Simple Plan (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Simple Plan
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Simple Plan


Released = February 12, 2008
(see release dates below)
Recorded = Summer 2007
Genre = Alternative rock, Pop Punk
Length = 43:33
Label = Lava, Atlantic
Producer = Dave Fortman
Danjacite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003662224
title=Simple Plan Back In Action With Third Album
publisher="Billboard"
date=2007-10-24]
Max Martin
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (24%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=296220 link]
*Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbftxzlhldae link]
*Alternative Press rating|4|5 [Feb 2008, p.109]
*Amazon.com rating|4|5 [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Z6MIQS link]
*Billboard rating|4|5 [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i09f751dd163aa4118d3f84244f8c2f19 link]
*Blender Magazine rating|2|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4977 link]
*Entertainment Weekly (C-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20176799,00.html link]
*iAfria rating|4|4 [http://entertainment.iafrica.com/music/latest/155292.htm link]
*Rolling Stone rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/18274534/review/18308849/simple_plan?source=album_reviews_rssfeed link]
* ThePunkSite.com rating|1.5|5 [http://www.thepunksite.com/reviews.php?page=album/o_z/simpleplan_simpleplan link]
* Strange Glue rating|3.5|5 [http://strangeglue.com/simple-plan-st/3679/ link]
Last album = "MTV Hard Rock Live"
(2005)
This album = "Simple Plan"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Simple Plan
Type = studio
single 1 = When I'm Gone
single 1 date = October 29, 2007
single 2 = Your Love Is a Lie
single 2 date = April 19, 2008
single 3 = Save You
single 3 date = August 14, 2008 Extra album cover
Upper caption = Original cover
Background = lightsteelblue

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Lower caption = Rejected on December 14, 2007.

"Simple Plan" is the third studio album by the Canadian band Simple Plan, released on February 12, 2008.

History

Having finished most touring in support of "Still Not Getting Any..." in March 2006, the band took some time off and then began work on new material. On July 1, 2007, they hit the studio and they began tracking. They started with drum tracking in Los Angeles after pre-production, then went back to Montreal to finish the rest of the recording process. During September 2007, the band had finished recording and went back to L.A. to mix the album with Chris Lord-Alge. After mixing, the band went to New York to master the album, thus finishing the building of the album. This was announced on October 21.

The first single from the CD, "When I'm Gone", was released on October 29, via iTunes and via "lala.com". The "world premiere" of the song was part of a webcast with band members, in which the band answered fan questions. On October 24, Simple Plan had put up a 25 second preview of "When I'm Gone" on their website.

The CD was originally set for release on January 29, 2008. However, on November 29, 2007, the band announced a two weeks' delay due to production difficulties, and the need to re-record some lyrics from the song "Generation".

An album cover was released in early December 2007. Soon afterwards, in his MySpace blog, band frontman Pierre Bouvier responded to fan concerns about the cover, defending the artwork. However, on December 12, the band released a second proposed album cover, and invited fan views by email about each, indicating (despite Bouvier's earlier comments) that they were fine with either cover. On December 14, 2007, the alternative cover depicted above was announced as selected over the original one depicted below. In April 2008, the rejected CD was released as a limited-edition CD cover in Australia.

"Your Love Is a Lie" was first publicly performed at a taping for YouTube on December 18, 2007. All the songs on the CD, except "Holding On" were played at a small show in Montreal on January 11, 2008.

The album debuted at #14 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200.

In August 2008, "I Can Wait Forever" was chosen as the title track for Animax Asia's original feature length anime "LaMB". The band will be appearing in the sci-fi cyberpunk anime feature as themselves, performing the theme song. Animax Asia will also be making an animated video for "I Can Wait Forever". [ [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/364744/1/.html Channelnewsasia.com ] ]

The song Generation was chosen to be the goal song for the 100th season of the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL.

Track listing

#"When I'm Gone" - 3:49
#"Take My Hand" - 3:51
#"The End" - 3:22
#"Your Love Is a Lie" - 3:42
#"Save You" - 3:45
#"Generation" - 3:02
#"Time to Say Goodbye" - 2:56
#"I Can Wait Forever" - 4:54
#"Holding On" - 5:03
#"No Love" - 3:15
#"What If" - 5:54

Limited and Japanese editions bonus tracks [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011U50SA Amazon.com: Simple Plan ( Deluxe Edition ) PA: Simple Plan: Music ] ]

#

"Running Out of Time" - 3:16
#"When I'm Gone" (Acoustic Version) - 3:31

=Limited edition bonus DVD [ [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2104983&affiliate=19569 SIMPLE PLAN / SIMPLE PLAN: CD/DVD - Sanity.com.au ] ] =

#Simple Plan: The Making of
#"When I'm Gone": Beyond the Video
#"When I'm Gone" Music Video
#Simple Plan: Beyond the Photo Shoot
#Simple Plan: Live in NYC

* Track listings on commercial sites refer to "explicit" and "amended" versions, on the latter of which Bouvier's use of the word "fuck" in the song is amended.

Release dates

flagicon|Argentina: January 31, 2008 [http://www.musimundo.com/Default.aspx?pId=7063008995652 Release date in Argentina]
flagicon|Japan: February 6, 2008
flagicon|Germany, flagicon|Belgium, flagicon|Netherlands: February 8, 2008
flagicon|France, flagicon|Portugal, flagicon|South Africa: February 11, 2008
flagicon|Canada, flagicon|United States, flagicon|Spain, flagicon|Mexico, flagicon|Brazil, Southeast Asia: February 12, 2008
flagicon|Finland, flagicon|Sweden: February 13, 2008
flagicon|Malaysia: February 14, 2008
flagicon|Italy: February 15, 2008
flagicon|Australia: February 16, 2008
flagicon|Denmark: February 17, 2008
flagicon|United Kingdom, flagicon|Ireland, flagicon|New Zealand flagicon|India:February 18, 2008

Charts

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