Last Stop Suburbia

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Last Stop Suburbia
Last stop suburbia.jpg
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)

Last Stop Suburbia is Allister's third release on Drive-Thru Records, released on October 8, 2002.

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]
AllMusic2/5 stars[1]
Ink 19Mixed[7]
The Mag8/10 stars[8]
Ox-Fanzine5/10[9]

On June 9, 2002, guitarist John Hamada left the band.[10] Between late June and mid-August, the group went on the 2002 edition of Warped Tour.[11] On August 31, "Overrated" was made available as a free download through the band's MP3.com profile.[12] Originally planned for a June release,[3] before being pushed back to August,[4] then early September due mixing delays.[13] Last Stop Suburbia was made available for streaming on September 25,[14] before it was eventually released on October 8, 2002 through Drive-Thru.[15] Allister went on an east coast US tour with Don't Look Down and Fall Out Boy.[16] Between late August and October 2003, the group performed on the Drive-Thru Records 2003 Invasion Tour.[17] In January 2004, the band went on a tour of the UK, with Home Grown, the Early November, and Hidden in Plain View.[18] In May 2004, the band toured the US with Split Habit, Punchline, and Hidden in Plain View.[19]

Last Stop Suburbia charted at number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[20] The album would go on to sell 80,000 copies.[21] 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.[22]

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[20] 9

Personnel[]

Personnel per booklet.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d 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. ^ Jump up to: a b "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Last Stop Suburbia (booklet). Allister. Drive-Thru Records. 2002. DTR33CD.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (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. ^ Heisel, Scott (June 9, 2002). "More Chicago band breakup news". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  11. ^ D'Angelo, Joe (January 30, 2002). "Warped Tour '02 To Feature Bad Religion, NOFX, New Found Glory, More". MTV. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  12. ^ Heisel, Scott (August 31, 2002). "Allister's Overrated". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  13. ^ "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  14. ^ Heisel, Scott (September 25, 2002). "Listen to Allister's new album online". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  15. ^ "ALLISTERROCK!". allisterrock.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  16. ^ Heisel, Scott (March 30, 2003). "Allister on the road with Don't Look Down, Fallout Boy". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Heisel, Scott (January 10, 2004). "Allister / Home Grown / The Early November / Hidden In Plain View UK tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  19. ^ Heisel, Scott (March 12, 2004). "Split Habit out earning 100 dollar guarantees on the road". Punknews.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b "Last Stop Suburbia - Allister | Awards". allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  21. ^ Jason Ankeny. "Allister - Biography - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  22. ^ 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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