Attack Attack! (album)

On November 25, 2009, lead guitarist Andrew Whiting announced information about an upcoming album. He revealed that the band would be recording the album from January to February 2010. The album was initially titled Shazam, but due to copyright issues, it was self-titled. The group toured with Breathe Carolina, I See Stars, Asking Alexandria, and Bury Tomorrow on the Artery Foundation Across The Nation Tour in March 2010. They headlined the This Is a Family Tour in November 2010 with support from Emmure, Pierce the Veil, In Fear and Faith, and Of Mice & Men. The band performed at Warped Tour in the summer of 2011. Following their appearance at Warped Tour, the band performed three additional tour dates. == Composition ==

"Sexual Man Chocolate" was the first song written for the album and was written while the band was on Warped Tour. Caleb Shomo came up with the idea and is about "falling in and out with God," according to Johnny Franck. "Renob, Nevada" was a song written in five minutes by Franck and is about people who criticized the group "in really obnoxious ways." He also wanted to give an "old-school hardcore feel" to the track. whereas "Pick a Side" and "All Alone" were produced by Shomo and "Last Breath" and "Criminal" were produced by John Feldmann from the deluxe edition. == Release ==

The album was released on June 8, 2010, through Rise Records, after initially planning to be released on May 25. A music video for the song was uploaded onto Rise's official YouTube on January 21, 2011, and has accumulated 17 million views to date. A deluxe reissue of the album was released on July 19, 2011, through Rise Records, and features four bonus tracks, two remixes, and two acoustic tracks. The group posted a remix version of "Sexual Man Chocolate" in promotion for their 2011 Vans Warped Tour performance. The band premiered "Last Breath" on June 11, which appears on the deluxe edition of the album. It was released as a single on June 27, via iTunes. A day before the release of the re-issue, the band premiered "Criminal", via Bloody Disgusting. == Critical reception ==

Attack Attack! was met with mixed reviews from music critics. Gregory Heaney of AllMusic noted the band's experiment with electropop and metalcore stating, "While this hodgepodge is an interesting gimmick, the elements never feel like they come together in any kind of harmony, making the electronic work feel more like an ironic wink than an earnest attempt to fuse two disparate styles together." == Commercial performance ==

Attack Attack peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200, selling more than 15,000 copies in its first week. The album also topped the Billboard Independent Albums chart, as well as charting on the US Top Alternative Albums chart, Top Rock Albums chart and Digital Albums chart at number five, six and 14 respectively. == Track listing ==

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. ;Attack Attack! • Johnny Franck – clean vocals, guitars • John Holgado – bass guitar • Caleb Shomo – lead vocals, programming, keyboards, synthesizers • Andrew Wetzel – drums • Andrew Whiting – guitars ;Production • Joey Sturgis – production, engineered, mastering, mixing • Eric Rushing – management • Dave Shapiro – booking • Caleb Shomo – production • Doug Cunningham – artwork ;Deluxe edition production • John Feldmann – production, engineered, mastering, mixing, co-writing on tracks "Last Breath" and "Criminal" • Caleb Shomo – production, engineered, mastering, mixing on tracks "Pick a Side" and "All Alone" • Glenn Thomas – design • Steven Taylor – photography ==Charts==