The Papercut Chronicles II

• The album's lead single, "Stereo Hearts" featuring Adam Levine from Maroon 5 was released for download via iTunes on June 14, 2011. It peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
• The album's second single, "Ass Back Home" featuring Neon Hitch was released for download via iTunes on October 31, 2011.
• The album's third single, "The Fighter" featuring Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic was released on November 8, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://underthegunreview.net/2011/11/08/streamdownload-gym-class-heroes-ft-ryan-tedder-%E2%80%93-the-fighter/|title=STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Gym Class Heroes ft. Ryan Tedder – The Fighter|publisher=Under the Gun Review|last=Shotwell|first=James|date=November 8, 2011|accessdate=July 22, 2019}}
• The album's fourth single, "Martyrial Girls" was released on August 27, 2012.

• The album's first and only promotional single, "Life Goes On" featuring Oh Land was released for download via iTunes on October 18, 2011.

{{Music ratings

| MC = 53/100{{Cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-papercut-chronicles-ii | title=The Papercut Chronicles II – Gym Class Heroes | work=Metacritic | accessdate=December 25, 2011}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2306543|first=Gregory|last=Heaney}}

| rev2 = Artistdirect

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last=Florino |first=Rick |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/gym-class-heroes-the-papercut-chronicles-ii-review-5-out-of-5-stars/9801513 |title=The Papercut Chronicles II |publisher=Artistdirect |date=November 20, 2011 |accessdate=2011-11-24}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B{{cite magazine|last=Anderson |first=Kyle |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2011/11/09/papercut-chronicles-ii-review-gym-class-heroes |title=The Papercut Chronicles II |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 20, 2011 |access-date=2011-11-20}}

| rev4 = HitFix

| rev4Score = B{{cite web|last=Newman |first=Melinda |url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/album-review-gym-class-heroes-the-papercut-chronicles-ll |title=The Papercut Chronicles II |work=Hitfix |date=November 14, 2011 |accessdate=2011-11-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115140854/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/album-review-gym-class-heroes-the-papercut-chronicles-ll |archivedate=2011-11-15}}

| rev5 = IGN

| rev5Score = 7/10{{cite web|last=Grischow |first=Chad |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/18/gym-class-heroes-the-papercut-chronicles-ii-review |title=The Papercut Chronicles II |website=IGN |date=November 17, 2011 |accessdate=2011-11-20}}

| rev6 = Metromix

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Kirk |url=http://newyork.metromix.com/music/cd_review/gym-class-heroes-the/2916918/content |title=The Papercut Chronicles II |publisher=Metromix |date=November 20, 2011 |accessdate=2011-11-20}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Rosen |first=Jody |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-papercut-chronicles-ii-20111115 |title=Gym Class Heroes The Papercut Chronicles II |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 20, 2011 |accessdate=2011-11-20}}

| rev8 = USA Today

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|last=Mansfield |first=Brian |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/story/2011-11-14/listen-up-gym-class-heroes-david-nail-howie-d/51203226/1 |title=Gym Class Heroes, The Papercut Chronicles II |newspaper=USA Today |date=November 15, 2011 |accessdate=2013-08-30}}

}}

Reception of The Papercut Chronicles II has been mixed. Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly opined that while the album "too often chokes on revved-up aggro crunch and laughable lyrical raging against the machine, it works when they jettison their limp rap-rock instincts and plunge into crossover pop like the haunting 'Life Goes On' and stealthily sincere 'Ass Back Home'." Gregory Heaney of AllMusic noted that The Papercut Chronicles II will come as a "blast from the past" for the band's fans, adding that songs such as "Lazarus, Ze Gitan" and "Solo Discotheque (Whiskey Bitness)" feature the "infectious and highly polished sound that has made the quartet the pop/rap/punk crossover triple threat that it's grown into over the years." In a highly negative review of the record, Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone gave the record one and a half stars out of five, calling it "the year's most charmless album" and referring to McCoy as a "laughably inept MC".

The track listing for all versions of The Papercut Chronicles II is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQT-AwaxKc0&feature=player_embedded|title=Gym Class Heroes: The Papercut Chronicles II Tracklist '|publisher=Fueled By Ramen|date=October 19, 2011|accessdate=2011-11-07}}

{{track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 43:29

| title1 = Za Intro

| note1 =

| writer1 = {{hlist|Travis McCoy|Matt McGinley|Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo|Eric Roberts}}

| extra1 = Sie One

| length1 = 1:33

| title2 = Martyrial Girls

| note2 =

| writer2 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts}}

| extra2 = Emile Haynie

| length2 = 3:37

| title3 = Life Goes On

| note3 = featuring Oh Land

| writer3 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts|Emile Haynie|Annie Clark}}

| extra3 = Emile Haynie

| length3 = 4:12

| title4 = Stereo Hearts

| note4 = featuring Adam Levine

| writer4 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts|Adam Levine|Benjamin Levin|Ammar Malik|Brandon Lowry|Dan Omelio}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Benny Blanco|Robopop}}

| length4 = 3:31

| title5 = Solo Discotheque (Whiskey Bitness)

| note5 =

| writer5 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts|Tyler Pursel}}

| extra5 = Gym Class Heroes

| length5 = 4:02

| title6 = Holy Horseshit, Batman!!

