Last Stop Suburbia

Last Stop Suburbia is Allister's third release on Drive-Thru Records, 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

The band planned to enter the studio in December.[2] The band was in the studio from February 18, 2002 and planned to finish on March 18.[3] Instead, the band finished recording on May 9.[4] 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.[5]

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunkFavorable[6]
AllMusic[1]
Ink 19Mixed[7]
The Mag[8]
Ox-Fanzine5/10[9]

Originally planned for a June release,[3] before being pushed back to August,[4] then early September due mixing delays.[10] Between late June and mid-August, the group went on the 2002 edition of Warped Tour.[11] Last Stop Suburbia was eventually released on October 8, 2002 through Drive-Thru.[12] Between late August and October 2003, the group performed on the Drive-Thru Records 2003 Invasion Tour.[13]

Last Stop Suburbia charted at number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[14] The album would go on to sell 80,000 copies.[15] 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.[16]

Track listing

Writing credits per booklet.[5]

  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
Charts (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums[14] 9

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[5]

References
  1. Morris, Kurt. "Last Stop Suburbia - Allister | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  2. "Absolute Punk - Interviews". absolutepunk.net. Archived from the original on June 14, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  5. Last Stop Suburbia (booklet). Allister. Drive-Thru Records. 2002. DTR33CD.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Tate, Jason. "AbsolutePunk - Allister / Last Stop Suburbia". AbsolutePunk. Archived from the original on April 8, 2003. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  7. Haukland, Stein (December 18, 2002). "Allister Last Stop Suburbia". Ink 19. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  8. Pete (October 2, 2004). "Allister - Last Stop Suburbia l.p." The Mag. Archived from the original on February 16, 2004. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  9. Flame, Randy (March–May 2003). "Allister Last Stop Suburbia CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  10. "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  11. D'Angelo, Joe (January 30, 2002). "Warped Tour '02 To Feature Bad Religion, NOFX, New Found Glory, More". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  12. "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  13. 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.
  14. "Last Stop Suburbia - Allister | Awards". allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  15. Jason Ankeny. "Allister - Biography - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  16. 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.
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