Orange Ave.

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Sheesh! For a while there, it sounded like every Podunk guitarist half-wit and his tractor-driving brother were intent on aping Seattle sludgemeisters Pearl Jam. Even the English were nicking PJ licks (try as we might, can we truly forget Bush?). Orlando, Florida's Seven Mary Three--guilty as Vedder-voiced charged--seem to have gotten the cease-and-desist message. Their third outing finds frontman Jason Ross skewing off on several nongrunge tangents. Even his singing has grown more emotive and enunciated, moving away from the mawkish Vedder-ish murmur found on the early hit "Cumbersome." Tellingly, every time the grunge ghost surfaces here ("Peel," "Hang On"), the song sinks out of sight. But each time Ross and company test their aesthetic limits (the soulful "Chasing You," the Skynyrd-styled "Joliet," the alterna-peppy "Super-Related"), SM3's stock spirals up, up, up. Which clarifies the whole point of influences anyway: you're supposed to glean what you can from them and move on. Seven Mary Three seem to have learned that lesson. --Tom Lanham --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Very Pleased!!

no better than this

Florida Band Keeps Growing

7 Mary 3 Orange Ave.

Why is this band not played more?

Orange Ave.
Seven Mary Three
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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Tracks:

Peel
Over Your Shoulder
Chasing You
Each Little Mystery
In-Between
Joliet
Super-Related
Flagship Eleanor
Southwestern State
Hang On
Blessing In Disguise
Devil's Holy Joke

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Sheesh! For a while there, it sounded like every Podunk guitarist half-wit and his tractor-driving brother were intent on aping Seattle sludgemeisters Pearl Jam. Even the English were nicking PJ licks (try as we might, can we truly forget Bush?). Orlando, Florida's Seven Mary Three--guilty as Vedder-voiced charged--seem to have gotten the cease-and-desist message. Their third outing finds frontman Jason Ross skewing off on several nongrunge tangents. Even his singing has grown more emotive and enunciated, moving away from the mawkish Vedder-ish murmur found on the early hit "Cumbersome." Tellingly, every time the grunge ghost surfaces here ("Peel," "Hang On"), the song sinks out of sight. But each time Ross and company test their aesthetic limits (the soulful "Chasing You," the Skynyrd-styled "Joliet," the alterna-peppy "Super-Related"), SM3's stock spirals up, up, up. Which clarifies the whole point of influences anyway: you're supposed to glean what you can from them and move on. Seven Mary Three seem to have learned that lesson. --Tom Lanham

Customer Reviews:

Very Pleased!!.......2006-08-23

This album is just what I expected and hoped it would be...another smash hit.

no better than this.......2005-06-10

This is the best CD the band has done so far (2005). Period.

Florida Band Keeps Growing.......2004-04-16

After dropping anything that resembles Pearl Jam on their sophomore effort "Rock Crown" Seven Mary Three cranks up the tempo and distortion a bit on "Orange Ave." Jason Ross's vocals are more restrained in this record than the hit album "American Standard" and guitarist Jason Pollock proves he can lay down some real lead work on his final record with the band.

"Orange Ave." features the best three-song stretch of any 7M3 record to this point. "Over Your Shoulder" is the best song Ross and company have written, "Chasing You" is a solid mid-tempo track, and "Each Little Mystery" is a unique radio-ready ballad that unfortunately never caught on. Ross's voice is outstanding on the slow paced "Southwestern State" and Ross and Pollack show how far they have come as guitar players and musicians on "Joliet". "Flagship Eleanor" is also and overlooked gem.

You're never going to hear "American Standard" from 7M3 again and that's a good thing because they are so much better than that.

7 Mary 3 Orange Ave........2001-09-10

This is a great album. If you are into this kind of music, get it. This is a great band really, not sold out to the world. They stay true to music. They have their own sound and if they keep it they could be huge.

Why is this band not played more?.......2001-04-03

This album has an outstanding mix of styles and shows where this band can go when allowed to perform the way THEY want. Rock Crown, while good, was IMO, unfinished. It left something to be desired, both with many of the individual tracks and as an album. Orange Avenue, on the other hand, brought 7M3 back up to the level of their first offering, American Standard.

On A.S., the band was making the most of the grunge sound ("Cumbersome", "My My"), but not without displaying their individuality on songs like "Margaret" and "Roderigo". On O.A., they seem to have left most of the grunge sound in the past, but retained enough to keep this album rocking with songs like "Peel", "Hang On" and "Over Your Shoulder". Where 7M3 really shines on this album, though, is when they tone it down a little with tracks like "Joliet" and my personal favorite, "Each Little Mystery". With the exception of "In Between" (Ross' attempt at rapping leaves much to be desired, and the yelling by the band leading into the chorus is worse), every song on O.A. is excellent. Even the hidden track, "(Don't Let Me) Talk to You Like That", is a keeper.

Will this album turn into a classic, destined to be in everyone's collection? Doubtful. But it SHOULD be.

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Christmas Presence
Ann Sweeten
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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