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  Review by: TheMarc See others by this writer Official website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on July 29th 2003
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This album sure is ok. And what I mean by that is every song on here is listenable. none of them are good. But they're all listenable. Average for music in general. Above-average for pop-punk. Yellowcard is a diverse band, not all of their songs have to be "upbeat". Any artist's album doesn't consist of all upbeat songs, whats wrong with a more mellow song? Take it for whats it's worth, Yellowcard is in my opinion the best band to this very date! There's going to be some haters out there, but no band is perfect, not every song they write or record is going to be everyones ideal song. "Only One", "Ocean Avenue", "Lights and Sounds", "Way Away" are all good, but listen to their whole album, both of them. My faves consist of "Gifts and Curses", "One Year Six Months", "Back Home" and "Anywhere But Here"! Listen, don't criticize them for having songs that you think are "a par under excellent" Sorry. My rate didn't show. They are a good band! No one can say they suck, because whoever does, there comment flies right back at them. Yellowcard r the greatest band that i have ever heard apart from new found glory Yellowcard r the greatest band that i have ever heard apart from new found glory I don't think anyone should use the phrase "best album ever" to describe any cd. Because there are tons of people who'll think its the stupidest cd ever. Like me and Ocean Avenue. Its "hardcore" music for 13 year olds and church kids. Yellowcard is awesome and they dont dress punk.. Unless jeans and t-shirts are punk.... If so then i guess like everyone is punk...... U guys rock and i love u!!!!!!!! Yellowcard is so freaking awesome. they arent depressed like ur average emo band...so what if they are sensitive and express thier feelings...thats awesome. all in all this album is like THE FREAKIN BEST and all the guys who think they suck are jsut jealous cuz YC gets more ass then u ever will!!!! Ok first of all I fucken hate these emo kids who think punk is a fashion statement and the bands associated with them, but "Way Away" is a pretty good song. Besides that this cd is basically satan taking a dump for a half an hour. Best Yellowcard CD! very good songs, the blend of the violin and PunK. Yellowcard is the type of punk where there is a lot of instrumentation and rythem, GREAT CD!!! This is one of the best Yellowcard albums yet. I love "Empty Apartment." also "Only one","Ocean Avenue!!" YELLOW CARD ROCKS!!!!iiiiiiii!!! It's a good band with a little special violin sound here and there. i like this cd very much it is punk rock with a violin this is so much better then all that teenybopper boy band crap that mtv shows all punk rocks n is equal i enjoyed the cd b4 this by yellowcard and this 1 i enjoyed immediatly when i picked it up.i am a punk fan and a punker i only listen 2 punk all types n this is 1 of my top fave cd's.i cant pick a fave song i just enjoy the whole cd so dont diss punk rock bands cause punk is the realist music out there.yellowcard did a good job on this cd they did a wonderful job song writing and playing guitar and drums.so go pick it up and listen 2 what a kick ass punk rock cd ocean ave is.other cds that are my faves green day american idiot,good charlotte the chronicles of life and death,blink 182 blink 182,bowling for soup a hangover you dont deserve,the used in love and death,my chemical romance three cheers for sweet revenge,new found glory catalyst,senses fail let it enfold you,lucky boys confusion commitent,jersey generation genocide,sugarcult palm trees and powerlines,rock against bush 1 and 2,jimmy eat world futures,hazen st. hazen st.,sum 41 chuck,simple plan still not getting any,the donnas gold medal,nofx greatest songs ever written by us,avenged sevenfold waking the fallen,midtown forget what you know the explosion black tape, and the f-up's the f-up's.so go pick up all these cd's and keep punk alive punk will never die. alright cave man "shit like that make me hate punk." Shit like that make me hate punk! To be honest when i got this cd a ong while ago, I loved it... but they have a bad case of the same thing simple plan has, it get's boring really fast, after only a few listens i start to get bored and it just starts to sound terrible so it only gets 2 stars cause a good cd should be great to listen too for a whole lot longer than theirs was Yellowcard is seriously an awesome band... saw them play a few times at a local theater.. just a great bunch of guys!.... the violin is fucking great dude... who would ever think of having a violin in a band?... its something different right?.. so come on... dont hate on them... do ur thing guys... cant wait to hear what you guys have coming.. thats for damn sure! this bands alwyas been..ok. theyre not amazing, just ok. Although there are a a couple good songs like "Only One" and "One Year Six Months", the music is very generic and the whole violin thing is just a gimmick to get attention. Plus their live show pretty lacking. You can tell the producer spent a lot of time compressing the vocals. Very kick ass cd. One of my favorites. Funny how people can say music sucks because it is "sold out." See now the "true" punk bands aren't sold out because they didnt want to be. It's because their music is too shitty to catch big record label attention. Why does everyone say a band has sold out just because they become popular? I don't see how Yellowcard has compromised their sound to appeal to a broader audience... In