New Wave (Against Me! album)

New Wave
Studio album by
Against Me!
ReleasedJuly 10, 2007
RecordedOctober 1 – December 23, 2006
StudioParamount Studios, Hollywood[1]
Genre
Length33:33
LabelSire
ProducerButch Vig
Against Me! chronology
Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!
(2006) 		New Wave
(2007) 		The Original Cowboy
(2009)
Singles from New Wave
  1. "White People for Peace"
    Released: May 1, 2007
  2. "Thrash Unreal"
    Released: October 10, 2007
  3. "Stop!"
    Released: April 10, 2008
  4. "New Wave"
    Released: August 5, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net(81%)[4]
AllMusic[5]
Blender[6]
IGN Music(7.8)[7]
Kerrang!
Okayplayer[8]
Pitchfork(5.5/10)[9]
Rolling Stone[2]
Spin[10]

New Wave is Against Me!'s fourth full-length studio album and their debut album on Sire Records. Produced by Butch Vig of Nevermind fame, it was released on July 10, 2007. The album's first single, "White People for Peace", was released in May 2007, prior to the album's release. A second single, "Thrash Unreal", followed in July 2007.

The album was #1 on Spin Magazine's Album of the Year and #9 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[11]

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  3. ^ "New Wave by Against Me!". Metacritic. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Against Me! – New Wave – Album Review". AbsolutePunk.net. July 10, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  5. ^ New Wave at AllMusic
  6. ^ "Against Me! : New Wave Review on Blender". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  7. ^ Ed Thompson. "Against Me! – New Wave Review – Music Review at IGN". Music.ign.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  8. ^ "okayplayer". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
  9. ^ "Against Me!: New Wave". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  10. ^ "Against Me!, 'New Wave' (Sire)". SPIN. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  11. ^ "The Top 50 Albums of 2007". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2017.