Life Starts Now (2009)

Life Starts Now is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released on September 22, 2009, on RCA Records (via Sony Music Entertainment). It is the band's first album released by Sony and the last released by Jive Records. The album was recorded after five years of touring, and according to bassist Brad Walst, the band members "got a heavy dose of reality," making the record deeper and more personal.

Track listing:

• «Break» (released as a single on September 1, 2009)
• «The Good Life» (single on February 9, 2010)
• «World So Cold» (single on August 3, 2010)
• «Lost in You»
• «The Last to Know»
• «Someone Who Cares»
• «Bully»
• «Without You»
• «Goin' Down»
• «Life Starts Now»
• «Nothing's Fair in Love and War»
• «I Can Only Imagine»

Genre: Hard rock, post-grunge

Band members:

• Adam Gontier — vocals, rhythm guitar
• Brad Walst — bass guitar, backing vocals
• Neil Sanderson — drums, keyboards, backing vocals
• Barry Stock — lead guitar

Production: The album was produced by the band together with Howard Benson.

Commercial success: The album debuted at number 3 on the Canadian chart and number 22 on the Billboard 200. The singles «Break», «The Good Life», and «World So Cold» became hits on rock radio.

Franchise chronology (Three Days Grace albums):

• Three Days Grace (2003) — debut album, including hits «I Hate Everything About You» and «Just Like You».
• One-X (2006) — second album, with singles «Animal I Have Become», «Pain», and «Never Too Late».
• Life Starts Now (2009) — third album.
• Transit of Venus (2012) — fourth album, last with Adam Gontier.
• Human (2015) — first album with new vocalist Matt Walst.
• Outsider (2018) — sixth album.
• Explosions (2022) — seventh album.

Where to listen:

• Apple Music
• Spotify
• YouTube
• Deezer
• Discogs