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Enemy of the World

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Released
  
March 9, 2010

Length
  
38:13

Genre
  
Pop punk

Producer
  
Label
  
Decaydance, Universal Motown

Enemy of the World(2010)
  

Enemy of the World is the third full-length studio album by American rock band Four Year Strong.

Contents

Release

"It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now" is the album's first single, released in the iTunes Store on December 21, 2009. "Wasting Time (Eternal Summer)" became available for streaming on AbsolutePunk on February 11. It was announced be the album's second single, and was released on February 9, 2010. "What the Hell Is a Gigawatt?" was made available for streaming on Purevolume on February 27, 2010.

In February 2010, Four Year Strong announced what they named "the platinum of pre-orders", a list of novelty packages involving the purchasing of the album. The vinyl record was made available to pre-order on March 2, 2010. It was released through Decaydance and Universal Motown Records on March 9, 2010. "Tonight We Feel Alive (On a Saturday)" impacted radio on May 11, 2010.

Reception

AbsolutePunk reviewer Drew Beringer was extremely positive in his review, saying Enemy of the World "is a pop-punk juggernaut" and tops their previous album Rise or Die Trying by far.

The album sold over 12,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 47 on the Billboard 200.

The album was included at number 39 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, except where noted.

Bonus tracks

Song titles

  • "It Must Really Suck to Be Four Year Strong Right Now" comes from a comment made by Scott Heisel of Alternative Press in a review of the Set Your Goals album This Will Be the Death of Us.
  • "What the Hell Is a Gigawatt?" is a line from the film Back to the Future.
  • "Flannel Is the Color of My Energy" is a reference to the chorus of the 311 song "Amber".
  • The title of the bonus track "Listen, Do You Smell Something?" is a line in the film Ghostbusters.
  • Personnel

  • Alan Day – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
  • Dan O'Connor – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
  • Joe Weiss – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jackson Massucco – drums, percussion
  • Josh Lyford – keyboards, synthesizer, unclean vocals
  • Additional personnel
  • Jay Pepito (of Reign Supreme) – additional vocals on "What the Hell Is a Gigawatt?"
  • Production
  • Machine – producer
  • John Feldmann – mixing
  • Bradon Paddock & Erik Ron – mix assistants
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Will Putney, Machine – engineer
  • Clinton Bradley – additional synth programming
  • Jeremy Comitas, Bill Purcell – editing/protools
  • Pete Wentz – A&R for Decaydance Records
  • Shep Goodman – A&R for Universal Motown
  • Elizabeth Vago – A&R coordination
  • Cliff Rigano – product manager
  • Ken Kelly – illustrations
  • Joe Spix – art direction & design
  • References

    Enemy of the World Wikipedia


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