Editing Tell All Your Friends

{{Short description|2002 studio album by Taking Back Sunday}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Tell All Your Friends
| type       = [[Studio Album]]
| artist     = [[Taking Back Sunday]]
| cover      = Tellallyourfriends.jpg
| alt        = A green-tinted photo of a highway overpass in the distance
| released   = {{start date|2002|3|26}}
| recorded   = December 2001 – January 2002
| studio     = [[Big Blue Meenie Recording Studio|Big Blue Meenie Recording]], New Jersey
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Emo]]
* [[emo pop]]
* [[post-hardcore]]
}}
| length     = {{duration|m=33|s=46}}
| label      = [[Victory Records|Victory]]
| producer   = [[Sal Villanueva]]
| next_title = [[Where You Want to Be]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Tell All Your Friends
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Great Romances of the 20th Century
 | single1date = March 12, 2002
 | single2     = Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)
 | single2date = February 17, 2003
 | single3     = You're So Last Summer
 | single3date = September 16, 2003
}}
}}
'''''Tell All Your Friends''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Taking Back Sunday]], released on March 26, 2002, through [[Victory Records]]. Forming in 1999, the group underwent several lineup changes before settling on vocalist [[Adam Lazzara]], guitarist and vocalist [[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]], guitarist Eddie Reyes, bassist Shaun Cooper, and drummer Mark O'Connell. Taking Back Sunday released a five-song [[Demo (music)|demo]] in early 2001, after which they toured the United States for most of the year. They rented a room in [[Lindenhurst, New York]], where they wrote and demoed songs. In December 2001, the band signed with Victory Records; they began recording their debut album with producer [[Sal Villanueva]] at [[Big Blue Meenie Recording Studio]] in [[New Jersey]].

"Great Romances of the 20th Century" was released as the [[lead single]] from ''Tell All Your Friends'' in March 2002. A few months later, Taking Back Sunday toured across the United States with [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]] and [[Rufio]]. At the end of the year, a ''[[Fight Club]]''-inspired music video was released for "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)", which was released as the album's second single in February 2003. The group spent the early part of 2003 touring with [[the Used]] and [[The Blood Brothers (band)|the Blood Brothers]] before headlining their own tour. After that, Nolan and Cooper left Taking Back Sunday and were replaced by [[Fred Mascherino]] and Matt Rubano. In September 2003, "You're So Last Summer" was released as the album's third single, and the band began co-headlining a tour with [[Saves the Day]], which lasted until November 2003. By that point, a music video had been released for "You're So Last Summer".

Critics have given ''Tell All Your Friends'' mostly positive reviews, highlighting its mix of musical styles. It sold 2,000 copies in the first week after its release, charting at number 183 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart. The album was [[Music recording sales certification|certified gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in the US and had sold 790,000 copies as of 2009; in 2023, it was certified platinum. It is Victory Records' longest-running release on the ''Billboard'' [[Heatseekers Albums]] chart at 68 weeks, and on the [[Independent Albums]] chart at 78 weeks. In 2012, the band toured to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ''Tell All Your Friends'', playing an acoustic set on the anniversary tour, which was later released in 2013 as the live album ''TAYF10 Acoustic''. It has been included on lists of the best emo albums of all time by publications such as ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'', ''[[NME]]'', and ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.

==Background==
Guitarist Eddie Reyes became a staple of the [[New York hardcore]] scene, performing in various bands such as [[the Movielife]].<ref>Manley 2011, p. 89</ref> He contacted friends Antonio Longo and Steven DeJoseph; the former suggested his childhood friend, [[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]], as a second guitarist. Bassist [[Jesse Lacey]], who was childhood friends with Longo and Nolan, then joined,<ref name=Manley90>Manley 2011, p. 90</ref> marking the formation of [[Taking Back Sunday]] in [[Amityville, New York]], in November 1999.<ref name=AltPTaste>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/taste_of_tuesday_taking_back_sunday|title=Taste Of Tuesday: Looking back at musical thrills and offstage spills with Taking Back Sunday|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|author=Tatone, Jenny|date=April 19, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821154718/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/taste_of_tuesday_taking_back_sunday|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Nolan said the name was taken from the song "Taking Back Sunday" by the Waiting Process, with whom they were friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/things-to-do-in-dallas-see-taking-back-sunday-at-house-of-blues-11598050|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520173232/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/things-to-do-in-dallas-see-taking-back-sunday-at-house-of-blues-11598050|title=Taking Back Sunday Will Determine Its Dallas Set List with a Coin Toss|work=[[Dallas Observer]]|author=Norris, Chelsey|date=March 12, 2019|archivedate=May 20, 2019|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> Reyes expanded on this, saying that it related to how the band formed on a Sunday.<ref name=EPinterview>{{cite web|url=http://www.europunk.net/interviews.php?id=71|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327004146/http://www.europunk.net/interviews.php?id=71|title=Interview with Taking Back Sunday|publisher=Europunk|author=Si|date=June 13, 2004|archivedate=March 27, 2008|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref> Nolan mentioned that instead of telling this, Lazzara and Reyes would spread [[misinformation]] about the name being an obscure track by [[the Smiths]], which bothered Nolan who was a fan of them.<ref name=IYEMinterview>{{cite web|url=http://in-your-ear.net/features/interviews/takingbacksunday/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113045636/http://in-your-ear.net/features/interviews/takingbacksunday/|title=Taking Back Sunday broken bones, Blood Brothers and fist fights|publisher=In Your Ear Magazine|author=Jones, Jason C.|date=Spring 2003|archivedate=January 13, 2005|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}</ref>|group="nb"}} After three-to-four months, Lacey left the band when Nolan reportedly romanced Lacey's girlfriend at a party,<ref name=Manley90/> and later formed [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]].<ref name=AltP10Best_1>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_10_best_moments_of_the_taking_back_sunday_brand_new_feud/P0|title=When your head goes through the windshield: the 10 best moments of the TBS/Brand New feud|work=Alternative Press|author=Crane, Matt|date=April 11, 2014|access-date=July 13, 2016|page=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821174241/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_10_best_moments_of_the_taking_back_sunday_brand_new_feud/P0|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> [[Adam Lazzara]] saw Taking Back Sunday live and inquired if they needed a permanent bassist,<ref name=Manley90/> and drove from his hometown of [[High Point, North Carolina]]<ref name="CBS152" /> to Long Island to practice with them.<ref name=Manley90/> A month later, Reyes invited him to join them and move in with him.<ref name=Kerranghistory>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/an-oral-history-of-taking-back-sunday/|title=An Oral History Of Taking Back Sunday|work=[[Kerrang!]]|author=Pearlman, Mischa|date=May 20, 2019|access-date=May 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520181544/https://www.kerrang.com/features/an-oral-history-of-taking-back-sunday/|archive-date=May 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Mark O'Connell, who was friends with Reyes, was then asked to become their drummer.<ref name=Manley90/>
[[File:River City Rockfest Overview (2017-05-27) (34151494234).jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|alt=a bearded man with long brown hair and sunglasses singing into a microphone|[[Adam Lazzara]] first joined Taking Back Sunday to play bass but eventually became their lead vocalist.]]

After recording their [[Taking Back Sunday (EP)|self-titled EP]], Longo left the band;<ref name=AltPUsed>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/tbsout|title=I Used To Be in Taking Back Sunday|work=Alternative Press|author=Karan, Tim|date=April 24, 2009|access-date=July 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821163624/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/tbsout|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> in December 2000, Lazzara switched from bass to lead vocals.<ref name=VictoryTBS20020212>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryrecords.com/takingbacksunday.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020212144327/http://www.victoryrecords.com/takingbacksunday.html|title=Victory Bands – Taking Back Sunday|publisher=[[Victory Records]]|archive-date=February 12, 2002|access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref> O'Connell suggested bassist Shaun Cooper,<ref name=Manley90/> who he knew from various acts throughout school,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/taking-back-sunday-zwei-jahrzehnte-taking-back-sunday_442248.html|title=Zwei Jahrzehnte Taking Back Sunday|work=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|author=Segantini, Julia|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=July 16, 2022|archive-date=July 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716142058/https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/taking-back-sunday-zwei-jahrzehnte-taking-back-sunday_442248.html|url-status=live|language=DE}}</ref>  though the rest of the band needed convincing since they did not know him.<ref name=AltPHistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/taking_back_sunday_oral_history_alternative_press_magazine|title=A Peek into Taking Back Sunday's Early Days – In Their Own Words|work=Alternative Press|author=Manley, Brendan|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623092340/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/taking_back_sunday_oral_history_alternative_press_magazine|archive-date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> In February 2001, the band recorded a five-song [[Demo (music)|demo]], appropriately titled ''Tell All Your Friends'', copies of which were given to anyone associated with a record label.<ref name=Kerranghistory/><ref name=VictoryTBS20020212/> They embarked on their first tour with [[Northstar (band)|Northstar]] in July 2001.<ref name=Punctuateinterview>{{cite web|url=http://www.punctuate.org/interviews/tbs.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030904050006/http://www.punctuate.org/interviews/tbs.htm|title=Taking Back Sunday|publisher=Punctuate|author=Kelly, Liz|date=December 6, 2002|archivedate=September 4, 2003|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northstarmusic.f2s.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020125170046/http://www.northstarmusic.f2s.com/|title=Northstar|publisher=Northstar|archivedate=January 25, 2002|accessdate=April 8, 2023}}</ref> Taking Back Sunday then spent the rest of the year touring, during which they received offers from labels.<ref name=Kerranghistory/> Among these was one from [[Triple Crown Records]], who were apprehensive as they had just signed Brand New.<ref name=Manley90/> The band caught the attention of [[Victory Records]];<ref name=Manley90/> within two weeks of seeing them live, a contract was written up,<ref name=Manley92>Manley 2011, p. 92</ref> and they signed to the label in December 2001.<ref name=VictoryTBS20020212/>

