Critical reception
Sandbox was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Album of the Year, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 73, based on 3 reviews.
Track listing
Personnel Credits are adapted from Tidal. The All-American Rejects Tyson Ritter – lead vocals, production (all tracks); background vocals (tracks 2–12), guitar (2–5, 8, 11, 12), bass (2–4, 6–9, 11, 12), keyboards (2, 3, 7, 11, 12) Nick Wheeler – drums (2–4, 7, 8, 12), guitar (2–12), keyboards (2, 7, 10), bass (7); production (all tracks) Chris Gaylor – drums (6, 9, 11), background vocals (11) Mike Kennerty – guitar (6)
Additional musicians Scott Chesak – production (all tracks), keyboards (2–5, 7, 8, 11, 12), bass (2, 4, 5), drums (2, 7, 11), background vocals (2, 11), percussion (4), banjo (5) Ian Miller – accordion (10) Josh Scalf – horn (10) Tyler Jaeger – horn (10) The Crewjects – background vocals (12) Sebastian Tenorio-Vallejo – guitar (12)
Technical personnel Ted Jensen – mastering (2–11) Adam Hawkins – mixing (2, 7, 8) Vance Powell – mixing (3–6, 9–11) Herbie Mortera – engineering (2–11) Greg Cortez – engineering (9, 11) Nico Ludwig-Stock – engineering (9) Tara Farrell – engineering (9) Edgar Camey – engineering (11)
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