fact, they're a prime example of a band getting big without changing. Green Day, as we all know, didn't break big until "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" exploded them into superstardom, and it was an acoustic ballad... Jimmy Eat World sold out because they got big, too, right? Weezer sold out because they got big, too, right? If you judge someone's career based upon a single TRL appearance then in that case, Ranicd has sold out... Quit being a schmuck and enjoy what you enjoy and leave the rest to us... They are a pretty good band but why do they have a violin? that sorta ruins it! ilikebandssuchasopivy The new Descendents album is awful....they should've stayed retired. In fact, they were never a great band by any means. Now they're just another overrated joke in the pop-punk world. I'd much rather listen to Yellowcard. this album is good. not yellowcards best work...but not their worst. i like this album because its not like any other punk song. it doesnt whine constantly about girls and such. they sing about things that really matter in this cd. each song goes over the important aspects about life and death. about dads and about lost friends. this cd has true meaning and is really really good. "...the lyrics are original, the music is awesome, especially with the violin incorporated.." Original lyrics? My sister and I were listening to this album in the car. If you can guess every line of the song subsequently after the first, that's not a good sign. Ooo. Violin. Big fucking deal. I have to give them props for that, though. Way to find a gimmick to sell your sub-par albums. Albeit, their violinist sucks. Can't fucking hold the instrument right and can barely do finger vibrato. I'm gonna find that guy and poop in his mouth as he sleeps. just another band that i can complain on how much they suck. "Yellowcard has officially sold out.4 word:they were on TRL." Yellowcard has officially sold out.4 word:they were on TRL. this is an amazing album. yellowcard kicks ass..!! i saw them live juss last december n im planning on seeing them again this march!! this album is so worth purchasing.. you can listen to it over and over and never get sick of hearing it. they have an original sound. esp with the violin. great band recomend buying their cd and seeing them live!! Sometimes when my mom takes a shit and forgets to flush the toilet ill go in the bathrooms pick up the poo and put it on a plate, i will have a fork and i will just totally enjoy that tird that warm gooey feeling in your mouth is just the best feeling in the world and especially if its your moms trust me do this. I think their song about loving your dad is way better than Good Charlotte's song about hating your dad. Obviously most of the people who have commented haven't even listened to the album. If you don't like the songs on it, you must not really be listening.... the lyrics are original, the music is awesome, especially with the violin incorporated, and they put on a kick ass show!! And by the way, I'd like a definition of "punk" because some of you are really good at saying what isn't punk, but what is then? Awesome album! What does this band have to do with Craig's Brother? I heard had the same drummer. What is the real story? I saw these guys last night and they put on such an amazing live show. I highly recommend that everyone go see them if they get a chance. i really think this album isnt anything special- i really dont get all the hype. i like 'one for the kids' a lot better. It is sad that the Jacksonville music scene is known for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Limp Bizkit, Cold, and now Yellowcard. I'm moving to Tampa. I still say this album rocks! "and the song about loving your dad is better than good charlottes songs about hating your dad, but just as cheesey." Where exactly is this "most memorable hook" in the song "Only One". hmm, this album is ok but not awesome. it basically sounds like movielife with a violin here and there , but its not in your face. they are like slightly edgier pop punk. its good, but like the movielife is, not that good, definate potential. lobster records is the shit. I could never understand why YellowCard got so popular in the first place. They were not on a major label and they were not on a famous punk label...ala Epitaph, Fat, Nitro etc... this band is nothing special. and the fact that they are all extremely lacking in character and morals does not help their appeal at all. i will never buy a cd of theirs not only bc i am not a fan of their music, but when i spent 4 hours with them in seattle, i thought they were some of the rudest most arrogent people i have ever met. i'm not a fan of yellowcard at all. From ALLcentral.com: "A new Descendents album and two new ALL albums are currently in various stages of production. No news yet regarding album titles or projected release dates." So, at least we know all the recording is done... i don't consider this punk... why does this band remind me more of the backstreet boys than say the ramones. punk is turning into kiddie music. i dont know whats so special about this band or one for the kids. they have a kick ass live show though. the new Descendents cd will crush this and show all of you how much this really sucks.....if the new Descendents cd ever comes out. underdog is their best cd "yellowcard.. now here's a band. you know how some bands have that special glow to them.. what the fuck special is going on here?" TheMarc: I'm not sure why you were expecting a negative response to Yellowcard from the readers / editors here in general. I just looked though the archives and the last yellowcard