Tidal Wave (Taking Back Sunday album)

Tidal Wave
Studio album by Taking Back Sunday
Released September 16, 2016
Studio Sioux Sioux Studio, Charlotte, North Carolina
Length 47:50
Label Hopeless
Producer Mike Sapone
Taking Back Sunday chronology
Happiness Is
(2014)		 Tidal Wave
(2016)
Singles from Tidal Wave
  1. "Tidal Wave"
    Released: June 28, 2016
  2. "You Can't Look Back"
    Released: August 23, 2016[1]

Tidal Wave is the seventh studio album by American rock band Taking Back Sunday, released on September 16, 2016, through Hopeless Records. The album peaked at number 36 on the Billboard 200.

Composition and production

Material for the album was written in between tours for Happiness Is.[2]

Mike Pepe and Ray Jeffrey worked on pre-production. Recording took place at Sioux Sioux Studio in Charlotte, North Carolina with producer Mike Sapone. Pepe engineered the sessions. The NoDa Tabernacle Good Times Choir provided additional vocals on "Homecoming". Claudius Mittendorfer mixed the recordings at Atomic Heart Studio in New York City, while Stephen Marcussen mastered them at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California.[3]

Release

Tidal Wave was released on September 16, 2016, through Hopeless Records.[4]

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Alternative Press[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[7]
Exclaim!6/10[8]
Sputnikmusic[9]

Tidal Wave has received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 73 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on seven reviews.[5]

James Christopher Monger of AllMusic rated the album three and a half out of five stars and calls it "their most mature and diverse -- yet seamless -- set of songs to date."[6] Entertainment Weekly's Maria Sherman rated the album a "B" and writes that it's "eclectic and sensitive," and "If emo is something that pigeonholes, Taking Back Sunday is making noble attempts to abandon those impulses—with Tidal Wave, the band is both emo and something else entirely."[7]

Commercial performance

The album charted at number 36 on the Billboard 200,[10] as well as number 2 on the Alternative Albums chart.[11] The album also charted at number 54 in Australia[12] and number 94 in Scotland.[13]

Track listing

All songs written by Taking Back Sunday.[3]

No. Title Length
1. "Death Wolf"   4:12
2. "Tidal Wave"   2:32
3. "You Can't Look Back"   4:27
4. "Fences"   3:37
5. "All Excess"   3:35
6. "I Felt It Too"   5:22
7. "Call Come Running"   3:12
8. "Holy Water"   4:19
9. "In the Middle of It All"   3:12
10. "We Don't Go in There"   4:01
11. "Homecoming"   4:01
12. "I'll Find a Way to Make It What You Want"   5:20
Total length:
 47:50
Bonus tracks

Personnel

Personnel per sleeve.[3]

Taking Back Sunday
Additional musicians
  • The NoDa Tabernacle Good Times Choir:
    • Keaton Lazzara – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Ryan Hurley – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Ryleigh Varvaro – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • John John Noaln – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Camille Nolan – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Misha Lazzara – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Elyse Hurley – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Kara Urquhart – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Greg Urquhart – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
    • Nathan Lazzara – additional vocals on "Homecoming"
Production
  • Mike Sapone – producer
  • Mike Pepe – engineer, pre-production
  • Ray Jeffrey – pre-production
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Brad Filip – artwork
  • Brad Clifford – additional art
  • Misha Lazzara – cover photo, photos

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 54
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 94
US Billboard 200[10] 36
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[11] 2

Release history

Source: Amazon.com[14]

Region Date Format(s) Label
United States September 16, 2016
Hopeless

References

  1. ↑ "Taking Back Sunday releases "You Can't Look Back"". Inquirer.net. August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Goodman, Jessica (June 27, 2016). "Taking Back Sunday announce new album Tidal Wave". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Tidal Wave (Sleeve). Taking Back Sunday. Hopeless. 2016. HR2291-2.
  4. ↑ Ralph, Caitlyn (June 27, 2016). "Taking Back Sunday announce new album, 'Tidal Wave'". Alternative Press. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Reviews for Tidal Wave by Taking Back Sunday". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Christopher Monger, James. "Tidal Wave - Taking Back Sunday : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Sherman, Maria (September 16, 2016). "Taking Back Sunday's Tidal Wave: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ Feibel, Adam (September 14, 2016). "Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ SowingSeason (September 16, 2016). "Review: Taking Back Sunday - Tidal Wave". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Taking Back Sunday – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Taking Back Sunday. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Taking Back Sunday – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for Taking Back Sunday. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "ARIA CHART WATCH #387". auspOp. September 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Taking Back Sunday: Tidal Wave: Music". Amazon.com. ASIN B01H10EITU. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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