Taking Back Sunday's "Tell All Your Friends" Turns 18 Today!

It’s no surprise how much this album effected all of us. The legendary emo lyrics to the ever popular Flava Flav cameo in “You’re So Last Summer.”

Tell All Your Friends is the debut studio album by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. The group had several lineup changes before settling on vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist and vocalist John Nolan, guitarist Eddie Reyes, bassist Shaun Cooper, and drummer Mark O'Connell. Taking Back Sunday released a five-song demo in early 2001, after which, they toured 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 and began recording Tell All Your Friends. The album, produced by Sal Villanueva, was recorded at Big Blue Meenie Recording Studio in New Jersey.

In early March 2002, a music video was released for "Great Romances of the 20th Century" and the song was distributed to radio stations. Tell All Your Friends was released on March 26. It sold 2,000 copies its first week, charting at number 183 on the Billboard 200 chart. That summer, Taking Back Sunday toured with Brand New and Rufio. In December, a Fight Club-inspired music video was released for "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)". The group spent the early part of 2003 touring with The Used and The Blood Brothers before headlining their own tour. After the tour, Nolan and Cooper left the band and were replaced by Fred Mascherino and Matt Rubano. In September, "You're So Last Summer" was distributed to radio stations and the band began co-headlining a tour with Saves the Day which lasted until November. In November 2003, a music video was released for "You're So Last Summer".

Tell All Your Friends has received mostly positive reviews from critics. In September 2005, the album was certified gold in the U.S. for having sold 500,000 copies. With sales of 790,000 copies, Tell All Your Friends is Taking Back Sunday's best-selling album. It is Victory Records' longest-running release on the Billboard Heatseekers and Independent album charts, charting for 68 weeks on the former and 78 on the latter. In 2012, the band went on tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tell All Your Friends. The band played an acoustic set on the anniversary tour, which was later released in 2013 as the live album TAYF10 Acoustic.

Let’s take a look back at the banger music videos this album brought with it!

Tell me you’re not crying right now, because we definitely are. The real question is will we get a 20 year tour in two years?