So I haven't been doing too well keeping up with the blog. Lots of crazy stuff's been happening, and my life is very hectic, but I do have a spare moment. In all of my preparing to graduate high school and go on to summer work and then college, I have been really gearing up for summer. So I will describe some of my favorite summer albums.
Journey's Escape - My favorite album of all time from my favorite band of all time. Escape has so many great songs, both rock and power ballads. Chances are, if you have ever in your life listened to the radio, you have already heard half of these songs. This really is the ultimate summer album. Every single song screams summer to me.
Key Tracks: Don't Stop Believin', Stone In Love, Who's Cryin' Now, Keep On Runnin', Still They Ride, Escape, Lay It Down, Dead Or Alive, Mother, Father, Open Arms.
Boys Like Girls' Boys Like Girls - I first got into Boys Like Girls in '06 right after they first formed, and the summer of '06 I found their album on repeat not only in my mp3 player, but many nights I fell asleep to the CD in my boombox. I spent the entire summer in love with that album, and ever since then, I always put it on when I want to be happy or when the weather's nice.
Key Tracks: The Great Escape, Five Minutes To Midnight, Thunder, On Top Of The World, Up Against The Wall, Dance Hall Drug, Heels Over Head, Holiday. (yeah, so pretty much the whole thing.)
The All-American Rejects' The All-American Rejects - Another self-titled album from one of the best pop punk bands ever. I got into AAR the summer that I got into all of my other favorite bands in the genre, and they were really the first one I fell in love with. This is a really classic album, and pretty much every song is amazing. If you haven't heard Swing, Swing before, you are seriously sad.
Key Tracks: Your Star, Swing, Swing, One More Sad Song, Drive Away, Too Far Gone, Happy Endings, The Last Song.
The Academy Is...'s Almost Here - Okay, so there is no one who has a voice like William Beckett. Amidst the crazy similar voices of a lot of pop punk bands, William's voice has a unique sound to it. The album is very light and happy, while also having lyrics with substance. Basically a feel good album, perfect to put on repeat at work.
Key Tracks: Attention, Season, Skeptics And True Believers, Down And Out, Almost Here.
All Time Low's Put Up Or Shut Up [EP] - I have talked about this album numerous times, so I don't think I really need to say much more. I will say, though, that there is no song that is more summer to me than Coffee Shop Soundtrack. And The Party Scene. I'm such an ATL junkie...
Key Tracks: Coffee Shop Soundtrack, Break Out! Break Out!, The Girl's A Straight-Up Hustler, Jasey Rae, The Party Scene, Running From Lions, Lullabies. (yeah, that's the whole album.)
Cute Is What We Aim For's The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch - This was the album of my first summer going to Warped Tour, which changed my life. I played this album all the time that summer, and now whenever I hear it I go back to that first year at Warped Tour. I heard There's A Class For This on shuffle last week, and went "wow, I haven't heard this in so long!" Thus, I have been addicted to it for the past week. Go figure.
Key Tracks: There's A Class For This, Risque, The Fourth Drink Instinct, The Curse Of Curves, Moan, Teasing To Please (Left Side, Strong Side).
Mayday Parade's A Lesson In Romantics - I first got into Mayday Parade last year through a close friend, and then saw them on Warped Tour last summer. They were so good and quickly became one of my favorite bands. The album is very reminiscent for me of last summer, which was very fun.
Key Tracks: Jamie All Over, Black Cat, Jersey, Walk On Water Or Down, Ocean And Atlantic, Take This To Heart, You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Sky.
Panic at the Disco's Pretty. Odd. - This is one of my all-time favorite albums, and the only one I have ever bought on the day it was released. The songs are all amazing, and fairly upbeat and happy, emotions that I associate with summer. And it doesn't hurt either that Northern Downpour is my second favorite song of all time. And I figured that out the first time I heard it...
Key Tracks: Nine In The Afternoon, She's A Handsome Woman, That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed), Northern Downpour, Pas De Cheval, Folkin' Around, She Had The World, Mad As Rabbits.
Panic! At The Disco's A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Okay, so this album doesn't scream "summer" but it is the season I associate it with. Another one of my all time favorite albums from my second favorite band. A classic.
Key Tracks: The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage, London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines, Camisado, Time To Dance, But It's Better If You Do, I Write Sins Not Tragedies, I Constantly Thank God For Esteban, There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet.
Paramore's Riot! - I will stop ranting about how much I love this album. Read some previous entries.
Key Tracks: For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic, That's What You Get, Misery Business, When It Rains. Miracle, Crushcrushcrush, Fences, Born For This.
Tall Stories' Tall Stories - You will never find this album in a record store. Tall Stories were a band in the nineties, but were quickly overshadowed by another band whose album released on the same day (ever heard of Pearl Jam?) So unfortunately what could have been one of the greatest rock bands never really got the chance. I found out about them because the lead singer was the lead singer of Journey for eight years, and I went to an old school record store and had to have the clerk order it for me. If you ever do get your hands on a copy, you will be the happiest person in the world. Trust me.
Key Tracks: Wild On The Run, Chain Of Love, Somewhere She Waits, Close Your Eyes.
So those are some of my favorite summer albums. Other artists that I associate with summer are Fall Out Boy (pretty much all of their songs), The Cab, We The Kings, Powerspace, and .38 Special.
Currently Listening To: "There's A Class For This" by Cute Is What We Aim For From "The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch"
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