On December 16, 2008, “Interscope” label released “When the World Comes Down”, the third All-American Rejects studio album. It was recorded in 2008, at “Barefoot Recording” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Eric Valentine.

Personnel:

• Tyson Ritter– vocals, gang vocals, bass, vibraphone, recorder, pedal steel, broomstick, marxophone, inside photography
• Nick Wheeler – lead guitar, gang vocals, programming, autoharp, inside photography
• Mike Kennerty – rhythm guitar, gang vocals, bass pedals, autoharp, inside photography
• Chris Gaylor – drums, gang vocals, inside photography
• Kevin Saulnier – keyboards
• Anton Patzner – violin
• Charlotte Ritchie – angelic choir
• Jeff Sosnow, Trevor Whatever, Brad Cole, Lonn Friend, Seth Howard – gang vocals
• Catherine Pierce, Allison Pierce – vocals
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Chris Gaylor, Nick Wheeler – drum corp
• Eric Valentine – drum corp, programming, orchestration, engineer, mixing
• Deborah Lurie, Nick Wheeler – orchestration
• Matt Radosevich, Brad Cook, Dann Thompson – engineer assistant
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Ianthe Zevos – art director
• Graphictherapy – design
• Herb Williams – cover artist, art director
• Thomas Petillo – cover photography
• Jeff “Rhino” Neumann – back cover photography
• Trevor Whatever – session coordinator, studio manager
• Ivy Skoff – production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter.

1. I Wanna
2. Fallin’ Apart
3. Damn Girl
4. Gives You hell
5. Mona Lisa
6. Breakin’
7. Another Heart Calls
8. Real World
9. Back to Me
10. Believe
11. The Wind Blows
12. Sunshine (hidden track)