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''All We Know Is Falling'' is the debut studio album by the American
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band
Paramore Paramore is an American rock band formed in Franklin, Tennessee, in 2004. Since 2017, the band's lineup includes lead vocalist Hayley Williams, lead guitarist Taylor York, and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of ...
, released on July 26, 2005, under the
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-distributed Fueled by Ramen in the United States. Its production was handled by James Paul Wisner, Mike Green, Nick Trevisick, and Roger Alan Nichols. The departure of bassist Jeremy Davis, which occurred a few days after arriving in Orlando, served as the album's main theme. This theme was reflected especially in the album's cover and title. Mostly categorized as a
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album, the album received mostly positive reviews and has been labeled a "
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classic". The album's production took place in
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. Instead of making a major push towards radio, the band's A&R recommended that the band build a fanbase through word of mouth. Initially, the album received positive reviews by
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, praising the vocals of lead singer
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; retrospective assessments have been more mixed. The album had a weak domestic commercial performance: it failed to enter the ''Billboard'' 200, though it did reach number 30 on ''
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''s Heatseekers Chart. It reached No. 4 on the UK Rock Chart, and in 2010 it managed to reach No. 51 on the UK Albums Chart and earned a gold certification by the
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(BPI). In July 2014, after the group found success with its following records, ''All We Know Is Falling'' received a gold certification from the
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(RIAA). Three singles from the album were released: "
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", "
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" and " All We Know". None of the singles managed to reach any major chart, although "Pressure" was certified gold by the RIAA in 2016 after the band found commercial success with subsequent releases.


Background

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was originally signed to
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in 2003 as a solo pop singer. However, Williams resisted the label's solo-career wishes, saying she did not envision herself as "the next
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". As a result, she formed Paramore with Josh Farro,
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, and Jeremy Davis. In her short solo career, Williams recorded some
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, which were later re-recorded with the band for a "more authentic" sound. However, the band was almost fired because the label thought they "were terrible." Williams and Farro wrote two new songs, "Here We Go Again" and "
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", which saved the group from being fired. The former song became the fifth track on ''All We Know Is Falling'', while "Hallelujah" was saved for their sophomore album ''
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'' (2007).


Production

The group traveled to
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, to write and record the remainder of the album. A few days after arriving in Orlando, Davis left the band. The remaining members continued work on the album. The band decided to base the album's theme around Davis' departure. According to Williams, the album's cover art also represented Davis' departure: "The couch with no one there and the shadow walking away; it's all about Jeremy leaving us and us feeling like there's an empty space." The album's artwork was created by Electric Heat. The album's recording process took about three weeks, with Josh Farro calling the sessions "rushed". "All We Know", "Never Let This Go" and "My Heart" were recorded with producer James Paul Wisner at Wisner Productions, located in
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. "Pressure", "Emergency", "Brighter", "Whoa", "Conspiracy" and "Franklin" were recorded with producer Mike Green at ARS Studios, located in
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. "Here We Go Again" was recorded with producers Roger Alan Nichols and Nick Trevisick at Bigger Dog Studio, located in
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. Additional recording took place at Stone Gables Studio, located in
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. All of the songs were mixed by Green, except for "Here We Go Again", which was mixed by Nichols and Trevisick. Tom Baker mastered the recordings at Precision Mastering in Hollywood, California. Nath Warshowsky acted as the studio drum tech for every song, except for "Here We Go Again". Dave Buchman engineered "Here We Go Again". Lucio Rubino, then frontman of StorySide:B, replaced the absent Davis in the studio. He performed bass on every song except for "Here We Go Again", which was done by Jeremy Davis. Typically, Farro would write the music while Williams wrote the lyrics. On occasion, Farro would contribute lyrics as well. "Conspiracy" was composed by Williams, Farro, and
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. It was the first song they wrote together. Many of the lyrics in ''All We Know Is Falling'' which are not related to Davis' departure deal with the bad relationship and divorce of Williams' parents. While the song "Brighter" was written about Hayley's friend Lanie Kealhofer, who died on May 22, 2005. The album's liners included the following line: "In memory of Lanie Kealhofer – You shine brighter than anyone – 11.24.88 / 5.22.05".


Composition

Critics have variously called ''All We Know Is Falling'' a
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,
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,
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, and
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album. Trevor Kelley at ''
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'' categorized the album as "vaguely emo, but mostly mall-punk". Tom Whitson of Click Music defined the album as emo with "pop-punk beats", drawing comparisons from
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and
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. The
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review by Neil Z. Yeung referred to the album as a "formulaic" pop punk album, complete with "head-bobbing drums, straightforward riffs, and a midtempo sameness throughout". In a retrospective ''Alternative Press'' review by Tyler Sharp, the album was referred to as what would have been "just another pop-rock effort that ultimately fell short in the face of its true potential" if not for the band's later success. ''
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'' reviewer David Renshaw also drew comparisons to Lavigne, but believed that the songs on the album were inferior to those of Lavigne's.


