It was exactly on February 12th 2008 when Simple Plan’s third studio album officially hit the record stores all over the world. The band’s fans have been extremely patient for this album – after all, it was released 4 whole years after the band’s previous, very successful ‘Still Not Getting Any’. But today, we are already celebrating 10 years since its release.
For this album, simply called ‘Simple Plan’ but more commonly referred to as their ‘self-titled album’, Pierre and Chuck began writing songs over two years prior to its release however due to their writer’s block, it was a very long and strenuous process. One of the main reasons why the guys were having so much troubles writing songs for this album was Pierre’s personal struggles concerning his brother, who has been going through cancer at that time. Pierre eventually opened up about his feelings regarding this situation in the song ‘Save You’ that has since struck a chord with many fans.
As far as the singles concerns, Simple Plan chose to have three major singles from this album: ‘When I’m Gone’, ‘Your Love Is A Lie’ and ‘Save You’.
Now, it isn’t very likely that we would be getting a 10th anniversary tour of this album, but it’s surely important to celebrate the anniversary of this important album in Simple Plan’s career somehow anyways. Remind yourselves of the “making of” this album, which was featured on the deluxe version of this record, below:
Tell us, 10 years later – how do you find the self-titled album in the context of all of Simple Plan’s discography? Do some of your favorite songs appear on this album? What does this album mean to you? Let us know in the comments below!
