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What Are You So Scared Of

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Length
  
43:51

Artist
  
Tonight Alive

Producer
  
Mark Trombino

Genre
  
Pop punk

What Are You So Scared Of? (2011)
  
The Other Side (2013)

Release date
  
14 October 2011

Label
  
Sony Music

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Released
  
14 October 2011 (2011-10-14) 14 February 2012 (2012-02-14) (US) 28 September 2012 (2012-09-28) (UK)

Pop punk albums
  
The Other Side, Limitless, Best Intentions, Punk Goes Pop - Volume 4, Future Hearts

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. 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. The record's first official single, "Starlight", was released 1 July 2011. Its second, "Let It Land", was released 19 September 2011.

Contents

After signing a deal contract with Fearless Records in Autumn 2011, the band released a re-issue of the album in the United States in February 2012. 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.

Tonight Alive toured Australia and North America year-long in support of the album, and made an appearance at Warped Tour 2012 in the US. The band reached success in the scene through constant touring and building up a devoted fanbase. 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.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Jenna McDougall and Whakaio Taahi.

  • The Australian iTunes edition contains the bonus track "Welcome", three music videos and two behind-the-scenes videos.
  • 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".

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

    Personnel

  • Jenna McDougall — lead vocals
  • Whakaio Taahi — lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jake Hardy — rhythm guitar
  • Cam Adler — bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Best — drums
  • Songs

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    2Breaking & Entering3:32
    3Starlight3:23

    References

    What Are You So Scared Of? Wikipedia