Release and promotion

Paramore released ''All We Know Is Falling'' on July 26, 2005, in the United States. According to Paramore's A&R at Atlantic Records, Steve Robertson, the promotion strategy behind the album was that the band would start small and slowly build through word of mouth instead of giving the debut album a major radio promotional push. In his own words, Robertson "wanted kids to discover the band without it being shoved down their throats."Blumentrath, Jan (November 9, 2009
"Interview With Paramore A&R Steve Robertson"
''HitQuarters''. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
In September 2005, a special Japanese edition containing a previously unreleased song "Oh Star" was made available. In January 2009, the album was released on
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for the first time. On May 19, 2009, a deluxe edition of the album was released exclusively on
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with live versions of "Pressure" and "Here We Go Again", and the music videos for all the singles. A 10th anniversary edition of the album was released on December 4, 2015, on vinyl, which contains "O Star" and "This Circle" as bonus tracks; this version was limited to 4,000 copies. The album featured three singles: "Pressure", "Emergency" and "All We Know". Two weeks before starting a tour to promote the album, John Hembree joined the band to replace bassist Jeremy Davis, though Davis ended up rejoining the group after five months away from the band. In October and November, the group supported
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on their headlining tour in the United States, followed by a supporting slot for
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in December. In February 2006, the group went on Midwest and east coast tour with Halifax,
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, and So They Say. Through the spring of 2006, Paramore was an opening act on tours for both Bayside and
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. The band was initially planned to appear on the 2006 edition of the
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in early March 2006, but Williams came down with flu, which resulted in the band being replaced by Sullivan. The band went on the 2006 edition of the
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, which took place in Nashville, near the group's hometown. In August and September, the band headlined a tour in the US with support from
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,
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and
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, followed by some dates in the United Kingdom in October.


Reception


Critical reception

''All We Know Is Falling'' was met with generally positive reviews from
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. Kelley stated "it's obvious that someone has done Williams wrong" from the lyrics in the album's songs, and noted its similarity to Lavigne's previous studio album '' Under My Skin'' (2004). Tony Pascarella of The Trades said that "these passionate, rocking tracks are what make this Tennessee group so talented ..Paramore is a band you may not yet have heard of, but look for them to make a major splash in the very near future." He also praised Williams' voice as "a rich, powerful voice that rarely makes a mistake on this stunning debut." In a tenth-anniversary review from ''Alternative Press'', Tyler Sharp wrote that the album evolved into "a scene classic" after the band's gradual rise to mainstream popularity in later years. However, the album is often held in a negative light compared to the band's subsequent studio albums, and retrospective reviews have been mixed. In a retrospective review, Yeung showed mixed feelings about the album. He regarded the album as "alright"; however, he believed that the songs were too straightforward and lacked "differentiation, excitement, or the brightness that would be found on later albums." Whitson said that the album was "this group of youngsters have written a great debut album for their age .. 'All We Know Is Falling''isn't the best album around, but is far from the worst." Renshaw was critical about the fact that "Paramore are for the kids who think
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is not cool enough but
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are too scary, they want to rebel but they have to be in by 9 o' clock. Paramore are not terrible; they are simply a transitional band." Jordan "Anchors" Rogowski from Punknews.org was more critical of the album; he praised Williams' voice, but criticized the structures of the songs, regarding them "just too flat, too linear ..the guitar seems a bit uninspired, the drumming a bit lazy, and the bass is barely existent, if existent at all."


Commercial performance

Initially, ''All We Know Is Falling'' only charted on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart, peaking at number 30 in September 2006. After the success of their second studio album ''Riot!'' (2007), the album sales gradually built. Although it never charted on the ''Billboard'' 200, it did manage to take number eight on the ''Billboard'' Catalog Albums chart in 2009. ''All We Know Is Falling'' only reached number 51 on the
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, but still received gold certification in 2009 by the
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for shipping over 100,000 copies. It was then certified in
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in 2012, where it went gold for shipments of over 35,000 units despite never reaching an Australian chart. In 2014, the album was certified gold in the
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for shipments of over 500,000 copies. Initially, none of the singles managed to chart, but after the success of ''Riot!'', "Pressure" was able to peak at number 62 on the ''Billboard''
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chart. In 2016, the recording was certified gold by the
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(RIAA).


Track listing

Bonus tracks


Personnel

Paramore *
Hayley Williams Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and only constant member of the rock band Paramore, which she co-founded in 2004. Williams was born and raised in Meridian, Miss ...
lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...
* Josh Farro
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,
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,
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(10) * Jason Bynum
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, backing vocals * Jeremy Davisbass *
Zac Farro Zachary Wayne Farro (born June 4, 1990) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Paramore. He is the younger brother of Josh Farro, who is Paramore's former lead guitarist and backing vocalist. After he and his broth ...
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Additional musicians * Lucio Rubino
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Production * James Paul Wisner producer and recording * Mike Greenproducer and recording ; mixing * Roger Alan Nichols and Nick Trevisickproducers, recording and mixing * Nathan Warshowskystudio drum technician * Tom Baker
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* Dave Buchananengineer * John Janichexecutive producer * John Deebphotography * Electric Heatalbum artwork


Charts


Certifications


Release history


Notes and references

Footnotes Citations


External links


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