Yellowcard
Yellowcard formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1997 and became one of pop punk's most distinctive mainstream acts by putting Sean Mackin's violin inside fast, guitar-driven songs rather than using it as a novelty. Early records led into Ocean Avenue, the album that defined their public identity through "Way Away," "Only One," and the title track, all of which paired beach-bright hooks with longing, distance, and coming-of-age anxiety. Lights and Sounds, Paper Walls, When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes, Southern Air, Lift a Sail, and the self-titled farewell record showed a band moving between punk urgency, alternative rock polish, and more adult emotional textures. Their later reunion and new releases reframed the catalog for a generation that had grown up with it, but the core ingredients remained clear: Ryan Key's earnest vocals, cleanly driving guitars, Mackin's melodic counterlines, and choruses built for mass sing-alongs. Yellowcard are not heavy, yet they fit the punk and emo-pop scope through speed, volume, and scene history. Their best songs turn nostalgia into forward motion rather than pure sentiment.
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Yellowcard Discography
10 tracks
- 1 Lesson Learned 3:22
- 2 Time Will Tell 3:58
- 3 Sue 2:24
- 4 April 20th 2:55
- 5 Uphill Both Ways 3:58
- 6 Kids 2:42
- 7 Doesn't Matter 2:54
- 8 Sorry Try Again 1:44
- 9 Anywhere But Here 3:13
- 10 On The Brink 7:26
13 tracks
- 1 Starstruck 2:47
- 2 Drifting 3:28
- 3 Something Of Value 3:30
- 4 Trembling 2:26
- 5 Sureshot 3:18
- 6 Big Apple Heartbreak 3:43
- 7 Cigarette 3:52
- 8 October Nights 3:29
- 9 Rock Star Land 3:39
- 10 For Pete's Sake 3:51
- 11 A.W.O.L. 3:00
- 12 Rough Draft 4:12
- 13 Untitled Hidden Track 1:59
13 tracks
- 1 Way Away 3:22
- 2 Breathing 3:38
- 3 Ocean Avenue 3:18
- 4 Empty Apartment 3:36
- 5 Life Of A Salesman 3:18
- 6 Only One 4:17
- 7 Miles Apart 3:32
- 8 Twentythree 3:27
- 9 View From Heaven 3:22
- 10 Inside Out 3:40
- 11 Believe 4:31
- 12 One Year, Six Months 3:28
- 13 Back Home 3:55
4 tracks
- 1 Only One - Live 4:13
- 2 Empty Apartment - Live; Sessions@AOL 3:41
- 3 Ocean Avenue - Live 3:34
- 4 View From Heaven - Live 3:28
1 track
- 1 Empty Apartment - Live; Sessions@AOL 3:41
3 tracks
- 1 Ocean Avenue 3:19
- 2 Way Away - Acoustic 3:53
- 3 Firewater 3:19
1 track
- 1 Ocean Avenue - Live 3:35
1 track
- 1 Only One - Live 4:13
1 track
- 1 View From Heaven - Live 3:28
2 tracks
- 1 Way Away 3:22
- 2 Hey Mike 4:02
14 tracks
- 1 Three Flights Up - Instrumental 1:23
- 2 Lights And Sounds 3:28
- 3 Down On My Head 3:32
- 4 Sure Thing Falling 3:42
- 5 City Of Devils 4:23
- 6 Rough Landing, Holly 3:33
- 7 Two Weeks From Twenty 4:18
- 8 Waiting Game 4:15
- 9 Martin Sheen Or JFK 3:46
- 10 Space Travel 3:47
- 11 Grey 3:00
- 12 Words, Hands, Hearts 4:24
- 13 How I Go 4:32
- 14 Holly Wood Died 4:39
1 track
- 1 City of Devils Yellowcard Soundcheck - Acoustic 3:54
1 track
- 1 Down On My Head - Acoustic 3:30
3 tracks
- 1 Lights and Sounds - Edit 3:30
- 2 When We're Old Men 3:32
- 3 Lights And Sounds - Live 3:36
1 track
- 1 Lights And Sounds Yellowcard Soundcheck - Acoustic 3:26
1 track
- 1 Missing The War Yellowcard Soundcheck - Acoustic 4:09
1 track
- 1 Ocean Avenue Yellowcard Soundcheck - Acoustic 3:40
3 tracks
- 1 Rough Landing, Holly 3:33
- 2 Holly Wood Died - Live 3:55
- 3 Cigarette - Live 4:54
2 tracks
- 1 Rough Landing, Holly 3:34
- 2 Down On My Head - Live 4:03
13 tracks
- 1 The Takedown 3:37
- 2 Fighting 3:00
- 3 Shrink The World 3:20
- 4 Keeper 3:55
- 5 Light Up The Sky 3:37
- 6 Shadows And Regrets 3:59
- 7 Five Becomes Four 3:30
- 8 Afraid 3:13
- 9 Date Line (I Am Gone) 3:22
- 10 Dear Bobbie 4:13
- 11 You And Me And One Spotlight 3:57
- 12 Cut Me, Mick 3:34
- 13 Paper Walls 4:28
1 track
- 1 Something Of Value - Live / Acoustic 4:05
10 tracks
- 1 The Sound Of You And Me - Acoustic 4:33
- 2 For You, And Your Denial - Acoustic 3:33
