Wake Up, Sunshine

Wake Up, Sunshine is the eighth studio album by American rock band All Time Low.^[1] It was released on April 3, 2020, and is their second release with Fueled by Ramen following Last Young Renegade in 2017.^[2] The album's fourth and final single "Monsters" is the highest-charting song of their career.

Wake Up, Sunshine
Studio album by All Time Low
Released	April 3, 2020
Recorded	2019–20
Genre	Pop-punk
Length	46:14
Label	Fueled by Ramen
Producer	Zakk Cervini All Time Low Andrew Goldstein
All Time Low chronology
Last Young Renegade (2017) Wake Up, Sunshine (2020) Tell Me I'm Alive (2023)
Singles from Wake Up, Sunshine
"Some Kind of Disaster" Released: January 21, 2020 "Sleeping In" Released: February 20, 2020 "Getaway Green" Released: March 17, 2020 "Monsters" Released: April 3, 2020

Background and recording

The album comes after 2017's Last Young Renegade. In January 2019, the band began creating the record in drummer Rian Dawson's home studio in Nashville, Tennessee with Zakk Cervini and Andrew Goldstein.^[3] A majority of the writing and recording process took place in August 2019 at a mansion located in Palm Desert, California, (usually referred to by the band as the "marble mansion") that the band rented and lived in for a few months along with most of the team that worked on Wake Up, Sunshine.^[4][5] To finish the album, All Time Low members Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat rented a cabin with Cervini and Goldstein in Big Bear Lake, California.^[3][1]

Composition

The album’s overall sound has been described as pop-punk^[6] by critics.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Kerrang!	4/5[7]
The Alternative	Phenomenal[8]
Wall of Sound	9.5/10[9]
AllMusic	3.5/5[10]

The album received positive reviews from critics, with some noting it as a nostalgic culmination of the band’s previous works.^[8] In a positive review, Emily Carter of Kerrang! called it "dreamy", "nostalgic", and "sentimental".^[7] AllMusic reviewer Neil Z. Yeung praised the album for paying homage to pop punk predecessors such as Yellowcard, Fall Out Boy, Lit, and Blink-182, while praising the album's blend of the band's modern style and their past pop-punk music, mentioning the presence of "catchy hooks, bright energy, and . . . the style that won All Time Low a legion of devoted scene fans."^[10]

Track listing

Standard Edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Some Kind of Disaster"	Alex Gaskarth Phil Gornell Zakk Cervini	3:44
2.	"Sleeping In"	Gaskarth Bonnie McKee Lukasz Gottwald Mathieu Jomphe Max Martin Cervini	3:01
3.	"Getaway Green"	Gaskarth Gornell Cervini	2:47
4.	"Melancholy Kaleidoscope"	Gaskarth Gornell Cervini	2:55
5.	"Trouble Is"	Gaskarth Cervini	2:27
6.	"Wake Up, Sunshine"	Gaskarth Colin Brittain	3:16
7.	"Monsters" (featuring Blackbear)	Gaskarth Andrew Goldstein Jack Barakat Kevin Fisher Matthew Musto	2:54
8.	"Pretty Venom (Interlude)"	Gaskarth Fisher Cervini	3:03
9.	"Favorite Place" (featuring The Band Camino)	Gaskarth Gornell Cervini	3:14
10.	"Safe"	Gaskarth Gornell Cervini	3:40
11.	"January Gloom (Seasons, Pt. 1)"	Gaskarth Gornell Cervini	2:47
12.	"Clumsy"	Gaskarth Andreas Carlsson Martin Gornell Rami Yacoub Cervini	3:02
13.	"Glitter & Crimson"	Gaskarth Goldstein Barakat Cervini	3:03
14.	"Summer Daze (Seasons, Pt. 2)"	Gaskarth Goldstein Barakat Cervini	3:15
15.	"Basement Noise"	Gaskarth Chris Greatti Barakat Cervini	3:06
Total length:			46:14

Japanese Bonus Track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"I Hate That for You"	Gaskarth	2:57
Total length:			49:11

Personnel

All Time Low

• Alex Gaskarth – lead vocals, guitars
• Jack Barakat – guitars, backing vocals
• Zack Merrick – bass, backing vocals
• Rian Dawson – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Blackbear – vocal on track 7
• The Band CAMINO – vocals on track 9
• Dan Swank - guitars, keyboards, programming, percussion

Technical

• Zakk Cervini - producer, engineering, mixing (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8-11, 13, 15)
• Andrew Goldstein - co-producer
• Phil Gornell - co-producer, engineering
• Dan Swank - co-producer, engineering
• Neal Avron - mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 12, 14)
• Andrew Cook - artwork
• Ashley Osborn - photography
• Ted Jensen - mastering
• Nik Trekov - editing

Charts

Chart performance for Wake Up, Sunshine

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	12
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12]	92
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	49
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14]	2
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	3
US Billboard 200[16]	31
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17]	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	1