Big Bad World is the fifth album by Plain White T's

Plain White T's

Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...

. It was released on September 23, 2008 by Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...

. To promote the album, the Plain White T's launched a few webisodes, which together form the series Meet Me in California.

Track listing

Personnel

• Tom Higgenson - vocals, harmonica, piano
• De'Mar Hamilton - drums
• Dave Tirio - guitar
• Tim Lopez - guitar, piano, vocals
• Michael Retondo - bass, piano, bass clarinet, melodica, cornet, saxophone, vocals
• Johnny K - slide guitar on tracks 3 and 8, Mellotron on track 4
• William Hamilton - organ on track 7
• Matt Harris - screams on track 8
• Eric Remschneider - strings on tracks 5 and 10
• Ian Kirkpatrick - horn arrangments on track 3
• Jon Brion - Chamberlin on track 5

Bonus

The clothing store Aéropostale

Aéropostale (clothing)

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 started selling the album. Buying it from there includes a limited edition Plain White T's t-shirt; also trying on a pair of jeans there gets you a code to type on Aeropostale's website for a free song download titled "Love at 10th Sight". This was also done with the latest Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...

 album to increase awareness of the Aero brand. The free download is no longer available due to it being limited until midnight of the album release.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if557c4fe91032b02247efd69944b7418

The single "Natural Disaster" is featured as downloadable content for the Rock Band series.

• Natural Disaster
• Hey There Delilah
• Hate (I Really Don't Like You)
• Our Time Now
• Making Of 'Big Bad World'
• UK Tour Footage
• Making Of 'Natural Disaster'
• Rodders

Reception

The album received mixed reviews, with The Album Project giving the album a score of 2/5 and saying; "the new Plain White T's seem to be making music with the intention of not simply becoming a one hit wonder ("Hey There Delilah

Hey There Delilah

"Hey There Delilah", written by Tom Higgenson, is the third single released from the band Plain White T's 2005 album All That We Needed. In June 2007, over two years after the song's release, it became the band's first hit in the United States, eventually reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July...

") and "making it big" but in the process have watered down everything." AbsolutePunk.net

AbsolutePunk.net

AbsolutePunk is a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate . The website mainly focuses on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it has been known to feature artists who have eventually achieved crossover success, including Fall...

 reviewer Chris Fallon gave the album a score of only 24%, saying "the band continues their steep decline by writing some of the cheesiest, most gimmicky songs even Kidz Bop

Kidz Bop

Kidz Bop is a brand of compilation albums featuring child session musicians performing contemporary music. The series was developed by Razor & Tie co-founders Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam in 2001...

wouldn't consider covering". AbsolutePunk later lampooned the record by claiming that album had sold 10 million copies, as their April Fool's Day joke of 2009.