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Paper Walls is the third major-label album from American Pop punk band Yellowcard, released July 17, 2007. On its first day of release it reached 4th most popular album on the iTunes charts, and to date has sold 89,000 copies.[citation needed] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and...
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Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
In an interview with Jason Tate of AbsolutePunk.net[1] released on June 17 (one month before the release of the album), vocalist Ryan Key described the album as AbsolutePunk. ...
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"...very much a record of hope and finding yourself again. It’s after you’ve come through all of that – going to the height of it – and picking yourself back up again. And by “hitting rock bottom” I don’t mean in record sales or fame or any of that s***. I mean personally – emotionally...Paper Walls is the story, the feeling, of what it’s like to be out of those holes, looking back, no regrets, but smarter and having grown through them."
Track listing - The Takedown - 3:37
- Fighting - 3:00
- Shrink the World - 3:20
- Keeper - 3:55
- Light Up the Sky - 3:37
- Shadows and Regrets - 3:59
- Five Becomes Four - 3:30
- Afraid - 3:13
- Date Line (I Am Gone) - 3:22
- Dear Bobbie - 4:13
- You and Me and One Spotlight - 3:57
- Cut Me, Mick - 3:34
- Paper Walls - 4:28
All of the songs were made available for listening on the band's MySpace page from July 10 to July 12, 2007, to let fans see what they will be getting in the new album. Fighting is a song by Yellowcard off of their new album Paper Walls. ...
Light Up the Sky is the first single from Yellowcards album Paper Walls. ...
Dear Bobbie is the tenth song on Yellowcards upcoming album Paper Walls. ...
Bonus tracks iTunes: - Gifts & Curses (Live & Acoustic) - 5:02
- How I Go (Live & Acoustic) - 4:39
- Bombers (iTunes Exclusive) - 3:28
History On October 16, 2006, the band announced over their official website that they were back in the studio recording a new album. Guitarist Ryan Mendez posted on the official Yellowcard message board on October 21, 2006 that 3 songs are currently completed and states "I really think fans of both older and newer Yellowcard are going to be very happy." Pre-production began in October 2006 and tracking began on January 2007. is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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From January to March 2007, studio footage labelled "Yellowcard Sessions" regarding the band's progress on making the album was posted on the band's MySpace, with a new video added every Thursday. In total 10 videos were posted, with additional footage to be released with the album on the deluxe CD/DVD edition of Paper Walls. Additionally, in January 2007, some sample demo songs were released on the band's MySpace, though they were only rough recordings from pre-production and not the final recorded versions.
The first Yellowcard show since October of 2006 took place on March 29, 2007, at the Troubadour in Hollywood, California. At the show lead singer Ryan Key announced to a sold out crowd that the new album would be titled "Paper Walls". During the Troubadour show, Yellowcard played two songs off their new album ("Fighting " and "The Takedown"). Yellowcard played an acoustic set the next night at the Troubadour and also played two new songs, "Shadows and Regrets" and "Light Up the Sky". is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fighting is a song by Yellowcard off of their new album Paper Walls. ...
Light Up the Sky is the first single from Yellowcards album Paper Walls. ...
On May 22nd 2007, the cover art for the album was posted on the band's myspace, along with new pictures which are likely to be found inside the album's cover. It has been announced in a press release for the new album that Paper Walls will be released in an additional CD/DVD format, much in the same vein as Lights and Sounds was the previous year. Lights and Sounds is Yellowcards second album under the Capitol record label. ...
In June fans voted Yellowcard for the next AOL Sessions Under Cover. The session went live on July 19, one day earlier than planned. It features two songs from Paper Walls.
