Taking One for the Team is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. It was released on February 19, 2016 through Atlantic Records and represents the band's first full-length record in nearly five years.[4] Following the release of three buzz singles in mid-2015, the band released "I Don't Wanna Go to Bed" featuring American rapper Nelly as the official lead single for the album on October 16, 2015.[5] It debuted at number 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart, earning the band their fourth consecutive top-5 and a perfect streak of top-10s for their first five studio albums. It is the band's final album release as a quintet, as bassist David Desrosiers left Simple Plan in July 2020 due to sexual misconduct allegations.[6] It is also the band's last album released through Atlantic, as the band fulfilled their contract to the label with this album.[7]
Sessions for Taking One for the Team were held at West Valley Studios in Woodland Hills, California and Sparky Dark Studio in Calabasas, California. Howard Benson produced all of the songs, with co-production from Ryan Stewart on "Perfectly Perfect", while recording was handled by Mike Plotnikoff and Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki. Paul DeCarli did digital editing, and Wendell Teague and Chris Bousquet served as assistant engineers. Neal Avron mixed the recordings, with assistance from Scott Skrzynski, at The Casita in Hollywood, California. Chris Gehringer mastered the album at Sterling Sound in New York City.[8]
SinglesEdit
"I Don't Wanna Go to Bed" was released October 16, 2015 as the album's official lead single.[9] The song features pop and funk influences in a stylistic departure from the pop punk and pop rock of the group is earlier work. A Baywatch-inspired music video premiered October 15, 2015 – a day before the song's digital release.[5] It has since peaked outside the top 50 on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 54.[10]
"Singing in the Rain" was released as second single from the album on March 25, 2016.[11][12] However, the single version of the song does not feature R. City.[13] The music video for "Singing in the Rain was released on April 12, 2016; set in the 1960s, it was a tribute to the movie That Thing You Do.
"Perfectly Perfect" was announced as the third official single on September 26, 2016.[14]
Other songsEdit
The first song released from the era was "Saturday" on June 22, 2015.[15] In September 2015, drummer Chuck Comeau revealed the song would not be featured on the album.[16]
"Boom" was released August 28, 2015 as the second promotional single after its music video premiered a day earlier.[17][18]
A third buzz track, "I Don't Wanna Be Sad", was released September 18, 2015.[19] Initially presumed to be the album's first official single, it was later announced to be a promotional track only.
The band released the album tracks steadily leading up to the release date. A music video for "Opinion Overload" was released on February 5, 2016.[20][21] "Farewell" was released on February 14, followed by[22] "I Refuse" on February 15,[2] "Nostalgic",[23] "P.S. I Hate You"[24] and "Perfectly Perfect".[25]
At the end of the album, Canadian sports announcer Bob Cole calls a fictional ice hockey game featuring Simple Plan, concluding with, "Oh my goodness, can you believe it? Just like that, Simple Plan have won the game!".[26]
Taking One for the Team received generally favorable reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[27]
Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic called the record "pure, no-frills, feel-good fun, a start-to-finish crowd-pleaser for fans of that classic pop-punk sound." He concluded about the band's musical stance they made with their album: "When music is presented this directly, and after so many years holding firm to a particular style, it's hard to root against them […] Simple Plan -- whose members were in their late thirties at the time of recording -- are the comeback underdog team, winning whether critics like it or not."[26] Collin Brennan of Consequence of Sound commended the band for their longevity and continuation to deliver "earnest sentimentalism" through "heavy music for people who don't like heavy music" but was heavily critical towards their attempts at different soundscapes on "Singing in the Rain" and "I Don't Wanna Go to Bed", concluding that "[W]hen their punches land, you want to bless these guys for sticking to their guns and not growing up. But the misses are real and painful, and they make Taking One For the Team a far more embarrassing listen than it needed to be."[2]
Fred Jérôme – art direction, concept, layout design
ReferencesEdit
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^"Singing In The Rain (Explicit, Single) by Simple Plan : Napster". Rhapsody.com. March 25, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
^Simple Plan [@simpleplan] (March 30, 2016). "Simple Plan on Twitter: "Check out our new single "Singing In The Rain" in the Top 10 on #TheScene playlist @Spotify"" (Tweet). Retrieved September 26, 2016 – via Twitter.
^. iTunes. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
^"Simple Plan - "Perfectly Perfect is about being in love with someone and seeing beauty in every part of them, even the parts they don't like about themselves..."" (photo). Facebook. September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016. Buy our #TeamSP album featuring the single
^"Saturday - Single by Simple Plan". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc. 22 June 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^Chuck Comeau [@chuckcomeau] (September 17, 2015). "no. Saturday will not be on the new album" (Tweet). Retrieved December 23, 2015 – via Twitter.
