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Dirty Work is the fourth studio album by American rock band All Time Low. Following the success of Nothing Personal, the band signed to major label Interscope Records in late 2009. After spending sometime writing material in Los Angeles, the band started recording with Mike Green in March 2010. Over the following months the band recorded songs with John Fields, Butch Walker, Matt Squire, David Kahne and U4L. In between sessions, the band embarked on the Bamboozle Roadshow tour. Neal Avron mixed the majority of the album's recordings while Green, Mark Trombino and Chris Lord-Alge each mixed a song. Vocalist/guitarist Alex Gaskarth co-wrote the album's songs with a variety of people, including those who produced a few of the songs. While recording, the album was planned for release in 2010. It was delayed to January 2011, and then to spring. Further recording sessions then took place in November 2010, as well as in January 2011.
Following these extra sessions, the album was then slated for release in March 2011. Between March and May, the band went on tours of the UK and the US. While on the tour, "I Feel Like Dancin'" was released as a single, and the album was reportedly going to be released in June. Dirty Work was eventually released on June 7. In July, the band appeared at the Sonisphere and Oxegen UK festivals and embarked on a North America tour, which lasted into August. During the tour, "Forget About It" was released as a single. The band went on a US tour in October and November, as well as appearing on Conan. After the tour's conclusion, music videos were released for "Time-Bomb" and "Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass" in November and December, respectively. "Time-Bomb" was released as a single in January 2012, before the band went on a UK tour, which ran into February. A Canadian tour followed shortly afterwards and "Guts" was released as a single.
In February 2009, it was reported that All Time Low had signed to major label Interscope Records.[1] However, the following month, vocalist/guitarist Alex Gaskarth denied this.[2] The band released their third album, Nothing Personal in July of that year through independent label Hopeless Records,[3] which sold 63,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200.[4] The band later confirmed they signed to Interscope Records in November.[5] Guitarist Jack Barakat said signing to the label gave the band "a bunch of new resources", such as being able to "write with people that we could never write with before, recording with people, getting certain mixers/producers and everything."[6] Gaskarth found the transition "[not] too difficult", but noting that it "definitely different though".[7]
Following this, the band sent the finished album to the label in September.[17] SonicScoop reported in November 2010 that the band were doing overdubs with Green, who was producing and engineering, in Studio A at Sear Sound in New York.[22] The band previously made a demo of "Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass" with Dan Book. Scott Stallone of U4L added electronic drums, rock samples and synthesizers to it. While working with Green, the band remade the track: re-doing guitars, replacing the old drums with new live drums, as well as new vocals, but retained a number of sounds that Stallone had added.[23] SonicScoop also reported that in January 2011 that the band had recently recorded in Studio C at Avatar Studios with producer David Kahne and engineer Roy Hendrickson with assistance from Aki Nishimura.[24] Ted Jensen mastered the album at Sterling Sound in New York City.[21]
Barakat said the writing process consisted of Gaskarth "writing songs and us going into the studio to put in our two cents and changing a couple things around."[6] In an interview with Just So You Know, Gaskarth said the album title "summarizes the theme of the songs, most of which centralize around escapism; running from my problems, burning bridges because of those problems; and the realization that its hard work to rebuild after those problems have torn people apart."[26] In an interview with MTV, Gaskarth said that the title was inspired "by the subject matter on the record, where it's this toss-up of being wrapped up in what we do, and having the fun and the good times, and kind of pulling that blindfold down in order to ignore the fact that other problems are crumbling around you".[27] Gaskarth also said "one of the big things that came along with this album ... [was] a lot of anxiety. About where were we going to go".[27] Gaskarth said the band purposely sought to "step outside of the box and do some things that were a bit scary."[28] He mentioned that "there's one [track] that starts with classical guitar playing something that sounds like it could be out of vaudeville and it's that kind of thing that we really decided to go for on this record."[28]
