Release and Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Austin Chronicle | |
| The A.V. Club | Average |
| BBC Online | Average |
| Billboard | Favorable |
| Robert Christgau | B- |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| Pitchfork Media | 5.4/10 |
| PopMatters | Average |
| Rolling Stone | |
One by One was released on October 22, 2002. That same day the band started the One by One Tour with a concert at the Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre. The lead single "All My Life" had been released on September 7, and the band issued three more songs as singles in 2003: "Times Like These", "Low", and "Have It All". BMG became partners with telecom firm O2 and music provider Musiwave to promote the album in Europe with a special campaign focused on cellphones.
The album debuted at third place on the Billboard 200, with 122,000 copies sold in one week, and spent 50 overall weeks on the chart. By 2011, One by One had sold 1.333 million units in North America, being certified Platinum by the RIAA. The international release was also successful, with RCA announcing One by One had surpassed 2 million copies worldwide in January 2003. The album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia, and outsold predecessor There Is Nothing Left to Lose in Australia, Japan and various Asian markets.
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