So Wrong, It's Right

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So Wrong, It's Right is the second studio album and major label debut by American rock band All Time Low. Following an unsuccessful showcase for Fueled by Ramen, Hopeless Records signed All Time Low in March 2006. They released an EP, Put Up or Shut Up, through the label in July of that year. After amassing 12 songs by January 2007, the band demoed some of them for Paul Leavitt. The group began recording So Wrong, It's Right in April at SOMD Studios in Beltsville, Maryland with producers Leavitt and Matt Squire. The band wrote five additional songs while in the studio. Following an acoustic tour in June, the band participated in Warped Tour, and "Dear Maria, Count Me In" was made available for streaming. After premiering a music video for "Six Feet Under the Stars", So Wrong, It's Right was released on September 25. The band spent the next three months supporting Boys Like Girls on their US tour. In early 2008, a music video was released for "Dear Maria, Count Me In", which was followed by an appearance at the Soundwave festival in Australia in February and March. The group participated in the Alternative Press Tour, and appeared at The Bamboozle and Give it a Name festival, between March and May. "Dear Maria, Count Me In" was released to radio around this time. In July, the band went on a headlining US tour, before taking part in Warped Tour. A deluxe edition of the album followed at the end of July, featuring acoustic versions of songs and music video. In early August, a music video was premiered for "Poppin' Champagne" on MTV's FNMTV. Later in the month, the band took part in the mtvU Video Music Awards Tour performing at several Six Flags location, before embarking on a US tour in October and November. "Poppin' Champagne" was released as a single in December featuring two different versions of the track. So Wrong, It's Right sold 14,225 copies in its first week of release, charting at number 62 on the Billboard 200, as well as reaching the top 20 on several other Billboard chart. The album went on to sell over 180,000 copies by May 2009. "Dear Maria, Count Me In" was certified Gold and then Platinum by the RIAA in April 2011 and April 2015, respectively. So Wrong, It's Right was later certified Gold by the RIAA in May 2017. The album received a mostly positive response from critic, with several reviewers praising the album's pop-punk sound. So Wrong, It's Right sold 14,225 copies in its first week of release. By May 2009, the album had sold over 180,000 copie. The album charted at number 62 on the Billboard 200, number six on the Independent Albums chart, number 12 on the Alternative Albums chart, number 14 on the Top Rock Albums chart, and number 20 on the Digital Albums chart. It also reached number 167 in Japan. "Dear Maria, Count Me In" was certified Gold by the RIAA in April 2011, and Platinum in April 2015. RIAA certified the album Gold in May 2017. idobi Radio included the album on their best of 2007 list. Alternative Press included "This Is How We Do" and "Come One, Come All" on their list of the band's best non-single song. BuzzFeed included the album at number 34 on their 36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die list. The album was included at number 10 on Rock Sound's The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time list. The album was included on Alternative Press' listicle of albums turning 10 years old in 2017. Mackenize Hall wrote that the album "pleased the cult of existing fan, won over a significant portion of their daily, sweaty crowds and had the industry hungry for more". Hall noted that the band still featured "Remembering Sunday", "Six Feet Under the Stars" and "Dear Maria, Count Me In" in their live set. .

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