What Are You So Scared Of?

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What Are You So Scared Of?
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Studio album by
Tonight Alive
Released14 October 2011 (2011-10-14)
Studio NRG, Music Friends
Genre
Length43:51
Label
Producer Mark Trombino
Tonight Alive chronology
Consider This
(2010)		What Are You So Scared Of?
(2011)		 The Other Side
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 70% [1]
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What Are You So Scared Of? is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Tonight Alive, released on 14 October 2011 through Sony Music Australia. The standard CD version of What Are You So Scared Of? contains 10 pre-gap hidden acoustic takes of the album. Let It Land EP was released to accompany it; it shares the track "Let It Land", and also contains a new song and the three acoustic versions which were unable to fit on the album. Tonight Alive traveled to Los Angeles to record the album with producer Mark Trombino (Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Midtown). As the follow-up to 2010's Consider This EP, What Are You So Scared Of? debuted on the Australian albums chart at No. 15.

Contents

Production

What Are You So Scared Of? was recorded at NRG Studios in Hollywood, California, and Music Friends Studios, in Los Angeles, California, in January 2011. Mark Trombino produced the sessions with engineer Josh Newell. Mark Maxwell did additional production on "Starlight" and "Let It Land", while Mike Green did the same for "Sure as Hell". Tombino mixed the recordings, and then they were mastered by John Davis at Metropolis in London. [3]

Release

The record's first single, "Starlight", was released 1 July. Its second, "Let It Land", was released 19 September. On 11 October, "Thank You and Goodnight" was made available for streaming. [4] On 4 November the group announced they had signed a North American deal with independent label Fearless Records and were planning on releasing their album in that territory in early 2012. [5] In November and December, the group supported Blessthefall on the Fearless Friends Tour in the US. [6] What Are You So Scared Of? was released in the US on 14 February 2012. Deluxe edition included three tracks: "You Know Me", "Welcome" and "Take Me Down". [7] Upon its US release, it debuted at No. 7 on the US Heatseekers Albums chart, No. 48 on US Rock Albums and No. 10 on Independent Albums. While the group was planning to support Go Radio on their headlining spring tour in the US, [8] they had to drop of due to McDougall having an eczema outbreak. [9] On 12 October a music video was released for "Listening". [10] A behind-the-scenes video was also released. [11] In October and November, the band supported Pierce the Veil on their Collide with the Sky Tour in the US. [12]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tonight Alive, except where noted. [3]

Australian release [13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Eject, Eject, Eject!" 1:29
2."Breaking & Entering" 3:32
3."Starlight"Tonight Alive, Mark Maxwell 3:23
4."Sure as Hell"Tonight Alive, Mike Green3:06
5."Let It Land"Tonight Alive, Maxwell3:34
6."Fake It" 3:16
7."Listening" 2:55
8."Reason to Sing" 2:55
9."Safe & Sound" 3:17
10."Thank You & Goodnight" (featuring Mark Hoppus) 3:04
11."Amelia" 3:38
12."In the First Place" 2:41
13."To Die For" 3:25
14."What Are You So Scared Of?" 3:36
Total length:43:51
Acoustic pre-gap hidden tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Breaking and Entering" (acoustic)3:26
2."Starlight" (acoustic)3:07
3."Sure as Hell" (acoustic)2:58
4."Let It Land" (acoustic)3:24
5."Safe and Sound" (acoustic)3:06
6."Thank You & Goodnight" (acoustic)3:00
7."Amelia" (acoustic)3:36
8."In the First Place" (acoustic)2:33
9."To Die For" (acoustic)3:16
10."What Are You So Scared Of?" (acoustic)2:51
Total length:1:15:12
US release [14]
No.TitleLength
1."Eject, Eject, Eject!"1:29
2."Breaking & Entering"3:32
3."Sure as Hell"3:06
4."Starlight"3:23
5."To Die For"3:25
6."Let It Land"3:24
7."Amelia"3:38
8."Listening"2:55
9."Thank You & Goodnight" (featuring Mark Hoppus)3:04
10."Safe and Sound"3:17
11."Fake It"3:16
12."What Are You So Scared Of?"3:36
Total length:39:08
iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Welcome"2:50
14."Take Me Down"2:36
15."Breaking & Entering" (music video)3:28
16."Starlight" (music video)3:26
Total length:51:45

Let It Land

The Let It Land EP is the accompanying disc to What Are You So Scared Of?, available on CD. What Are You So Scared Of? features 10 pre-gap hidden acoustic tracks in addition to the 14-track album; the additional acoustic tracks that were unable to fit on the album make up the majority of Let It Land. Also included on the EP is a new song, "Welcome". [15]

  1. "Let It Land"
  2. "Welcome"
  3. "Fake It" (acoustic)
  4. "Listening" (acoustic)
  5. "Reason to Sing" (acoustic)

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [3]

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australia [16] 15
US Heatseekers Albums [17] 7
US Rock Albums [17] 48
US Independent Albums [17] 32
UK Albums Chart [18] 172

References

  1. ↑ Nassiff, Thomas (14 October 2011). "Tonight Alive - What Are You So Scared Of?". AbsolutePunk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Daley, Sloane (24 October 2011). "Tonight Alive - What Are You So Scared Of?". Punknews.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 What Are You So Scared Of? (booklet). Tonight Alive. Sony Music. 2011. 88725487562.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Common, Tyler (11 October 2011). "Listen to a new Tonight Alive song featuring Mark Hoppus". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Common, Tyler (4 November 2011). "Tonight Alive sign with Fearless Records". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Hiesel, Scott (7 September 2011). "Exclusive: Routing, lineup revealed for Fearless Friends Tour". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Yancey, Bryne (12 December 2011). "Tonight Alive detail new album, "What Are You So Scared Of?"". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Common, Tyler (23 January 2012). "Go Radio announce headlining tour with There For Tomorrow, Tonight Alive, Tyler Carter". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Mendyuk, Bridjet (27 June 2013). "Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive) opens up about tour drop offs, medical condition". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  10. ↑ Colwell, Matthew (12 October 2012). "Tonight Alive release "Listening" music video". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  11. ↑ Kraus, Brian (11 November 2012). "Tonight Alive release behind the scenes of "Listening" video". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  12. ↑ Bird, Michele (6 August 2012). "Pierce The Veil announce 'Collide with the Sky' tour". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Tonight Alive". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.. Tonightaliveofficial.com
  14. ↑ "Tonight Alive". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012..Tonightaliveofficial.com. Retrieved on 31 March 2012.
  15. ↑ Let It Land Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine . JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  16. ↑ australian-charts.com Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  17. 1 2 3 What Are You So Scared Of? - Tonight Alive Billboard . Retrieved 30 August 2012
  18. ↑ "Chart Log UK - 2012". Zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
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