Way Away is up first, and it's a great start. This track is a good sign for the rest of the CD, because this one is awesome three times over (Yes, it's "Awesome, awesome, awesome!"). It is just a great track, and the perfect one to start with.
Track 2 is entitled Breathing. This one is good as well...nothing overly spectacular, just a good song. That's about all you can say about it.
The title track comes up now. Ocean Avenue is a simply awesome song. The entire song catches on really quickly, and, before you know it, you're hitting repeat 60 times and singing along word for word without tiring of the song. This is most definitely a hit.
Empty Apartment slows things down a bit. This one almost seems out of place, because it's sandwiched between two upbeat songs. But, it's nonetheless a good effort and certainly worth putting on the CD.
This next track finally gives me something to really shout about, and that's a good thing. Life Of A Salesman gives me a chance to say: FINALLY!!! Finally a group has released a song about their father that doesn't say how horrible he was or is or how he was never there. No, finally someone has released a song that those of us with great fathers can relate to...this song along gets 10 out of 10 simply because there's few, if any, like it out there.
The next track is Only One. This one may take some time to grow on people, because it's another cookie-cutter "I need you" songs. But, when you've got an electric violin, it always ups the song's value, and this one most people will come to like at some point. Good job.
Miles Apart hits us next, and this one is really cool. This is one of those "Farewell" songs, but it's not all slow musically or teary-eyed lyrically. Instead, it's very fast-paced and hopeful, which is a great change of pace for these kind of songs. This is another one that you could easily catch yourself listening to over and over and over without tiring of it.
Admittedly, Twenty-Three, based on the lyrics alone, seemed like it would be a slower song. However, if there's one thing that Yellowcard is able to do better than most, it's that they can take a song and make it into whatever the heck they feel like making it into. And, in the end, this one works just as well, if not better, as a fast-paced song.
View From Heaven is the same way. Lyrically, it sounds like it would be a slow song. Again, this is not the case. Interestingly, there's actually a hint of a country-twangy styling in this song. It's a good song, though, this time around, it probably could've been a little better if it were slower.
This next one is a typical Yellowcard song. Inside Out just seems to have that sound that is so...common in a Yellowcard song. However, as this disc has proven thus far, that is certainly not a bad thing...not at all.
All I have to say about Believe is this: How can you not dig the electric violin?
One Year, Six Months has a very toned down, acoustical sound to it. This seems to work well with this particular song, and the boys did a good job with it.
Last up is Back Home. And, in all honesty, there's nothing to say about it other than it's a good way to end this awesome disc.
FINAL ANALYSIS: It's amazing that so many people are just now hearing about Yellowcard, because their stuff is simply amazing, and this disc proves that over and over again. A great outing from a band that should start getting a lot more attention on the radio.