==Production==
Although other labels expressed interest in Taking Back Sunday, Victory Records encouraged them to make an album.<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/sub_pages/interviews/files/takingbacksunday.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20020818073653/http://www.absolutepunk.net/sub_pages/interviews/files/takingbacksunday.htm|title=AbsolutePunk – Taking Back Sunday|work=[[AbsolutePunk]]|author=Wallace, Jake|archive-date=August 18, 2002 |access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref> ''Tell All Your Friends'' was recorded over a period of two weeks in December 2001 at [[Big Blue Meenie Recording Studio]] in New Jersey with producer [[Sal Villanueva]].<ref name=AWrecording>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2006/04/26/interview-with-taking-back-sunday-now-tell-them-louder/|title=Interview With Taking Back Sunday: Now Tell Them Louder|work=[[The Aquarian Weekly]]|author=Sciarretto, Amy|date=April 26, 2006|access-date=August 17, 2016|page=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822180517/http://www.theaquarian.com/2006/04/26/interview-with-taking-back-sunday-now-tell-them-louder/|archive-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name=TAYFBooklet/> The band were not aware of him, but went with him at the insistence of Victory Records as he worked on ''[[Full Collapse]]'' (2001) by labelmates [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digital-noise.net/interviews/takingbacksunday.php|title=Interview with John Nolan, Guitarist/Singer of Taking Back Sunday|publisher=Digital Noise|author=Aimee|access-date=May 26, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050225195238/http://www.digital-noise.net/interviews/takingbacksunday.php|archive-date=February 25, 2005}}</ref> Taking Back Sunday arrived without a drum set, presuming that the studio would have one. Engineer Tim Gilles said, "No major studio in America has their own [drum] set. You've gotta be fucking kidding me".<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/> The group spent each day driving from Long Island to Jersey City; as all of the members had day jobs, they had to request time off to record.<ref name=Manley92/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends-20th-anniversary|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520210724/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends-20th-anniversary|title=Taking Back Sunday's John Nolan On 'Tell All Your Friends' 20th Anniversary|work=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]|author=McCarthy, Lauren|date=May 20, 2022|archive-date=May 20, 2022|access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref> Cooper collectively recorded his bass parts in four hours, spread over half a day.<ref name=LVW20>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2019/may/02/taking-back-sunday-brings-20th-anniversary-tour/|title=Taking Back Sunday brings its 20th-anniversary tour (and a unique set-choosing device) to Las Vegas for two shows|work=[[Las Vegas Weekly]]|author=Zaleski, Annie|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601160606/https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2019/may/02/taking-back-sunday-brings-20th-anniversary-tour/|archive-date=June 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Villanueva would come up with ideas and suggest them to the band.<ref name=UGinterview/> Towards the end of tracking around Christmas, Lazzara became sick and lost his voice for two days. It resulted in the band having to miss one to two weeks of recording time.<ref name=LVW20/> The sessions concluded in early January 2002, and ended up costing $10,000.<ref name=AWrecording/><ref name=TBSwebsite>{{cite web|url=http://www.takingbacksunday.com:80/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020524125749/http://www.takingbacksunday.com/|title=Untitled|publisher=Taking Back Sunday|archive-date=May 24, 2002|access-date=May 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Villanueva had contributed guitar work and co-mixed the recordings with Gilles (under the alias Rumblefish).<ref name=TAYFBooklet/><ref name=TAYFbackcover/> When the band heard the final mixes, they realized that the studio staff had altered the recordings, namely sounds had been manipulated and the guitar tones differed from how they were recorded.<ref name=Louderstory/>

The piano intro to "The Blue Channel", which was initially slow, was sped up to match the tempo of the rest of the song, which was four times faster. Cooper said that the band was unhappy with these choices, and mentioned that the intro to "Great Romances of the 20th Century" was similarly altered from a piano to a [[synthesizer]].<ref name=Manley92/> The band wanted to make adjustments but were told they were over time and over budget for these changes to happen.<ref name=LVW20/> They wanted to re-record "Your Own Disaster" from their demo, but were unable to due to time and money constraints.<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/> Instead, it was re-recorded for their second studio album, ''[[Where You Want to Be]]'' (2004). Engineering was handled by Gilles, Erin Farley, and Arun Venkatesh, with mastering by Gilles at Surgical Sound.<ref name=TAYFbackcover/> Neil Rubenstein, who later became the group's tour manager, contributed vocals to "There's No 'I' in Team", "Timberwolves at New Jersey" and "Head Club". Nolan's sister, [[Michelle DaRosa|Michelle]], sang on "Bike Scene" and "Ghost Man on Third", and Matt McDannell contributed vocals to "Head Club".<ref name=AltPHistory/><ref name=TAYFBooklet/> Nolan suggested his sister as he was aware that she had "an amazing voice".<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/>

==Composition==
===Overview===
{{quote box|quote=[We] named it ''Tell All Your Friends'', kind of in a half-joking manner, because we were very aware that any of our success was due to word of mouth and just people telling your friends.<ref>Taking Back Sunday 2005, event occurs at 11:07–22</ref>|source=John Nolan in 2005 on the album's title|width=25%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}

''Tell All Your Friends''{{'s}} sound would later be described as [[emo]] and [[emo pop]],<ref name=RSemo/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61370/Taking-Back-Sunday-Happiness-Is/|title=Taking Back Sunday – Happiness Is (album review 3)|publisher=Sputnikmusic|author=Athom|date=March 10, 2014|access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref> drawing comparisons to [[Grade (band)|Grade]],<ref name=Exclaimreview/> [[Fugazi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/features/2004/0904.taking-back-sunday/index.html|title=Breaking Up Is Hard (Not) To Do|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|author=Epstein, Dan|date=September 2004|access-date=August 14, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420165019/http://www.revolvermag.com/features/2004/0904.taking-back-sunday/index.html|archive-date=April 20, 2006}}</ref> the Movielife (specifically their 2000 album ''This Time Next Year''),<ref name=AMreview/> [[Weezer]],<ref name=Kludgereview/> and Thursday.<ref name=Bonazelli58>Bonazelli 2002, p. 58</ref> A review from ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]'' noted that musically, the album sounded like "two guitars butt[ing] heads" to fuse "clean-channel pop melodies" with "chugging metal progressions".<ref name=Bonazelli58/> The vocals were reminiscent of [[Saves the Day]],<ref name=Exclaimreview/> and the Canterbury Effect,<ref name=AMreview/> often switching from singing to [[Screaming (music)#Hardcore and punk rock|screaming]].<ref name=CAreview/> Around this time, emo bands [[the Get Up Kids]] and [[the Promise Ring]] influenced Taking Back Sunday.<ref name=AltPBT/> Lazzara and Nolan shared an apartment, often staying up talking until 5:00{{spaces}}am, and began showing each other compositions on which they were working. Rubenstein would often find them composing songs with acoustic guitars.{{#tag:ref|Rubenstein, Lacey, Nolan and Lazzara were part of a songwriting collective known as the Long Island Band Pool. If a musician had a lyric they could not use, they suggested it to another member of the collective. Lazzara called it "a real communal thing happening at the time".<ref name=AltPHistory/> Rubenstein contributed the lines "best bet worst ex" to "Bike Scene" and "Don't call my name out your window; I'm leaving" to "Head Club".<ref name=TAYFBooklet/>|group="nb"}}

Taking Back Sunday started jamming in a rehearsal room that Reyes had in [[Lindenhurst, New York]], where they practiced and composed every night.<ref name=AltPHistory/><ref name=UGinterview/> The first song this lineup had written was "Great Romances of the 20th Century", which the members felt was better than anything they had done before, and that it sounded different from other Long Island acts, which were into [[Pop music|pop]] and [[funk]].<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/><ref name=UGinterview/> The band frequently recorded demos; they wrote music together, while Lazzara and Nolan wrote the lyrics.<ref name=TAYFBooklet/><ref name=AltPBT>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/backtracking_the_stories_behind_the_songs_tbs_on_cute_without_the_e_cut_fro|title=BackTracking: Taking Back Sunday on 'Cute Without The "E" (Cut From The Team)'|work=Alternative Press|author=Obenschain, Philip|date=July 8, 2013|access-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821123217/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/backtracking_the_stories_behind_the_songs_tbs_on_cute_without_the_e_cut_fro|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> One member would typically come up with a part, which the rest of the group would expand into a song.<ref>Taking Back Sunday 2005, event occurs at 2:32–46</ref> Nolan wrote a lot of material and had various ideas. He would cut parts and sections out of one song he had been working on and it would eventually end up in a Taking Back Sunday song.<ref name=UGinterview/> Many songs featuring Lazzara and Nolan use [[Call and response (music)|call-and-response]] vocals{{snd}}something that Reyes' prior band Clockwise had done with their members Hanratty and George Fullan.<ref name=UGinterview/><ref name=AP.netretroreview/> When Reyes started Taking Back Sunday, he told Fullan that he wanted to include the dual vocals as it was something he really liked.<ref name=UGinterview>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/taking_back_sundays_guitarist_i_went_to_ug_to_see_tabs_for_tbs_songs.html|title=Taking Back Sunday's Guitarist: 'I Went To UG To See Tabs For TBS Songs' {{!}} Music News|author=Rosen, Steven|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313043420/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/taking_back_sundays_guitarist_i_went_to_ug_to_see_tabs_for_tbs_songs.html|archive-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Personal experiences inspired Taking Back Sunday's lyrics.<ref>Taking Back Sunday 2005, event occurs at 3:03–12</ref> For Nolan, several instances filtered into his lyrics: the falling-out with Lacey, whom he had known all of his life, affected how Nolan felt and what he was trying to work through in his writings; the ending of a five-year long-term relationship since high school and the subsequent process of figuring who you are and what you want to be as a result; and coming to terms with his [[born again]] Christian upbringing and the realization that he did not believe in his life up to that point.<ref name=Manley92/> Nolan and Lazzara had a concept where some of the lyrics could be read "like a play where one line is the boy and the next line is the girl{{spaces}}... Sometimes when you read the lyrics it's a little boring and it's more interesting this way".<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/> According to Nolan, about half of their song titles came from "sitting around late at night watching TV".<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/> The songs followed the structure of: quiet verse, loud [[bridge (music)|bridge]], big [[chorus (song)|chorus]], repeat, [[Breakdown (music)#Heavy metal and punk rock|breakdown]], chorus, ending.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/too-much-too-soon-20-respectable-rock-and-rap-acts-th-1798213861|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103073649/https://music.avclub.com/too-much-too-soon-20-respectable-rock-and-rap-acts-th-1798213861|title=Too much, too soon: 20 respectable rock and rap acts that peaked with debut albums|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=April 14, 2008|archive-date=November 3, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> For almost every track, the breakdown consists of Lazzara and Nolan intertwining their vocal parts, crescendoing into screaming.<ref name=AP.netretroreview/>

