The Fallout (Default album)

Critical reception

The Fallout received mixed reviews from music critics who were skeptical of the band's musicianship being similar to other bands of its given genre. Stephanie Dickison of PopMatters gave praise to the album's professional yet naturally sounding production and Dallas Smith's performance for giving off the right amount of energy in his notes despite being a bit jovial at times, but felt the band would face problems being similar to 3 Doors Down, Lifehouse and Nickelback, saying that "For a debut, it is excellent. But up against the other heavy-guitar, heartily vocalized bands like the aforementioned, they have their work cut out for them." Andy Hinds of AllMusic highlighted the first three tracks as standouts but found the album overall to be devoid of originality in its borrowing of grunge music, saying it "provides a non-threatening option for those who seek the stylistic affectations of grunge rock, but wish to avoid all of the substance or excitement of its first generation." David Browne, writing for Entertainment Weekly, noticed a slight difference between this and Puddle of Mudd's Come Clean apart from taking elements of grunge into their respective albums: "Default’s debut, The Fallout, is more up-tempo and burly, yet they still manage to use the word never 32 times in one cut (”Slow Me Down”). The song titles – ”Sick and Tired,” ”Wasting My Time,” ”Live a Lie” – say it all."

Track listing

Personnel

Default

• Dallas Smith – lead vocals
• Jeremy James Hora – guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Benedict – bass guitar
• Danny Craig – drums

Additional musicians

• Rick Parashar – piano (track 8)

Artwork

• Benjamin Wheelock – album design
• Blake Little – Photography

Production

• Rick Parashar – producer, engineer, and mixing (tracks 1, 3, 8)
• Kip Beelman – engineer and Pro-Tools engineer (tracks 1, 3, 8)
• Kelly Gray – mixing (tracks 1, 3, 8)
• Chad Kroeger – producer (tracks 2, 4-7, 9-12)
• Joey Moi – engineer and mixing (tracks 2, 4-7, 9-14)
• Jamie Stirr – 2nd engineer (tracks 2, 4-7, 9-12)
• Joe Spivak – 2nd engineer and digital engineer (tracks 2, 4-7, 9-12)
• George Marino – mastering
• Leonard B. Johnson - A&R

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Limited edition DVD

1. "Wasting My Time (Video)"
2. "Deny (Video)"
3. "Deny (Live)"
4. "Rockumentary"

References

References

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2. Browne, David. (March 8, 2002). "Reviews for ''The Fallout'', Hoobastank's ''Hoobastank'', The Calling's ''Camino Palmero'' and Puddle of Mudd's ''Come Clean''". [[Time Inc.]].
3. Dickison, Stephanie. (October 14, 2001). "Default: The Fallout".
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