Future Hearts
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April 7, 2015 |
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2014-2015 |
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46 min 56 s |
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Alex Gaskarth , Mike Green, Rian Dawson , John Feldmann |
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Future Hearts is the sixth studio album by the American pop punk band All Time Low from Towson near Baltimore , Maryland .
The album was released on April 3, 2015 in North America and on April 10, 2015 in German-speaking countries via Hopeless Records . The album was produced by John Feldmann , Mike Green, and all-time-low members Alex Gaskarth and Rian Dawson . The group was able to win over Joel Madden from Good Charlotte and Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 as guest musicians .
The standard edition of the album includes thirteen songs with a total playing time of 46 minutes and 56 seconds. The deluxe edition contains three bonus tracks, the best buy edition, the HMV edition and the Suburban records edition each with two bonus tracks. The album received mixed to positive reviews. The album made it into several official album charts, including for the first time in Germany , Spain , Italy and Norway . In the United States, the album sold a total of 80,000 times in the first week, which made it number 2 in the official US album charts . In the United Kingdom , almost 20,000 units sold were enough to climb the top position in the national album charts for the first time . Thus, future hearts the very first number-one album of the band at all.
Production history
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In June 2014 the band announced that they would start work on a new album. On September 29, 2014, the musicians began with producer John Feldmann , who already worked with Black Veil Brides and Panic! at the Disco worked together to record the album.
Mike Green was hired as a further producer and he produced five songs from the album. Individual pieces were also recorded by Alex Gaskarth and Rian Dawson , musicians with All Time Low, themselves.
publication
On January 12, 2015, Something's Gotta Give, the main single and music video, was released. The single premiered on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show . At the same time, the pre-order phase for the album began.
The second single, called Kids in the Dark , followed on March 9, 2015 . A music video for this piece was released a day later. On March 23, 2015, the piece Runaways was released on MTV , which, however, is not an official single release. The song Tidal Waves was presented on the television channel Fuse TV , the day before the piece was available on iTunes .
The album Future Hearts was released on April 3, 2015 in North America and Australia , while it was released in Europe four days later.
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Between February 9 and 14, 2015, the band played a co-headlining arena tour of the UK with You Me at Six . In March a short European tour followed with concerts in Cologne and Hamburg , which ended with a performance in the Wembley Arena in London . This concert was recorded for a later DVD release. In June the group will play two concerts in Spain and one in Norway . Before that, the group will complete a headlining tour of the United States between April 15 and May 24 , accompanied by Issues , Tonight Alive and State Champs .
During the summer, the group plays several major music festivals including Nova Rock , Pukkelpop , Greenfield Festival , Southside Festival , Hurricane Festival and Reading and Leeds Festivals . Between the festival appearances, the group will play in the Philippines for the first time since 2013 .
Success and reception
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Commercial win
In the United States , Future Hearts was sold a total of 80,000 times within the first week of sales. Thus the band was able to record the highest sales figures in its band history after the first week of sales. In the UK , the album sold 19,400 copies in its first week.
In the USA, the album entered the official album charts at number 2, although Future Hearts had sold significantly more records in traditional sales than the previous leader - the official soundtrack for Fast & Furious 7 . However, according to the new chart calculation, 464,000 digitally sold singles for the song See You Again by Wiz Khalifa ensured that the film soundtrack could not be displaced from the top position. In the United Kingdom, the almost 20,000 units sold were enough to land at number one in the British charts for the first time . In the Australian album charts , a top 3 placement was just missed in New Zealand , the album debuted at number seven. For the first time, All Time Low was listed in Germany (60th place), Norway (21st place), Italy (94th place) and Spain (54th place).
The single Something's Gotta Give entered the UK's official singles chart at number 84.
Media reception
Future Hearts received mixed reviews, but overall the résumé in the English-language media was positive. The Australian version of Rolling Stone, for example, rated the album with three out of five possible rating points. The reviewer praises the group's lyrics from this album and is of the opinion that Future Hearts is always catchy. However, the album is overall too thin to enjoy. Alternative Press Evan Lucy rated the album better. He gave four rating points and feels that Future Hearts could have been a much better major album than the Dirty Work released . The issue of Kerrang published on March 28, 2015 stated that Future Hearts is an album for all those who prefer a carefree and childlike version of pop-punk . Based on multiple reviews, Future Hearts received an average rating of 74 criticisms on Metacritic .
In the German-speaking media, however, the album did not do well: Eric Meyer from Plattentests.de wrote that the group is still following their juvenile heartbreak side far too consistently and thus shamelessly using the clichés. However, the reviewer writes that the album also has snappy songs in its repertoire. He cites kicking & screaming as an example . Meyer also says that Something's Gotta Give and Old Scars / Future Hearts are among the better pieces on the album. Jan Hassenpflug from Laut.de sees it similarly . He also gave the album a rather sobering rating. He describes the album over long distances to trite much and too good blades, the two guest musicians rather his attention grab than the actual lead singer himself. The songs Do not You Go and Cinderblock Garden makes it as the best pieces of future hearts of . In conclusion, Hassenpflug states that apart from the potential of the group, nothing worth mentioning remains, he misses the “shitty” mentality of past skatepunk heroes, the recognition value and the courage to escalate at All Time Low.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jon Ableson: Alter the Press! : All Time Low Start Work On New Album
- ↑ Rock Sound : ALL TIME LOW HAVE STARTED RECORDING THEIR NEW ALBUM, AND LOOK WHO'S PRODUCING IT!
- ↑ Pulse Recordings : Mike Green / All Time Low
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : All Time Low premiere music video for "Something's Gotta Give" single
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Listen to All Time Low's latest single, "Kids In The Dark"
- ↑ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Watch All Time Low's new video for "Kids In The Dark"
- ↑ Rock Sound : ALL TIME LOW + YOU ME AT SIX ANNOUNCE ENORMOUS ARENA CO-HEADLINE TOUR
- ^ A b Emily Carter: Kerrang : All Time Low Debut Something's Gotta Give
- ↑ Rob: Ourzone Magazine : All Time Low announce Wembley Arena show ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jon Ableson: Alter the Press! : All Time Low To Headline Wembley Arena
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Issues, Tonight Alive, State Champs to open All Time Low's spring headlining tour
- ↑ Kai Wichelmann: Rolling Stone : Hurricane / Southside managing director Folkert Koopmans: "There will be another headliner!"
- ↑ Festival planner : All Time Low
- ↑ Jac Carlos: MYxPH : ALL TIME LOW Is Coming Back To Manila!
- ↑ Chart tracking (albums): US UK AT DE
- ↑ Chart tracking (singles): UK
- ↑ a b Keith Claufield: 'Furious 7' Soundtrack Speeds to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart . In: Billboard . ( Prometheus Global Media ). April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ All Time Low Logs Third No. 1 on Top Rock Albums . Billboard . Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ All Time Low score first ever UK number 1 . Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ↑ Simon Jones: Rolling Stone Australia : All Time Low - Future Hearts Review ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Even Lucy: Alternative Press : All Time Low - Future Hearts Review
- ^ A b Metacritic : All Time Low - Future Hearts Reviews
- ↑ Eric Meyer: Plattentests.de : All Time Low - Future Hearts Review
- ^ Jan Hassenpflug: Laut.de : All Time Low - Future Hearts Critique
