the album as "a mature, sophisticated album that’s made the group more than worthy of our time than ever before." Patrick Flanary from Glide Magazine stated "Much of the album is dull familiarity, a retread rife with expected song structures, indulgent effects, and silly studio chatter." Although, they praised songs like "Showdown", "Simple True" and "Tranquility". Omaha World-Herald'''s Kevin Coffey states that "The record also suffers from a bad mix that downplays the band’s strong musical abilities in order to bring the vocals out front to make this rock band sound like a pop project", also noting that there's much to enjoy. From PopMatters, Kevin Catchpole discusses the album's darker themes, saying "In a twist that is expected from a band like 311, they turn their lyrical focus to themes of confusion and uncertainty, mixed with the struggle to overcome. They even manage a somewhat forced-sounding combo of "ode to simpler times + rant against climate change". This and other left turns can come off as a bit jarring, but they are just a handful of glitches on an album that is otherwise well done end to end." Catchpole conclude the review by calling the songs "a fine batch". Commercial performance The album debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 41,000. This marks the band's 8th consecutive top 10 debut. Track listing Bonus tracks Personnel Credits adapted from album’s liner notes. 311 Nick Hexum – vocals, guitar, keyboards (uncredited) Doug "SA" Martinez – vocals Tim Mahoney – guitar P-Nut – bass Chad Sexton – drums, mixing Production Scotch Ralston – producer, engineer, mixing Giff Tripp – assistant engineer Joe Gastwirt – mastering References 2014 albums 311 (band) albums