All American Reject

When the World Comes Down is the third studio album by American rock band The All-American Rejects, released on December 16, 2008.[1] It was produced by Eric Valentine who has recorded with the likes of Maroon 5. When the World Comes Down was the band's first album that was made using tape to record the songs.[citation needed] The album was named one of the Alternative Press most anticipated albums of the year. Two singles have been released to date, "Gives You Hell" and "Mona Lisa (When the World Comes Down)".

The All-American Rejects began to create their follow up to Move Along roughly around mid November 2007, after a four-month hiatus. As a way to maintain fans' interest, the band highlighted their record making process through live internet broadcasts, providing a direct look into the record-making process. To further promote the upcoming album, the Rejects also shot a Got Milk? ad.[2] They also released two song previews, "Mona Lisa" and "Sierra's Song" (Now Renamed "Sunshine").

The band did an interview with Entertainment Weekly to further promote the record, stating that "It's like nothing you've ever heard". The band talked about how the songs were put together and how it is different from Move Along.[citation needed] The album version of the song "Real World" was released as downloadable content for Rock Band on December 2. On December 11 the lyrics to all of the songs on When the World Comes Down were posted on the band's official website, 30-second clips of the songs were also released on their official MySpace page.[citation needed] The entire album was released on their Myspace the following day.[citation needed]

The band also donated 10% of their profits off the new album to Feed the Children. The band also had karaoke competitions, drawing competitions, and song competitions. Later on they released a site called AAR Street Team where fans can enter contests, blog, and chat.

The single "Gives You Hell" was released on September 20, 2008 as a digital download. The song's music video premiered on November 3, 2008 on Yahoo! Music. "Gives You Hell" was serviced to mainstream radio on October 7, 2008. The single "Mona Lisa (When the World Comes Down)" was released on November 18, 2008 on the iTunes Music Store. On the Track-by-Track commentary for the album, Tyson revealed that "The Wind Blows" was originally written for Gwen Stefani, but when it was turned down, they re-wrote some of it and kept it.

On November 3, 2008 the band released their first music video for the record, "Gives You Hell". The band also released a second video for "Mona Lisa", which was released on the deluxe iTunes version of the album.

Track listing
"I Wanna" - 3:29
"Fallin' Apart" - 3:27
"Damn Girl" - 3:51
"Gives You Hell" - 3:33
"Mona Lisa (When The World Comes Down)" - 3:15
"Breakin'" - 3:59
"Another Heart Calls" - 4:08 (featuring The Pierces)
"Real World" - 4:03
"Back to Me" - 4:28
"Believe" - 3:28
"The Wind Blows" - 4:22
"Silence" - 0:30
"Sunshine" Hidden Track - 2:59

[edit] Deluxe edition
"I Wanna" (Demo) - 3:18
"Damn Girl" (Demo) - 3:36
"Falling' Apart" (Demo) - 3:33
"Mona Lisa" (Demo) - 2:43
"Real World" (Demo) - 3:55
The Deluxe Edition also includes a track titled "Track by Track with Tyson and Nick", as well as the "Mona Lisa" music video.

[edit] iTunes exclusives
"On the Floor" (Demo) (iTunes Exclusive)
"Here I Sit" (Demo) (iTunes pre-order track only)[3]

[edit] Best Buy Exclusives
The deluxe edition at Best Buy has the additional tracks:

"Swing, Swing" (Live) - 6:59
"I'm Waiting (Live) - 5:38
"Move Along (Live) - 4:44

[edit] Sales
In its debut week, the album sold over 112,000 copies to place at number 15 on the Billboard 200.[4] Sales were much larger than the 90,000 shifted by their previous effort, Move Along.