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Louder Now is the third studio album by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. In April 2005, the group had begun writing material for the album. Two months later, they signed with Warner Bros. Records and contributed a song to the Fantastic Four soundtrack. Soon afterwards, the group rented a room in Manhattan where they composed songs for Louder Now. They came up with 20 songs, discarding half of them and recording demos of the remainder. The group began recording Louder Now with Eric Valentine in September 2005 at Barefoot Studios in Los Angeles, California. After Warner Bros. told them they did not need to rush, they recorded new demos. Recording ended on New Year's Day, 2006, and was followed by a tour of the UK, Australia and the U. S.

Louder Now was released on April 25, 2006, on Warner Bros. Records. Several weeks later, "MakeDamnSure" was released as a single; this was followed by a tour with Angels & Airwaves. A music video was released for "Twenty Twenty Surgery", and the single was released a month later. A video for "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" was released in September, before the single's release in November. Taking Back Sunday then began a two month stint as part of the Taste of Chaos tour. A video album, The Louder Now DVD: PartOne, was released in December. The album included videos of the recording process, tour footage and music videos. "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" was released as a single on New Year's Eve. In early 2007 the group toured North America, followed by the release of "My Blue Heaven" as a single in April. After a tour with Linkin Park, guitarist Fred Mascherino left the group and was replaced by Matthew Fazzi. Louder Now received generally favorable reviews from critics, and was voted Kerrang!s album of the year. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 158,000 copies in its first week after release, reached the top 10 of several Billboard charts and the top 20 in Canada, Australia and the UK. Two months after its release, Louder Now was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies and was later certified silver by the BPI for sales of 60,000 copies. As of May 2009, the album has sold 674,000 copies in the U. S.

In July 2004, Taking Back Sunday released Where You Want to Be on independent label Victory Records. The album became a bestselling independent rock album within a year, selling 634,000 copies, The band toured frequently for eight months before beginning to compose material for their next album. Vocalist Adam Lazzara said in April 2005 that the band was in "the early stages" of writing new songs. In April and May the group went on a co headlining tour with Jimmy Eat World, introducing "Error: Operator" and "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?". That month, the group contributed "Error: Operator" (which differs from the final album version) to the video game adaption of Fantastic Four. Activision, the game's developers, wanted the track written from the viewpoint of Mister Fantastic. The group was hesitant, according to Lazzara, since the character is an "extremely rich, extremely smart guy  And I'm not very smart, and I'm not rich at all, so I couldn't really relate." The song was also included on the film's soundtrack. In June and August 2005, the band supported Green Day for two UK shows, and supported Weezer for a US stadium show; they were initially scheduled to headline Hellfest, though they later dropped off. In July 2005, Taking Back Sunday rented a room in Manhattan, which they shared with members of the Sleeping, and began writing songs with laptops and guitars for their next album. According to bassist Matt Rubano, Fred Mascherino and Adam Lazzara's lyrics "are coming into a golden age. The tracks are really more rocking and we're trying some new things, but it's still us." The group chose Valentine because he had produced Queens of the Stone Age's Songs for the Deaf (2002) and Third Eye Blind's self titled album (1997). Although they met with Howard Benson and Rob Cavallo, the band's "love of Eric's work kind of trumped any other meeting we had." and the band did another set of demos with input from Valentine. According to Mascherino, the group knew how they wanted the upcoming album to sound, so demoing again was a "thorough way to do it." According to Rubano, the group wished to make a rock oriented album—not in compositional style, but "maybe in the recording and the tones of the instruments." They brought out "a really unique character" in all the songs. During the recording, guitarist Ed Reyes used Orange and Burman amplifiers. Most of his guitar tracks were recorded with an Epiphone Casino guitar, and he also used an Epiphone Crestwood guitar. Frequently using a tape delay effect, Reyes did not use distortion pedals since the Orange amp "had a perfect gain sound in itself." By November the rhythm guitar, bass and drums were done, leaving the vocals and lead guitar to be finished. Recording wrapped up on New Year's Day, 2006. The songs were recorded with Pro Tools and transferred to analog tape for mixing, The strings on "My Blue Heaven", arranged by Anton Patzner, were performed by Judgement Day. Patzner played violin and viola, and his brother Lewis played cello. Elena Mascherino contributed backing vocals to "I'll Let You Live", and Brian Gardner mastered the recordings at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California. and strings. The album's sound has been described as alternative rock, emo pop, and emo. "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" is, according to Lazzara, about a "pre pre midlife crisis." Mascherino said that the song "charges forward," never letting "up and fully rocks the entire time." the song evoked Breaking Pangaea's 11 minute song "Turning".

