As early as May 2008, the band began writing for their third album, and by November revealed they would be recording in the winter.

The band began pre-production in early January 2009 and started recording later in the month, which lasted until March.

Nothing Personal sold 63,000 copies and reached number four on the Billboard 200, giving the band their biggest first week sales.

All Time Low signed with Hopeless Records in March 2006[1] and released the Put Up or Shut Up EP in July of that year.

[5] The band connected with Hoppus after exchanging emails when a video of drummer Rian Dawson getting a Blink-182 tattoo was posted online.

[6] Although the song would not feature on the group's next album, as Gaskarth explains, "It just didn't fit the vibe of the record," he said it would "definitely come out at some time.

"[7] In May, vocalist/guitarist Alex Gaskarth revealed that the band had been working on new material and were planning to take a break to write new songs,[8] despite the first single from So Wrong, It's Right, "Dear Maria, Count Me In", having been released only two weeks before.

[10] In October and November, the group went on the Compromising of Integrity, Morality, & Principles in Exchange for Money tour in the US.

[12] In December, Alternative Press reported that Matt Squire, Butch Walker, and David Bendeth would produce the band's next album, which was projected to be released in 2009.

[16] Squire ended up producing "Weightless", "Break Your Little Heart", "Stella", "Too Much", "Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal" and "A Party Song (The Walk of Shame)".

at Red Bull Studios in Los Angeles, with recording being handled by Bill Appleberry.

[21] Tom Lord-Alge mixed "Weightless", "Break Your Little Heart", "Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)", "Lost in Stereo", "Stella", "Sick Little Games", "Hello, Brooklyn", "Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal" and "A Party Song (The Walk of Shame)", with the assistance of Femio Hernandez.

[24] With the album, Gaskarth said he wrote the foundation of the songs, typically the "bare-bones" chords and melodies, before showing the rest of the band.

[8] "Weightless", "Break Your Little Heart", "Stella", "Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal" and "A Party Song (The Walk of Shame)" were written by the band and Squire.

[25] Explaining why the producers were given co-writing credit, Gaskarth said "...the way in which this album was written involved me working, in some way, on all of the songs in their respective presence, while taking their professional advice.

[30] The opening song "Weightless" beings with a drum machine and muted playing, with the music pausing for a second, before the guitars come in.

[32][33][22] "Too Much" is a slow-tempo electronic song, with Gaskarth's vocals channelling Motion City Soundtrack's Justin Pierre, and being altered by a vocoder and auto-tune.

[32] "Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal" details sabotaging a relationship, and is followed by "A Party Song (The Walk of Shame)", which talks about one night stands.

[37] In April and May, the band supported Fall Out Boy on the Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux in the US,[38] and appeared at The Bamboozle festival.

[46] A music video for "Weightless" debuted on MTV[47] on July 5,[48] featuring cameo appearances by Hoppus and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy.

Also on July 7, the band performed three Myspace secret shows in Washington D.C., Chicago, Illinois, and Orange County, California in a 24-hour span.

[62] Between mid-October and early December, the band went on a headlining US tour[58] alongside We the Kings, Hey Monday and the Friday Night Boys.

[68] In May and June, the band co-headlined the Bamboozle Roadshow 2010 tour in the US, alongside Boys Like Girls, LMFAO and Third Eye Blind.

AbsolutePunk reviewer Drew Beringer praised the album for its "massive hooks" and complimented the "nature of the lyrics".

The article also contradicted AbsolutePunk's view of the song "Too Much", saying it "is a remarkable progression for the quartet: a slow, electronic-tinged number".

[23] Tim Sendra of AllMusic he stated "All Time Low shows signs of maturing," he summarized by adding, "Nothing Personal is an example of emo-pop at its best, and anyone who thinks emo is just a bunch of pop junk might be surprised at how catchy and powerful a modern rock album it is.

writer Nick Ruskell praised lead single, "Weightless", as "a three minute rush of punk smothered in pop fairy dust".

The review went on to say, "Lead single 'Weightless' kicks things off in cracking fashion with its epic sing-along chorus, and the momentum continues well into the rest of the album.

[95] Nothing Personal was certified Silver and then Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in December 2012 and March 2017.

[100] It was released in digital format[101] as It's Still Nothing Personal: A Ten Year Tribute on November 8, 2019, through Fueled by Ramen Records.