===Tracks===
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"You Know How I Do" is a [[mid-tempo]] track that opens with [[Audio feedback|feedback]], which shifts into Nolan's guitar part before the drums join in.<ref name=AP.netretroreview/><ref name=IGNreview/> A breakdown is heard later in the song, with bass accompaniment and contrasting vocal lines.<ref name=IGNreview/> "Bike Scene", another mid-tempo song, starts with [[Palm mute|palm-muted]] guitar parts.<ref name=AP.netretroreview/> Nolan said its name was taken from ''[[American Thunder (TV series)|American Thunder]]'', which had an episode titled "Monterey Peninsula Bike Scene", while the lyrics were potentially inspired by him reading ''[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]]'' (2000) by [[Dave Eggers]] and Lazzara reading ''[[Fight Club (novel)|Fight Club]]'' (1996) by [[Chuck Palahniuk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2022/05/taking-back-sunday-bike-scene-demo-origins/|title=Taking Back Sunday Share Origins of 'Bike Scene (Demo)': Exclusive|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|author=Fu, Eddie|date=May 12, 2022|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512154616/https://consequence.net/2022/05/taking-back-sunday-bike-scene-demo-origins/|archive-date=May 12, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The line "it's a campaign of distraction and revisionist history" is directly taken from Eggers' book, which was one of Nolan's favourite reads.<ref name=IYEMinterview/> Lazzara and O'Connell came up with the opening [[riff]] for "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" while at Lazzara's father's house in North Carolina. Nolan suggested it be expanded into a full song after it was brought into practice sessions. The lyrics resulted from a relationship that Lazzara had recently left; an underlying theme of betrayal is present.<ref name=Louderstory>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-cute-without-the-e-by-taking-back-sunday|title=The story behind Cute Without The E by Taking Back Sunday|work=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]]|author=Lazzara, Adam|date=February 16, 2018|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216130008/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-cute-without-the-e-by-taking-back-sunday|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/six-pack-uncomfortably-honest-rock-anthems|title=Six Pack: Uncomfortably Honest Rock Anthems|work=Louder|author=Bryant, Tom|date=July 31, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216125836/https://www.loudersound.com/features/six-pack-uncomfortably-honest-rock-anthems|url-status=live}}</ref> The track's name came from the band's friend Mike Duvan who said the phrase "cut from the team".<ref>Taking Back Sunday 2019, event occurs at 5:26–43</ref> It opens with a four-chord guitar intro before shifting into single-note verses.<ref name=AP.netretroreview/><ref name=AltPretroreview/>

The Nolan–Lacey romancing incident inspired Brand New to include "Seventy Times{{spaces}}7" on their debut album, ''[[Your Favorite Weapon]]'' (2001). Nolan wrote about the event from his point of view in Taking Back Sunday's "There's No 'I' in Team".<ref name=AltP10BN>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_10_best_brand_new_songs|title=The 10 best Brand New songs|work=Alternative Press|author=Cameron, Greg|date=April 17, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521010647/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_10_best_brand_new_songs|archive-date=May 21, 2016}}</ref> The track also includes a reference to Brand New's "Mixtape".<ref name=Billranked/>{{#tag:ref|Lacey had become hostile towards Lazzara and Taking Back Sunday. This situation, according to ''Alternative Press'', "spawned one of the most public intra-band rivalries in emo history".<ref name=AltPUsed/> It has been suggested that Brand New's "Mixtape" and Taking Back Sunday's "Timberwolves at New Jersey" are, in-part, about the incident. The feud has been viewed as overblown: to begin with Nolan received a thank-you credit in the liner notes for ''Your Favorite Weapon'', and the same for Lacey in the liner notes for ''Tell All Your Friends''. Additionally, Lacey joined Taking Back Sunday onstage for a combined performance of "Seventy Times{{spaces}}7" and "There's No 'I' in Team" in 2002.<ref name=Retracing/> Subsequent allusions to the feud include Brand New shirts that reference Lazzara's fondness of microphone swinging during shows, to which Taking Back Sunday retorted with shirts that double-downed on the swinging aspect.<ref name=Retracing>{{cite web|url=https://ontheaside.com/music/retracing-the-brand-new-taking-back-sunday-beef/|title=Retracing the Brand New and Taking Back Sunday beef|publisher=[[A.Side TV]]|author=Teo, Mark|date=August 28, 2017|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522082245/https://ontheaside.com/music/retracing-the-brand-new-taking-back-sunday-beef/|archive-date=May 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Simon 2009, p. 119</ref> However, in 2015, Lazzara described Lacey as "a dick. He just sucks. He's not a good person."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/adam-lazzara-of-taking-back-sunday-says-his-band-was-never-emo-6597490|title=Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday Says His Band Was Never Emo|work=[[OC Weekly]]|author=Deiterman, Corey|date=February 27, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815080843/http://www.ocweekly.com/music/adam-lazzara-of-taking-back-sunday-says-his-band-was-never-emo-6597490|archive-date=August 15, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>|group="nb"}} "Great Romances of the 20th Century" includes an audio [[Sample (music)|sample]] from the film ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'' (1996), and opens with an electronic string line.<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/><ref name=IGNreview/> It shifts into mid-tempo, accompanied by [[Flanging|flange]]-[[Effects unit|effected]] and [[Distortion (music)|distorted]] electric guitars backed by frantic drum and bass lines.<ref name=AP.netretroreview/><ref name=IGNreview/> The track was named after a show on the [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]] network,<ref name=Punctuateinterview/> while its lyrics discuss two lovers separating.<ref name=IGNreview/> "Ghost Man on Third" is an emo ballad that focuses on Lazzara's difficulty with mental health, specifically coping with depression at an early age.<ref name=IGNreview/><ref name=Billranked>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7736594/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends-songs-ranked|title=Taking Back Sunday's 'Tell All Your Friends' Turns 15: Every Track Ranked From Worst to Best|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Kaplan, Ilana|date=March 25, 2017|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514231118/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7736594/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends-songs-ranked|archive-date=May 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> During the song's chorus, Lazzara said he does his "best [[Daryl Palumbo]] [of [[Glassjaw]]] impression" and electronic strings are heard.<ref name=IGNreview/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/weekly_playlist_33_this_is_sandpit_turtle_nine_hilariously_misheard_lyrics|title=Weekly Playlist #33: This Is Sandpit Turtle – Nine hilariously misheard lyrics|work=Alternative Press|author=Whitt, Cassie|date=July 17, 2013|access-date=November 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420231756/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/weekly_playlist_33_this_is_sandpit_turtle_nine_hilariously_misheard_lyrics|archive-date=April 20, 2017}}</ref>

"Timberwolves at New Jersey" talks about being a musician in the [[Music of New Jersey#Punk and hardcore|New Jersey emo/post-hardcore scene]], while of some lyrics take digs at former band members.<ref name=Billranked/> Kevin Craft of ''[[PopMatters]]'' interpreted it as someone trying to console their friend, who is inexperienced at romance: "The would-be suitor must improve the verses he’s using in his attempts at courtship if he wants to have any shot at impressing girls who favor 'literate boys{{single double}}.<ref name=PMQuintessential>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/taking-back-sunday-tell-friends|title=Taking Back Sunday's Tell All Your Friends: Quintessential Emo|work=[[PopMatters]]|author=Craft, Kevin|date=June 20, 2022|access-date=August 11, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809010119/https://www.popmatters.com/taking-back-sunday-tell-friends|archive-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref> The title for "You're So Last Summer" came from the time Lazzara and Nolan went to the movies with their friend Sarah. As the trio left the theater, someone said something and Sarah replied, "You're so last summer"{{snd}}meaning late to the party.<ref>Taking Back Sunday 2019, event occurs at 6:01–21</ref> "The Blue Channel" was named after Channel 14, which consisted of [[TV listings|TV program listings]].<ref name=Punctuateinterview/> The song opens with a piano intro; Lazzara said it and "Head Club" were songs the band used "to get enough songs to fill a record so we could go on tour".<ref name=AP.netretroreview/><ref name=MTVrevival/> "Head Club" is about Nolan being exhausted with writing about Lacey after the romancing incident. The name of the bonus track, "The Ballad of Sal Villanueva", is a tribute to the album's producer Sal Villanueva.<ref name=Billranked/> It was recorded after they had finished working on the album.<ref name=IYEMinterview/>

==Release==
===Initial promotion, and Nolan and Cooper's departures===
On February 21, 2002, the release date for ''Tell All Your Friends'' was announced as March, and "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" was posted online.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/2848/taking-back-sunday|title=Taking Back Sunday|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=February 21, 2002|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513213823/https://www.punknews.org/article/2848/taking-back-sunday|url-status=live}}</ref> A music video for "Great Romances of the 20th Century" directed by Christian Winters, a friend of the band, was released on March 4.<ref name=Hart36/> Winters made the video before the group signed with Victory Records; the record company enjoyed it.<ref name=AP.netinterview20020818/> The song was distributed to radio stations on March 12, 2002; ''Tell All Your Friends'' was released on March 26, 2002.<ref name=AMreview/><ref name=Hart36/> John Clark shot the cover art, which featured the number 152, alluding to a gas station Lazzara and his friends would stop at Exit 152 off [[Interstate 40]] in [[Mebane, North Carolina]].<ref name=CBS152>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taking-back-sunday-gets-louder/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822100023/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taking-back-sunday-gets-louder/|title=Taking Back Sunday Gets Louder|publisher=[[CBS News]]|author=Faber, Judy|date=April 24, 2006|archivedate=August 22, 2021|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name=TAYFBooklet/> The back cover is a photograph of the exit sign.<ref name=CBS152/>{{#tag:ref|The album's liner notes give a shout-out to Northstar, claiming them to be the "greatest band ever". Lazzara and Nolan had introduced them as such during one live performance, and as a result, the quote was featured on the promotional sticker for Northstar's ''Is This Thing Loaded?'' (2002). The pair were unaware of this until it was released, but were enthusiastic about it.<ref name=IYEMinterview/>|group="nb"}} The vinyl version included the bonus track "The Ballad of Sal Villanueva".<ref name=Billranked/> To promote the album, Victory founder Tony Brummel targeted people who were familiar with the label and also emo fans. In Chicago, Illinois, New York City and Los Angeles, California, Victory gave out 20,000 [[sampler album]]s at a cost of about $100,000; Brummel considered this a better investment than attempting to gain radio airplay. [[RED Distribution]], who handled distribution for Victory, was aware that the group did not have radio play and began posting about the album on emo websites. A [[Yahoo! Groups|Yahoo! Group]] with over 1,300 fans could download demos of "Bike Scene" and "Head Club", which was hoped would increase sales.<ref name=Levine39/>{{#tag:ref|A promotional sticker on the front cover of the album specifically compared it to the likes of [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Jimmy Eat World]], and Thursday. Nolan thought it was a bad idea as it would be the first thing potential buyers saw: "Obviously I have no problem with any of those bands, but I just can't imagine being in any of them and seeing that—it just seems so cheesy."<ref name=IYEMinterview/>|group="nb"}} TV commercials aired on the relatively new channels [[MTV2]] and [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]].<ref name=LVW20/>

