Us and the Night
Us and the Night | ||||
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Studio album by 3 Doors Down | ||||
Released | March 11, 2016[1] | |||
Recorded | May–July 2015 | |||
Studio |
Rivergate Studios[1] (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, post-grunge, pop rock | |||
Length | 37:48 | |||
Label | Republic Records | |||
Producer | Matt Wallace[1] | |||
3 Doors Down chronology | ||||
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Singles from Us and the Night | ||||
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Us and the Night is the sixth studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, released on March 11, 2016. It is 3 Doors Down's first studio album since Time of My Life (2011), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career, and the band's first album with Chet Roberts on lead guitar and Justin Biltonen on bass. The album received mixed reviews from critics. Us and the Night debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart and spawned three singles: "In the Dark", "Still Alive" and "The Broken".
Album information
"Us and the Night" was released on March 11, 2016. In June 2015, Chris Henderson announced that the new album will be titled Us and The Night.[3] The release date was announced on January 7, 2016.[1]
Reception
Critical reception
Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 51/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Consequence of Sound | C-[6] |
Renowned for Sound |
Us and the Night garnered mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 51, based on 4 reviews.[4]
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted how the album was "a brighter affair than Time of My Life", giving credit to the band for favoring "wide strokes over specificity" with their lyrical content and instrumentation, concluding that "[T]his contradiction means the band remains an uneasy good time, but at least on Us and the Night the reconstituted 3 Doors Down have decided to look on the sunny side of life."[5] Jessica Thomas from Renowned for Sound commented about the overall feel throughout the record's track listing: "While there’s nothing necessarily bad or unpleasant about its content or delivery, there just isn’t anything new or exciting either. Each track falls into the rut of being entirely too similar, and from the thematic material to production, there’s just too much familiarity to discern from one track to the next."[7] Consequence of Sound writer Adam Kivel also gave a critique on the band's lyricism throughout the album: "Arnold’s lyrics latch onto tired tropes and clichéd rhymes, rather than offering any sort of narrative or emotional specificity. None of the songs are terrible, but none of them make much of an impression."[6]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 album chart,[8] number two on Top Rock Albums,[9] and number one on the Independent Albums chart, with 24,000 copies sold on its first week of release.[10]
Track listing
All tracks written by 3 Doors Down.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Broken" | 2:46 |
2. | "In the Dark" | 3:43 |
3. | "Still Alive" | 2:41 |
4. | "Believe It" | 3:21 |
5. | "Living in Your Hell" | 3:48 |
6. | "Inside of Me" | 3:45 |
7. | "I Don’t Wanna Know" | 3:24 |
8. | "Pieces of Me" | 3:38 |
9. | "Love Is a Lie" | 2:47 |
10. | "Us and the Night" | 3:59 |
11. | "Fell from the Moon" | 3:56 |
Total length: | 37:48 |
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
12. | "Found Me There" | 3:22 |
13. | "Walk Before You Run" | 3:38 |
Chart performance
Album
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 34 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 14 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 59 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] | 15 |
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[15] | 45 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 4 |
UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 60 |
US Billboard 200[18] | 14 |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
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US Main. Rock [19] | ||
"In the Dark" | 2016 | 2 |
"Still Alive" | 2 | |
"The Broken" | 36 | |
Music videos
- In the Dark
References
- 1 2 3 4 "NEW ALBUM, US AND THE NIGHT, AVAILABLE MARCH 11TH!". Three Doors Down. January 7, 2016. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ↑ "3 Doors Down "The Broken"". Republic Records. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "3 Doors Down Reveal 'Us and the Night' Album Title". Loudwire. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- 1 2 "Reviews for Us and the Night by 3 Doors Down". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- 1 2 Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Us and the Night - 3 Doors Down". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- 1 2 Kivel, Adam (March 11, 2016). "3 Doors Down – Us and the Night". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- 1 2 Thomas, Jessica (March 24, 2016). "Album Review: 3 Doors Down – Us and the Night". Renowned for Sound. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Billboard 200". Billboard. April 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Rock Albums". Billboard. April 2, 2016.
- ↑ Kevin Rutherford (March 24, 2016). "Killswitch Engage, 3 Doors Down Lead Veteran Debuts on Rock Albums Charts". Billboard.
- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – 3 Doors Down – Us and the Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – 3 Doors Down – Us and the Night" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – 3 Doors Down – Us and the Night" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ↑ "3 Doors Down Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – 3 Doors Down – Us and the Night" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – 3 Doors Down – Us and the Night". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ↑ "3 Doors Down Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ↑ "3 Doors Down Album & Song Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 14, 2016.