All Sides is the sixth studio album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Of a Revolution

O.A.R.

O.A.R. is an American rock band composed of Marc Roberge , Chris Culos , Richard On , Benj Gershman , and Jerry DePizzo...

 (O.A.R.), which was released on July 15, 2008.

Song Details

Marc Roberge revealed in an interview with Songfacts that "Dinner Last Night" was inspired by an episode of Seinfeld

Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...

.

Track listing

1. "This Town
   This Town (O.A.R. song)
   "This Town" was released in 2010 as a single. It was off the album All Sides. It is the unofficial song of the 2010 Atlanta Braves, played before and after every game on Fox Sports South, as well as the theme song for the all 2010 and 2011 Chicago Cubs broadcasts on the Chicago Cubs Radio Network...
   
   " - 3:35
2. "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)
   Shattered (Turn the Car Around)
   "Shattered " is the second single and second track from O.A.R.'s sixth studio album, All Sides. It is their biggest hit to date, surpassing "Love and Memories". It is the band's first charting single, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " - 4:13
3. "Whatever Happened" - 5:11
4. "Try Me" - 3:45
5. "One Day" - 3:35
6. "Living in the End" - 4:19
7. "Something Coming Over" - 3:59
8. "What Is Mine" - 4:34
9. "Dinner Last Night" - 4:00
10. "The Fallout" - 5:29
11. "Gift" - 5:20
12. "War Song" - 6:14
13. "On My Way" - 4:37

Critical reception

The album was generally received negatively among professional reviewers. Rolling Stone attributes the album's failure to a change in the group's style, calling the album "a poor man's Goo Goo Dolls

Goo Goo Dolls

The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...

". Allmusic claims, "O.A.R. wasn't designed for Top 40 radio, which makes All Sides...disappointing."

Chart positions

The album is the band's highest charting album to date, debuting at No. 13 on the 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...

 with approximately 33,000 copies sold in its first week.

Chart (2008)	Peak position
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...	13
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums	4

Credits

• Chris Culos - drums, percussion
• Benj Gershman - bass guitar
• Richard On - lead electric guitar, vocals
• Marc Roberge - lead vocals, acoustic and electric rhythm guitar
• Jerry DePizzo - saxophone, guitar, percussion
• MikelParis - keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Rob Cavallo - additional guitars, production on "Shattered"
• Jamie Muhoberac - additional keyboards on "Shattered"
• Dorian Crozier - programming, percussion on "Shattered"
• Suzie Katayama - strings, string arrangment on "One Day"
• Joel Derouin - violin, concert master on "One Day"
• Charlie Bisharat - violin on "One Day"
• Mario De Leon - violin on "One Day"
• Alyssa Park - violin on "One Day"
• Andrew Duckles - viola on "One Day"
• Matt Funes - viola on "One Day"
• Larry Corbett - cello on "One Day"
• Steve Richards - cello on "One Day"

• Matt Wallace - producer