It's Now or Never (album)

It's Now or Never
Studio album by Make Me Famous
Released March 26, 2012[1]
Recorded Late 2010—Early 2012
Genre Metalcore, electronicore
Length 53:58[1]
Label Sumerian Records
Producer Denis Shaforostov
Serj Kravchenk
Jimmy X Rose
Make Me Famous chronology
Keep This in Your Music Player
(2011)		 It's Now or Never
(2012)
Singles from It's Now or Never
  1. "Make It Precious"
    Released: January 20, 2011
  2. "Once You Killed a Cow, You Gotta Make a Burger"
    Released: April 6, 2011
  3. "We Know It's Real"
    Released: October 4, 2011
  4. "Blind Date 101"
    Released: April 5, 2012

It's Now or Never is the debut studio album by Ukrainian metalcore band Make Me Famous, which was released in March 2012 through Sumerian Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
Under the Gun Review7/10[3]
Me Gusta Reviews[4]
Kill Hipsters4/10[5]

The album received mixed reviews. James Shotwell from Under the Gun Review said "Overall, the record is not bad, and there are certainly some very notable tracks. I just can’t get over the fact that they sound so much like Asking Alexandria, who I love by the way, and it somewhat bothers me that they remind me of them so much. When looking for a new band to sink my teeth into I try to look for unique songs, clever lyrics and solid musicianship. I can find some of these elements, and this band has great potential, but I’m not sure they have made it there quite yet."[3]

Todd Lyons from About.com strongly criticized the album saying "Make Me Famous, with their debut It's Now Or Never, have become famous by igniting high-octane hatred across the metal diaspora. Hundreds of metal blogs agree, Make Me Famous is worse than a hot lead high colonic. This begs the question[sic], are they THAT bad? Yes."[2]

Kill Hipsters said that it ripped off Asking Alexandria and panned their song titles saying "You’ve heard it all before from other bands that were around long before Make Me Famous were; Asking Alexandria and Attack Attack! influences are plentiful on this album. Denis doesn’t make it a secret that the bands he was covering on his YouTube channel he’s basically ripped off on his bands album. In-fact if you visit Denis’ YouTube channel you can see the wide variety of covers he did of songs from artists like Woe, Is Me, Attack Attack!, Asking Alexandria and more. The very fact this album sounds like a direct rip-off of Asking Alexandria and Attack Attack! doesn’t help the situation. The song titles in true cliche style even have ridiculous song titles, I thought everyone had moved on from that, but it looks like Denis didn’t get the memo."[5]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Blind Date 101"   3:48
2. "Make It Precious"   4:06
3. "It's Now or Never"   1:12
4. "Inception" (featuring Tyler Carter) 3:16
5. "This Song Is Blacker Than Black Metal"   3:36
6. "We Know It's Real"   4:44
7. "In the Shadows of You"   2:12
8. "Once You Killed a Cow, You Gotta Make a Burger"   2:55
9. "Stage on Fire"   3:13
10. "She Hunted Me"   4:19
11. "Ifyuocnaraedtihsmkaemeasnadwich"   4:18
12. "I Am a Traitor" (featuring Johnny Franck) 4:08
13. "Earth"   4:40
14. "Quit Sleeping! It's Nothing But a Waste of Time"   3:03
15. "Make It Precious" (Live Acoustic Bonus Track) 4:28
Total length:
 53:58

Personnel

Make Me Famous
Additional musicians
  • Tyler Carter - Vocals
  • Johnny Franck - Vocals
  • Shaquille Estampador - Additional Screams
Production
  • Denis Shaforostov - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer
  • Serj Kravchenko - Artwork, Concept, Design, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer
  • Dusty Boles - Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
  • Jimmy X Rose - Artwork, Concept, Design, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer, SMM
  • Sergei Hohlov - Artwork, Concept, Design
  • Derek Brewer - Management
  • Brian Judge - Management
  • Ash Avildsen - Booking

Chart positions

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 151
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] 26
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[9] 13
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[11] 37

References

  1. 1 2 It's Now or Never - Make Me Famous - Allmusic
  2. 1 2 "Make Me Famous - It's Now Or Never Review". About.com.
  3. 1 2 "REVIEW: Make Me Famous – It's Now Or Never". Under the Gun Review. April 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Make Me Famous - It's Now or Never (2012)". Me Gusta Reviews. March 25, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Make Me Famous – It's Now Or Never: Album Review". Kill Hipsters. March 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ It's Now or Never - Make Me Famous - AllMusic - Credits
  7. ↑ "Make Me Famous – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Make Me Famous. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Make Me Famous – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Make Me Famous. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Make Me Famous – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Make Me Famous. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Make Me Famous – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Make Me Famous. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Make Me Famous – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Make Me Famous. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
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