Tell Me I'm Alive

The release of Wake Up, Sunshine in April 2020 coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing the band from touring. They continued to write music amidst global shutdowns; over the course of two years, the band wrote an estimated 30 songs, some of which became tracks on Tell Me I'm Alive. Vocalist Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat stated that many of the album's themes, such as loneliness, were drawn from emotions and experiences they had witnessed during the pandemic.{{cite web|last=Crumlish|first=Callum|title=All Time Low 'have something to prove' with Tell Me I'm Alive|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1746217/all-time-low-interview-alex-gaskarth-tell-me-im-alive|date=2023-03-15|website=Express.co.uk|access-date=2023-03-18}}{{cite web|last=Lomax|first=James|title=[Interview] All Time Low|url=https://www.recovery-magazine.com/2023/03/01/interview-all-time-low/|date=2023-03-01|work=Recovery Magazine|access-date=2023-03-18}}

Critics of Tell Me I'm Alive have described the album as a blend of pop rock and pop punk. Tracks on the album prominently feature synth and piano.

In an interview with the Daily Express, Gaskarth described the album's sound as an "amalgamation" of Last Young Renegade and Wake Up, Sunshine. He stated in a separate interview with Recovery Magazine that many songs on the album were influenced by artists like Queen and Elton John.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Kerrang!

| rev1score = 3/5

| rev2 = Wall of Sound

| rev2score = 4/10{{cite web|last=Valentine|first=Simon|title=All Time Low - Tell Me I'm Alive (Album Review)|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2023/03/16/all-time-low-tell-me-im-alive-album-review/|date=2023-03-16|website=Wall of Sound|access-date=2023-03-18}}

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Callum Crumlish praised the album's sound and lyrical quality.{{cite web|last=Crumlish|first=Callum|title=All Time Low: Tell Me I'm Alive review - The first real next step for the band|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1746237/all-time-low-tell-me-im-alive-review-album-review-alex-gaskarth|date=2023-03-16|work=Express.co.uk|access-date=2023-03-18}} Mark Sutherland of Kerrang! acknowledged the band's growing maturity and praised Gaskarth's vocals, but noted that the music style shifted from pop-punk to pop rock and unfavorably compared songs "New Religion" and "Calm Down" to works by Maroon 5 and Ed Sheeran, respectively.{{cite web|last=Sutherland|first=Mark|title=Album Review: All Time Low - Tell Me I'm Alive|url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-all-time-low-tell-me-im-alive|date=2023-03-14|work=Kerrang!|access-date=2023-02-18}}

{{track listing

| headline = Tell Me I'm Alive track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Tell Me I'm Alive

| length1 = 2:36

| writer1 = {{hlist|Alex Gaskarth|Jack Barakat|Andrew Goldstein}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Goldstein|Zakk Cervini}}

| title2 = Modern Love

| length2 = 3:15

| writer2 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Barakat|Dan Swank|Phil Gornell}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini|Gornell}}

| title3 = Are You There?

| length3 = 3:13

| writer3 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| title4 = Sleepwalking

| length4 = 3:07

| writer4 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Goldstein|Barakat}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini|Goldstein}}

| title5 = Calm Down

| length5 = 3:14

| writer5 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Goldstein|Nolan Sipe|Sam Farrar|Sean Van Vleet}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| title6 = English Blood // American Heartache

| length6 = 3:16

| writer6 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Swank|Barakat|Gornell}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini|Gornell}}

| title7 = The Sound of Letting Go

| length7 = 2:39

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Goldstein}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini|Goldstein}}

| title8 = New Religion

| length8 = 3:04

| writer8 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Dan Book|Barakat}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini|Book}}

| note8 = featuring Teddy Swims

| title9 = The Way You Miss Me

| length9 = 3:40

| writer9 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Goldstein}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini|Goldstein}}

| title10 = I'd Be Fine (If I Never Saw You Again)

| length10 = 2:59

| writer10 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| title11 = Kill Ur Vibe

| length11 = 3:30

| writer11 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| title12 = The Other Side

| length12 = 2:48

| writer12 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini|Bonnie McKee}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| title13 = Lost Along the Way

| length13 = 3:41

| writer13 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Cervini}}

| total_length = 41:02

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus tracks

| title14 = Sleepwalking

| note14 = Mokita & Goldhouse Remix

| writer14 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Goldstein|Barakat}}

| title15 = Sleepwalking

| note15 = Unplugged

| writer15 = {{hlist|Gaskarth|Goldstein|Barakat}}

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Tell Me I'm Alive|others=All Time Low|year=2023|publisher=Fueled by Ramen}}

All Time Low

• Alex Gaskarth – vocals, guitar, creative direction
• Jack Barakat – guitar, creative direction
• Zack Merrick – bass guitar, creative direction
• Rian Dawson – drums, percussion, creative direction

Additional contributors

• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Neal Avron – mixing {{small|(1, 2, 4, 5, 9)}}
• Zakk Cervini – mixing {{small|(3, 6–8, 10–13)}}
• Andrew Cook – creative direction, design, layout

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