While in Los Angeles, [[Midtown (band)|Midtown]] frontman [[Gabe Saporta]] visited Jillian Newman. He had been sent a package of Victory Records' releases by a friend and was playing them in Newman's office. The only one that grabbed her attention was ''Tell All Your Friends''; she asked what it was.<ref name=Manley92/> She subsequently watched the band at the [[SXSW]] music conference; by June 2002, she started managing them.<ref name=Kerranghistory/> On December 10, 2002, a music video was released for "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" on [[Yahoo! Music Radio|Launch.com]].<ref name=VictoryShows20030208>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryrecords.com/shows.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030208015443/http://www.victoryrecords.com/shows.html|title=Victory Records – News|publisher=Victory Records|archive-date=February 8, 2003|access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref> The video, conceived and directed by Winters, was inspired by the 1999 film ''[[Fight Club]]'' (a favorite of Nolan and Lazzara).<ref name=AltPBT/> Lazzara's original idea for the video had men fighting women, which was rejected by Winters and Victory before Lazzara and Winters expanded it in the final version.<ref name=AltPBT/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/takingbacksunday/articles/story/5935673/taking_back_sunday_win_friends|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109165145/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/takingbacksunday/articles/story/5935673/taking_back_sunday_win_friends|title=Taking Back Sunday Win Friends|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Miller, Kirk|date=February 25, 2003|archive-date=November 9, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> The song was released to rock radio stations on February 17, 2003.<ref>Maffei 2003, p. 28</ref>
[[File:John Nolan.jpg|thumb|alt=a man holding a guitar and singing into a microphone|[[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]] (''pictured'') left the band in 2003 alongside bandmate Shaun Cooper; the two then formed [[Straylight Run]].]]

Lazzara was suffering from a drinking problem around this time and cheated on Michelle Nolan, who he had been dating for a while.<ref name=Manley92/> The rest of the band members had quit drinking by the end of 2002; Lazzara resented this. He was constantly in a bad mood and declined any help with his drinking. Cooper felt this drove a wedge between them. Lazzara kept regular contact with Michelle and told her he was going to change his ways.<ref name=Manley94/> After playing Skate & Surf Festival in late April 2003, Lazzara apologized to Nolan later that evening.<ref name=Manley94/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/5727/tours-finalized-skate-and-surf-fest-lineup-announced|title=Finalized Skate and Surf Fest lineup announced|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=April 3, 2003|access-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517191841/https://www.punknews.org/article/5727/tours-finalized-skate-and-surf-fest-lineup-announced|archive-date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> However, when Lazzara was unaware Nolan was on the tour bus, he claimed he had joked about the whole thing and did not take it seriously. The following day, Nolan told Cooper that he was leaving the band; Cooper had been mulling over the decision too,<ref name=Manley94>Manley 2011, p. 94</ref> and decided he did not want to be in the band without Nolan.<ref name="MTVsummer" /> A day later, the pair told the rest of the band.<ref name=Manley94/>

According to Lazzara, Nolan and Cooper were "having trouble because everything was happening so fast. Going from being home [...] to being gone all the time and having your whole life consumed and almost defined by the band that you’re in is a lot to handle".<ref name=MTVsummer/> Though he initially cited exhaustion from touring, Nolan later revealed there was constant fighting within the group, with each member feeling they were not receiving enough credit for the group's success.<ref name=Kerranghistory/><ref name=MTVsummer/> In addition, he felt he and Lazzara had grown apart as friends.<ref name=Kerranghistory/> The band's scheduled appearance on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' and a stint on [[Warped Tour]] were canceled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/6002/taking-back-sunday-not-broken-up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305153824/https://www.punknews.org/article/6002/taking-back-sunday-not-broken-up|title=Taking Back Sunday not broken up|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=May 7, 2003|archive-date=March 5, 2021|access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/6113/taking-back-sunday-off-warped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319174228/https://www.punknews.org/article/6113/taking-back-sunday-off-warped|title=Taking Back Sunday off Warped|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=May 21, 2003|archive-date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> A week after the departures, a meeting was held while Nolan was moving from the place he shared with Lazzara. The band attempted to talk out their problems, but the meeting resulted in Nolan storming out.<ref name=Manley94/> Nolan and Cooper formed [[Straylight Run]] with Michelle and [[Breaking Pangaea]] drummer Will Noon and subsequently ceased contact with all the members of Taking Back Sunday except O'Connell.<ref name=Kerranghistory/><ref name=PNFred/>{{#tag:ref|The meeting served as the last time Nolan spoke to Lazzara in seven years.<ref name=Manley94/> Nolan and Cooper later returned to Taking Back Sunday in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/37730/taking-back-sunday-reforms-tell-all-your-friends-era-lineup|title=Taking Back Sunday reforms 'Tell All Your Friends'-era lineup|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Shultz, Brian|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=March 9, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312091824/https://www.punknews.org/article/37730/taking-back-sunday-reforms-tell-all-your-friends-era-lineup|archive-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref>|group="nb"}}

===New lineup and later promotion===
Taking Back Sunday underwent a short period where they were unsure what to do next, and even briefly considered breaking up.<ref name=Kerranghistory/><ref name=MTVsummer/> The band was due to tour the United Kingdom with Brand New in May and June 2003; however, all the shows were canceled because of rumors of the band breaking up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drownedinsound.com:80/articles/6938.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112022515/http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/6938.html|title=Breaking Up Sunday?|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|author=Chown, Stu|date=May 12, 2003|archive-date=November 12, 2004|access-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Brand New later toured the UK with Straylight Run supporting them in January 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/7871/tours-brand-new-straylight-run-moneen-uk-tour|title=Brand New/Straylight Run/Moneen UK tour|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=December 16, 2003|access-date=July 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818192831/https://www.punknews.org/article/7871/tours-brand-new-straylight-run-moneen-uk-tour|archive-date=August 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>|group="nb"}} Taking Back Sunday issued a statement, explaining that: "There have been a series of personal events with members of the band [...] We need very much to take a step back at this time".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drownedinsound.com:80/articles/6880.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040114175901/http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/6880.html|title=Taking Back Sunday on hold?|work=Drowned in Sound|author=Chown, Stu|date=May 8, 2003|archive-date=January 14, 2004|access-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reyes moved in with his girlfriend and toyed with the idea of taking the band name and restarting with an all-new lineup. He kept calling Cooper, Nolan and O'Connell in an attempt to reconcile.<ref name=Manley94/> Two months had passed before O'Connell contacted Lazzara and decided to continue the band.<ref name=Kerranghistory/><ref name=UGinterview/> Reyes received a call out of the blue from Breaking Pangaea frontman [[Fred Mascherino]], whom he had known for years.<ref name=UGinterview/> Mascherino subsequently auditioned for Nolan's place; on August 5, 2003, it was announced that Mascherino was a member of the band.<ref name=MTVsummer/><ref name=PNFred>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/6764/taking-back-sunday-and-breaking-pangaea-torrid-tales-of-forbidden-incest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121122257/https://www.punknews.org/article/6764/taking-back-sunday-and-breaking-pangaea-torrid-tales-of-forbidden-incest|title=Taking Back Sunday and Breaking Pangaea – torrid tales of forbidden incest!|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=August 5, 2003|archive-date=November 21, 2017|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref>

