This Day In Music History: July 7th, 2009 – All Time Low catapults to pop-punk stardom with “Nothing Personal”

A decade ago, the music scene was a vastly different place. Streaming on Spotify was in its infancy and Apple Music was still a developing pipe dream, while physical media was still selling fairly well. Of course, all this was soon to change, and while many of the bands All Time Low used to tour with aren’t around anymore, the now veteran pop-punk band once had something to prove, musically speaking. While the band’s previous two records (especially 2007’s So Wrong, It’s Right) played a huge part in their current success, it’s 2009’s followup Nothing Personal that showed the music scene All Time Low had plenty of staying power.

A glossy pop-punk album with added emphasis on the former, All Time Low’s Nothing Personal, released on this day in 2009, contained all the hooks the band was able to capitalize on their previous records with – except with an even more shiny coat of paint. The record, which was produced by the likes of hitmakers Matt Squire, Butch Walker, David Bendeth, and S*A*M + Sluggo, rocketed the band to big time performances and slots at Warped Tour, Reading + Leeds festivals, as well as their own sold-out headlining tours.

The record, which clocks in at barely 40 minutes long, is a crisp affair that has many of the band’s best-known songs. Putting most of the album’s catchiest songs to the front, tracks like “Weightless”, “Lost In Stereo”, and fan favorite “Break Your Little Heart” helped the album eventually go gold – giving Hopeless Records one of their biggest success stories to date. Notably, the band would jump to a major label for Dirty Work, and while that album was also a commercial success, the band doubled down on going almost full-on pop. It’s no surprise that the band soon returned to Hopeless Records for their return to form, Don’t Panic!.