In the Wake of Determination [Explicit Lyrics]

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Frontman Dan Marsala has gone on record saying that Story of the Year's near-platinum 2003 debut, Page Avenue--produced by Goldfinger's John Feldmann--didn't properly represent the band or its full throttle live show. The St. Louis screamo group aims to remedy that with this follow-up, co-produced by Steve Evetts, whose past clients include the convincingly heavy Hatebreed and Dillinger Escape Plan. To the casual fan, the difference might sound negligible. The guitars are a little louder and there's more of a chugga-chugga thing going on, but the lyrics still wrestle with oppression and much of the pop sheen of the first album still shines through on tracks like "Take Me Back" and "We Don't Care Anymore." --Aidin Vaziri

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After a near-platinum debut album and near-constant touring (517 shows, 540 days, 1.5 million fans), Story of the Year returns with the band's studio follow-up to Page Avenue. Heavier and more guitar-driven than Page Avenue, In the Wake of Determination, co-produced by Steve Evetts (Hatebreed, Cure, Saves the Day), delivers headline-grabbing energy and edge that is 2005's Story of the Year.

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In the Wake of Determination [Explicit Lyrics]

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Average
A near miss
your going down.
Awesome
They went from suckin' to rockin'.

In the Wake of Determination
Story of the Year
Manufacturer: Maverick
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Page Avenue
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ASIN: B000B66GYM
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

We Don't Care Anymore
Take Me Back
Our Time Is Now
Taste the Poison
Stereo
Five Against the World
Sleep
Meathead
March of the Dead
Sue Your Friends, Pay Your Enemy
Wake Up the Voiceless
"Is This My Fate," He Asked Them

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Frontman Dan Marsala has gone on record saying that Story of the Year's near-platinum 2003 debut, Page Avenue--produced by Goldfinger's John Feldmann--didn't properly represent the band or its full throttle live show. The St. Louis screamo group aims to remedy that with this follow-up, co-produced by Steve Evetts, whose past clients include the convincingly heavy Hatebreed and Dillinger Escape Plan. To the casual fan, the difference might sound negligible. The guitars are a little louder and there's more of a chugga-chugga thing going on, but the lyrics still wrestle with oppression and much of the pop sheen of the first album still shines through on tracks like "Take Me Back" and "We Don't Care Anymore." --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

After a near-platinum debut album and near-constant touring (517 shows, 540 days, 1.5 million fans), Story of the Year returns with the band's studio follow-up to Page Avenue. Heavier and more guitar-driven than Page Avenue, In the Wake of Determination, co-produced by Steve Evetts (Hatebreed, Cure, Saves the Day), delivers headline-grabbing energy and edge that is 2005's Story of the Year.

Customer Reviews:

Average.......2007-02-28

This band is average. Most bands today are average. Nothing that different. Not to say this is a bad album, because it's not. But it's not ground breaking.

A near miss.......2006-10-09

For fans of the band's immense Page Avenue, this album essentially walks the correct path. The songwriting is much of the same: gentle waves of sorrow and longing to be crashed upon by Marsala's impressive raptor-like wail.

The tracks slope up and down between soft interludes and blazing heavy bangers, so within the confines of what's already a stereotypically defined genre of Pop-Rock-meets-Post-Hardcore there is enough variety in this album to satisfy most people.

Personally, my problem with this release is the sequence of tracks. I didn't feel pulled along by the course the album takes, or rather there doesn't really seem to be any course. It opens, predictably, with the first single - and one of the band's most formulaic and uninspired tracks - We Don't Care Anymore, and from there proceeds to bang along with one vaguely themed thrasher after another. The first album wasn't the most introspective of rock albums, but the lyrics seemed more emotionally charged and there was an honesty that isn't present on songs like "Stereo" and "Our Time is Now."

There are a few major strengths on the album, in some subtle but very elegant chords on the smooth hummer, "Sleep," and the climactic finale, " 'Is This My Fate,' He Asked Them."

Again, for fans of the band, the album's a solid buy with a few essential additions to your musical collection, but as a piece it falls short of the premature expectations set by Page Avenue.

your going down........2006-08-07

this album sucks.
no doubt.
page avenue is better.
end of story.

Awesome.......2006-07-29

I've seen SOTY live before and they were so awesome and they are really nice guys in person. This cd is so good it's one of those that are hard to leave your stereo because you can't stop listening to it.

They went from suckin' to rockin'........2006-07-16

Seriously folks. The first album was really quite horrible, and I'm glad I got into these guys with this one. If I had gotten into them with Page Avenue, I would have dismissed them as screamo garbage and I probably wouldn't have given them a fair second chance. Anyway, this is some great stuff! I really like the songs 'Take Me Back', 'Meathead', 'Our Time Is Now', 'Is This My Fate? He Asked Them', 'Sleep' and 'Five Against The World'. 'Meathead' and 'Our Time Is Now' are two very good punk rock songs, that the moshers'll probably love. 'Take Me Back' is just a great rock song, same with 'Sleep' and 'Five Against The World'. 'Is This My Fate? He Asked Them.' sounds metalish, and of course the metalheads'll dig it.

Overall, this is a major improvement over their last album, which pretty much sucks. Definately buy this...and not Page Avenue!