Bassist Matt Rubano, who grew up with O'Connell, then joined the group.<ref name=MTVsummer/> O'Connell had asked Rubano to audition, but he was hesitant initially, since he was not a fan of emo music or aware of the band; however, he bought the album and learned Cooper's parts.<ref name=AltPRubano>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/ex_taking_back_sunday_bassist_opens_up_about_getting_kicked_out|title=Ex-Taking Back Sunday bassist opens up about getting kicked out|work=Alternative Press|date=January 21, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026174810/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/ex_taking_back_sunday_bassist_opens_up_about_getting_kicked_out|archive-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/2006/08/26/making-sense-of-the-music-a-bonanza-in-the-grandstand-16-acts-over-five-days-allentown-fair-2006/|title=Making sense of the music|work=[[The Morning Call]]|author1=Duckett, Jodi|author2=Righi, Len|author3=Moser, John|date=August 26, 2006|access-date=August 4, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617224909/http://articles.mcall.com/2006-08-26/features/3683109_1_jason-aldean-miranda-lambert-top-new-male-vocalist/3|archive-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref> On August 12, 2003, the band appeared on ''[[IMX (TV series)|IMX]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/6799/bands-on-tv-week-of-8-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319174356/https://www.punknews.org/article/6799/bands-on-tv-week-of-8-11-03|title=Bands on TV – week of 8/11/03|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=August 11, 2003|archive-date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> On September 16, 2003, "You're So Last Summer" was released as a radio single.<ref name=FMQB>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock|publisher=[[FMQB]]|access-date=June 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771 |archive-date=March 22, 2013 }}</ref> In November 2003, a music video for the track was filmed at [[Fulton Park (Brooklyn)|Fulton Park]] in New York City. The video, directed by Winters, debuted on MTV on November 24.<ref name=Orshoski45>Orshoski ed. 2003, p. 45</ref><ref name=VictoryTour20031206>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryrecords.com/shows.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206052821/http://www.victoryrecords.com/shows.html|title=Victory Records – News|publisher=Victory Records|archive-date=December 6, 2003|access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref> In the video, the band performs while [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] vocalist [[Flavor Flav]] (in full regalia) jumps around. According to Lazzara, the group was making fun of itself: "We had two guys leave our band and there were two main singers, so we were trying to think of a way to bring the new band members into the video, but not have Fred singing the old guy’s part. And the funniest way to do that was to use Flavor Flav."<ref name=MTVsummer>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1488676/taking-back-sunday-are-taking-back-the-summer-this-year/|title=Taking Back Sunday Are Taking Back The Summer This Year|publisher=MTV|author=Wiederhorn, Jon|date=June 24, 2004|access-date=March 26, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040707054745/http://www.mtv.com:80/news/articles/1488676/20040624/taking_back_sunday.jhtml|archive-date=July 7, 2004}}</ref> On December 3, 2003, the band appeared on ''IMX'' again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/7746/bands-on-tv-week-of-12-1-03|title=Bands on TV – week of 12/1/03|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=December 1, 2003|access-date=February 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218181543/https://www.punknews.org/article/7746/bands-on-tv-week-of-12-1-03|archive-date=February 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Touring==
After receiving a $10,000 [[Advance payment|advance]] from Victory Records, Taking Back Sunday purchased a van and trailer for touring.<ref name=Manley92/> In January 2002, the band toured with [[Rival Schools (band)|Rival Schools]].<ref name=VictoryShows20020604>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryrecords.com/shows.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604031156/http://www.victoryrecords.com/shows.html|title=Victory Records – News|publisher=Victory Records|archive-date=June 4, 2002|access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref> For three weeks beginning in mid-March 2002, Taking Back Sunday participated in the Victory Records tour alongside [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]], [[Grade (band)|Grade]], [[Student Rick]] and [[Reach the Sky]].<ref name=Hart36/><ref name=VictoryShows20020604/> In April and May 2002, the band started their first full tour of the United States supporting [[the Lawrence Arms]].<ref name=Manley92/><ref name=TBSwebsite/> This trek also included appearances at the Skate & Surf and Purgatory festivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/2696/tours-skate-and-surf-fest-2002|title=Skate and Surf Fest 2002|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=February 2, 2002|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513204449/https://www.punknews.org/article/2696/tours-skate-and-surf-fest-2002|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/3258/tours-want-to-go-to-a-fest-in-colorado-or-tennessee-read-below|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514160006/https://www.punknews.org/article/3258/tours-want-to-go-to-a-fest-in-colorado-or-tennessee-read-below|title=Want to go to a fest in Colorado or Tennessee? Read below.|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=April 12, 2002|archive-date=May 14, 2020|access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref> During the first show of the tour, most of the crowd dispersed when the Lawrence Arms came on as Taking Back Sunday became the main draw.<ref name=Manley92/> The band then toured that summer supporting Brand New, alongside [[Rufio]].<ref name=Manley92/><ref name=AltP10Best_2>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_10_best_moments_of_the_taking_back_sunday_brand_new_feud/P1|title=When your head goes through the windshield: the 10 best moments of the TBS/Brand New feud|work=Alternative Press|author=Crane, Matt|date=April 11, 2014|access-date=July 14, 2016|page=2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821154100/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_10_best_moments_of_the_taking_back_sunday_brand_new_feud/P1|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> The tour had been in the works since the end of 2001; by that point, Nolan and Lacey had not spoken in around a year. Nolan viewed it as a sign that Lacey wanted to rebuild their friendship. After a week or two of the tour being underway, Taking Back Sunday joined Brand New onstage during their performances of "Seventy Times{{spaces}}7", and Lacey returned the favor for "There's No 'I' in Team".<ref name=Manley92/>

In addition, shows were often sold out and being upgraded to bigger venues, which would sell out. When this occurred, the group was given extra money. Nolan said: "And it was the first time we actually came home and had money, like we made money from the tour."<ref name=PMforward>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/192241-going-forward-and-looking-back-with-taking-back-sunday-2495541906.html|title=Going Forward and Looking Back with Taking Back Sunday|work=PopMatters|author=Pillow, Ted|date=April 21, 2015|access-date=November 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121121233/https://www.popmatters.com/192241-going-forward-and-looking-back-with-taking-back-sunday-2495541906.html|archive-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref> Until this point, the members would have gone back to work as soon as tours finished. Nolan said it was a "really big one for me [...] like, 'Wow, I'm not like just struggling to get by right now, we are actually kind of making a living doing this{{single double}}.<ref name=PMforward/> In September 2002, they toured with Midtown and [[Recover (band)|Recover]] on The Best Revenge Tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/4117/tours-midtown-heads-on-best-revenge-tour|title=Midtown heads on 'Best Revenge' Tour|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=August 22, 2002|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717140641/https://www.punknews.org/article/4117/tours-midtown-heads-on-best-revenge-tour|archive-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> Four shows into the tour, Lazzara fell off the stage and gashed his face in two places and dislocated his hip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryrecords.com/takingbacksunday.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030417092125/http://www.victoryrecords.com/takingbacksunday.html|title=Victory Records – Taking Back Sunday|publisher=Victory Records|archive-date=April 17, 2003|access-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The incident forced the group to drop out of the tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/4256/taking-back-sunday-singer-injured-band-pulls-off-midtown-tour|title=Taking Back Sunday singer injured; band pulls off Midtown tour|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=September 16, 2002|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424131631/https://www.punknews.org/article/4256/taking-back-sunday-singer-injured-band-pulls-off-midtown-tour|archive-date=April 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> At the end of 2002, Taking Back Sunday toured with [[the Starting Line]] and [[Northstar (band)|Northstar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/4670/northstar-e-card-and-tour-info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121122257/https://www.punknews.org/article/4670/northstar-e-card-and-tour-info|title=Northstar e-card and tour info|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=November 12, 2002|archive-date=November 21, 2017|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> The band opened 2003 touring with [[the Used]] and [[The Blood Brothers (band)|the Blood Brothers]], and headlined the Takeover Tour in March and April 2003, with main support from [[From Autumn to Ashes]] and Recover; [[Breaking Pangaea]], Somehow Hollow, [[My Chemical Romance]] and [[Count the Stars]] appeared on select dates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/5032/the-blood-brothers-to-take-over-the-world|title=The Blood Brothers to take over the world|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=January 7, 2003|access-date=July 9, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717140713/https://www.punknews.org/article/5032/the-blood-brothers-to-take-over-the-world|archive-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/5308/taking-back-sunday-announces-dates-for-the-takeover-tour|title=Taking Back Sunday announces dates for the Takeover Tour|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=February 12, 2003|access-date=July 9, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717140729/https://www.punknews.org/article/5308/taking-back-sunday-announces-dates-for-the-takeover-tour|archive-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> Taking Back Sunday played on three 2003 Warped Tour shows, leading up to an appearance at Furnace Fest, which they headlined.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/6517/taking-back-sunday-announce-warped-tour-dates-furnace-fest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319174510/https://www.punknews.org/article/6517/taking-back-sunday-announce-warped-tour-dates-furnace-fest|title=Taking Back Sunday Announce Warped Tour Dates, Furnace Fest|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=July 10, 2003|archive-date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref> On September 9, 2003, the band performed on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/7031/bands-on-tv-week-of-9-8-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319174515/https://www.punknews.org/article/7031/bands-on-tv-week-of-9-8-03|title=Bands on TV – week of 9/8/03|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=September 8, 2003|archive-date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> From September to November 2003, Taking Back Sunday co-headlined a tour with Saves the Day, supported by [[Moneen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2003/09/14/saves-the-day-is-taking-back-sunday-out-on-the-road|title=Saves The Day Is Taking Back Sunday (Out on the Road)|work=The Fader|author=Goldstein, Jeremy P.|date=September 14, 2003|access-date=July 9, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915232542/http://www.thefader.com/2003/09/14/saves-the-day-is-taking-back-sunday-out-on-the-road|archive-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> On November 11, 2003, the band appeared on ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/7570/bands-on-tv-week-of-11-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319174640/https://www.punknews.org/article/7570/bands-on-tv-week-of-11-10-03|title=Bands on TV – week of 11/10/03|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Heisel, Scott|date=November 10, 2003|archive-date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| title = Original release
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AMreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tell-all-your-friends-mw0000219904|title=Tell All Your Friends – Taking Back Sunday {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|author=Morris, Kurt|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801220359/http://www.allmusic.com/album/tell-all-your-friends-mw0000219904|archive-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=DISreview>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/articles/3219.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103141845/http://drownedinsound.com/articles/3219.html|title=Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends|work=Drowned in Sound|author=White, Peter |date=2002|archive-date=January 3, 2004|access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>
| rev7      = [[IGN]]
| rev7Score = 7.9/10<ref name=IGNreview>{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com:80/articles/497/497276p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808194152/http://music.ign.com/articles/497/497276p1.html|title=Tell All Your Friends|work=[[IGN]]|author=Lord, Jesse|date=March 8, 2004|archive-date=August 8, 2010|access-date=July 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev10      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSreview>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/takingbacksunday/albums/album/117570/review/5940921/tell_all_your_friends|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130045517/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/takingbacksunday/albums/album/117570/review/5940921/tell_all_your_friends|title=Taking Back Sunday: Tell All Your Friends : Music Reviews|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Kaufman, Gil|date=March 18, 2003|archive-date=November 30, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref>
}}
''Tell All Your Friends'' was met with a mostly positive critical reception. Several reviewers took notice of how Taking Back Sunday executed the emo sound on ''Tell All Your Friends''. [[AllMusic]] reviewer Kurt Morris said Taking Back Sunday's "ability{{spaces}}... to sound so blatantly" like the Movielife was "almost their undoing". He found them "a bit more rockin{{'"}} than the Movielife, having blended punk, hardcore, emo, and pop in a more successful fashion.<ref name=AMreview/> ''[[Chart Attack]]'' reviewer Steve Servos praised the band's quiet-loud dynamic approach, and noted that Lazzara's ability to switch easily from singing to screaming despite his "somewhat raspy voice" set it apart as a release that would "rival any emo record to come out for some time".<ref name=CAreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com:80/DAMN/2002/04/0201.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630165955/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2002/04/0201.cfm|title=CD Reviews: Edwin, 54–40, Cornershop and many more|work=[[Chart Attack]]|author=Servos, Steve|date=April 2, 2002|archive-date=June 30, 2006|access-date=November 12, 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} Gil Kaufman lauded how the album made the band sound unique among their emo peers, many times averting from "sad-sack emo pitfalls" into "pop-infused hardcore" and "enlightened, dramatic lyrics" describing "heartache that teeter[s] between despondency and dark vengeance".<ref name=RSreview/> Peter White of ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' enthusiastically noted that the album, which featured "nihilistic" pop songs that often employed "monster riffs" and screams similar to [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]], would be a landmark of a new musical movement, with the potential to shift [[nu metal]] bands such as [[Limp Bizkit]] out of the mainstream in favor of emo.<ref name=DISreview/> ''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]'' writer Ben Rayner applauded the band's overall execution of the "emo-punk blueprint", and noted that it would appeal to fans of Saves the Day and the Movielife.<ref name=Kludgereview>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekmag.com/reviews.php?id=151|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020930181511/http://www.ekmag.com/reviews.php?id=151|title=Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends – Review|work=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]|author=Rayner, Ben|date=2002|archive-date=September 30, 2002|access-date=May 21, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Despite praise for Taking Back Sunday's musical approach on ''Tell All Your Friends'', some reviewers gave the album criticism for being too similar to other emo recordings around the time of its release. While Morris was mostly pleased with the release, he criticized the originality of the album's material,<ref name="AMreview" /> and Servos noted a "cookie cutter" emo sound present.<ref name="CAreview" /> Stuart Green of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' wrote positively of the release, but that while the album was "a spirited and well-produced" work, it arrived at a time when the presence of the music scene it belonged to was growing so rapidly that the album failed to stand out.<ref name=Exclaimreview>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/taking_back_sunday-tell_all_your_friends-2|title=Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends|work=[[Exclaim!]]|author=Green, Stuart|date=April 1, 2002|access-date=March 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317054919/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/taking_back_sunday-tell_all_your_friends-2|archive-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref> While [[BBC Music]]'s Olli Siebelt echoed this concern, he also credited the band with making an effort to stand out by including influences from [[post-punk]], nu metal and [[hardcore punk]]. According to Siebelt, Taking Back Sunday composed songs which were both "upbeat and emotionally aggressive". Siebelt compared the album to [[All (band)|All]] and the [[Descendents (band)|Descendents]], saying that it retained "enough of its own identity" to lift the band above its peers.<ref name=BBCmusicreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2jw6|title=Review of Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends|publisher=[[BBC Music]]|author=Siebelt, Olli|date=2002|access-date=May 20, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814131556/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2jw6|archive-date=August 14, 2015}}</ref>

