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Dirty Work – All Time Low Album Review – June 7, 2011

What followed were two full-lengths leading to Dirty Work, the third and most grown up release of the band to date. Sadly gone are the hard partying anthems of previous releases with immature, yet loveable outlooks, and in their place comes mature songs of love, the loss of love, and whatever happens in between. Don’t fear the word “love” though, All Time Low still produced a pop-punk album with catchy sing-alongs to tracks like the first single “I Feel Like Dancin’”. What makes Dirty Work different is the range the band shows from typical pop-punk in “Time Bomb”, to borderline folk with “A Daydream Away”. Arguably this album is their strongest lyrically, an asset that will only be furthered by many more listens. Dirty Work is an album for both All Time Low and their legions of “hustlers” to be proud of, but the carefree, fun-loving style of the past will truly be missed.

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“I let it ride on a bad bet,” Alex Gaskarth’s voice oozes through on the opening line of Dirty Work’s first track “Do You Want Me (Dead)?” and sets the tone for the group’s first release since signing to a major label. Cue the sell-out jokes. Major label funds or not, All Time Low have been projecting for the big time since Hopeless Records signed the then high school graduates and released the Put Up Or Shut Up EP.

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