| note6 = featuring Nate Ruess

| writer6 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts|Nate Ruess}}

| extra6 = Emile Haynie

| length6 = 3:41

| title7 = Ass Back Home

| note7 = featuring Neon Hitch

| writer7 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts|Levin|Malik|Omelio|David Silberstein}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Benny Blanco|Robopop}}

| length7 = 3:42

| title8 = Nil-Nil-Draw

| writer8 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts|Pursel}}

| extra8 = Emile Haynie

| length8 = 3:15

| title9 = Lazarus, Ze Gitan

| note9 =

| writer9 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts}}

| extra9 = Gym Class Heroes

| length9 = 3:51

| title10 = The Fighter

| note10 = featuring Ryan Tedder

| writer10 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts|Ryan Tedder|Noel Zancanella}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Ryan Tedder|Noel Zancanella}}

| length10 = 3:49

| title11 = Kid Nothing and the Never-Ending Naked Nightmare

| note11 =

| writer11 = {{hlist|McCoy|McGinley|Lumumba-Kasongo|Roberts}}

| extra11 = Emile Haynie

| length11 = 8:23

}}

{{track listing

| headline = UK bonus tracks{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Papercut-Chronicles-Gym-Class-Heroes/dp/B0062JGZQG/|title=The Papercut Chronicles II: Gym Class Heroes: Amazon.co.uk: Music|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|date=February 27, 2012|accessdate=2012-02-25}}

| total_length = 50:41

| title12 = Stereo Hearts

| note12 = featuring Adam Levine) (Soul Seekerz Retronica Radio Edit

| writer12 = McCoy, Lumumba-Kasongo, Roberts, McGinley, Levine, Levin, Lowry, Malik, Omelio

| extra12 =

| length12 = 3:36

| title13 = Stereo Hearts

| note13 = featuring Adam Levine) (Dillon Francis Radio Edit

| writer13 = McCoy, Lumumba-Kasongo, Roberts, McGinley, Levine, Levin, Lowry, Malik, Omelio

| length13 = 3:36

}}

• The song "Kid Nothing and the Never-Ending Naked Nightmare" itself ends at 3:53. There is then a few minutes of silence, then at 7:07 a hidden track outro starts, which involves a computerized voice asking what the listener thought about the album, then going off into random tangents.

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Gym Class Heroes

• Travis McCoy – vocals
• Matt McGinley – drums
• Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo – guitar, vocals
• Eric Roberts – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Jason Amsel – vocals {{small|(1)}}
• Austin Bisnow – Rhodes {{small|(4)}}
• Benny Blanco – additional drums, keyboards, and programming {{small|(4, 7)}}
• Emile Haynie – keyboard and drum programming {{small|(2, 3, 6, 8, 11)}}
• Neon Hitch – vocals {{small|(7)}}
• Adam Levine – vocals {{small|(4)}}
• Ammar Malik – background vocals {{small|(4, 7, 10)}}
• Phillip A. Peterson – strings {{small|(3, 4)}}
• Robopop – additional drums, keyboards, programming, and guitars {{small|(4, 7)}}
• Ryan Tedder – additional instrumentation {{small|(10)}}
• Noel Zancanella – additional instrumentation {{small|(10)}}

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Technical personnel

• Benny Blanco – engineer {{small|(4, 7)}}, vocal editing {{small|(4)}}
• Smith Carlson – engineer {{small|(10)}}
• Rob Freeman – instrument engineer {{small|(2, 3, 6, 8, 11)}}
• Chris Galland – mixing assistant {{small|(2, 3, 6, 8, 11)}}
• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Serban Ghenea – mixing {{small|(4, 7, 10)}}
• Mark "Exit" Goodchild – engineer {{small|(4)}}
• John Hanes – mix engineer {{small|(4, 7, 10)}}
• Jimmy James – vocal editing assistant {{small|(4)}}, assistant mix engineer {{small|(7)}}
• Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin – production coordination {{small|(4, 7)}}
• Erik Madrid – mixing assistant {{small|(2, 3, 6, 8, 11)}}
• Manny Marroquin – mixing {{small|(2, 3, 6, 8, 11)}}
• Tore Nissen – engineer for Oh Land {{small|(3)}}
• Tim Roberts – assistant mix engineer {{small|(4, 10)}}
• Phil Seaford – assistant mix engineer {{small|(7)}}
• David "D Slib" Silberstein – production coordination {{small|(4, 7)}}
• Ryan Tedder – engineer {{small|(10)}}
• Andrew Wright – vocal engineer {{small|(2, 3, 6, 8, 11)}}, engineer {{small|(3)}}
• Scott "Yarmov" Yarmovsky – assistant mix engineer {{small|(7)}}

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