rock Sound
It might be like listening to music while wrapped in candy floss and drowning in a Wonker-esque lake of chocolate, but in all honesty, death by ear candy isn’t the worst possible way to go, is it?
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Prefixmag
A sense of maturing here, a willingness to step outside of what works.
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FYE
Reprises the same formula that made Move Along a success.
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Bullz Eye
Good for them, and for us. More restraint in the production may have yielded an even stronger effort.
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