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Ocean Avenue is the fourth studio album by American rock band Yellowcard. It was released on July 22, 2003, through Capitol Records. After touring to promote their third album One for the Kids in 2001, the band signed to the label in early 2002. Following this, bassist Warren Cooke left the band in mid-2002, and was replaced by Inspection 12 guitarist Peter Mosely. In February and March 2003, the band recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California, with Neal Avron. Ocean Avenue is a pop-punk and punk rock album, which was compared to Blink-182 and Simple Plan. Before Yellowcard's promotional tour of Ocean Avenue, Mosely was replaced by Alex Lewis. Yellowcard appeared on the Warped Tour, during which "Way Away" was released as the album's lead single on July 22, 2003. The band went on a club tour of the United States, before going on tour with Less Than Jake and Fall Out Boy. "Ocean Avenue" was released as the second single on December 16, 2003. Lewis departed from the band and was replaced by Mosely before a co-headlining tour with Something Corporate and a stint in Europe. "Only One" was released as the third and final single in June 2004; they toured Europe, Australia, and Japan. After this, they had a US tour. Ocean Avenue received mostly positive reviews from music critics, some of whom commented on Sean Mackin's violin playing and songwriting quality. The album peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard 200, as well as number 8 in New Zealand, and number 149 in the UK. The album was certified platinum in the US by the RIAA, gold in Canada by Music Canada, and silver in the UK by the BPI. "Way Away" and "Only One" appeared high on the US Alternative Airplay chart; "Ocean Avenue" peaked at number 37 on the US Hot 100, and within the top 100 in Scotland and the UK alongside "Way Away". "Ocean Avenue" was certified double platinum by the RIAA and silver by the BPI. "Only One" was certified gold in the US. In the years following its release, the album has received retrospective acclaim and is widely viewed as one of the greatest pop-punk albums of all time.
Never heard of this band before, not sure what to expect by the cover. Ohhh it's emo-ish punk. There hasn't been that much of this thrown around on this site. It's catchy enough. Update: the full album was a bit too much of the same for me, but I'm still gonna give it a 4/5.
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Way away, Breathing, Empty apartment, Life of a salesman, Miles apart, Believe, Ocean avenue
Don't really love this sort of punk-pop sound. It's okay, just not my thing. 3 stars.
I wasn't fully conscious yet when this album dropped, yet I still realize it as a perfect time capsule of what was going on in early-aughts rock. The not-quite-grunge but still in-your-face guitar, the overly emotional lyricism that's a little cringey, the sheer gloss of overproduction... takes me right back to what was on pop/rock radio when I was a kid. Listening back now, this LP has held up surprisingly well – it definitely starts to lose steam and repeat itself near the end, but the energy is undeniable and the band doesn't take themself too seriously which helps. Regardless of what you may think of this album, this feels like an important add on the music history side of things and covers a gap that's been missing here for a while.
Representative of the era...really clean music
Some vague recollection about this band... maybe one of those ill-considered iTunes ventures where they put music in your library without being asked to? Anyway. Seems fairly typical of the honestly somewhat watered down territory a lot of pop-oriented post-punk/hardcore went, other than the mild innovation of the fiddle player. I didn't hate it, probably wouldn't seek out more.