Proper Dose

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Proper Dose
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2018 (2018-09-21)
StudioThe Panda Studios, Fremont, California; The Farm, Gibsons, British Columbia
Genre
Length33:03
Label Pure Noise
Producer Sam Pura
The Story So Far chronology
The Story So Far
(2015)
Proper Dose
(2018)
I Want to Disappear
(2024)
Singles from Proper Dose
  1. "Out of It"
    Released: September 14, 2017
  2. "Let It Go"
    Released: July 18, 2018
  3. "Upside Down"
    Released: August 20, 2018
  4. "Take Me as You Please"
    Released: August 20, 2018

Proper Dose is the fourth studio album by American pop punk band The Story So Far. It was released on September 21, 2018 via Pure Noise Records. [1]

Contents

Background

Proper Dose was recorded at The Panda Studios in Fremont, California and The Farm Studios in Gibsons, British Columbia. Sam Pura served as produce and engineer with assistance from Tyler Shane Rodriquez, Karl Dicaire, and Ryan Ellery. The band's drummer Ryan Torf did additional engineering on the tracks. Eric Valentine mixed the recordings with assistance from Michael Carrey at Studio Topangadise in Topanga, California, before the album was mastered by Brian Gardner in Lake Arrowhead, California. [2]

Release

The album was announced in late July 2018, coinciding with the release of lead single "Let It Go". [3] [ failed verification ] Prior to the album's release, two further singles were both released on August 20, 2018: "Upside Down" and "Take Me as You Please". [4] A music video for "Upside Down" was released on September 21. [5] Proper Dose sold 18,248 pure copies in its first week of release and debuted at #19 on the Billboard 200 chart. [6] In April 2019, the band went on an Australian tour with Basement. [7]

Track listing

All songs written by The Story So Far. [2]

No.TitleLength
1."Proper Dose"2:20
2."Keep This Up"2:27
3."Out of It"2:38
4."Take Me as You Please"3:43
5."Let It Go"2:48
6."Upside Down"3:51
7."If I Fall"3:27
8."Need to Know"2:52
9."Line"2:37
10."Growing on You"3:17
11."Light Year"3:33

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [2]

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian albums (ARIA) [8] 55
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 66
US Billboard 200 [11] 19

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