The Airborne Toxic Event (album)

The Airborne Toxic Event
Studio album by The Airborne Toxic Event
Released	August 5, 2008 (2008-08-05)
Recorded	2007–2008
Studio	Pete Min's home studio (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Indie rock post-punk revival alternative rock
Length	37:33
Label	Majordomo
Producer	The Airborne Toxic Event Pete Min
The Airborne Toxic Event chronology
Does This Mean You're Moving On? EP (2007) The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) All at Once (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	C+
Blender
Drowned in Sound	7/10
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
Pitchfork	1.6/10
PopMatters	7/10
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The Airborne Toxic Event is the debut studio album by American rock band The Airborne Toxic Event. It was first released on August 5, 2008, through Majordomo Records. It was later 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 album was released in the UK on February 9, 2009 and features three bonus tracks. The album's first single, "Gasoline", was released on November 17, 2008, and was used in the soundtracks for FIFA 09 and as a playable track in Band Hero. "Sometime Around Midnight" was released on February 2, 2009, and later reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wishing Well"	Mikel Jollett	3:57
2.	"Papillon"	Jollett	3:18
3.	"Gasoline"	Noah Harmon Jollett	3:21
4.	"Happiness Is Overrated"	Harmon Jollett	3:12
5.	"Does This Mean You’re Moving On?"	Jollett	2:14
6.	"This Is Nowhere"	Anna Bulbrook Stephen Chen Harmon Jollett Daren Taylor	2:50
7.	"Sometime Around Midnight"	Jollett	5:04
8.	"Something New"	Harmon Jollett	3:07
9.	"Missy"	Jollett	3:40
10.	"Innocence"	Jollett	6:50
Total length:			37:33

European bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Winning Side"	4:14
12.	"This Losing"	3:35
13.	"The Girls In Their Summer Dresses"	3:19

iTunes Deluxe Edition

No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Winning Side"	4:14
12.	"This Losing"	3:35
13.	"The Girls In Their Summer Dresses"	3:19
14.	"Gasoline" (Acoustic Version)	3:35
15.	"Sometime Around Midnight" (Acoustic Version)	4:52
16.	"Sometime Around Midnight" (Music Video – Majordomo Version)	5:03

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
• Evren Göknar - Mastering Engineer (Capitol Mastering)

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	70
U.S. Billboard 200	108
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1
UK Albums Chart	35