The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation
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TMobotron
July 11th 2013


7253 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

the only thing I found inaccessible about this record was the second half of the record




yeah well if half of the album is "inaccessible", then it's less accessible than suburbia. I'm hoping this will grow on me, it's a really low 4 right now.

Spec
July 11th 2013


41432 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Listen to Teenage Parents and you're set.

dimsim3478
July 11th 2013


8987 Comments


the only thing I found inaccessible about this record was the second half of the record

It's hardly that those songs are inaccessible, but more that the fact that those songs seem really similar when you first listen to the record, and them being bunched pretty much back-to-back is a little offputting. It takes some listening to assign some sort of differentiating merit to each of those tracks.

I find that the songwriting here is a little bit less complicated then on Suburbia, so this ends up slightly more accessible.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
July 11th 2013


48421 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I think that the best songs on this record (There, There, Screen Door, Devil in my Bloodstream and Funeral) are the best songs of their career, but Suburbia is more consistent on the whole because this has weak tracks too, unlike Suburbia.

Spec
July 11th 2013


41432 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

ALL WE HAD WERE HAND ME DOWNS

Spec
July 11th 2013


41432 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Also what's with The Wonder Years and Goodwill?

Rowan5215
Emeritus
July 11th 2013


48421 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah I noticed that Spec, suppose it's just a topic Soupy likes writing about.

Spec
July 11th 2013


41432 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Did they volunteer for it or something?



And we're staring at the frozen ground in Goodwill suits,

Silent as the pastor reads the eulogy.

Well I wanted to see just a little bit of everything.

irrevrent
July 11th 2013


120 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Is brand loyalty even possible for a thrift shop?

Spec
July 11th 2013


41432 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Oh wait. Goodwill suits because they went to a funeral and bought cheap suits from Goodwill.



Never mind.



I thought of it like a Goodwill uniform haha.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
July 11th 2013


48421 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I never really knew what that line meant, I was thinking of the goodwill lines from Teenage Parents and I've Given You All, although there's probably more.

Spec
July 11th 2013


41432 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Are they seriously just reppin a thrift shop?

lucasjcockcroft
July 11th 2013


3721 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

tracks 7-10 are like the same pop-punk song over and over

first 6 and the last 3 are beyond fucking good

Spec
July 11th 2013


41432 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yes andcas that is apparent I'm not being like "omg hipster douchebags I can't believe they've been to a thrift shop before omg."

dimsim3478
July 11th 2013


8987 Comments


Ha ha, a hip pop punk band...

tracks 7-10 are like the same pop-punk song over and over

Nah, when you get down to it, they all offer something worthwhile.

joshieboy
July 11th 2013


8510 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

tracks 7-10 are like the same pop-punk song over and over



Not really, they all bring different things to the table. Like dimsim said.

lucasjcockcroft
July 11th 2013


3721 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

look at my rating, they're great



but they don't hold a lick to the rest of the album

joshieboy
July 12th 2013


8510 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2013/07/11/the-wonder-years-passing-through-a-screen-door-video-premiere/

New video rules.

DWittisarockstar
July 18th 2013


1501 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I want to like this so much more than I do, it just hasn't grabbed me like the rest of their library. Need to keep listening, Surburbia didn't do it for me at first either and now I really enjoy it.

joshieboy
July 18th 2013


8510 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Keep listening.



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