The Wonder Years Band • Page 4

I use to be so into The Wonder Years. I haven't even listened to their newest album and haven't read anything about it really. I heard one or 2 of the singles before the album came out. Where does it sit compared to their other albums?

 

it's definitely below Suburbia and TGG on every level, i also like Upsides more

 

For comparison, I like TGG the most, with Suburbia closely behind. I like NCTH but it's only because of key songs for me as opposed to album filled highlights. Never really clicked with Upsides as I got into the band in TGG, so by then, I felt like it was a bit immature. Not that it is an immature record, just not what I was used to with the band. Had that been my first record with the band, I might have liked it a lot more.

However, this band as a whole has been losing grip for me. I rarely revisit their records after I extensively listened to NCTH. Only a handful of times to reconfirm that TGG was the best in my eyes and I listened to Suburbia once a month or two back. Maybe it'll get better in the summer.

 

Suburbia > TGG > NCTH > Upsides

 

Literally all of this is the same situation for me

Only two songs I've listened to from No Closer to Heaven since September - "Cigarettes and Saints" and "You in January"

 

For me, it's "Cigarettes and Saints", "I Don't Like Who I Was Then", and "I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave". In fact, despite me liking IWSBTBB, I couldn't remember the name of it so I had to check Spotify.

 

Switch TGG and suburbia and you got mine
Though I probably would listen to upsides more than NCTH because of nostalgia even though NCTH is prob better in most ways. Don't think I'd go back to either at this point as a whole

 

I think TGG and Suburbia are their most full and well rounded albums, for sure. Every song on those two are 8/10 at the very minimum. The Upsides will always hold a special place in my heart for being the first time I heard TWY, but as an album I wouldn't put it ahead of either Suburbia or TGG. NCTH has it's ups and downs. Highlights are definitely the singles, as well as I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave. I personally don't even see Patsy Cline as being listenable anymore (the only TWY song I've ever disliked,) and songs like Palm Reader, You In January, and Stained Glass are all good songs but the album seems to be all over the place. Like I said, I feel like NCTH has it's highlights, Cigarettes and Saints definitely being a top 5 The Wonder Years song, but it's very up and down at times.

 

I like No Closer to Heaven far more than The Greatest Generation. The lyrics may not be as good, but I'm in love with the instrumentals. Suburbia is still my favorite, though.

 

I'm still shocked by how bad the production on No Closer to Heaven is.

 

They need to go with a different producer yesterday.

 

No Closer is my first real foray into these guys and I really enjoy it.

 

For me: Suburbia > Upsides (mainly for memories/nostalgia) > NCTH/TGG


I really enjoyed some of the deeper cuts of NCTH, songs like Thanks For The Ride were some of those I came back to more.

 

Upsides>Surburbia>TGG>NCTH

That is based solely off of my personal connection to them. Basically I got into them months before the Upsides came out.

TGG>NCTH=Surburbia>Upsides

Based of an objective look at all of the albums in terms of musical quality.

 

For me its ... NCTH > TGG > SUBURBIA > UPSIDES

For my daughters who are 16 its ... SUBURBIA > UPSIDES > > TGG > NCTH

 

Are you the oldest man here?

 

NCTH definitely didn't hit me as hard as the other releases besides the singles they released none of the songs really connected with me the way the other albums did.

I'd probably have to say TGG>Suburbia>Upsides>NCTH. Although Upsides is my favorite due to nostalgic reasons

 

I'm 50 in Sept. so I would say I'm up there for sure.

 

Can't fathom ranking The Upsides or NCTH over The Greatest Generation

 

I'll admit it's the best album but for whatever reason I see the Upsides as a very pivotal album in my life. I think it changed what I was looking for in my music.

 

I've been watching live performances from these last months and I feel like Soupy's speeches in between songs are progressively getting more political. I wonder how the rest of band feels about it and whether it is just Soupy speaking his mind or they all agree with each other's views.

 

I'm sure they all agree. I feel like it's pretty much a given that most people in the punk scene fall into the Bernie crowd.

 

Not disagreeing, but I’m curious. Why do you think that?

 

Because minus writers and news sites I really only follow the personal twitter accounts of people from bands I like. And they are usually posting about the guy. Stereotyping but I have a feeling a lot of the people in this scene fall into his crowd if they care.

 

Fair enough. I don’t really care for any of the candidates personally, but that’s interesting.