Alter the Ending

Alter the Ending
Studio album by Dashboard Confessional
Released	November 10, 2009 (U.S.)
Recorded	2007–09
Genre	Emo, alternative rock
Label	Vagrant DGC Interscope
Producer	Butch Walker Adam Schlesinger (co.) Bill Lefler John Lefler
Dashboard Confessional chronology
The Shade of Poison Trees (2007) Alter the Ending (2009) Swiss Army Bro-Mance (2010)
Singles from Alter the Ending
"Belle of the Boulevard" Released: October 13, 2009

Alter the Ending is the sixth studio album recorded by American rock band Dashboard Confessional, released through Vagrant, DGC and Interscope Records on November 10, 2009. The album was released in both a one disc standard version and a two disc deluxe edition which contains a second disc of acoustic versions of the 12 songs on the album. The album's first single is "Belle of the Boulevard".

Alter the Ending received some mixed or average reviews from critics, with some saying the album showed great maturity and others alluding to overproduction and its limitations.

The album debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200, number six on the Billboard Rock Albums chart and number five on the Alternative Albums chart.^[1]