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As far as Yellowcard goes, "Ocean Ave." is actually a very good Major Label album IMHO. Its a very fun summer album. After that though, everything went to shit. "Lights and Sounds" had some scattered "decent songs" but it was pretty mediocre overall. Then "Paper Walls" might as well have been a Simple Plan album, it was so bad.
Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...is a good Ataris album, but I don't think its their best. It definitely contains the best/most popular Ataris songs, but for me, its too damn top heavy. The first half of the album is full of killer pop-punk songs, and then the second half is full of half assed acoustic songs that don't hold up to the first half of the album. I actually think "End is Forever" and even "So, Long Astoria" are better whole albums.
Ocean Ave. is very good for a Major Label album I agree, but I feel like the Violin was toned down a lot on it which hurts the band. I definitely think One For the Kids and The Underdog EP are my favorites from them still.
Yeah, Blue Skies is definitely top heavy, can't argue that, but the first half is so damned good that I still rank it high. End is Forever and So Long Astoria are both great as well though.
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