Building off the same formula that made their previous album,
Move Along, a success,
the All-American Rejects filled 2008's
When the World Comes Down with zippy emo-pop and thick layers of studio gloss. The result was a slick, manicured album that extended the band's hitmaking career, due in no small part to the Top Ten single "Gives You Hell."
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Andrew Leahey, Rovi