article I found was from when they released that EP on FBR... so if anything, we've given them no press rather then negative press. It was funny at Warped when the kiddies had to choose to see YellowCard, or Simple Plan. They looked distraught. Face to Face was the tits. Question: The new Thrice or the new Yellowcard? yellowcard.. now here's a band. you know how some bands have that special glow to them.. what the fuck special is going on here? this band has nothing really working in thier favour, other than the fact they write generic pop punk songs which are decent at best, and they have barrel loads of money behind them. their violin play is a gimmick. He hardly does anything and does even less live.. oh i'll admit he does jump around alot, and good god he does a backflip. the circus is in town folks. This is better than most current poppunk, but that's not saying much. you said "the scene" i blame "themarc" for having to do this. this album is definitely one that has been worked very hard on, and it is proved through each and every song. the band has evolved and are trying new things that are unique from all the other bands out there. for god's sake who would have ever thought a young rock band would have a violin player? .. just for the record, YC and Jason are like best friends. So, him moving on .. probably not going to happen. If only Yellowcard didn't want to be New Found Glory so bad. It's ridiculous, it truly is. I admit however, that this record is much better than NFG's "Sticks and Stones". Man, that was bad. Anyways, the songs are catchy, poppy, blah, blah, but the disturbing trend is the atrocious lyrics. Honestly, horrendous. "there's a place off Ocean Avenue where I used to sit and talk with you" "Way away away from here I'll be. Way away away so you can see." It's embarrasing, to tell you the truth. After hearing the similarly trite "underdog" off the same titled ep, I hoped that was just an aberrition. How wrong I was. Listen to "Rough Draft", back when they could write. Actually, the problem is that they can still write, but after jumping to Capitol they had to become more radio friendly, which means that the major label has changed them for the worse. I'm not saying that "One for the Kids" was a lyrically genius album, but you didn't listen to the songs in disgust wonder how a man in his 20s could write such juvenile lyrics, the same kind most people would write in 7th grade and go "man, this sucks". Anyways, the album's not too bad, lyrics aside, the violin's cool, and I apologize for rambling incoherently. Did that wyzo guy say Greta Cohn from Cursive is hot......... your fucking gross one for the kids was a really good record, fucking cool music. this is not anywhere near as cool. they didnt even write their own songs. M A T R I X!! thanks avirl!! This is possibly the poppiest punk related CD I've bought this year. Thats not a bad thing with Yellowcard. I saw these guys as on opening act on their second Bay Area date after "one for the kids" came out, and I bought their CD after seeing the show. They blew me away. I can stand a lot of bands with a pop/nu-emo thing going and I guess having a violin is cool, but honestly Yellowcard doesn't have any memorable riffs in their music. I have yet to hear any of their songs on record or live that I could remember for more than a minute. I seriously don't get why so many people like this band so much. seriously, Tate doesn't need any more attentioned tossed on to him than he already receives. Yellowcard was doing just fine before he heard of them, and will do just fine after Tate's moved on to another band of the week. The only upside to this is that the good people at Lobster Records are getting the attention they deserve. The violin player should ditch the rest of the band, and find someone who knows how to write lyrics and actually sing, and then make a solo album. He is this band. I dont even want to imagine what they sound like without him. good balanced review. Very good. I just listened to this album Wow, they have a violin player? How Rad! ""Because, in my foolish opinion, cd reviews are meant to provide people with the necessary information to make an accurate assessment on whether or not said person should purchase the reviewed album" ... wait so does that mean that my assessment on whether or not I should buy this album will only be accurate if I listen to you? dumbass" good one bsd Hmmm I wonder if I'd like this. "Because, in my foolish opinion, cd reviews are meant to provide people with the necessary information to make an accurate assessment on whether or not said person should purchase the reviewed album" ... wait so does that mean that my assessment on whether or not I should buy this album will only be accurate if I listen to you? dumbass I saw them on Warped and they were awesome! They totally stood out. im too tired to actually read the review.... but the first line is priceless. ill read later Wow, I couldn't disagree with you more. This album is WAY above average. Almost every song on this album stands out and leaves an imprint on the listener. You think Underdog is better than this? This is leagues above that. These songs are raw, heartfelt, and powerful. The violin is important and well placed throughout the entire record for the first time on any of their releases. Maybe the hype kept you from giving what you called an "unbiased opinion" because if you were really giving an unbiased opinion you would not have mentioned the hype in the first place. this band sucks becasue I say so you should write more having a violin does not stop this from being generic, annoying, high whinny vocaled pop-punk. yawm. |
