Walk This Way (album)

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Walk This Way
The White Tie Affair - Walk This Way.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 2008 [1]
Genre Dance-rock [2]
Length35:19
Label Sony
Producer Matt Mahaffey, Jeff Turzo
Singles from Walk This Way
  1. "Candle (Sick and Tired)"
  2. "Allow Me to Introduce Myself... Mr. Right"
  3. "The Letdown"
Professional ratings
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Walk This Way is the first and only album released by the White Tie Affair. The album contains the singles "Allow Me to Introduce Myself...Mr. Right" and "Candle (Sick and Tired)". Produced by the collaborative team behind Wired All Wrong (Matt Mahaffey and Jeff Turzo), Walk This Way was recorded at Annetenna Studios in Burbank, California.

Contents

Promotion

In February and March, the band went on tour with Secondhand Serenade, Making April and Automatic Loveletter. [4] In July and August, the band went on tour alongside Innerpartysystem, Kill Hannah and the Medic Droid. [5] In October and November, the band went on tour alongside the Higher, Just Surrender and the Morning Of. [6] As well as this they served as the opening act for Lady Gaga's The Fame Ball Tour. [7] Between late June and late August, the band performed on the Warped Tour. [8] The band performed at various Six Flags locations as part of the mtvU VMA Tour. [9] They appeared at The Bamboozle festival in May 2009, and performed on the Warped Tour between June and August 2009. [10] [11]

Singles

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Allow Me to Introduce Myself...Mr. Right"2:59
2."The Letdown"3:39
3."Candle (Sick and Tired)"3:50
4."Scene Change"3:35
5."Watching You"3:23
6."The Enemy"2:50
7."Take It Home"3:20
8."Price of Company"3:42
9."If I Fall"3:36
10."The Way Down"4:25

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Release history

RegionDateFormatDistributor
United StatesApril 22, 2008CD, digital download Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Walk This Way by the White Tie Affair". iTunes . 22 April 2008.
  2. 1 2 link
  3. Roth, Kaj (April 30, 2008). "The White Tie Affair - Walk This Way". Melodic. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  4. "AP Exclusive: The making of Secondhand Serenade's new video". Alternative Press. January 28, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  5. "Innerpartysystem heads out to the UK, then back to the US". Alternative Press. June 14, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  6. "The Higher enter studio for LP3, announce tour dates". Alternative Press. September 11, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  7. "Universal Music Group".
  8. Paul, Aubin (March 26, 2009). "Warped Tour 2009". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  9. Madison, Tjames (August 10, 2009). "All Time Low gets 'Personal' on fall trek". LiveDaily. Ticketmaster. Archived from the original on March 14, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  10. Paul, Aubin (March 12, 2009). "Bamboozle adds more bands". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  11. Paul, Aubin (March 26, 2009). "Warped Tour 2009". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  12. "The Letdown (Radio Edit) - Single by the White Tie Affair". iTunes . 12 May 2009.
  13. "The Letdown". Amazon.
  14. "Rhapsody MP3 Music Downloads: The Letdown by the White Tie Affair". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  15. "The Letdown — the White Tie Affair". 3 February 2023.

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