War All the Time (Thursday album)

War All the Time
Studio album by
Thursday
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2003
RecordedJanuary–May 2003
StudioBig Blue Meenie Recording, Jersey City, New Jersey;
Longview Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Genre
Length41:58
LabelIsland
ProducerSal Villanueva
Thursday chronology
Five Stories Falling
(2002) 		War All the Time
(2003) 		A City by the Light Divided
(2006)
Singles from War All the Time
  1. "For the Workforce, Drowning"
    Released: April 28, 2003
  2. "Signals Over the Air"
    Released: August 12, 2003

War All the Time is the third studio album by American rock band Thursday. Following the release of their second album Full Collapse (2001), the group had a series of negative experiences with their label Victory Records regarding promotion. While this was happening, the group was contacted by major labels, and in May 2002, signed to Island Records. The signing was made official later in the year when an exit agreement was made with Victory Records. In November, the group started writing new material. In January 2003, they began recording their next album with Sal Villanueva at Big Blue Meenie Recording Studios in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sessions lasted six months, aside from a break in April to play shows. In late April, "For the Workforce, Drowning" was released as a single, followed by "Signals Over the Air" in August.

War All the Time was released through Island Records on September 16. Selling 74,000 copies in the first week, the album charted at number seven on the Billboard 200. In addition, it charted within the top 75 in the UK. Following this, keyboardist Andrew Everding, who had performed on a few songs on the album, became a member of the group. The group then went on a short US tour, before embarking on a UK tour. Between October and December, the group went on another US tour, toured with Deftones, and filmed a video for "War All the Time". In early 2004, the group toured Japan, Australia and New Zealand, before supporting AFI in North America in February and March. In April, the band went on another tour and appeared on Warped Tour.