==Commercial performance==
Before its release, Juarbe thought ''Tell All Your Friends'' was good but was unsure how it would do commercially. At the time, all of Victory's releases were gauged against Thursday, who had sold around 100,000 copies of their releases.<ref name=Manley92/> Although it was reported that 15,000 copies had been shipped,<ref name=Hart36>Hart 2002, p. 36</ref> only 2,000 copies were sold in the album's first week of release.<ref>Sharpe-Young 2005, p. 303</ref> At the time, this was the biggest opening week for a new artist on Victory.<ref name=Manley92/> The album spent one week (at number 183) on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref name=Bill200/><ref name=Mayfield68/> and 68 weeks on the [[Heatseekers Albums]] chart, peaking at number nine.<ref name=Mayfield68>Mayfield 2004, p. 68</ref><ref name=BillHeat/> It spent 78 weeks on the [[Independent Albums]] chart, peaking at number eight,<ref name=BillInde/> and peaked at number 23 on the [[Catalog Albums]] chart.<ref name=BillCat/> It reached number 10 on the Independent Albums Year-end chart in 2003.<ref name=Morris82/>

Despite little airplay, ''Tell All Your Friends'' had sold 110,000 copies by March 2003;<ref name=Levine39>Levine 2003, p. 39</ref> near the end of the year, sales stood at 252,000.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68337/billboard-bits-brucefox-taking-back-sunday-fire-relief|title=Billboard Bits: Bruce/Fox, Taking Back Sunday, Fire Relief|magazine=Billboard|date=November 11, 2003|access-date=July 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910085700/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68337/billboard-bits-brucefox-taking-back-sunday-fire-relief|archive-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> By April 2004 the album had sold nearly 400,000 copies,<ref>Reesman 2004, p. 18</ref> and by September 2005 it was [[RIAA certification|certified gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. In June 2023, the album reached platinum status.<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Taking+Back+Sunday&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH|title=Gold & Platinum|publisher=RIAA|access-date=June 29, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809134641/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Taking+Back+Sunday&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH|archive-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref> By May 2009, the album had sold 790,000 copies in the US, eventually selling one million copies worldwide.<ref name=Wood43/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://concord.com/concord-news/taking-back-sundays-landmark-debut-tell-all-your-friends-newly-remastered-and-set-for-vinyl-reissue-available-october-4th/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209201840/https://concord.com/concord-news/taking-back-sundays-landmark-debut-tell-all-your-friends-newly-remastered-and-set-for-vinyl-reissue-available-october-4th/|title=Taking Back Sunday's Landmark Debut Tell All Your Friends Newly Remastered And Set For Vinyl Reissue Available October 4th|publisher=[[Concord Music Group]]|date=2019|archivedate=February 9, 2022|access-date=February 12, 2022}}</ref> ''Tell All Your Friends'' is Taking Back Sunday and Victory Records' bestselling release.<ref name=Wood43>Wood 2009, p. 43</ref> It would also become Victory's longest-running record on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers and Independent Albums charts.<ref name=Reesman24>Reesman 2004, p. 24</ref> "Great Romances of the 20th Century" charted at number 33 on [[UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts|UK Rock & Metal Singles chart]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20110508/111/|title=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 (08 May 2011 – 14 May 2011)|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=May 8, 2011|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808195254/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20110508/111/|archive-date=8 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy==
{{Music ratings
| title     = Retrospective reviews
| rev1      = ''[[AbsolutePunk]]''
| rev1score = 92%<ref name=AP.netretroreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1381931|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703044628/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1381931|title=Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends – Album Review|work=AbsolutePunk|author=Collum, Christ|date=October 18, 2009|archive-date=July 3, 2013|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=AltPretroreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/tellallyourfriends|title=Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends|work=Alternative Press|author=Manley, Brendan|date=June 14, 2010|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817172806/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/tellallyourfriends|archive-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3score = 8.0/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends/|title=Taking Back Sunday: Tell All Your Friends Album Review|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|author=Myers, Owen|date=October 10, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216130026/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev4      = Sputnikmusic
| rev4score = 5/5<ref name=SMretroreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/28939/Taking-Back-Sunday-Tell-All-Your-Friends/|title=Review: Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends|publisher=Sputnikmusic|author=Freeman, Channing|date=January 31, 2009|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913163915/http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/28939/Taking-Back-Sunday-Tell-All-Your-Friends/|archive-date=September 13, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