As of June 11, 2007, Yellowcard has chosen a new website design for the new album, and has updated their website from the temporary layout. They have also updated their myspace page to a new layout to match their theme of the album. is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
As of June 23, 2007, the album leaked onto the internet almost in its entirety since the last two songs are missing. No "official" comment has been made, although when Ryan Mendez viewed discussion of the leak and record going on in YCUnderdogs, he stated in response "glad you guys like the album".[2] is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
On July 17, 2007, lead singer Ryan Key posted a blog on the bands official myspace page regarding the albums' debut as well as thoughts concerning it's previous leak onto the internet is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
"Its here everyone. Paper Walls is official today. I will be going to the store in Atlanta as soon as my plane lands to pick up a copy. I can't believe after all this waiting we finally have a new record on our hands. I know most of you have already downloaded the songs but I do hope you will still go to your local record store and give us your support. Its a big day and the start of another chapter in the Yellowcard story."
Following the album's release, it debuted at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 40,000 copies in its first week, which is less than half of the first week sales of their previous studio album, Lights and Sounds, and even so, the album has dropped fast, to #46, selling 17,000 units, on week 3 it hit #70 with sales of about 10,000 copies, and on week 4, it fell to #92, selling 7,000 copies that weeek, selling a total of 74,000 copies in 4 weeks.[3] The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...
Music style Throughout the months of October 2006 to March 2007, Yellowcard engaged in feedback response with their fans to somewhat suggest or influence the outcome of the upcoming album. When asked about the direction of the album, Ryan Mendez responded that this follow-up to Lights and Sounds "has the energy and intensity that Ocean Avenue had and some similarities, but not necessarily exactly the same".[4]
Yellowcard now has a YouTube Profile onto which they have been posting recording sessions.
Response The reactions of critics who have been sent copies of the album to preview before its release have been overwhelmingly positive, with the webmaster of The Music Nazi claiming it to be the best record since Brand New's "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me". Jason Tate, webmaster of absolutepunk.net has said it is "the best "pop-punk" album of the past 5 or so years"[5] and Drew Beringer claims it to be "like Ocean Avenue, but with more balls." He went on further to say "The more I listen to Paper Walls by Yellowcard, the more I fall in love with it. It's been a long time since a pop-punk album has really enthralled me. Everyone is going to dig this." [6] The album currently has a score of 62 (indicating generally favorable reviews) on Metacritic. For other uses, see Brand New (disambiguation). ...
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is the third full length album by the alternative rock band Brand New, and their major label debut on Interscope Records. ...
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Trivia - The song "Dear Bobbie" is an ode to Ryan Key's grandfather reading a love letter to his wife of 58 years. It features audio recordings of his 87-year old grandfather reading the love letter.[citation needed]
- The songs "Shadows and Regrets" and "Five Becomes Four" were first believed to have been written to former guitarist Ben Harper, who left the band to focus on his record label, after recording Lights and Sounds last year. However, recently it has been said that Shadows and Regrets is about Scott Shad, former drummer of Inspection 12 and best friend to Ryan Key, who died in a car crash. The band also wrote the song "View from Heaven" off Ocean Avenue as an ode to him as well. The song seems to reflect this interpretation better, as the chorus states "We were only kids. And we were best of friends. And we hoped for the best. Let go of the rest." While this could understandably be about Ben Harper, him and Key only met in high school, whereas Key and Shad knew each other their entire lives. And, Shadows and Regrets is the title.
- "Light Up The Sky" was the first track to be fully mixed and finished. The band previewed a 30 second clip of the song in their 9th YouTube webisode. However, "Fighting" was the first track to be released to the public on their Myspace page. Since then, the full version of "Light Up The Sky" has been posted as well along with another new song, "Five Becomes Four." On June 4th, "Light Up the Sky" was released to radio across America, and became the most added song to radio that week.
- The song "Cut Me, Mick" is a reference to the Rocky movies. Mick was Rocky's coach who is asked to cut open Rocky's swollen eye to release the excess blood and allow Rocky to see again.[citation needed]
- The album cover features the night skyline of Jacksonville, Florida, the band's hometown, in the background.
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