Yellowcard Band • Page 111

Those first two albums had Ben Harper, LP, and Sean Mackin. Although I think Sean was more of just like a guest appearance on the first album, Midget Tossing.

 

YC started with OA, I'll hear no other take on the matter

 

ONE FOR THE KIDS THOUGH!

"Starstruck"?!

 

OFTK maybe be their worst album but it definitely should not be omitted from discog conversations, October Nights put this band on the map. I'd take some songs on that record over some songs on OA

 

It's a record that I think is fine if I'm listening to it at the moment, but there's never been a time when I actively wanted to put it on and I don't think any songs on there are even in their top 50 or so.

 

yeah i don't consider anything pre ocean avenue to be really anything by the same band. nobody puts any of say anything's pre-IARB material in any rankings and i feel the same way about this

 

Are you sure it wasn't Way Away or OA that did that?

 

Well here it is. I know the die hard fans of the S/T will eat me alive but had to be honest.

The two instrumentals Convocation and Three Flights Up I love dearly but had to rank them below any other full length song I like. Anything below them are songs that I'm not too big on.

I realized how amazing their discography is doing this. So many great songs.

1. Holly Wood Died
2. Lift a Sail
3. Be the Young
4. The Takedown
5. Awakening
6. Back Home
7. Southern Air
8. Rough Landing, Holly
9. Cut Me, Mick
10. The Sound of You and Me
11. You and Me and One Spotlight
12. Paper Walls
13. Always Summer
14. Keeper
15. Rivertown Blues
16. Surface of the Sun
17. Sleep in the Snow
18. Empty Apartment
19. Down on My Head
20. Life of Leaving Home
21. Breathing
22. Way Away
23. Soundtrack
24. Illuminate
25. See Me Smiling
26. Waiting Game
27. The Deepest Well
28. Here I Am Alive
29. Crash the Gates
30. Transmission Home
31. My Mountain
32. With You Around
33. One Bedroom
34. View from Heaven
35. Hide
36. Lights and Sounds
37. Five Becomes Four
38. For You, and Your Denial
39. Ocean Avenue
40. Miles Apart
41. Only One
42. Afraid
43. Believe
44. How I Go
45. Hang You Up
46. Shadows and Regrets
47. Fragile and Dear
48. MSK
49. Life of a Salesman
50. Grey
51. Martin Sheen or JFK
52. California
53. A Vicious Kind
54. Empty Street
55. A Place We Set Afire
56. What Appears
57. Inside Out
58. One Year, Six Months
59. Martin Sheen or JFK
60. Fighting
61. Shrink the World
62. Light Up the Sky
63. Date Line (I Am Gone)
64. Madrid
65. Telescope
66. Sing for Me
67. Rest in Peace
68. Got Yours
69. Fields & Fences
70. Savior's Robes
71. The Hurt Is Gone
72. Convocation
73. Three Flights Up
74. Leave a Light On
75. Sure Thing Falling
76. Words, Hands, Hearts
77. Twentythree
78. City of Devils
79. Ten
80. Space Travel
81. Make Me So
82. Dear Bobbie
83. I'm a Wrecking Ball
84. Two Weeks from Twenty

 

Yeah, absolutely. Those songs projected them into the mainstream but they had the attention of the "underground" well before OA and would never have gotten there without OFTK. Still remember kids at my middle school flipping their lids over that record

 

Yeah, I mean, that's fair. Definitely not trying to make the argument that it's a great record or something. But imo pretending it doesn't exist is like saying Fall Out Boy starts with FUCT, when Grand Theft Autumn got everyone's attention in the first place. It should hold some merit in their career at the very least even if it's not that good

 

You sold me on that point. Take This To Your Grave has some of FOBs best songs on it. Well said.

I already made my list though so just put all the OLFTK songs at the bottom..........but above two weeks from twenty.

 

Man, you're gonna make me come into the Yellowcard thread to criticize your rankings, too? :p

Having Sing For Me, Rest In Peace, Savior's Robes, Got Yours, Fields & Fences, and Leave A Light On so low is borderline criminal. On the other hand, You and Me and One Spotlight is definitely a top 10 Yellowcard song so it being high up is a thumbs up from me.

