Ocean Avenue Acoustic
by Yellowcard
  • Record Label: Hopeless
  • Release Date: Aug 13, 2013
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this album

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. MichaelCutts
    Jul 24, 2014
    7
    Ocean Avenue: Acoustic is a mostly solid album. However, some of the faster paced songs ("Way Away", "Breathing") suffer when adapted to acoustic. The album shines when tracks are reworked in a way that separates itself from its 2003 counterpart. "View From Heaven" and "One Year, Six Months" are great examples of this. "View" adds new instrumentation including a banjo and reworkedOcean Avenue: Acoustic is a mostly solid album. However, some of the faster paced songs ("Way Away", "Breathing") suffer when adapted to acoustic. The album shines when tracks are reworked in a way that separates itself from its 2003 counterpart. "View From Heaven" and "One Year, Six Months" are great examples of this. "View" adds new instrumentation including a banjo and reworked harmonies. "One Year" (a previously acoustic track) is done completely on piano. Overall, this album is a solid purchase for hardcore Yellowcard fans. If you just want some good music, I recommend buying a few songs off of this record.… Collapse

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Q Magazine
    Feb 4, 2014
    40
    It's pretty--but also pretty pointless. [Oct 2013, p.113]
  2. Kerrang!
    Sep 5, 2013
    60
    It might attract a few Mumford fans, but if you prefer Yellowcard to sound like, well, Yellowcard, stick to the original. [10 Aug 2013, p.55]
  3. AllMusic
    Sep 5, 2013
    70
    While the acoustic renditions of the songs certainly have a more pastoral and contemplative feeling about them, Yellowcard still manage to keep the energy that made the album so vital when it was released in 2003.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »