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Last Stop Suburbia

Last Stop Suburbia is Allister's third release on Drive-Thru Records and second studio album, released on October 8, 2002.

Last Stop Suburbia
Studio album by
Allister
ReleasedOctober 8, 2002
RecordedFebruary 18 – May 9, 2002
StudioStandard Electrical Recorders
Genre
Length39:06
LabelDrive-Thru
ProducerChris Fudurich
Allister chronology
Dead Ends and Girlfriends
(1999) 		Last Stop Suburbia
(2002) 		Before the Blackout
(2005)

Recording edit

In November 2001, Allister played a few US shows with Reel Big Fish.[2] The band planned to enter the studio in December.[3] The band was in the studio from February 18, 2002 and planned to finish on March 18.[4] Instead, the band finished recording on May 9.[5] Sessions were held at Standard Electrical Recorders in Venice Beach, California, with producer and engineer Chris Fudurich; Ryan Baker did additional editing. Steve Evetts mixed the recordings at Trax East in South River, New Jersey, before the album was mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California.[6]

Release and reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunkFavorable[7]
AllMusic     [1]
Ink 19Mixed[8]
The Mag          [9]
Ox-Fanzine5/10[10]

On June 9, 2002, guitarist John Hamada left the band.[11] Between late June and mid-August, the group went on the 2002 edition of Warped Tour.[12] On August 31, "Overrated" was made available as a free download through the band's MP3.com profile.[13] Originally planned for a June release,[4] before being pushed back to August,[5] then early September due mixing delays.[14] Last Stop Suburbia was made available for streaming on September 25,[15] before it was eventually released on October 8, 2002 through Drive-Thru.[16] In early 2003, the band supported American Hi-Fi on their tour,[17] before embarking on a trek across the US East Coast with Don't Look Down and Fall Out Boy.[18] Between late August and October 2003, the group performed on the Drive-Thru Records 2003 Invasion Tour.[19] In January 2004, the band went on a tour of the UK, with Home Grown, the Early November, and Hidden in Plain View.[20] In May 2004, the band toured the US with Split Habit, Punchline, and Hidden in Plain View.[21]

Last Stop Suburbia charted at number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[22] The album would go on to sell 80,000 copies.[23] Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Kurt Morris said the album was full of "upbeat, poppy songs" matched with "nice melodies and songs about girls and rock & roll."[1] Morris also said it was "typical Drive-Thru Records pop-punk" fodder.[1] BuzzFeed included the album at number 30 on their "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die" list.[24] Cleveland.com ranked "Somewhere on Fullerton" at number 74 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs.[25]

Track listing edit

Writing credits per booklet.[6]

  1. "Scratch" – 3:11 (Hamada)
  2. "Radio Player" – 3:25 (Rogner)
  3. "Flypaper" – 2:12 (Murphy)
  4. "Overrated" – 2:25 (Rogner)
  5. "Better Late Than Forever" – 2:40 (Hamada)
  6. "The One That Got Away" – 1:41 (Murphy)
  7. "Racecars" – 2:39 (Rogner)
  8. "Matchsticks" – 2:04 (Rogner)
  9. "Camouflage" – 2:14 (Murphy)
  10. "Don't Think Twice" – 2:52 (Rogner)
  11. "Somewhere on Fullerton" – 2:39 (Rogner)
  12. "Westbound" – 2:14 (Murphy)
  13. "Know It All" – 1:45 (Rogner)
  14. "Stuck" – 1:55 (Hamada)
  15. "Waiting for You" – 2:29 (Rogner)
  16. "None of My Friends Are Punks" – 2:34 (Rogner)

Chart positions edit

Charts (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums[22] 9

Personnel edit

Personnel per booklet.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Morris, Kurt. "Last Stop Suburbia - Allister | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Reel Big Fish on Tour". Reel Big Fish. Archived from the original on October 31, 2001. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  3. ^ "Absolute Punk - Interviews". absolutepunk.net. Archived from the original on June 14, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Last Stop Suburbia (booklet). Allister. Drive-Thru Records. 2002. DTR33CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Tate, Jason. "AbsolutePunk - Allister / Last Stop Suburbia". AbsolutePunk. Archived from the original on April 8, 2003. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  8. ^ Haukland, Stein (December 18, 2002). "Allister Last Stop Suburbia". Ink 19. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  9. ^ Pete (October 2, 2004). "Allister - Last Stop Suburbia l.p." The Mag. Archived from the original on February 16, 2004. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  10. ^ Flame, Randy (March–May 2003). "Allister Last Stop Suburbia CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  11. ^ Heisel, Scott (June 9, 2002). "More Chicago band breakup news". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  12. ^ D'Angelo, Joe (January 30, 2002). "Warped Tour '02 To Feature Bad Religion, NOFX, New Found Glory, More". MTV. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  13. ^ Heisel, Scott (August 31, 2002). "Allister's Overrated". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  14. ^ "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  15. ^ Heisel, Scott (September 25, 2002). "Listen to Allister's new album online". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  16. ^ "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  17. ^ Richardson, Sean (February 20–27, 2003). "Revenge of the losers". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on March 6, 2003. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  18. ^ Heisel, Scott (March 30, 2003). "Allister on the road with Don't Look Down, Fallout Boy". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  19. ^ MTV News Staff (August 12, 2003). "For The Record: Quick News On Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Kelly Osbourne, Glassjaw, Elvis Costello, The Cure & More". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  20. ^ Heisel, Scott (January 10, 2004). "Allister / Home Grown / The Early November / Hidden In Plain View UK tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  21. ^ Heisel, Scott (March 12, 2004). "Split Habit out earning 100 dollar guarantees on the road". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Last Stop Suburbia - Allister | Awards". allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  23. ^ Jason Ankeny. "Allister - Biography - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ Smith, Troy L. (March 2, 2022). "The 100 greatest pop punk songs of all time". Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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