▁album ▁saw ▁the ▁band ▁reun ite ▁with ▁producer ▁Mark ▁Ho pp us , ▁and ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁mostly ▁recorded ▁at ▁his ▁studio ▁in ▁North ▁Hollywood , ▁Op ra ▁Music , ▁between ▁April ▁and ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Ho pp us ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁wanted ▁to ▁follow ▁in ▁the ▁tracks ▁of ▁Comm it ▁This ▁to ▁Memory , ▁but ▁to ▁push ▁things ▁further . ▁Pierre ▁later ▁re called ▁that ▁the ▁atmosphere ▁in ▁the ▁studio ▁was ▁more ▁loose ▁than ▁their ▁first ▁time ▁working ▁with ▁Ho pp us . ▁The ▁band ▁picked ▁the ▁title ▁My ▁Din osa ur ▁Life ▁after ▁a ▁quote ▁Pierre ▁kept ▁repeating — they ▁felt ▁it ▁a ▁nice ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁album ' s ▁them es , ▁which ▁include ▁growing ▁old ▁and ▁feeling ▁out ▁of ▁place . ▁After ▁comple ting ▁the ▁album , ▁the ▁band ▁tou red ▁with ▁B link - 1 8 2 ▁on ▁their ▁re union ▁tour , ▁and ▁Pierre ▁under to ok ▁a ▁prom ot ional ▁tour ▁called ▁On ▁the ▁D ino ▁Tra il ▁where in ▁he ▁performed ▁ac oust ic ▁sets . ▁ ▁My ▁Din osa ur ▁Life ▁was ▁released ▁to ▁acc laim ▁from ▁music ▁critics ▁upon ▁its ▁debut ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁and ▁it ▁represented ▁the ▁band ' s ▁all - time ▁best ▁chart ▁performance , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁number ▁ 1 5 ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 . ▁They ▁supported ▁We e zer ▁on ▁several ▁dates ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁and ▁they ▁began ▁a