^"Boom - Single by Simple Plan". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^Sherman, Maria (August 28, 2015). "Simple Plan Returns! Check Out The Star-Studded "Boom" Now". Fuse. Fuse Networks, LLC. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^"I Don't Wanna Be Sad - Single by Simple Plan". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
^"Simple Plan Premiere New Song/Video, Opinion Overload". Kerrang!. February 5, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
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^"Simple Plan - P.S. I Hate You (Lyrics)". YouTube. February 17, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
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September 01, 2023
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Taking One for the Team is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan It was released on February 19 2016 through Atlantic Records and represents the band s first full length record in nearly five years 4 Following the release of three buzz singles in mid 2015 the band released I Don t Wanna Go to Bed featuring American rapper Nelly as the official lead single for the album on October 16 2015 5 It debuted at number 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart earning the band their fourth consecutive top 5 and a perfect streak of top 10s for their first five studio albums It is the band s final album release as a quintet as bassist David Desrosiers left Simple Plan in July 2020 due to sexual misconduct allegations 6 It is also the band s last album released through Atlantic as the band fulfilled their contract to the label with this album 7 Taking One for the TeamStudio album by Simple PlanReleasedFebruary 19 2016 2016 02 19 RecordedMarch November 2015 1 StudioWest Valley Woodland Hills California Sparky Dark Calabasas CaliforniaGenrePop punk 2 pop rock 3 Length46 10LabelAtlanticProducerHoward Benson Ryan StewartSimple Plan chronologyGet Your Heart On The Second Coming 2013 Taking One for the Team 2016 Harder Than It Looks 2022 Singles from Taking One for the Team I Don t Wanna Go to Bed Released October 16 2015 Singing in the Rain Released March 25 2016 Perfectly Perfect Released September 26 2016 Contents 1 Production 2 Singles 2 1 Other songs 3 Reception 4 Track listing 5 Charts 6 Personnel 7 ReferencesProduction EditSessions for Taking One for the Team were held at West Valley Studios in Woodland Hills California and Sparky Dark Studio in Calabasas California Howard Benson produced all of the songs with co production from Ryan Stewart on Perfectly Perfect while recording was handled by Mike Plotnikoff and Hatsukazu Hatch Inagaki Paul DeCarli did digital editing and Wendell Teague and Chris Bousquet served as assistant engineers Neal Avron mixed the recordings with assistance from Scott Skrzynski at The Casita in Hollywood California Chris Gehringer mastered the album at Sterling Sound in New York City 8 Singles Edit I Don t Wanna Go to Bed was released October 16 2015 as the album s official lead single 9 The song features pop and funk influences in a stylistic departure from the pop punk and pop rock of the group is earlier work A Baywatch inspired music video premiered October 15 2015 a day before the song s digital release 5 It has since peaked outside the top 50 on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 54 10 Singing in the Rain was released as second single from the album on March 25 2016 11 12 However the single version of the song does not feature R City 13 The music video for Singing in the Rain was released on April 12 2016 set in the 1960s it was a tribute to the movie That Thing You Do Perfectly Perfect was announced as the third official single on September 26 2016 14 Other songs Edit The first song released from the era was Saturday on June 22 2015 15 In September 2015 drummer Chuck Comeau revealed the song would not be featured on the album 16 Boom was released August 28 2015 as the second promotional single after its music video premiered a day earlier 17 18 A third buzz track I Don t Wanna Be Sad was released September 18 2015 19 Initially presumed to be the album s first official single it was later announced to be a promotional track only The band released the album tracks steadily leading up to the release date A music video for Opinion Overload was released on February 5 2016 20 21 Farewell was released on February 14 followed by 22 I Refuse on February 15 2 Nostalgic 23 P S I Hate You 24 and Perfectly Perfect 25 At the end of the album Canadian sports announcer Bob Cole calls a fictional ice hockey game featuring Simple Plan concluding with Oh my goodness can you believe it Just like that Simple Plan have won the game 26 Reception EditProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic65 100 27 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 26 Kerrang nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 28 Consequence