''These Times'' is the second studio album by American rock band

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, released on January 10, 2012, through

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. The album follows their 2008 debut ''

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''. It was released exclusively through

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on January 3, 2012, before a wide release the following week. ''These Times'' was produced by

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, and

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, along with several self-produced songs, departing from their previous work with producer Greg Archilla. The album reached number 7 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, making it their highest charting album to date.

Track listing

Critical reception

''These Times'' received mostly positive reviews from

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. Rick Florino of

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describes the album as "a catchy, captivating, and classy outing from modern rock's finest young outfit" that "is the first must-have album of 2012". Gregory Heaney of

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rated the album three out of five stars and states: "The album finds the band taking a more spacious approach to the genre, surrounding their heartfelt, midtempo jams in a warm blanket of reverb and keyboards, giving them a real sense of depth."

Charts

Personnel

Credits adapted from

SafetySuit

*Doug Brown – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion *Dave Garofalo – guitar *Jeremy Henshaw – bass *Tate Cunningham – drums, keyboards, percussion

Additional musicians

– keyboards *

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–

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, acoustic guitar, keyboards *

– bass, drums, guitar, keyboards,

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* Noel Zancanella – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards

Technical

* Jon Marius Aareskjold – mixing * Jerry Beltran – A&R * Howard Benson – production, programming * Amund Björklund –

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* Doug Brown – engineer, production, programming * Bruce Carbone – A&R, executive producer * Smith Carlson – engineer * Tate Cunningham – engineer, mixing, production, programming * Paul DeCarli – digital editing, engineer *

– production * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Serban Ghenea – mixing * John Hanes – mixing * Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineer *

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– executive producer * Espen Lind – engineer, mixing *

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– mixing * Andres Martinez – design, photography * Francis Murray – engineer * Jon Nicholson – drum technician * Mike Plotnikoff – engineer *

– production * Phil Seaford – assistant * Ryan Tedder – engineer, production, programming * Marc VanGool –

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* Noel Zancanella – production, programming

Release history

Source:

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References

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