Keep Telling Myself It's Alright is the debut studio album

Studio album

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 by American

United States

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 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Ashes Divide

Ashes Divide

Ashes Divide is an American rock band formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel, who had also formed A Perfect Circle. Howerdel is the primary songwriter, musician, producer, and vocalist for the band....

. The album was released on CD

Compact Disc

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 and as a digital download

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 on April 8, 2008. Its first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 is "The Stone

The Stone (Ashes Divide song)

"The Stone" is a song by American band ASHES dIVIDE and is their debut single from their debut album Keep Telling Myself It's Alright, which was released on April 8, 2008. The music video for the song was released in March.-Background:...

," which entered radio circulation in January of that year. The album leaked to the Internet via file-sharing websites on April 5, 2008.

Track listing

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 36 in the U.S., selling 15,800 copies. "Keep Telling Myself It's Alright" has sold 61,000 copies to date according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Albums

Year	Chart	Position
2008	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...	36
2008	UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	–
2008	Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	–

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2008	"The Stone"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	–
2008	"The Stone"	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
2008	"The Stone"	U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	10

Personnel

• Billy Howerdel
  Billy Howerdel
  Billy Howerdel is the founding member, guitarist, songwriter, and producer for the bands A Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide. He has recorded three acclaimed studio albums with the former, and in 2008, Ashes Divide released their debut album, Keep Telling Myself It's Alright.-Early life:Howerdel was...
  
   − Guitar, vocals, keyboard, bass
• Josh Freese
  Josh Freese
  Josh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
  
   – Drums
• Devo Keenan – Cello (on "Sword")
• Johnette Napolitano
  Johnette Napolitano
  Johnette Napolitano is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist/songwriter and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.- Solo career :...
  
   – credited on "Too Late"
• Matt Skiba
  Matt Skiba
  Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio.-Early life and family:...
  
   – credited on "The Prey"
• Paz Lenchantin
  Paz Lenchantin
  Paz Lenchantin is an American musician of French ancestry. She came to Los Angeles, California with her family at the age of four....
  
   – credited on "Denial Waits".
• Alan Moulder
  Alan Moulder
  Alan Moulder is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American...
  
  – Mixing