===Best-of lists, influence and retrospective reviews===
''Drowned in Sound'' included the album on their list of top albums of 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/5771-the-‘official’-drowned-in-sound-com-top-41-albums-of-2002|title=The 'Official' Drowned in Sound.com Top 41 Albums of 2002|work=Drowned in Sound|author=Rauf, Raziq|date=January 8, 2003|access-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106191422/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/5771-the-%E2%80%98official%E2%80%99-drowned-in-sound-com-top-41-albums-of-2002|archive-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> According to ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''{{'s}} Philip Obenschain, ''Tell All Your Friends'' "has remained one of the scene's most celebrated and influential releases".<ref name=AltPBT/> Despite its "not be[ing] their best sounding, most mature or highest in ambition{{spaces}}... it's ''Tell All Your Friends''{{'s}} intangible and emotionally charged energy, the uncertainty, the earnestness and the rough edges that make it so special".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/and_the_best_taking_back_sunday_album_of_all_time_is|title=And the best Taking Back Sunday album of all time is…|work=Alternative Press|author=Obenschain, Philip|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=July 15, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821134930/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/and_the_best_taking_back_sunday_album_of_all_time_is|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> The album was included in ''[[Rock Sound]]''{{'s}} 101 Modern Classics list at number 13, and the magazine considered it "[t]he ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' of emo".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/rock-sounds-101-modern-classics-the-final-instalment|title=Rock Sound's 101 Modern Classics: The Final Instalment!|work=[[Rock Sound]]|date=July 11, 2012|access-date=July 6, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706192546/http://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/rock-sounds-101-modern-classics-the-final-instalment|archive-date=July 6, 2015}}</ref> They later ranked it at number 35 on the list of best albums in their lifetime.<ref>Napier ed. 2019, p. 70</ref> ''Billboard'' said "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" "basically helped popularize post-hardcore and emo to the public".<ref name=Billranked/> Austin Saalman of ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]'' said the album was a "central influence" on the [[Emo#2002–2010: Mainstream|third wave of emo]], "which soon unfolded and ultimately dominated '00s popular culture".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/blog/taking_back_sunday_reflecting_on_the_20th_anniversary_of_tell_all_your_frie|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329173904/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/blog/taking_back_sunday_reflecting_on_the_20th_anniversary_of_tell_all_your_frie|title=Taking Back Sunday – Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of 'Tell All Your Friends'|work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|author=Saalman, Austin|date=March 29, 2022|archive-date=March 29, 2022|access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref> ''Tell All Your Friends'' has been included on several best-of emo album lists by [[A.Side TV]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ontheaside.com/music/the-13-best-albums-from-the-emopop-punk-boom/|title=The 13 best albums from the emo/pop-punk boom|publisher=A.Side TV|author=Rousseau, Rob|date=February 23, 2016|access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222201340/http://ontheaside.com/music/the-13-best-albums-from-the-emopop-punk-boom/|archive-date=February 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Alternative Press'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-emo-albums-of-all-time/|title=30 essential emo albums from the genre's 35-year history|work=Alternative Press|author=Campbell, Rachel|date=February 18, 2020|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216125836/https://www.altpress.com/features/best-emo-albums-of-all-time/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Houston Press]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/a-half-decade-under-the-influence-the-best-emo-albums-2001-2005-6757956|title=A Half-Decade Under the Influence: The Best Emo Albums, 2001–2005|work=[[Houston Press]]|author=Dupree, Alyssa|date=June 21, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103815/http://www.houstonpress.com/music/a-half-decade-under-the-influence-the-best-emo-albums-2001-2005-6757956|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Junkee]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://junkee.com/essential-emo-albums/242173|title=From 'Three Cheers' To 'Bleed American': The 10 Most Important Emo Albums|work=[[Junkee]]|author=Davino, Bianca|date=February 18, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216125958/https://junkee.com/essential-emo-albums/242173|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/20-emo-albums-that-have-resolutely-stood-the-test-of-time/367692#/photo/6|title=20 Emo Albums That Have Resolutely Stood The Test Of Time|work=[[NME]]|author=Baker, Emily|date=January 14, 2015|access-date=July 29, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816064805/http://www.nme.com/photos/20-emo-albums-that-have-resolutely-stood-the-test-of-time/367692#/photo/6|archive-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> and ''Rolling Stone'',<ref name=RSemo>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-greatest-emo-albums-of-all-time-23526/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends-2002-160204/|title=40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time: Taking Back Sunday, 'Tell All Your Friends' (2002)|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|author=Spanos, Brittany |date=March 1, 2016|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521191113/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-greatest-emo-albums-of-all-time-23526/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends-2002-160204/|archive-date=May 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as by journalists Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley in their book ''Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture'' (2007).<ref>Simon; Kelley 2007, p. 172</ref> Similarly, "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" appeared on a best-of emo songs list by ''[[New York (magazine)#Digital expansion and destination sites|Vulture]]'',<ref name=Vulturesongs>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-emo-songs.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213181251/https://www.vulture.com/article/best-emo-songs.html|title=The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time|work=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]]|author=Garland, Emma|date=February 13, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref> while ''[[Loudwire]]'' included "There's No 'I' in 'Team" on their own list.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best Emo Song of Every Year Since 1988 |work=[[Loudwire]] |url=https://loudwire.com/best-emo-songs-every-year-1998/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20241130174001/https://loudwire.com/best-emo-songs-every-year-1998/|author=Lemeshow-Barooshian, Rae|date=October 23, 2018|archivedate=November 30, 2024 |access-date=November 29, 2024}}</ref> ''Alternative Press'' included "You're So Last Summer" and "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" at numbers 81 and 5, respectively, on their list of the best 100 singles from the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36083/at-the-drive-ins-one-armed-scissor-tops-aps-haircut-100-singles-countdown|title=At The Drive-In's 'One Armed Scissor' tops AP's 'Haircut 100' singles countdown|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=November 20, 2009|access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref> Brandon McMaster of [[the Crimson Armada]] cited the album as an influence, while Derek Sanders, lead vocalist of [[Mayday Parade]], has expressed admiration for it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://noisecreep.com/five-albums-that-changed-my-life-brandon-mcmaster-the-crimson-armada/|title=Five Albums That Changed My Life: Brandon McMaster of The Crimson Armada|work=[[Noisecreep]]|author=Ramirez, Carlos|date=December 2, 2011|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103655/http://noisecreep.com/five-albums-that-changed-my-life-brandon-mcmaster-the-crimson-armada/|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/blog/read/mayday-parades-derek-sanders-my-favourite-pop-punk-album-of-all-time-is|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718124242/https://www.rocksound.tv/blog/read/mayday-parades-derek-sanders-my-favourite-pop-punk-album-of-all-time-is|title=Mayday Parade's Derek Sanders: My Favourite Pop-Punk Album Of All Time Is…|work=Rock Sound|date=September 1, 2014|archivedate=July 18, 2022|access-date=August 28, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' writer Andrew Bonazelli predicted that the record would be "a solid bet for the future of rock radio [...] Should [[nu metal|pimp-metal]] eventually go the way of the [[grunge]] or [[glam-rock]] dodo, the masses' ears just might be taken back by Taking Back Sunday."<ref name="Bonazelli58" />{{#tag:ref|Rather than glam rock, Bonazelli may actually be referring to [[glam metal]], whose mainstream popularity was replaced by grunge.{{sfn|Azerrad|1994|p=229-30}} Nu metal, which had seen mainstream success through the 1990s, indeed began to fade by this time,<ref name="Decibel">{{cite web |last=Mehling|first=Sharie|url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal |title=They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal |work=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |date=August 13, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> and emo would become a mainstream fixture in music by the summer of 2002.{{sfn|Greenwald|2003|p=68}} |group="nb"}}

Chris Collum wrote for ''[[AbsolutePunk]]'' that ''Tell All Your Friends'' "grabs the listener's attention from the start" and the album expressed "feelings that are completely genuine, not contrived, rehearsed or formulaic, without being over-the-top or sappy". Collum called Lazzara and Nolan's vocal delivery "rapid-fire" in a "back-and-forth way, as if they were carrying on a dialogue, [that] allows you to really attach to and get a sense of the raw emotion behind the songs".<ref name=AP.netretroreview/> In a retrospective review for ''Alternative Press'', Brendan Manley wrote that the album "is as close as it gets to a modern masterpiece, capturing not just a band at their apex, but an entire scene". According to Manley, ''Tell All Your Friends'' was "the crossover breaking point, finally bringing what had been percolating for years in East Coast VFW Halls to the attention of the masses".<ref name=AltPretroreview/> Channing Freeman of Sputnikmusic wrote that the album features "power chords and clean strums and palm muting and reverb". About whether this was negative, Freeman said, "With songs this good, it shouldn't be{{spaces}}... It's all here, solid and undeniably catchy."<ref name=SMretroreview/> Jonathan Bradley wrote for ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' that although the album "is notable not so much for being a blueprint as it is a playbook", it would "provide the perfect How-To guide for teenagers with guitars all over the United States and beyond".<ref name=Stylusreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends.htm|title=Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends – On Second Thought|work=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]|author=Bradley, Jonathan|date=July 11, 2006|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722093017/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/taking-back-sunday-tell-all-your-friends.htm|archive-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref>

==={{Anchor|TAYF10 Acoustic}} Related releases, members' opinions and anniversary celebrations===
A CD/DVD version of the album was released in November 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/tell-all-your-friends-cd-dvd-bonus-tracks-mr0001413993|title=Tell All Your Friends [CD & DVD] [Bonus Tracks] – Taking Back Sunday {{!}} Release Info|publisher=AllMusic|author=Morris, Kurt|access-date=May 24, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216130009/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/tell-all-your-friends-cd-dvd-bonus-tracks-mr0001413993|url-status=live}}</ref> The CD included "The Ballad of Sal Villanueva" and an acoustic version of "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" as bonus tracks; live acoustic versions of "You Know How I Do" and "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)", and an interview as [[Enhanced CD|enhanced content]]. The DVD featured the music videos to "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)", "You're So Last Summer", "Great Romances of the 20th Century" and "Timberwolves at New Jersey".<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Tell All Your Friends|author=Taking Back Sunday|year=2005|orig-year=First released in 2002|type=sleeve|publisher=Victory Records|id=VR286}}</ref> Four of the album's tracks were included as part of the ''Notes from the Past'' compilation in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/notes-from-the-past-mw0000781244|title=Notes from the Past – Taking Back Sunday {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 21, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013223727/http://www.allmusic.com/album/notes-from-the-past-mw0000781244|archive-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> ''Tell All Your Friends'' was performed live in its entirety at Bamboozle 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2274861|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724030540/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2274861|title=Taking Back Bamboozle|work=AbsolutePunk|author=Huntington, Kyle|date=May 1, 2011|archive-date=July 24, 2012|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> In a 2011 interview with [[CMJ]], Lazzara and Nolan chose the album's final track ("Head Club") as their least-favorite Taking Back Sunday song.<ref>CMJ 2011, event occurs at 1:43–55</ref> In 2015, Lazzara said that he disliked his vocals on the album: "I was just yelling everything hoping it fit in there somehow, trying to paint with some strange color."<ref name=MTVrevival>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2068853/adam-lazzara-emo-revival-interview/|title=Taking Back Sunday's Frontman Thinks The 'Emo Revival' Is Ridiculous: Here's Why|publisher=[[MTV]]|author=O'Neil, Luke|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=March 26, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207154537/http://www.mtv.com/news/2068853/adam-lazzara-emo-revival-interview/|archive-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref>

