Gli Yellowcard avendo preso atto del loro successone, ovvero quello di Ocean Avenue, hanno deciso di ristampare "Where We Stand". La copertina è stata ristampata con una grafica più soggettiva e inoltre hanno aggiunto un file media che ripercorre la loro carriera musicale, integrando anche alcuni filmati di quando loro suonavano al liceo.
Musicalmente parlando gli Yellowcard di oggi sono diversi dagli Yellowcard di questo disco, anche perchè Ryan Key doveva fare ancora la sua comparsa. Quindi il loro suono è decisamente più hardcore melodico e quindi lontano dal definito punk-pop amato da due milioni di fan. Quando hanno composto quest'album erano poco più che ragazzini ma già avevano una spiccata bravura, infatti, questo disco è superbo. Questo disco è entrato nella storia del punk-rock grazie all'elemento distintivo di questa band: il violino.
Non si è mai sentito un violino in un brano punk-rock. Quando hanno introdotto questa novità forse i tempi non erano maturi, ma ora lo sono. Alla faccia di chi all'inizio prendeva in giro questa band che si portava dietro un violinista occhialuto. Quella degli Yellowcard è una delle poche invenzioni moderne nella musica moderna. In questo album il violino è un elemento distintivo anche se non lo usavano ancora come fanno oggi. Il violino con il suo suono ruvido si sposa con quello tagliente delle chitarre, col cavalcare delle batterie e con la potente voce del cantante Dobson. La registrazione è quella che è, essendo lontana dagli standard odierni, ma adatta allo stile aggressivo a cui si ispiravano al tempo. Belle melodie e ritmi vivaci.
Fatto da denotare è che nella traccia nascosta, l'undicesima, gli Yellowcard giocano col modulatore facendo commenti auto-ironici.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Time Will Tell (03:59)
seeing what the cause has left us
theres no strength to minimise
they try and so hard to change us
but we see through these concious eyes
there will be nowhere to point the blame
cause it'll lay on top of everyone
there's still time now to be save but there's
still so much that must be done
sit and yourself just when your final days will come
in a neverending war somehow they think they're already won
and one day we'll see who's right
and one day they'll see just what they've done
one day they'll see the obvious
time will tell it won't be long
will we be inferior
surpassed by the machines we build
will there be a judgement day
all i can say is time will tell
04 April 20th (02:57)
"Five teens involved... uh, one of them appears to be punk rock."
Wake up
Come live a brand new day
Don't concentrate on this
Just try to be happy
In this world we're living
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't worry
Cuz everything will be okay in the end
Now you've really pissed me off
You're f*cking with my mind
I'm wondering what it's like
If it's worth my time
Wondering what i've done
to deserve to what you've done
tell me this time
Hello
Tell me how have you been
All this time away
Wow
We've been sitting here
On our stage with nothing left to do
Except to play
Except to play
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't worry
Cuz everything will be okay in the end
wondering why
(wondering why)
wondering why
(wondering why)
Wondering why
(wondering why)
wondering
07 Doesn't Matter (02:56)
Procrastination, the small conversation
the tensions beginning to build up inside
no one else's point of view
has ever been to what you think is right
that's why no body is your friend
but they'll always become
one someday as she follows me
is now business that you run
wondering what went wrong
wondering just how long the road ahead will be
joy has compromised
dotting all the I's, crossing the T's
one out of one
its a realization of peoples reflection
of what you believe
anyone who now looks back
be ready to die
the fought will change
so please don't get me wrong
we share our common goals
inside of me sees how you are
so go one with the show
wondering what went wrong
wondering just how long the road ahead will be
joy has compromised
dotting all the I's, crossing the T's
see where it gets us
well see where we hang out
but nothing can keep me from coming this way
look at the sins and banged up poverty
like which you remain in
i won't buy what your selling
i feel my eye repairing
always makes a chance
to be seen
10 On the Brink (04:41)
"On The Brink"
Well I'm on the brink of something horrible
Just what it is I'm not to sure
But I can't take it anymore (round 1 fight)
I can't explain the feeling's that I feel,
I'm not even sure that they're for real
Doesn't work to end in sour tales
Go to sleep so I can wake up
Wondering why things are this way
What the fuck did I say
To make you hate me anyway?
i'm on the brink, I lost my self control
I didn't think that this would happen to me anymore
Just want to be a babe for once
I can't explain the feelings that I feel,
I'm not even sure if they're for real
Doesn't work to end in sour tales
Go to sleep so I can wake up
Wondering why things are this way
What the fuck did I say
To make you hate me anyway? (you lose)
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