 

Man there is like zero chance I could rank all of their songs hahaha. I'd totally be down to do a bracket though, I haven't participated in any of the others on the site but a YC one would be fun

 

See, to me it's like saying FOB started with TTTYG even though they technically started with Evening Out. I was actually gonna use FOB as a counterexample haha. Another one is that I pretty much consider TWY to have started at Upsides.

 

First A Place for My Head at #1 and now Be the Young at #3? Jesus, man.

You're really not a fan of the self titled, huh?

 

I'd be so down for a bracket.

Be the Young is amazing. I'll rank them soon.

 

God damn, I'm having a tough time with this. This is so much harder than LP.

 

Well, I did it.

1. Sleep in the Snow
2. Southern Air
3. Afraid
4. You and Me and One Spotlight
5. Cut Me, Mick
6. Lift a Sail
7. Rest in Peace
8. Fields and Fences
9. With You Around
10. Rivertown Blues
11. The Sound of You and Me
12. Savior’s Robes
13. A Place We Set Afire
14. MSK
15. Fragile and Dear
16. Telescope
17. Life of Leaving Home
18. Holly Wood Died
19. Ocean Avenue
20. Surface of the Sun
21. Shrink the World
22. Keeper
23. Date Line (I Am Gone)
24. Shadows and Regrets
25. Here I Am Alive
26. Madrid
27. Illuminate
28. Leave a Light On
29. Fighting
30. One Year, Six Months
31. The Takedown
32. Paper Walls
33. A Vicious Kind
34. Ten
35. Dear Bobbie
36. Only One
37. Always Summer
38. Hide
39. Make Me So
40. What Appears
41. The Hurt Is Gone
42. California
43. Awakening
44. Rough Landing, Holly
45. For You and Your Denial
46. Soundtrack
47. Miles Apart
48. Inside Out
49. The Deepest Well
50. Convocation
51. Back Home
52. Breathing
53. Got Yours
54. Way Away
55. One Bedroom
56. Believe
57. Empty Street
58. Twentythree
59. My Mountain
60. Light Up the Sky
61. Life of a Salesman
62. How I Go
63. Lights and Sounds
64. Crash the Gates
65. Three Flights Up
66. Hang You Up
67. Five Becomes Four
68. Transmission Home
69. Sing for Me
70. Down on My Head
71. Sure Thing Falling
72. See Me Smiling
73. Be the Young
74. Empty Apartment
75. I’m a Wrecking Ball
76. Space Travel
77. Grey
78. Martin Sheen or JFK
79. Words, Hands, Hearts
80. Waiting Game
81. View from Heaven
82. City of Devils
83. Two Weeks from Twenty

 

Ha! Great minds?

Tbh I'd equate Evening Out to like, Where We Stand (maybe even the Still Standing EP, since EOWYGF is also considered an EP and both contain songs the groups would later re-use). Those were the early, early releases that realistically did little to nothing for the band's overall careers imo. OFTK and TTTYG were like the middle steps for both bands that truly established their names in the scene and eventually afforded them the reach they were able to achieve with their follow up releases -- where they both charted for the first time and became household names (OA and FUCT). OFTK is pretty indisputably a landmark of progress for Yellowcard so I feel like it's strange to section it off as a "different band" or whatever, quality music or not.

Dunno enough about TWY to say one way or the other there, but I'll take your word for it! Haha

 

I can get down with a lot of this list. But Grey, Martin Sheen or JFK, Waiting Game, and City of Devils are probably in my top 25 YC songs. Id probably replace them at the bottom with Make Me So, Madrid, One Bedroom, and Dear Bobbie.

 

Nevermind, I just noticed you have Be The Young at #73. For christs sake.

 

Also strongly agree with this. You can't just eliminate the album that put them on the map. October Nights, Avondale and Rough Draft are the OG YC songs.

 

Avondale's not on OFTK, though :)

 

Still sounds, just like Hey Mike and Finish Line :)

 

Man, I really just cannot connect with Lift a Sail. Every time it starts to grow on me again I just find myself lacking a certain connection with it that I have with their other records. I just can't get down with how things seem to pull back every time it feels ready to really come together. Lyrically, emotionally, I love it. I just cannot find that same connection with it that I have with all of their other stuff, including the ST.