Just Like You (Falling in Reverse album)

Just Like You
Studio album by Falling in Reverse
Released February 24, 2015
Recorded 2014-2015
Genre
Length 45:00
Label Epitaph
Producer
Falling in Reverse chronology
Fashionably Late
(2013)		 Just Like You
(2015)
Singles from Just Like You
  1. "God, If You Are Above ..."
    Released: December 15, 2014
  2. "Guillotine IV (The Final Chapter)"
    Released: January 13, 2015
  3. "Stay Away"
    Released: February 15, 2015
  4. "Sexy Drug"
    Released: February 16, 2015
  5. "Just Like You"
    Released: February 24, 2015
  6. "Chemical Prisoner"
    Released: January 27, 2016 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Press90/100 [2]
Revolver (magazine)[3]
Ultimate Guitar Archive[4]
Sputnikmusic[5]
Rock Sound(positive)[6]

Just Like You is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Falling in Reverse. The album was released through Epitaph Records on February 24, 2015. However, on February 17, the full album stream was uploaded to fallinginreverse.com. It is the last album to feature lead guitarist Jacky Vincent who announced his departure in late 2015. The album featured the return of the bands former sound, after their previous album, Fashionably Late, featured more of a crunk and rap sound. The album is the first to be recorded without an official bassist, with Charles Kallaghan Massabo playing bass on the record.

Reception

Overall, the album received generally favorable reviews, and was much more well-received then the band's previous album, Fashionably Late. It received an overall review of 72/100 on Metacritic. Some critics labelled it as the band's best album, others also adding that it is the best work that Ronnie Radke has written. The album was widely hyped up to be "Dying is Your Latest Fashion" (Ronnie Radke's first album with the band Escape the Fate) Part 2 and Alternative Press said that "Falling In Reverse have given fans the rare gift of an artist stepping back to the sound they originally fell in love with." Giving it a rating of 90/100. Revolver Magazine also gave it a great review of 90/100 saying "Post-hardcore fans will certainly enjoy what is Falling in Reverse’s strongest record to date."Others agreed as well,but not as strongly, with Sputnik Music saying that it was "the best Falling in Reverse songs" but with "a few exceptions", giving it the rather average score of 66/100.

Multiple critics did not look so kindly upon the album with the "Kerrang!" rock magazine giving the back-handed compliment of that "Just Like You is a good album, in that it contains many more good songs than bad ones." With the magazine giving the unsatisfactory score of 60/100. One critic from Punknews.com was rather more straight forward in their review giving the spiteful line that it "Seems like a deliberate maintenance to cash in on the Warped Tour crowd because there's no substance, nor any style, to this record, as has been the case for FIR for years now." Giving it the very low score of 10/100.

The album was included at number 50 on Rock Sound's top 50 releases of 2015 list.[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ronnie Radke, Michael 'Elvis' Baskette and Charles 'Kallaghan' Massabo; except where noted. 

Standard edition
No. Title Length
1. "Chemical Prisoner"   4:20
2. "God, If You Are Above ..."   3:36
3. "Sexy Drug"   3:14
4. "Just Like You"   3:32
5. "Guillotine IV (The Final Chapter)" (Radke, Massabo, Jacky Vincent) 3:35
6. "Stay Away" (Radke, Baskette, Thomas Denny) 3:21
7. "Wait and See" (Radke, Massabo) 4:38
8. "The Bitter End"   4:03
9. "My Heart's To Blame" (Radke, Massabo) 3:49
10. "Get Me Out"   3:45
11. "Die For You" (Radke, Massabo, Derek Jones) 3:44
12. "Brother" (Radke, Ryan Ogren) 3:21
Total length:
 45:00

Personnel

"Just Like You" album personnel as listed on Allmusic[9]

Falling in Reverse
Additional personnel
  • Michael "Elvis" Baskette – production, mixing, programming, guitar
  • Kris Giddens - assistant engineering
  • Kevin Thomas - assistant engineering
  • Jared Lucas - assistant engineering
  • Ivan Wayman - assistant engineering
  • Charles Kallaghan Massabo – bass, programming, synthesizer, additional production
  • Brett Gurewitz - art direction
  • Rowan Daly - cover photography and styling
  • Felisha Tolentino - band photography
  • Jason Link - album layout
  • Marina Mendes - cover model

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 8
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 27

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
U.S. Billboard Hard Rock Albums[12] 28

References

  1. ↑ Sharp, Tyler (January 27, 2016). "Falling In Reverse unleash "Chemical Prisoner" music video". Alternative Press.
  2. 1 2 "Just Like You".
  3. ↑ McKenna, David (February 12, 2015). "Review: Falling in Reverse - Just Like You". Revolver Magazine.
  4. ↑ "Just Like You Review". Ultimate Guitar. February 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ Halycon, J. (February 22, 2015). "Falling in Reverse Just Like You". Sputnik Music.
  6. ↑ Chandler, Chris (February 4, 2015). "We've Heard Falling In Reverse's New Album. This Is What It Sounds Like.". Rock Sound.
  7. ↑ Bird, ed. 2016, p. 22
  8. ↑ "Falling In Reverse - Pre-orders "Just Like You"". iTunes. February 24, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Just Like You by Falling in Reverse on. Credits AllMusic".
  10. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Hard Rock Albums : Dec 31, 2015 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
Sources
  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (January 2016). "Top 50 Releases of the Year". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (208). ISSN 1465-0185. 
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