3 Doors Down (album)

3 Doors Down
Studio album by
3 Doors Down
ReleasedMay 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)
RecordedJune 2007 – April 2008
Studio
  • New York City
  • Houston, Texas
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Atlanta, Georgia
Genre
Length45:39 (standard edition)
53:22 (bonus tracks)
LabelUniversal Republic
ProducerJohnny K
3 Doors Down chronology
Acoustic EP
(2005) 		3 Doors Down
(2008) 		Where My Christmas Lives EP
(2009)
Singles from 3 Doors Down
  1. "Citizen/Soldier"
    Released: November 2007
  2. "It's Not My Time"
    Released: February 19, 2008
  3. "Train"
    Released: May 19, 2008
  4. "Let Me Be Myself"
    Released: December 2, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic55/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
Blender [1]
Bloomberg News[4]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[5]
IGN7.1/10[6]
The New York Times(mixed)[7]
Starpulse [8]
UGOC+[9]

3 Doors Down is the fourth studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, released on May 20, 2008.[10][11] Its first two singles, "Citizen/Soldier" and "It's Not My Time", were released in November 2007 and February 2008, respectively. Both songs entered the Billboard Hot 100, at numbers 96 and 17, respectively, while the former served as a tribute to the National Guard.[12]

The album became the band's second consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 154,000 units.[13] 3 Doors Down was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 26, 2008,[14] and as of November 2009, it has sold 820,000 copies in the US.[15] It is their first album to feature former Puddle of Mudd member Greg Upchurch on drums, who joined 3 Doors Down in 2005.

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  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (May 20, 2008). "3 Doors Down - 3 Doors Down". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  4. ^ Douglas Lytle; Mark Beech (June 10, 2008). "U.S. Rock Bands Roar Back via Death Cab, 3 Doors Down: Review". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  5. ^ Collis, Clark (May 23, 2008). "3 Doors Down Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  6. ^ Thompson, Ed (June 10, 2008). "3 Doors Down – 3 Doors Down Review - Music Review at IGN". IGN. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
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  8. ^ "3 Doors Down Album Review, Songs, Ratings". Starpulse. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
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  12. ^ "National Guard Movie Promotion". 2008. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
  13. ^ "3 Doors Down Cruises To No.1 On Album Chart". Billboard. 2008. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA cert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Gary Trust (November 6, 2009). "Ask Billboard: Swift's Latest 'Fearless' Feat". Billboard.