Review Summary: Nothing Personal is All Time Low's catchiest and pop-iest album.
Nothing Personal is probably All Time Low’s catchiest album. The songs are singable, get stuck in your head easily, and are great for concerts. But, like most albums, it has its ups and downs.
The majority of the songs have good beats and interesting lyrics. The album starts off strong with “Weightless”. Anyone can relate to the lyrics (“maybe its not my weekend, but it’s gonna be my year”) and the tempo is good. It then moves into “Break Your Little Heart” which keeps the upbeat tempo and it’s also the song from which the title of the CD comes. The next song is “Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don’t)” which is probably one of the best songs on the CD; it’s catchy and the beat is perfect for dancing. Another strong song is “Stella”, a song about being drunk on Stella Artois. “Stella” (perhaps unintentionally) is full of brilliant double meanings. The song “Walls” is perfect for concerts because its lyrics could work for a slow song, but its tempo is upbeat.
However, other songs are repetitive and over-edited. In “Lost In Stereo”, lead singer Alex Gaskarth repeats the title phrase too often. This wouldn’t even be so bad if the song were short; it is not, it is one of the longest songs on the CD. One over-edited song is “Too Much”, which is, in my opinion, the worst song on the CD. It is weak in comparison to the other songs. It sounds nothing like All Time Low or like the rest of the CD.
The rest of Nothing Personal is neither weak, nor exceptionally strong. “Keep The Change, You Filthy Animal” and “A Party Song (The Walk of Shame)” sound more like older All Time Low and are singable, but lack the catchiness to make them very memorable. “Sick Little Games” is good, but maybe slightly monotone, whereas “Hello, Brooklyn” is fun but gets a little strange when Alex Gaskarth begins to shout out random cities. The CD is finished up with “Therapy”. Similarly to “Too Much”, it sounds little like anything else on the CD. It’s an okay song, with the chorus being the best part.
