High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! When the World Comes Down is the third studio album by American rock band The All-American Rejects, released on December 16, 2008. It was produced by Eric Valentine who has recorded with the likes of Maroon 5. When the World Comes Down was the band`s first album that was recorded mostly using tape to record the songs. The album was named one of the Alternative Press most anticipated albums of the year.