Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing

Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing
Studio album by The Wonder Years
Released	June 14, 2011
Genre	Melodic hardcore,[1] pop punk[2][3]
Length	40:07
Label	Hopeless
Producer	Steve Evetts
The Wonder Years chronology
The Upsides (2010) Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing (2011) Sleeping on Trash: A Collection of Songs Recorded 2005–2010 (2013)
Singles from Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing
"Local Man Ruins Everything" Released: April 11, 2011 "Don't Let Me Cave In" Released: May 3, 2011 "Coffee Eyes" Released: June 1, 2011

Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing is the third studio album by American rock band The Wonder Years. The title of the album and some of its lyrics reference the Allen Ginsberg poem "America." "Came Out Swinging" begins with a sample of Ginsberg reading the poem.

Recording

The album was produced by Steve Evetts.^[4] Evetts would push the band to get the perfect take to the point where they felt sick,^[5] such as Dan Campbell throwing up twice while recording vocals.^[5] Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, both from Four Year Strong, recorded their guest vocals for "Summers in PA" while on The Wonder Years' tour bus during the 2011 edition of the Kerrang! Tour.^[6]

Release

On April 11, 2011, the band released their first single from the album, "Local Man Ruins Everything," through AbsolutePunk.net. On May 3, 2011, the second single from the album, "Don't Let Me Cave In," was released. On June 1, 2011, the album's third single, "Coffee Eyes," was made available for streaming on the Alternative Press website. The album was released on June 14, 2011, by Hopeless Records. The album was released on vinyl through No Sleep Records. A video was also produced for the song "Came Out Swinging". The album cover features the band's mascot, Hank the Pigeon.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	[7]
AllMusic	[1]
BLARE Magazine	[2]
Punknews.org	[3]
Alternative Press
Kerrang!	[8]

The album debuted at number 73 on the Billboard 200, selling about 8,100 copies in its first week of release.

The album was included at number 5 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.^[9] BuzzFeed included the album at number 32 on their "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die" list.^[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Wonder Years. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Came Out Swinging"	4:04
2.	"Woke Up Older"	3:33
3.	"Local Man Ruins Everything"	2:49
4.	"Suburbia"	0:51
5.	"My Life as a Pigeon"	3:06
6.	"Summers in PA"	3:17
7.	"I Won't Say the Lord's Prayer"	3:06
8.	"Coffee Eyes"	3:39
9.	"I've Given You All"	1:40
10.	"Don't Let Me Cave In"	3:23
11.	"You Made Me Want to Be a Saint"	1:31
12.	"Hoodie Weather"	4:01
13.	"And Now I'm Nothing"	5:00

Deluxe edition

Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"My Life as Rob Gordon"	3:58
15.	"Me vs. the Highway"	3:41
16.	"Living Room Song"	2:49
17.	"Don't Let Me Cave In (Nervous Energies)"	3:44
18.	"Woke Up Older (acoustic)"	3:38
19.	"Local Man Ruins Everything (acoustic)"	3:00
20.	"Came Out Swinging (demo)"	3:44
21.	"Don't Let Me Cave In (demo)"	3:25
22.	"Coffee Eyes (live demo)"	3:34
23.	"Woke Up Older (live demo)"	3:37
24.	"It's Murder-Suicide (Nu Metal Jam)"	2:49

Personnel

• Dan "Soupy" Campbell - lead vocals
• Matthew Brasch - guitar, vocals
• Josh Martin - bass, vocals
• Casey Cavaliere - guitar
• Nick Steinborn - keyboards, guitar, vocals
• Mike Kennedy - drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Alan Day (of Four Year Strong) - vocals on "Summers in PA"
• Dan O'Connor (of Four Year Strong)- vocals on "Summers in PA

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200[11]	73
U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums[12]	12
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums[13]	11
U.S. Billboard Tastemaker Albums[14]	3
U.S. Billboard Top Album Sales[15]	73
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums[16]	20

References

Citations

1. "Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing".
2. "BLARE review".
3. "Punknews.org review".
4. "The Wonder Years - 04.11.11 - Interview". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
5. Stewart, Shannon (March 14, 2012). "The Wonder Years' at the Gramercy Theatre - Backstage & Live - Photos - Fuse". Fuse. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
6. McMahon, ed. 2015, p. 20
7. "AbsolutePunk review".
8. Kerrang issue number 1384
9. Bird, ed. 2014, p. 73
10. Sherman, Maria; Broderick, Ryan (July 2, 2013). "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
11. "The Wonder Years - Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
12. "The Wonder Years - Chart history (Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
13. "The Wonder Years - Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
14. "The Wonder Years - Chart history (Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
15. "The Wonder Years - Chart history (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
16. "The Wonder Years - Chart history (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

Sources

• Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound (London: Freeway Press Inc.) (191). ISSN 1465-0185.
• McMahon, James, ed. (8 August 2015). "Rock's Biggest Secrets Revealed!". Kerrang! (London: Bauer Media Group) (1580). ISSN 0262-6624.

External links

• Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)