"Dead & Buried", another song that would appear on the album, was played at each show on their month-long House Party Tour, which began in September 2013.

In December 2011, the band was involved in a lawsuit with its label Victory that had been partly resolved a few days before the album's release.

This lawsuit led to the band's initial digital self-release of the album in October; a physical release followed in November which included three bonus tracks.

[1] In an interview with Alternative Press in November, vocalist Jeremy McKinnon said after the band finished touring Europe, it would be recording its next album.

[2] On December 15, it was announced A Day to Remember had plans to press charges against their label Victory Records due to breach of contract.

[8][9][10] While recording Common Courtesy, the band played a hometown gig on November 21 as a celebration of the American Thanksgiving holiday.

[17][18] McKinnon said the music video for "Violence (Enough Is Enough)" was planned to be filmed and released the same day, but the band was unable to do so.

[19] Despite producer Gilbert stating on October 17, 2012, the album might be finished within a week,[20] the process was still only partly completed when "Violence (Enough Is Enough)" was released in December.

[28] Wade previously produced many parts of the band's last four albums: And Their Name Was Treason (2005),[29] For Those Who Have Heart (2007),[30] Homesick[8] and What Separates Me from You.

[32] The next day, McKinnon again spoke with Radio.com; he said the band planned to promote the album with a heavy single such as "Violence" first, followed by "a more well-rounded song that appeals to everybody".

[33] Replying to fan via Twitter on July 22, McKinnon said the album was "still being mixed",[34] but the mastering process was completed in September.

[35] Reflecting on the creation of the album in 2016, the band found the approach to the creative process on Common Courtesy tiresome given the lengthy process, the circumstances with Victory, and the resort to creating the project on their own, to the point band members often were left feeling uninvolved, unmotivated or uninspired, though they were happy with the content on the record.

He named three starkly different-sounding acts as examples of what he had been listening to during the making of the album: Mumford & Sons, Living with Lions and Coldplay.

[19] Several songs include in-studio banter, which AllMusic reviewer Gregory Heaney called "a window into a creative process that sounds fun and relaxed".

[43] "Sometimes You're the Hammer, Sometimes You're the Nail" was the last song written for the album; the band was unhappy with the second verse, which was rewritten four times until it was deemed satisfactory.

[26] "I'm Already Gone" was written while the band was touring with Bring Me the Horizon in the UK,[43][44][nb 1] It was acoustically demoed two years prior to the album's creation; Skaff said it was nearly finished by that point bar an electric guitar idea, which had come from Wade, that was added.

[43] An early edit of the song had an intro with a voicemail message left by Victory owner Tony Brummel saying he would sue the band.

[56] On May 17, the tour was extended to include Australian dates in July alongside The Devil Wears Prada and Dream On, Dreamer.

[57] Ahead of the tour's March 31 stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, McKinnon was interviewed by local radio station WGRD, who asked about a release date for the album.

[58] On July 23, it announced the House Party tour through North America, set to run from September 11 to October 24, 2013.

The third episode, titled "Guitar Vibes", was released in September;[70] it was a joke on how the band was taking their time on recording the album.

[74] On October 4, it was announced the band had won the lawsuit against Victory,[75] but that it was still contractually obliged to give the label at least two more albums.

[76] Victory uploaded a video called "The End begins October 8th 2013" to YouTube; some speculated this was a reference to the lawsuit with the band, but it was later revealed to be a teaser to an unrelated new song by Close Your Eyes.

[77] "Right Back at It Again" was announced on October 7 to be broadcast as part of BBC Radio 1's Rock Show the following midnight; the band called the song its "brand new single".

[79] On October 17, the band announced the physical and iTunes releases would occur on November 25,[80] with bonus tracks "Leave All the Lights On", "Good Things" and "Same Book But Never the Same Page".

He said another recurring matter was "demanding respect", believing that the band consistently delivered its signature formula of pop-punk and metalcore.

[98] Gregory Heaney of AllMusic noted "an unfettered feel about the album that feels refreshing", which "once again puts the band's talent on display, showing off their impressive versatility as musicians and songwriters as they casually drift from punishing metalcore breakdowns to singalong choruses", choosing "Dead & Buried" as a standout.

Manley noted the presence of constant "touches of the unmistakable chug-a-chug algorithm ADTR" the band had used on its earlier albums.

"[97] Rock Sound's Andy Ritchie called "Right Back at It Again" "unmistakably the 'All I Want' of Common Courtesy" and said lines in "Sometimes You're the Hammer, Sometimes You're the Nail" and "The Document Speaks for Itself" were digs at Victory.