In late January 2006, Taking Back Sunday toured the UK. The album's artwork, a photograph by Joel Meyerowitz edited by Brad Filip, It consists of a movie theater box office with the admission price listed as $1.52. A shot of people and a marquee sign can be seen in the reflection of the box office glass, which Lazzara said was a nod to "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost". He added that they ""wanted to touch on the feeling that you can be in a room packed full of people and still feel alone". On February 21, "MakeDamnSure" became available for streaming; in early March, the band filmed its music video. The video was filmed in Los Angeles with director Marc Klasfeld; according to Rubano, the band chose Klasfeld because his script for the video suited the song. MTV called it "a powerful montage of violent images, all shot in arty slow motion," combined with footage of the band performing in a wind tunnel. The group then toured Australia, returning for a U. S. tour from late March to mid May with support from Tokyo Rose, and Suicide City. On April 6, the "MakeDamnSure" video was released. The group played at the Give it a Name festival in the UK before headlining the Bamboozle festival in the U. S.

"MakeDamnSure" was released as a single on May 15, with "Sleep" its B side. In June and July, the band toured with Angels & Airwaves. On July 23, the music video for "Twenty Twenty Surgery" was released, directed by Jay Martin, and on August 28, it was released as a single with "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" its B side. "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" was released to radio on September 19. was released on September 29. In October and November 2006, the group was part of the Taste of Chaos tour, visiting New Zealand and Europe. "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" was released as a single on November 6, with a live version of "Spin" its B side. Ten days later, the band appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly. On December 12, the band released a DVD entitled The Louder Now DVD: PartOne, with over 60 minutes of footage documenting the making of the album, their world tour, live and behind the scenes footage of a show at the Long Beach Arena and the music videos for "MakeDamnSure" and "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)". On February 6, 2007, the band appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly again. In late February and early March 2007, they headlined a North American trek with support from Underoath and Armor for Sleep. On April 2, "My Blue Heaven" was released as a single and released to radio a week later. On August 3 it was announced that O'Connell had injured his back, and he was replaced by Matchbook Romance drummer Aaron Stern for the remainder of the tour. Shortly after the tour Mascherino left the band, although his departure was not announced until early October. He said, "It was getting to the point where I felt I had taken the road as long as I possibly could," and his compositions were "more pop than anyone else [in the band] wanted to go." Mascherino had written over 45 songs, most intended for Louder Now but turned down by the band. He began a solo project, the Color Fred, and remarked that Taking Back Sunday was "more about cooking food than making music".

Louder Now received a score of 64 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Gigwise contributor Lee Glynn wrote that the album had "no standout tracks" other than "MakeDamnSure". NME gave the album a score of six out of ten: "It tails off towards the end, and TBS never quite shake the feeling that other people are doing this sort of thing far more thrillingly elsewhere." It sold 158,000 copies in its first week, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. The album had lower first week sales than Where You Want to Be, which had sold 164,000 copies. Louder Now was surpassed at the top of the chart by Godsmack's IV, which sold 211,000 copies. The album was number two on the Digital Albums chart, number seven on the Top Rock Albums chart and number nine on the Tastemaker Albums chart. It was number five in Canada, number 17 in Australia, number 18 in the UK, number 70 in Ireland and number 90 in Japan. in November it was certified silver by the BPI, "MakeDamnSure" was number eight on the Alternative Songs chart, number 25 on the Digital Songs chart and number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.

The album was one of Alternative Press most anticipated albums of the year, and topped Kerrang!s album of the year poll. The music video for "MakeDamnSure" was nominated for an MTV2 Viewer's Choice award, which ultimately lost to "The Kill" (2006) by Thirty Seconds to Mars. TJ Horansky of Alternative Press wrote that with Louder Now, the group "started firing on all cylinders." Mascherino's "unique fluid and gruff vocals perfectly complement" Lazzara's "maniacal and effusive delivery," and Horansky called the vocals "much more natural" than Taking Back Sunday's previous albums. Fuse. tv's Jason Lipshutz called Louder Now his second favorite Taking Back Sunday album. According to Lipshutz, it "was a mainstream mission statement, with ferocious guitar work and choruses aimed squarely at arenas." With moments of "true grace and contemplation," the album was "thrilling and complex." Rock Sound ranked it at number 55 on the list of best albums in their lifetime, stating that "nothing else in their back catalogue boasts the huge songs, slick polish and, arguably, the heart of their major label debut." Louder Now has appeared on best of emo album lists by The Daily Dot and Loudwire. Cleveland. com ranked "MakeDamnSure" at number 67 on their list of the top 100 pop punk songs. Alternative Press ranked "MakeDamnSure" at number 54 on their list of the best 100 singles from the 2000s. The album was re pressed on vinyl in June 2017, which charted at number 16 on the Vinyl Albums chart. Throughout 2019, the band performed Louder Now in its entirety for their 20th anniversary world tour. For cities in the US that had two shows back to back, the band would flip a coin to play either Louder Now or Where You Want to Be (2004) on the first night and the other album on the second night. To help promote the tour, a career spanning compilation Twenty (2019) was released, which included "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)", "MakeDamnSure", "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" and "My Blue Heaven" from Louder Now.

A companion to The Louder Now DVD: PartOne, dubbed The Louder Now DVD: PartTwo was released on November 20 as a CD/DVD set. The DVD contained tour and studio footage, as well as music videos for "Twenty Twenty Surgery" and "12 Days of Christmas". The CD featured live tracks, as well as the B sides "Sleep" and "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)."