The Airborne Toxic Event (album)

The Airborne Toxic Event is the debut studio album by American rock band The Airborne Toxic Event. It was first released on August 5, 2008, through Majordomo Records. It was later re-released by Island Records on March 16, 2009, following the band's signing to the label. The entire album was recorded using a recording studio in the home of Pete Min, the band's producer.

The Airborne Toxic Event
Studio album by The Airborne Toxic Event
Released	August 5, 2008
Recorded	2007–2008
Studio	Pete Min's home studio (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Indie rock post-punk revival alternative rock
Length	37:33
Label	Majordomo
Producer	The Airborne Toxic Event Pete Min
The Airborne Toxic Event chronology
Does This Mean You're Moving On? EP (2007) The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) All at Once (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	C+[3]
Blender	[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[6]
The Guardian	[7]
Pitchfork	1.6/10[8]
PopMatters	7/10[9]
Q	[10]
Uncut	[11]

The album was released in the UK on February 9, 2009 and features three bonus tracks. The album's first single, "Gasoline", was released on November 17, 2008. "Sometime Around Midnight" was released on February 2, 2009, and later reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wishing Well"	Mikel Jollett	3:57
2.	"Papillon"	Jollett	3:18
3.	"Gasoline"	Noah Harmon Jollett	3:21
4.	"Happiness Is Overrated"	Harmon Jollett	3:12
5.	"Does This Mean You’re Moving On?"	Jollett	2:14
6.	"This Is Nowhere"	Anna Bulbrook Stephen Chen Harmon Jollett Daren Taylor	2:50
7.	"Sometime Around Midnight"	Jollett	5:04
8.	"Something New"	Harmon Jollett	3:07
9.	"Missy"	Jollett	3:40
10.	"Innocence"	Jollett	6:50
Total length:			37:33

European bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Winning Side"	4:14
12.	"This Losing"	3:35
13.	"The Girls In Their Summer Dresses"	3:19

iTunes Deluxe Edition

No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Winning Side"	4:14
12.	"This Losing"	3:35
13.	"The Girls In Their Summer Dresses"	3:19
14.	"Gasoline" (Acoustic Version)	3:35
15.	"Sometime Around Midnight" (Acoustic Version)	4:52
16.	"Sometime Around Midnight" (Music Video – Majordomo Version)	5:03

Singles

• "Gasoline" (November 17, 2008)
  1. "Gasoline" – 3:20
  2. "The Winning Side" – 4:16
• "Sometime Around Midnight" (February 2, 2009)
  1. "Sometime Around Midnight" – 5:03
  2. "Innocence" (Acoustic) – 8:50
• "Happiness Is Overrated" (June 8, 2009)
  1. "Happiness Is Overrated"
  2. "I Don't Want to Be on TV"

Personnel

• Mikel Jollett – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards
• Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola, backing vocals
• Noah Harmon – bass
• Daren Taylor – drums

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	70
U.S. Billboard 200[12]	108
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1
UK Albums Chart	35

References

1. "Reviews for The Airborne Toxic Event by The Airborne Toxic Event". Metacritic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Airborne Toxic Event – The Airborne Toxic Event". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
3. Rizov, Vadim (August 4, 2008). "The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
4. Grierson, Tim. "The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event". Blender. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
5. Gourlay, Dom (January 29, 2009). "Album Review: The Airborne Toxic Event – The Airborne Toxic Event". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
6. Sparrow, Kristy (May 6, 2009). "The Airborne Toxic Event". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
7. Hann, Michael (January 30, 2009). "The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event". The Guardian. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
8. Cohen, Ian (September 17, 2008). "The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
9. Bergstrom, John (5 August 2008). "The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event". PopMatters. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
10. "The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event". Q (272): 93. March 2009.
11. "The Airborne Toxic Event: The Airborne Toxic Event". Uncut (142): 87. March 2009.
12. Billboard