The Airborne Toxic Event (album)

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The Airborne Toxic Event
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 5, 2008 (2008-08-05)
Recorded2007–2008
StudioPete Min's home studio (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length37:33
Label Majordomo
Producer
  • The Airborne Toxic Event
  • Pete Min
The Airborne Toxic Event chronology
Does This Mean You're Moving On? EP
(2007)
The Airborne Toxic Event
(2008)
All at Once
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club C+ [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [5]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 1.6/10 [8]
PopMatters 7/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The Airborne Toxic Event is the debut studio album by American rock band The Airborne Toxic Event. It was first released on August 5, 2008, through Majordomo Records. It was later re-released by Island Records on March 16, 2009, following the band's signing to the label. The entire album was recorded using a recording studio in the home of Pete Min, the band's producer.

Contents

The album was released in the UK on February 9, 2009 and features three bonus tracks. The album's first single, "Gasoline", was released on November 17, 2008, and was used in the soundtracks for FIFA 09 and as a playable track in Band Hero. "Sometime Around Midnight" was released on February 2, 2009, and later reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wishing Well" Mikel Jollett 3:57
2."Papillon"Jollett3:18
3."Gasoline"
  • Noah Harmon
  • Jollett
3:21
4."Happiness Is Overrated"
  • Harmon
  • Jollett
3:12
5."Does This Mean You’re Moving On?"Jollett2:14
6."This Is Nowhere"
2:50
7."Sometime Around Midnight"Jollett5:04
8."Something New"
  • Harmon
  • Jollett
3:07
9."Missy"Jollett3:40
10."Innocence"Jollett6:50
Total length:37:33
European bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The Winning Side"4:14
12."This Losing"3:35
13."The Girls In Their Summer Dresses"3:19
iTunes Deluxe Edition
No.TitleLength
11."The Winning Side"4:14
12."This Losing"3:35
13."The Girls In Their Summer Dresses"3:19
14."Gasoline" (Acoustic Version)3:35
15."Sometime Around Midnight" (Acoustic Version)4:52
16."Sometime Around Midnight" (Music Video – Majordomo Version)5:03

Singles

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)70
U.S. Billboard 200 [12] 108
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 1
UK Albums Chart 35

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