Three Days Grace garnered the attention of many record labels after the release of their demo, largely due to the song, "I Hate Everything About You".

Eventually, Three Days Grace signed with Jive and began recording their debut album in Massachusetts.

[19] On the fourth track, "Home", the band was coming up with different ideas and lead parts "that might sound cool," according to Gontier.

[19] On the album's lead track, "Burn", the band was in the studio and started "dumping a jar of pennies on a guitar," according to Sanderson.

She also called the album's lead single, "I Hate Everything About You", the band's "best song, gaining most of its power from its directness and bluntness in examining a dysfunctional relationship.

"[2] Dave Doray of IGN gave another positive review, remarking, "almost every single song from the Three Days Grace track list is heavy and catchy, with chewy chunks of assurance and fury thrown in for added measure.

"[21] In a mixed review, Rough Edge compared the group's sound to Finger Eleven and Trapt stating, "Sanitized for mass consumption, there's nothing about Three Days Grace that we haven't heard before from other anguished, mid-tempo rock acts of the last ten years.

She praised the album's lead single, "I Hate Everything About You" stating, "The lyrics are timelessly relatable [...] with all of us undeniably experiencing a toxic relationship at some point in our personal lives."

She ended off noting, "the release may be dotted with slight disappointments, but there is no doubt that the highlights triumph the rest.

[39] The album's second single, "Just Like You" became the first of many of the band's songs to top the US Billboard Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts.

[40] All tracks are written by Three Days Grace and Gavin Brown except where notedCredits adapted from the album's liner notes.