of SoundD 2 Taking One for the Team received generally favorable reviews from music critics On Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 65 based on 4 reviews indicating generally favorable reviews 27 Neil Z Yeung of AllMusic called the record pure no frills feel good fun a start to finish crowd pleaser for fans of that classic pop punk sound He concluded about the band s musical stance they made with their album When music is presented this directly and after so many years holding firm to a particular style it s hard to root against them Simple Plan whose members were in their late thirties at the time of recording are the comeback underdog team winning whether critics like it or not 26 Collin Brennan of Consequence of Sound commended the band for their longevity and continuation to deliver earnest sentimentalism through heavy music for people who don t like heavy music but was heavily critical towards their attempts at different soundscapes on Singing in the Rain and I Don t Wanna Go to Bed concluding that W hen their punches land you want to bless these guys for sticking to their guns and not growing up But the misses are real and painful and they make Taking One For the Team a far more embarrassing listen than it needed to be 2 Track listing EditAll writing credits per booklet 8 No TitleWriter s Length1 Opinion Overload Simple PlanNathaniel Company3 192 Boom Simple PlanRyan OgrenNick Bailey3 103 Kiss Me Like Nobody s Watching Simple Plan3 224 Farewell featuring Jordan Pundik Simple PlanOgrenBailey3 215 Singing in the Rain featuring R City Simple PlanTheron ThomasTimothy Thomas3 426 Everything Sucks Simple Plan3 317 I Refuse Simple Plan3 188 I Don t Wanna Go to Bed featuring Nelly Simple PlanChristopher J BaranComell Haynes3 089 Nostalgic Simple PlanCompany3 0610 Perfectly Perfect Simple PlanRyan StewartTom Higgenson3 0711 I Don t Wanna Be Sad Simple Plan3 1312 P S I Hate You Simple PlanStewart3 0313 Problem Child Simple PlanJustin Tranter3 4114 I Dream About You featuring Juliet Simms Simple Plan3 09 Bonus tracksFrench bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length15 I Don t Wanna Go to Bed feat Nelly French version Simple PlanBaranHaynes3 08 Japanese bonus tracksNo TitleLength15 Summer Paradise live 16 I d Do Anything live Charts EditChart 2016 Peak positionAustralian Albums ARIA 29 12Austrian Albums O3 Austria 30 18Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 31 45Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 32 105Canadian Albums Billboard 33 4Dutch Albums Album Top 100 34 59German Albums Offizielle Top 100 35 30Japanese Albums Oricon 36 21Scottish Albums OCC 37 37Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 38 11Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 39 10UK Albums OCC 40 44UK Rock amp Metal Albums OCC 41 4US Billboard 200 42 94US Top Rock Albums Billboard 43 15Personnel EditPersonnel per booklet 8 Simple Plan Pierre Bouvier lead vocals backing vocals Chuck Comeau drums backing vocals David Desrosiers bass backing vocals Sebastien Lefebvre rhythm guitars backing vocals Jeff Stinco lead guitars backing vocalsAdditional musicians Lenny Skolnik programming keyboards additional backing vocals Howard Benson Hammond B3 Vox Continental Jonny Litten additional backing vocals Chady Awad additional backing vocals Melanie Fontana additional backing vocals Sidnie Tipton additional backing vocals Myah Langston additional backing vocals Jordan Pundik guest vocals track 4 Nelly guest vocals track 8 Juliet Simms guest vocals track 14 R City guest vocals track 5 Bob Cole play by play announcer Production and design Howard Benson producer Neal Avron mixing Mike Plotnikoff recording Hatsukazu Hatch Inagaki recording Paul DeCarli digital editing Gersh drum technician Marc VanGool guitar technician Wendell Teague assistant engineer Chris Bousquet assistant engineer Scott Skrzynski mixing assistant Chris Gehringer mastering Ryan Stewart co producer track 10 Chapman Baehler album photography Simple Plan art direction concept Fred Jerome art direction concept layout designReferences Edit Simple Plan Timeline Photos It s officially happening We re really excited to Facebook February 13 2015 Retrieved December 23 2015 a b c d Brennan Collin February 16 2016 Simple Plan Taking One For the Team Album Review Consequence of Sound Archived from the original on February 18 2016 Retrieved February 19 2016 Glitto Tom February 29 2016 People Picks People 51 Taking One for the Team by Simple Plan iTunes Store Canada Apple Inc Retrieved December 23 2015 a b Gonshor Adam October 15 2015 SIMPLE PLAN NELLY DAVID HASSELHOFF Warner Music Canada Archived from the original on December 23 2015 Retrieved December 23 2015 Simple Plan s David Desrosiers leaves band following sexual misconduct allegations Global News Retrieved July 10 2020 Pierre on Simple Plan leaving their record label Atlantic 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