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| 4.5 superb | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | March 6th 11 |
Mayday Parade capitalize on the promise of their debut EP & follow it up with a sublime full-length release in 'A Lesson in Romantics'. Returning strengths are passionate dual vocals, catchy sing-alongs, song-writing depth & sincere lyrics, but the Floridians build on that with extra hooks, craftier melodies, slicker production, stronger guitar riffs & punchier drumming. Furthermore, the sextet prove their diversity with piano ballad 'Miserable At Best' suggesting there may be something beyond the pop-punk genre in the band's future. It all adds up to a suberb debut LP with no filler. Recommended Tracks: Miserable At Best, When I Get Home..., I'd Hate To Be You..., Jamie All Over & Jersey.
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| 5.0 classic | dvd0bvb | September 21st 15 |
Every song offers the emotional ride of a bad breakup in the most accurate way possible short of ripping your heart out of your chest and stepping on it. And it's great.
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| 4.5 superb | SHAKEandBAKE | March 31st 11 |
The emotion in this album is truly remarkable. For better or for worse, it has become the anthem of my recent break-up. Catchy, sad, honest, and sincere, this is might be the best pop-punk album I've ever come across.
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| 4.5 superb | musicalfuel | November 9th 08 |
These guys could be pop-punk, but they're too sophisticated. And they're not sophisticated enough to be rock. It's so ridiculous how "themselves" they are. This is some pretty good, original shit.
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| 5.0 classic | joshieboy | July 8th 11 |
This band has been a guilty pleasure of mine for sometime, it's catchiness is what got me into it, and the superb vocalists Derek Sanders and Jason Lancaster, pop punk has always been a type of music you either love or hate.rThe album starts off with Jamie All Over:r''I had a dream last night we drove out to see Las Vegas, we lost ourselves in the bright lights, i wish you could of seen us''rThis opening line immediatly grabs you into a highly enjoyable 45 minutes of pop punk at it's very bestrMiserable at Best slows the album down with a ballad that is great, with it's piano and the 2 vocalists really shinerMy highlight has the greatest song name l have ever seen ''You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds''. lt's superb lyrics and great meaning really shows us what Mayday Parade can really dorJason Lancaster who wrote all the songs on this album left the band shortly after the release and that really is a big shame, if he stayed on and wrote another album like this one, they really would be incredibly popular, l am not a big fan of Anywhere But Here but Jason's deparature from this band really left a massive hole this band could not recover fromrA once in a lifetime amazing pop-punk album that every fan of pop-punk should listen torRecommended tracks: Jamie All Over, l'd Hate To Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About, You Be The Anchor.....
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| 0.0 | | February 25th 12 |
Complete with catchy hooks, well written lyrics and excellent vocals. Mayday Parade put forth an effort that sets a standard in the pop punk genre by showcasing a grasp over the art of expressing emotion juxtaposed with heartfelt power put into the music backing it up.
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| 4.5 superb | CowboyPitstomp | December 1st 22 |
might be best pop punk has to offer. gf bought for me so its ok
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| 0.0 | Kyle | July 6th 20 |
One of the few bands I like that peaked with their debut. Although last years "Sunnyland" does come close to
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Fave track(s): Jersey, Miserable at Best, If You Wanted a Song Written About You All You Had to Do Was Ask
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| 3.0 good | IAmKickass | August 19th 11 |
I call this my moody album, it takes a certain thought process and day for me to really want to listen to this album. Mayday Parade is great at pop-punk, but it's not really MY style of pop-punk. A lot of hooks here, some awesome and catchy little melodies and lyrics that seem to jump right out of a teenager's little love diary. This isn't bad in anyway, just not something I can find myself listening to again and again.
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| 3.0 good | musicislifw | January 10th 09 |
when i first heard "ocean and atlantic", i immediatly wanted to go and listen to the rest of the cd it was so catchy. But then i did actually listen to cd. And really? almost all the rest of their songs are raw and unexperinced sounding. Luckily though, they do have a talent for coming up with catchy lyrics.
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