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The Airborne Toxic Event (album)

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Released
  
August 5, 2008

Length
  
37:33

Artist
  
The Airborne Toxic Event

Label
  
Majordomo Records

Recorded
  
Los Angeles, 2007

Producer
  
Pete Min

Release date
  
5 August 2008

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Does This Mean You're Moving On? EP (2007)
  
The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)

Genres
  
Indie rock, Alternative rock

Similar
  
All at Once, Dope Machines, Such Hot Blood, Songs of God and Whiskey

The Airborne Toxic Event is the self-titled debut album by the American alternative rock band The Airborne Toxic Event, first released in the US on August 5, 2008 by Majordomo Records/Shout! Factory. The album was 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. The first single in the US was Sometime Around Midnight, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Contents

The album was released in the UK on February 9, 2009 and features three bonus tracks. First single "Gasoline" was released on November 17, 2008, and second single "Sometime Around Midnight" was released on February 2, 2009. "Gasoline" is also a playable track in the video game "Band Hero".

"Sometime Around Midnight" was picked as the Starbucks Pick of the Week as an acoustic for May 6.

Both "Sometime Around Midnight" and "Does This Mean You're Moving On?" were written about the same former girlfriend of Mikel Jollett's.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Mikel Jollett, except where noted.

Singles

  • "Gasoline" (November 17, 2008)
    1. "Gasoline" – 3:20
    2. "The Winning Side" – 4:16
  • "Sometime Around Midnight" (February 2, 2009)
    1. "Sometime Around Midnight" – 5:03
    2. "Innocence" (Acoustic) – 8:50
  • "Happiness Is Overrated" (June 8, 2009)
    1. "Happiness Is Overrated"
    2. "I Don't Want to Be on TV"
  • Personnel

  • Mikel Jollett – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards
  • Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola, backing vocals
  • Noah Harmon – bass
  • Daren Taylor – drums
  • Songs

    1Wishing Well3:57
    2Papillon3:18
    3Gasoline3:21

    References

    The Airborne Toxic Event (album) Wikipedia