- 3 With You Around - Acoustic 3:06
- 4 Hang You Up - Acoustic 4:03
- 5 Life Of Leaving Home - Acoustic 3:30
- 6 Hide - Acoustic 3:50
- 7 Soundtrack - Acoustic 3:40
- 8 Sing For Me - Acoustic 3:48
- 9 See Me Smiling - Acoustic 3:50
- 10 Be The Young - Acoustic 3:59
10 tracks
- 1 The Sound Of You And Me 4:36
- 2 For You, And Your Denial 3:33
- 3 With You Around 3:01
- 4 Hang You Up 4:02
- 5 Life Of Leaving Home 3:24
- 6 Hide 3:12
- 7 Soundtrack 3:35
- 8 Sing For Me 3:54
- 9 See Me Smiling 3:50
- 10 Be The Young 3:56
1 track
- 1 Hang You Up 4:02
1 track
- 1 For You, And Your Denial 3:33
10 tracks
- 1 Awakening 4:23
- 2 Surface Of The Sun 3:43
- 3 Always Summer 3:09
- 4 Here I Am Alive 3:33
- 5 Sleep In The Snow 4:02
- 6 A Vicious Kind 3:55
- 7 Telescope 3:51
- 8 Rivertown Blues 3:34
- 9 Ten 4:46
- 10 Southern Air 4:22
1 track
- 1 Here I Am Alive 3:33
1 track
- 1 Always Summer 3:09
13 tracks
- 1 Way Away Acoustic 3:26
- 2 Breathing Acoustic 3:44
- 3 Ocean Avenue Acoustic 3:39
- 4 Empty Apartment Acoustic 3:37
- 5 Life Of A Salesman Acoustic 3:30
- 6 Only One Acoustic 4:18
- 7 Miles Apart Acoustic 3:41
- 8 Twenty Three Acoustic 4:01
- 9 View From Heaven Acoustic 3:33
- 10 Inside Out Acoustic 3:41
- 11 Believe Acoustic 4:31
- 12 One Year, Six Months Acoustic 3:29
- 13 Back Home Acoustic 4:14
1 track
- 1 Ocean Avenue Acoustic 3:39
1 track
- 1 Awakening 4:23
13 tracks
- 1 Convocation 1:55
- 2 Transmission Home 4:18
- 3 Crash The Gates 3:20
- 4 Make Me So 3:11
- 5 One Bedroom 4:35
- 6 Fragile And Dear 4:04
- 7 Illuminate 4:06
- 8 Madrid 2:07
- 9 The Deepest Well 3:57
- 10 Lift A Sail 3:55
- 11 MSK 3:46
- 12 My Mountain 3:59
- 13 California 4:11
10 tracks
- 1 Rest In Peace 4:18
- 2 What Appears 3:50
- 3 Got Yours 3:20
- 4 A Place We Set Afire 4:19
- 5 Leave A Light On 4:47
- 6 The Hurt Is Gone 6:25
- 7 Empty Street 4:47
- 8 I'm A Wrecking Ball 3:57
- 9 Savior's Robes 5:12
- 10 Fields & Fences 6:58
1 track
- 1 The Hurt Is Gone 3:53
1 track
- 1 Rest In Peace 3:54
1 track
- 1 Promises (B-Side) 3:39
4 tracks
- 1 Fix You 4:48
- 2 Telescope (Acoustic) 3:58
- 3 Always Summer (Acoustic) 3:13
- 4 Here I Am Alive (Acoustic) 3:32
2 tracks
- 1 What Appears (Acoustic) 3:50
- 2 The Hurt Is Gone (Acoustic) 3:50
11 tracks
- 1 Star Struck - Remastered 2:47
- 2 Drifting - Remastered 3:27
- 3 Something of Value - Remastered 3:30
- 4 Trembling - Remastered 2:27
- 5 Sureshot - Remastered 3:17
- 6 Big Apple Heartbreak - Remastered 3:43
- 7 Cigarette - Remastered 3:54
- 8 October Nights - Remastered 3:30
- 9 Rock Star Land - Remastered 3:44
- 10 For Pete's Sake - Remastered 3:55
- 11 A.W.O.L. - Remastered 3:51
1 track
- 1 Ocean Avenue 3:46
5 tracks
- 1 Three Minutes More 3:23
- 2 Childhood Eyes 3:13
- 3 Hiding in the Light 3:09
- 4 Honest from the Jump 4:26
- 5 The Places We'll Go 4:10
1 track
- 1 Childhood Eyes 3:13
9 tracks
- 1 Empty Street 5:58
- 2 Southern Air 4:49
- 3 Ocean Avenue 5:08
- 4 Telescope 4:47
- 5 You and Me and One Spotlight 4:52
- 6 Waiting Game 5:50
- 7 Only One 4:59
- 8 A Place We Set Afire 5:59
- 9 Transmission Home 5:58
1 track
- 1 Hear You Me 4:32
1 track
- 1 Ocean Avenue 5:08
10 tracks
- 1 Better Days 2:53
- 2 Take What You Want 2:26
- 3 Love Letters Lost (feat. Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio) 3:21
- 4 honestly i 3:06
- 5 You Broke Me Too (feat. Avril Lavigne) 3:07
- 6 City Of Angels 3:19
- 7 Bedroom Posters 3:38
- 8 Skin Scraped 3:34
- 9 Barely Alive 3:12
- 10 Big Blue Eyes 3:04
1 track
- 1 You Broke Me Too (feat. Avril Lavigne) 3:07
4 tracks
- 1 Bedroom Posters 3:38
- 2 Take What You Want 2:26
- 3 Better Days 2:53
- 4 honestly i 3:06
3 tracks
- 1 Take What You Want 2:26
- 2 Better Days 2:53
- 3 honestly i 3:06
2 tracks
- 1 Better Days 2:53
- 2 honestly i 3:06
1 track
- 1 Bedroom Posters (feat. Blippi) 3:44
1 track
- 1 Go Go Go 2:01
2 tracks
- 1 Bedroom Posters (feat. Good Charlotte) 3:38
- 2 Bedroom Posters 3:38
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