The band's manager suggested they write a song with Green early on in the writing process.[6] Gaskarth ended up writing "Do You Want Me (Dead?)", "Guts", "Under a Paper Moon", "A Daydream Away" and "Get Down on Your Knees and Tell Me You Love Me" with Green[21] within three days. Barakat said the pair had "an amazing chemistry together. He added this sweet dynamic to the band we never had before. He made us think in ways we never would have thought before."[6] "Forget About It" was written by Gaskarth and Fields. "Time-Bomb" was written by Gaskarth, Bouvier, Comeau and Squire. "Just the Way I'm Not" was written by Gaskarth and Butch Walker. "Return the Favor" was written by Gaskarth, Jacob Lutrell and Daniel Lutrell. "No Idea" was written by Gaskarth, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terrius Nash. "That Girl" and "My Only One" were written by Gaskarth and Squire.[21] Barakat said Gaskarth and Squire "are great writers ... They just have an amazing chemistry together."[6] "Heroes" was written by Gaskarth and John Feldmann. "Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass" was written by Gaskarth, Book and Alexei Misoul.[21]
"Time-Bomb" was originally written by Gaskarth along with Squire, Bouvier and Comeau for a Simple Plan song. However, during the writing process they deemed it more of an All Time Low song. Gaskarth was then featured on the Simple Plan song "Freaking Me Out" from Simple Plan's Get Your Heart On! album.[46] Gaskarth said the track "paints a picture of a relationship in trouble, symbolised by a bomb that's about to go off."[42] According to Barakat, the track was "the perfect song to bridge the gap" between Nothing Personal and Dirty Work.[41] Gaskarth said "Just the Way I'm Not" was an ode to Def Leppard, going as far to include a snare sample from one of their songs on the track. It talks about how "relationships don't always work out as perfectly as a Top 40 hit would have us believe."[42] He called it "a fun song, but a very personal one" with a "huge, anthemic chant-along chorus."[42] According to Gaskarth, "Under a Paper Moon" was inspired by Ella Fitzgerald's "It's Only a Paper Moon" where she "talks about how when this person she wants around isn't with her everything feels fake ... I wanted to adopt and modernise [that concept]."[42] With "Return the Favor", Gaskarth was "thinking way outside of the box", mentioning that it was inspired by vaudeville and Queen.[42] The track was initially composed on piano and then the band "built the rock on top."[42] It talks about "wanting someone to return the feelings you have for them, but to no avail."[42]
"No Idea" is based upon the film Inception (2010), specifically the scene where the character Dom Cobb has a dream relationship with his wife. Gaskarth said it was "actually something I can relate to, as there is someone from my past I'm distanced with now and the only at I can revisit that time is in my dreams. It made for a cool song."[42] Gaskarth called "A Daydream Away" the "kind of front porch, snare brushes and acoustic guitar slow jam I always wanted to write."[42] He added the lyrics were "very personal" and said it is a "good song to put on when you miss somebody and just want to relax."[42] Gaskarth called "Heroes" the "no-so-find farewell closer" that is also the "most pop-punk song" on the record, in tribute to their roots.[42] He classed it as an ironic song since it mocks the concept of "people idolising bands and all the drama that goes along with that when those bands try to evolve their sound as they grow up."[42] He said it was an "important final song and point to make for this album specifically as we've really taken some risks and stretched ourselves."[42] The title of "Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass" comes from the film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).[23]
Gaskarth stated in another interview: "We never actually gave an official release date; it's all been left to speculation and stretching of the facts. At this point, its looking more like the record will come out a bit later than March, but I think folks can still expect to hear some new material in the coming weeks."[26] On February 9, 2011, Gaskarth posted a new song, titled "Art of the State", on his Twitter.[54] Gaskarth said that "people are chomping at the bit for something new. ... I just tossed a little fuel on the flames."[26] Despite speculation that it would be the intro to the album, Gaskarth clarified that it was "more of an ending to the story. We pulled a [Quentin] Tarantino."[26] On February 14, while on tour, the band played a new song entitled "Time-Bomb".[55] On February 16, Gaskarth stated that the "record's definitely not coming out in March" due to the "restructuring" of Interscope Records and a number of records have been pushed back, Dirty Work being one of them.[56] In a later interview, Gaskarth presumed "a bunch of people got fired. We just wanted to make sure we didn't get caught up in that shit storm essentially, so we decided to hold off on putting the record out."[57] "Time-Bomb" was made available for streaming on February 26.[58] In March, the band went on a UK tour alongside Yellowcard and Young Guns.[59] In mid-March, Barakat stated in an interview with AbsolutePunk that All Time Low will "hopefully be releasing the track-listing shortly, maybe even clips of every song." He went on to say that a single hadn't been picked, though mentioned that "I Feel Like Dancin" was "in the running and will most likely be released as a single at some point, we're just not sure if it will be the first one."[41]
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