The Airborne Toxic Event is the self-titled debut album by the American

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 alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event is an American indie rock band from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. It consists of Mikel Jollett , Steven Chen , Noah Harmon , Daren Taylor and Anna Bulbrook...

, first released in the US on August 5, 2008 by Majordomo Records

Majordomo Records

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/Shout! Factory

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. The album was re-released by Island Records

Island Records

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 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 first single in the US was Sometime Around Midnight

Sometime Around Midnight

"Sometime Around Midnight" is a song by The Airborne Toxic Event from their self titled debut album, and was released as a UK single on February 2, 2009....

, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The album was released in the UK on February 9, 2009 and features three bonus tracks. First single "Gasoline" was released on November 17, 2008, and second single "Sometime Around Midnight" was released on February 2, 2009. "Gasoline" is also a playable track in the video game "Band Hero

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".

"Sometime Around Midnight" was picked as the Starbucks Pick of the Week as an acoustic for May 6.

Both "Sometime Around Midnight

Sometime Around Midnight

"Sometime Around Midnight" is a song by The Airborne Toxic Event from their self titled debut album, and was released as a UK single on February 2, 2009....

" and "Does This Mean You're Moving On?" were written about the same former girlfriend of Mikel Jollet's.

Track listing

All songs written by Mikel Jollett.

1. "Wishing Well" – 3:56
2. "Papillon" – 3:17
3. "Gasoline" – 3:20
4. "Happiness Is Overrated" – 3:11
5. "Does This Mean You're Moving On?" – 2:12
6. "This Is Nowhere" – 2:48
7. "Sometime Around Midnight
   Sometime Around Midnight
   "Sometime Around Midnight" is a song by The Airborne Toxic Event from their self titled debut album, and was released as a UK single on February 2, 2009....
   
   " – 5:02
8. "Something New" – 3:05
9. "Missy" – 3:38
10. "Innocence" – 6:48

European bonus tracks

11. "The Winning Side" – 4:16
12. "This Losing" – 3:37
13. "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" – 3:21

iTunes

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-only bonus track

11. "The Winning Side" – 4:16

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
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  , guitar
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  , keyboards
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• Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards
• Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola
  Viola
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  , backing vocals
• Noah Harmon – bass
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• Daren Taylor – drums
  Drummer
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Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	70
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	108
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	1
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	35