Since their conception, The Wonder Years have released five full-length albums. The group is currently signed to Hopeless Records.
Get Stoked On It!
Get Stoked on It! is the debut studio album by The Wonder Years,
released through No Sleep Records on October 30, 2007. It was received favorably
by critics, with
Their ability to cut down the “plight” of the middle class (har dee har har) with self-consciousness and humor speaks volumes to me. These guys have crafted an intelligent and exhilarating ride through growing up. As the song fades out and The Wonder Years scream, “We know that everything is going to be OK,” I’m inclined to believe them. That’s more than I can say about most of the authority figures in my life (I’m sooooo misunderstood). And whether you think this sound is already stale or not, The Wonder Years are a wonderful addition to any music fan’s library.
The Upsides
The Upsides is The Wonder Years' second studio album, released through No Sleep Records and Run For Cover Records on January 26, 2010.
Whilst the lyrics matured substantially from their debut, having been referred to as "more personal than ever", the band hasn't shied too far away from the humor on their previous releases, with topics mentioned including sexting (referring to a member of I Call Fives), cock-blocking, and fist pumping. The lyrics also venture into different themes in each song, from the loneliness of tour life ("Everything I Own Fits in this Backpack"), to social awkwardness ("This Party Sucks") and persevering through bad times ("Washington Square Park"). Allmusic's review said The Upsides has a concept album-like feel and is filled with "post-college angst, busted hearts, big questions, hope, anger, humor, and life". Continuing to say the songs fit together like an intricate puzzle, flowing like it was an entire diary's worth of observations, feelings and events.
Suburbia: I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing
Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing is The Wonder Years' third studio album. The title of the album and some of its lyrics reference the Allen Ginsberg poem "America.", with the opening track, "Came Out Swinging" begining with a sample of Ginsberg reading the poem.
Blare Magazine gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5 remarking:
In a sense, Suburbia is parallel to the acclaimed sophomore cuts Take This To Your Grave (Fall Out Boy) and Making Love To The Camera (The Starting Line); a simple early addition to the group’s catalogue, but an original release tying youth with whispered words of humbling fears, suffocated regrets and finding a poise to live. Pop punk isn’t glamorous, it’s raw and in the birth of summer, The Wonder Years have set a standard.
The Greatest Generation
The Greatest Generation is The Wonder Years' fourth studio album which closes the "trilogy" about growing up that started with The Upsides.
The Greatest Generation has received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album holds an overall rating of 96, which indicates "universal acclaim," based on 4 reviews. Scott Heisel of Alternative Press gave the album 4.5 out 5 stars saying, "It's fast, it's honest, and it'll probably make you tear up more than once." Thomas Nassif of Absolute Punk did not even give the album a standard rating from 0 to 10, stating "It is my firm belief that The Greatest Generation has no real precedent in this community. It’s my belief that there isn’t another band in pop-punk right now that can write a record this good." David Allen of TheCelebrityCafe.com, gave the album a 5/5, stating, "This album, more than ever, speaks to the fast, the angry, and the unforgiving part of the human subconscious...It feels as if this album, by itself, has been able to repossess every inch of teenage angst over the past 60 years and throw it back up into arrangements, lining it up half-hazardly, and yet purposefully, to hear.".
No Closer to Heaven
No Closer to Heaven is The Wonder Years' fifth studio album. Struggling with writer's block, vocalist Daniel Campbell reached out to several other bands he was friends with for inspiration. No Closer to Heaven is a concept album, detailing the loss of a loved one.
As with the group's previous album, No Closer to Heaven has received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 95/100, based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim." Prior to the album's release, Fuse.tv included the album as one of their "35 Most Anticipated Fall 2015 Albums". "Cardinals" was included on Alternative Press 's "10 Songs You Need To Hear From June 2015" list. The video for "Cardinals" was included on Alternative Press's "The Best Music Videos of 2015 so far" list. No Closer to Heaven sold 22,144 copies in the first week, making it the largest first-week sales of their career. It charted at number 12 in the U.S., number 46 in the UK and number 59 in Australia.
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