To celebrate ''Tell All Your Friends''{{'s}} 10th anniversary, the band toured the US in October and November 2012 with support from [[Bayside (band)|Bayside]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/archive/taking-back-sunday-plot-tell-all-your-friends-anniversary-tour|title=Taking Back Sunday Plot 'Tell All Your Friends' Anniversary Tour|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=August 7, 2012|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717141243/http://diymag.com/archive/taking-back-sunday-plot-tell-all-your-friends-anniversary-tour|archive-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> In November, the album charted on the ''Billboard'' [[Vinyl Albums]] chart, peaking at number eight.<ref name=BillVinyl/> In June 2013, the band released a live acoustic version of the album and a companion film, ''TAYF10 Acoustic''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigcheesemagazine.com/news/article/taking-back-sunday-announce-tell-all-your-friends-acoustic|title=Taking Back Sunday announce 'Tell All Your Friends Acoustic'|work=[[Big Cheese (magazine)|Big Cheese]]|date=June 6, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817113716/http://www.bigcheesemagazine.com/news/article/taking-back-sunday-announce-tell-all-your-friends-acoustic|archive-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> The recordings were made in Los Angeles and Chicago. In September, the band performed two electric versions of the album in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/archive/taking-back-sunday-to-release-tell-all-your-friends-acoustic|title=Taking Back Sunday To Release 'Tell All Your Friends' Acoustic|work=DIY|author=Jamieson, Sarah|date=June 5, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717141323/http://diymag.com/archive/taking-back-sunday-to-release-tell-all-your-friends-acoustic|archive-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> ''TAYF10 Acoustic'' and ''TAYF10: Live from Starland Ballroom'' were released as a double-DVD set in December, and ''TAYF10 Acoustic'' was released on vinyl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/taking_back_sunday_to_self_release_tayf10_acoustic_vinyl_double_dvd_with_li|title=Taking Back Sunday to self-release 'TAYF10: Acoustic' vinyl, double DVD with 'Live From Starland'|work=Alternative Press|author=Obenschain, Philip|date=November 19, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821115625/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/taking_back_sunday_to_self_release_tayf10_acoustic_vinyl_double_dvd_with_li|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, Cooper said that [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] wanted the group to re-record ''Tell All Your Friends'' during the ''[[Taking Back Sunday (album)|Taking Back Sunday]]'' (2011) sessions; Cooper replied to them, "Are you nuts?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3698369|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140503060324/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3698369|title=Warner Brothers Wanted Taking Back Sunday to Re-Record Debut Album – News Article|work=AbsolutePunk|author=Tate, Jason|date=April 14, 2014|archive-date=May 3, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> Throughout 2019, the band performed ''Tell All Your Friends'' in its entirety for their 20th anniversary world tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/taking-back-sunday-announce-20th-anniversary-tour-playing-first-3-albums/|title=Taking Back Sunday announce 20th anniversary tour, playing first 3 albums|work=[[BrooklynVegan]]|author=Sacher, Andrew|date=October 9, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331042712/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/taking-back-sunday-announce-20th-anniversary-tour-playing-first-3-albums/|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> To help promote the tour, a career-spanning compilation ''[[Twenty (Taking Back Sunday album)|Twenty]]'' (2019) was released, which included "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)", "You're So Last Summer" and "Timberwolves at New Jersey" from ''Tell All Your Friends''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2018/10/taking-back-sunday-20th-anniversary-tour/|title=Taking Back Sunday announce 20th anniversary tour, compilation album|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence of Sound]]|author=Colburn, Randall|date=October 9, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625045728/https://consequence.net/2018/10/taking-back-sunday-20th-anniversary-tour/|archive-date=June 25, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Twenty|author=Taking Back Sunday|year=2019|type=booklet|publisher=[[Craft Recordings]]|id=CR00151}}</ref> A remastered version of ''Tell All Your Friends'' was released on vinyl in 2019; a 20th anniversary edition was released on May 27, 2022.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Tell All Your Friends|author=Taking Back Sunday|year=2019|type=sleeve|publisher=Craft Recordings|id=CR00167}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/taking-back-sunday-announce-tell-all-your-friends-20th-anniversary-reissue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323184720/https://www.kerrang.com/taking-back-sunday-announce-tell-all-your-friends-20th-anniversary-reissue|title=Taking Back Sunday announce Tell All Your Friends 20th anniversary reissue|work=Kerrang!|author=Carter, Emily|date=March 23, 2022|archive-date=March 23, 2022|access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All music written by Taking Back Sunday. All lyrics written by [[Adam Lazzara]] and [[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]]. All recordings produced by [[Sal Villanueva]].<ref name=TAYFBooklet/>
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Tell All Your Friends'' standard edition track listing
|title1 = You Know How I Do
|length1 = 3:21
|title2 = Bike Scene
|length2 = 3:35
|title3 = Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)
|length3 = 3:31
|title4 = There's No 'I' in Team
|length4 = 3:48
|title5 = Great Romances of the 20th Century
|length5 = 3:35
|title6 = Ghost Man on Third
|length6 = 3:59
|title7 = Timberwolves at New Jersey
|length7 = 3:23
|title8 = The Blue Channel
|length8 = 2:30
|title9 = You're So Last Summer
|length9 = 2:59
|title10 = Head Club
|length10 = 3:01
}}
{{track listing
| headline  = Victory Records vinyl-only bonus track
| title11   = The Ballad of Sal Villanueva
| length11  = 3:52
}}
{{track listing
| headline  = Reissue CD bonus tracks
| title11   = The Ballad of Sal Villanueva
| length11  = 3:52
| title12   = Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)
| length12  = 4:26
| note12    = acoustic
| title13   = You Know How I Do
| note13    = live acoustic video) ([[Enhanced CD|enhanced material]]
| length13  =
| title14   = Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)
| note14    = live acoustic video) (enhanced material
| length14  =
| title15   = Exclusive interview with original members
| note15    = video) (enhanced material
| length15  =
}}
{{track listing
| headline  = Reissue DVD
| title1    = Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)
| length1   = 3:33
| note1     = music video
| title2    = You're So Last Summer
| length2   = 3:07
| note2     = music video
| title3    = Great Romances of the 20th Century
| length3   = 3:36
| note3     = music video
| title4    = Timberwolves at New Jersey
| length4   = 3:34
| note4     = music video
}}{{Track listing
| headline = ''Tell All Your Friends: 20th Anniversary Edition'' bonus tracks
| title11 = Great Romances of the 20th Century
| note11 = demo
| title12 = The Blue Channel
| note12 = demo
| title13 = Bike Scene
| note13 = demo
| title14 = Mutual Head Club
| note14 = demo
}}

==Personnel==
Personnel per booklet and back cover.<ref name=TAYFBooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=Tell All Your Friends |author=[[Taking Back Sunday]] |year=2002 |type=booklet |publisher=Victory Records|id=VR230}}</ref><ref name=TAYFbackcover>{{cite AV media notes|title=Tell All Your Friends |author=Taking Back Sunday |year=2002 |type=back cover|publisher=Victory Records|id=VR230}}</ref>
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=== Taking Back Sunday ===
* Shaun Cooper – bass guitar
* [[Adam Lazzara]] – lead vocals
* [[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]] – lead guitar, keyboard, vocals
* Mark O'Connell – drums, percussion
* Eddie Reyes – rhythm guitar

=== Additional musicians ===
* Neil Rubenstein – vocals (tracks 4, 7, and 10)
* [[Michelle Nolan]] – vocals (tracks 2 and 6)
* Matt McDannell – vocals (track 10)
* Sal Villaneuva – additional guitar
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=== Production ===
* [[Sal Villanueva]] – producer, mixing
* Michele Logo – photography
* John Clark – front cover artwork
* Adam Lazzara – back tray photo
* Patrick Larson – layout
* Rumblefish – mixing
* Erin Farley – engineer
* Tim Gilles – engineer, mastering
* Arun Venkatesh – engineer
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==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for the original release of ''Tell All Your Friends''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2002–04)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|183|artist=Taking Back Sunday|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2021|refname=Bill200}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|23|artist=Taking Back Sunday|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2021|refname=BillCat}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|9|artist=Taking Back Sunday|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2021|refname=BillHeat}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|8|artist=Taking Back Sunday|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2021|refname=BillInde}}
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for the reissue of ''Tell All Your Friends''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|BillboardVinyl|8|artist=Taking Back Sunday|rowheader=true|access-date=June 5, 2021|refname=BillVinyl}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Tell All Your Friends''
|-
!Chart (2003)
!Position
|-
!scope="row" | US ''Billboard'' Independent Albums Year-end<ref name=Morris82>Morris 2003, p. YE-82</ref>
| 10
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Tell All Your Friends''}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Tell All Your Friends|artist=Taking Back Sunday|type=album|relyear=2002|certyear=2023|region=United States|award=Platinum|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref name=Wood43/>}}
{{End}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group="nb"}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
===Books===
{{refbegin|30em}}
* {{cite book |last1=Azerrad |first1=Michael|authorlink=Michael Azerrad |title=[[Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana]] |date=1994 |publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]|location=[[New York City]], New York|isbn=0-385-47199-8}}
* {{Cite book |last=Greenwald |first=Andy|authorlink=Andy Greenwald |title=Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo |title-link=Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-312-30863-6 |location=New York City, New York}}
* {{cite book|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal|year=2005|publisher=Zonda Books|location=New Plymouth, New Zealand|isbn=9780958268400|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&pg=PA303}}
* {{cite book|last1=Simon|first1=Leslie|last2=Kelley|first2=Trevor|title=Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture|year=2007|publisher=[[HarperCollins|HarperEntertainment]]|location=New York City, New York|isbn=978-0-06-119539-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Simon|first=Leslie|title=Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes―from Punk to Indie and Everything in Between|publisher=Harper|date=2009|location=New York City, New York|isbn=978-0-06-157371-2}}
{{refend}}

===Magazines and AV media===
{{refbegin|30em}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Bonazelli|first=Andrew|title=Reviews|magazine=[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Monthly]]|date=May 2002|issue=101|issn=1074-6978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58}}
* {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epNmur5VxMc|title=CMJ TV: Taking Back Sunday|author=CMJ|via=YouTube|date=June 22, 2011|access-date=March 11, 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406065324/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epNmur5VxMc |archive-date=April 6, 2017 }}
* {{cite magazine|last=Hart|first=Gerry|title=Points of Impact|magazine=CMJ New Music Report|date=March 18, 2002|issue=754|volume=70|issn=0890-0795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BoAwiB3d8wC&pg=PA36}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Levine|first=Sharon|title=Victory Uses Internet, Samples, Retail Marketing To Promote TBS|magazine=Billboard|date=March 1, 2003|issue=9|volume=115|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Maffei|first=Greg|title=Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|date=February 14, 2003|issn=0277-4860|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-02-14.pdf}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Manley|first=Brendan|title=Great Romances of the 21st Century: Roots, Rock, Ruin, Redemption|magazine=Alternative Press|date=July 2011|issue=276|issn=1065-1667}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Morris|first=Chris|title=Breakthroughs And Swan Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=December 27, 2003|issue=52|volume=115|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216125951/https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42&lpg=RA1-PA42|url-status=live}}
* {{cite magazine|editor1-last=Napier|editor1-first=Patrick|title=The 250 Greatest Albums Of Our Lifetime|journal=Rock Sound|date=April 2019|issue=250|location=London|issn=1465-0185}}
* {{cite magazine|editor1-last=Orshoski|editor1-first=Wes|title=Addin' Da Flavor|magazine=Billboard|date=November 22, 2003|issue=47|volume=115|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Reesman|first=Bryan|title=Victory Scores With Indie Grit|magazine=Billboard|date=April 3, 2004|issue=14|volume=116|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Reesman|first=Bryan|title=Victory's Brummel Sets Long-Term Goals|magazine=Billboard|date=April 3, 2004|issue=14|volume=116|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18}}
* {{cite AV media|author=[[Taking Back Sunday]]|date=2005|title=Exclusive Interview With Original Members|medium=[[Enhanced CD]]|publisher=Victory Records|id=VR286-2}}
* {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKE76jGK1K8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/wKE76jGK1K8| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Taking Back Sunday on Tell All Your Friends (Album by Album Series)|via=YouTube|author=Taking Back Sunday|date=March 28, 2019}}{{cbignore}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Wood|first=Mikael|title=Sunday Styles|magazine=Billboard|date=May 16, 2009|issue=19|volume=121|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A2zL-uK-eE0C&pg=PT42}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2X_o0IHzh0MbMLI1hvox8S2T7Rz47hWc ''Tell All Your Friends''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021201193850/http://www.victoryrecords.com:80/tbs_htmlcard/vr176_htmlcard.html ''Tell All Your Friends''] [[microsite]] hosted by Victory Records
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