Yellowcard Band • Page 364

Is it time for rankings yet?

 

No

 

Man, Here I Am Alive should have been massive

 

Southern Air is just so good as a whole. Listening to it today and it really is just incredible the whole way through. A peak summer album. I go back and forth on my favorite from them but many days it's this.

 

Sleep in the Snow is just so, so good. So many other great bridges on that record too

 

Awakening is still the best opener

 

Way Away would like a word.

 

Is the word about how the real answer is The Takedown?

 

There’s certainly a discussion to be had between them.

 

I can’t hear these opinions over The Sound of You and Me

 

Yeah, it’s definitely “The Sound of You and Me.”

 

Band doesn’t have a bad opener. All range from great to incredible. Better Days continuing that trend.

 

Be The Young is one of the best album closers in the genre

 

I love seeing fans of Lights and Sounds in here, I feel like a lot of people didn't dig that album and it's my favorite from them by a large margin

 

I think it’s a tough tie between Southern Air & Lift A Sail but no bad albums

 

WYTTSY has both their best opener and closer

Paper Walls has their best 3-song run (You and Me —> Cut Me Mick —> Paper Walls)

 

A band with impeccable sequencing all around.

 

Even with an album like Paper Walls. That’s hard to do.

 

Why are you singling Paper Walls out here? Just curious

Southern Air is their best sequenced, and Lights and Sounds is their “worst” but that’s one of the things that separated this band from others. They know how to keep their core sound in tact, but center everything around something that makes the collection sticks out in their discography (Paper Walls - Mendez’ riffage, Orchestration/Synths LaS, etc.) which makes the sequencing great

 

Im saying it’s great sequencing given how many tracks there are. PW is also my favorite YC album fyi

 

Yellowcard and Jimmy Eat World may have a case for the strongest discographies in the scene. (Odd ones where their debuts pale in comparison to what came after)

 

The Takedown
Way Away/Awakening
The Sound of You and Me
Three Flights Up/Star Struck
Convocation
Rest in Peace

Right now, Better Days is neck and neck with TSOYAM, but I’ll know more when I hear the whole record. But my top 3 will be nearly impossible to change.

 

Paper Walls came out when I was 17 where I was less invested in music for a year or two, randomly. That scene was also fading around then but in hindsight it was almost the perfect Yellowcard album. Blended the best parts of OA and L&S in my opinion. Probably my favourite overall album. Seen them as often as I could in Scotland from the SA tour, Lift a Sail tour, farewell tour and then their best show to date last November. (Oddly followed by JEW the next night)

They are also the rare band that gets me watching music videos. Always fun.

So glad their OA riot fest turned into an EP, touring and album.

 

So OA was my favorite album when it was released. I then fell off YC completely for YEARS. Started digging into them a few years ago through discog runs. L&S did nothing for me, with the others being reallllly good.bit may have been my least favorite after OA. I loved WYTTSY, Southern Air was my favorite. LaS was pretty interesting with some amazing highs, and s/t was meh for me.


My question: was L&S like THE shit when it came out? I just missed that boat and wonder what the sentiment was at the time.

 

I think it’s more appreciated now than it was at the time. It was darker, not as fun/sunny as OA was. Has some great songs on it, but I prefer the other 2 of the big 3.